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Now Open: Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize from the Missouri Review

Deadline: October 1

The Missouri Review is pleased to announce that the 36th annual Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize is calling for entries of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. …
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Etchings Press: Prizes for Novella and Chapbooks

Deadline: September 6, 2026

Etchings Press, a student-run publisher at University of Indianapolis, welcomes submissions for its annual chapbook and novella contests. We publish authors from Indiana and its …

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New Book :: Searching for Harold: One Family’s World War II Story in Letters

Searching for Harold: One Family’s World War II Story in Letters by Stephen WattsCharles Watts Press, July 2026 For a family separated by war but united through mail, what happens if the letters stop? As World War II ravages the globe, one scattered American family is held together by ink, …
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Magazine Stand :: Superpresent – Summer 2026

This online and print journal of art and literature explores the theme “Mapping” as a way of understanding human experience.

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