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Press Pause Press 2025 Beautiful Pause Prize flyer

The 2025 Beautiful Pause Prize Open for Poetry Collections

Deadline: May 1, 2025

The Beautiful Pause Prize is a yearly prize of $1,000 and the print publication of a full-length manuscript awarded to a writer of exceptional talent …
LIGHT Issue 5 Open Call flyer

LIGHT Magazine Open Call – Art, Letters, Stories, & Poetry

Deadline: May 1, 2025

Leaders Igniting Generational Healing and Transformation (LIGHT) is calling for submissions for Issue 5 of LIGHT Magazine. Building healthier communities, working for a better tomorrow, …

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Magazine Stand :: Blink-Ink – #59

Themed Bad Science, this issue offers thought-provoking micro fiction that explores and challenges our scientific beliefs.
Colorado Review Spring 2025 magazine cover image

Magazine Stand :: Colorado Review – Spring 2025

With works that offer readers ways “to help, protect, and heal” in these trying times.

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Young Writers Guide

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