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6th Annual Gutsy Great Novelist Chapter One Prize

Deadline: March 3, 2026

$20 ENTRY FEE. Submissions open Tuesday, Feb 3, 2026. Deadline Tuesday March 3, 2026. The 6th Annual Gutsy Great Novelist Chapter One Prize is awarded …
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New from Jerboa Lit: Mini Contests!

Registration Deadline: February 27, 2026

Announcing a new mini-contest from Jerboa Lit! On Friday, February 27, we’ll pull a random prompt from our Video Hat that includes a genre and …
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Magazine Stand :: Shenandoah – Fall 2025

Featuring the Hope Prize winner, interviews, poetry, fiction, nonfiction, comics, and a new series on craft.
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Embracing the In-Between: Writing Beyond the Binary

Winter—especially in certain parts of the world—has a way of making everything feel stark and stripped down. Colors drain out of the landscape. Days shorten. The world contracts into muted tones: white skies, black branches, long shadows. In that kind of environment, it’s easy to start thinking in binaries. Some …
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