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Mountain Jay Books: Call for Submissions for Online Journal

Deadline: Year-round

Steller’s Weekly, the online journal of Mountain Jay Books, is open year‑round to emerging fiction writers. Send your unpublished short stories under 5,000 words for publication consideration and a chance to appear in the annual Stories with Altitude anthology.
Promotional flyer for the 7th Annual Short Short Story Writing Contest by Ethos Literacy. The design features an illustration of a person sitting at a desk with a typewriter, surrounded by books and papers, in a cozy library setting. The text highlights contest details: “100 Word Challenge, Ages 14+, 4 Topics, Prizes – E-Publication, Submission Fee: $15.”

Annual Short Short Story Contest – 100 Words to Support Literacy

Deadline: March 1, 2026

7th Annual Short Short Story Contest to Support Literacy Initiatives hosted by Ethos Literacy, a nonprofit that provides free literacy and skill tutoring to teens …
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Flyer for Spalding University’s Naslund-Mann Graduate School of Writing promoting MFA application deadline March 1. Highlights low-residency MFA program with May on-campus or June virtual residency, genres offered (fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, writing for children and young adults, writing for TV, screen, and stage), and mentions Good River Review literary journal.

Spalding University. Find your people.

Application Deadline: March 1Imagine finding a low-residency MFA program filled with smart, passionate writers who are as dedicated as you are. A program where you develop your talent together and cheer each other on. Where you throw your whole heart into becoming publishing, producing writers—together. spalding.edu/mfa
Promotional poster for the Kerouac Project writing residency in Orlando. Large white text reads “Write Where the Road Began” over a grayscale photo of Jack Kerouac. The Kerouac Project logo appears at the bottom with details about six writers being selected for residencies at the historic Kerouac House.

Write at Jack Kerouac’s Orlando Residence for Seven Weeks

Write where Jack Kerouac once worked and dreamed. This seven‑week Orlando residency gives one writer the house to themselves, a stipend, and the quiet needed to complete new work. Applications for the 2026 sessions are now open.
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