WE’VE SET the dates for our writing contests for the 2025/2026 season. Mark them on your calendars!
Halloween Week 2025 — Scary Stories (max. word count of 2,500). Submission window: Sept. 22-Oct. 13, 2025. Winning entries will appear on CommuterLit the week of Oct. 27-Oct. 31, 2025.
Valentines Week 2026 — Love Stories (max. word count of 2,500). Submission window: Jan. 12-26, 2026. Winning entries will appear on CommuterLit the week of Feb. 9-13, 2026.
Poetry Week 2026 — Poem or series of poems (max. word count 1000). Submission window: April 13 – 27, 2026. Winning entries will be posted the week of May 11-15, 2026.
Flash Fiction Week 2026 — Flash Fiction stories (max. word count 500). Submission window: May 19 – June 1, 2026. Winners will be posted on CommuterLit the week of June 15-19, 2026.
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CommuterLit editor Nancy Kay Clark co-hosts a spec fic book review podcast with her adult son Nate called Mom and Son Book Reviews. The latest edition has just been posted. You can find it on Sound Cloud.
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General Submission Portal Temporarily Closed
We’ve closed the General Submission portal while we get through our giant submission backlog. People are waiting for answers. Once we have read all the submissions and made our decision, we’ll re-open the General Submission Portal.
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