Mark your calendars! The Submission Window to enter our Halloween Week 2024 scary story contest starts next Monday, Sept. 30 and runs to Oct. 21. We are looking for horror stories, creepy stories or Halloween-themed stories — not stories that just happen to be set around Halloween. The top five best will be posted on CommuterLit the week of Oct. 28 – Nov. 1, 2024. The maximum word-count for entries is 4,000 words. Read more.
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Contributor News
Melanie Marttila is pleased to announce the publication of three poems in The /t?mz/ Review, Issue 28, Summer 2024. She is also honoured to be part of the literary lineup for Wordstock Sudbury, 2024. She and Kelsey Borgford will be in the Poetry Primer, moderated by Sudbury (Ontario)’s current poet laureate, Alex Tétreault, on Friday, November 1, 5:30 to 6:30 pm at Place des Arts, Sudbury. Wordstock is a hybrid festival with online and in-person options, taking place November 1 to 3, 2024. Visit the above linked website for schedule and tickets.
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