Happy first full week of October. Temperatures are dropping frost is coming down the lane to cover the pumpkins . . . or if you live in Michigan to cover the beans, sugar beets, and corn. This is the perfect weather to start curling up with a good book, good literary magazine, or chug some spiced apple cider while writing and editing and submitting.
Speaking of being bewitched by good literature, head on over to the Magazine Stand to discover new issues from your old favorites or discover a new favorite! Summer issues are still hitting, but autumn issues are also on the way! While fall is creeping in, the Summer 2024 Baltimore Review is still fresh for reading poems, short stories and creative nonfiction by Genevieve Abravanel, Caroline Barnes, Melissa Darcey Hall, Bari Lynn Hein, and more. Bellevue Literary Review – Issue 47 is themed Body Politic. Enjoy fiction by Mehr-Afarin Kohan, nonfiction by Laura LeMoon, and poetry by Fiona Miller to name just a few contributors.
The Summer 2024 Blue Collar Review opens with commentary regarding the upcoming election, the state of politics as they impact our daily lives, and the need for individuals to take an active role: “[. . . ] we must work to best effect the system we have in our own defense while building the next system beneath it. Enjoy work by Mitch Valente, Shirley Adelman, Chris Butters, and many more. tiny wren lit serves up short-form poetry in downloadable, single-page zine format. Recent contributors include Chris Bullard, Caleb Weinhardt, Natalie Pee, and Devon Neal to name just a few.
If you are craving even more literary magazine goodness, come back to the Magazine stand throughout the week to learn more about the Fall 2024 issue of Still Point Arts Quarterly, Southern Humanities Review 57.3, Jewish Fiction Issue 37, The Lake October 2024, and discover Jelly Squid Magazine.
Looking for some great new titles to read this fall? Head on over to our Book Stand to learn more about Power Point: Poems by Jane Maschenetz which was released this past April. This is a groundbreaking collection of feminist poetry along with genre/discipline bending poems intersecting economics, science, popular art, and literature. Later this week you discover On the Wrong Side: How Universities Protect Perpetrators and Betray Survivors of Sexual Violence by Nicole Bedera.
If you need some book recommendations to help you out, check out the NewPages Blog for book reviews. Jennifer Brough reviews A Scarab Where the Heart Should Be by Marieke Bigg. When an obsessive ‘starchitect’ moves into a remote glass house, her governing architectonic principles start to shatter. Enjoy an intimate character study that “effortlessly flows between the inner voices in this claustrophobic triangulated relationship.”
Elizabeth S. Wolf gives her thoughts on Meg Eden Kuyatt’s Good Different, a novel-in-verse narrated by a 13-year-old girl struggling to act “normal” amidst an onslaught of feelings. “Empathy can be taught, and in showing (not telling) how different can be awesome, this book is a welcome lesson.”
Calls, Contests, & More
Below are this week’s writing contests, calls for submissions, and literary and writing events. Enjoy 39 opportunities to get your work published or to enhance your writing craft. Please note: only paid subscribers get access to this information! You can become a paid subscriber for only $5 a month and get early access to submission opportunities and events before they go live on our site.
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