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Palooka Seeks Chapbooks, Prose, Poetry, Artwork, Photography

Deadline: Year-round

Palooka is a global literary magazine of daring prose, art, photography, comics, and chapbooks drawn exclusively from unsolicited submissions. We champion underdog voices, read anonymously, …
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The swamp pink Prizes in Fiction, Poetry, & Nonfiction

Opens: January 1, Closes: January 31

The swamp pink Prizes award $2,000 and publication to a story, essay, and poem. From January 1 to 31, submit a story or essay of …
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First Snow: A Spark for Creative Wonder

Here in Michigan, the first snow has arrived—at least for some. In parts of the state, kids bundled up to build snowmen, while others saw only a thin frost, and some didn’t catch a single flake. Weather is always fertile ground for creativity, and what better prompt this week than the magic (or absence) of the first snow?
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Book Review :: Blade Work by Lily Brown

Brown “explores the reliability of sensory experience and the nature of the external world…questioning the very essence of reality.”
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