The 2026 Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest is organized by Winning Writers located in Western Massachusetts, in the United States. The organizer is accepting humor poems written in English, up to 250 lines in length. Both published and/or unpublished work can be submitted. One poem only, please. Deadline: April 1 Categories: Humor poems Prizes: First prize = $2,000 plus two-year…
#NationalIndieExcellenceAwards The National Indie Excellence Awards (NIEA) recognize books that demonstrate excellence in form and content, celebrating self-published books. Deadline: March 31 Categories: 150+ categories to choose from Prizes: Cash prizes, sponsorship awards with professional development and marketing assistance, and Juror’s Choice awards with unrestricted funds for marketing and distribution For More Info: National Indie Excellence Awards The National…
Great news! REAL WRITERS MARKET is now in its first library. I lived at the library when I was a kid. I couldn’t afford the Writer’s Market book, so I would spend hours and hours every day at the reference center. Happy days. They still have the old writer’s market books there, as outdated as…
Barrelhouse Books USA – Novels, Fiction, Creative Non-fiction, Poetry, Culture barrelhousemag.com yobarrelhouse@gmail.com Barrelhouse bridges the gap between serious art and pop culture. Barrelhouse Books looks for engaging, dynamic works of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction. Barrelhouse publishes smart, insightful books, the kind of stuff your intelligent, non-reader friends will love as much as your MFA classmates.…
Who knew? You won’t find these comparisons anywhere else. These are not your typical lookalikes. These are from the mind of your humble narrator. Enjoy. #DannyKaye #MicahelRichards #seinfled #kramer Danny Kaye was an American actor, comedian, singer, and dancer known for his rapid-fire novelty songs, physical comedy, and unique pantomimes. At the peak of his…
#IlsaSchwepckePrize #indiebookaward 2026 Ilsa Schwepcke Prize : An annual award for women’s travel writing in English. An independent jury will select a shortlist and the winning book will be announced in autumn at the International Frankfurt Book Fair. Deadline: March 31 Categories: Nonfiction, prose works of travel writing (not open to fiction or poetry) Prizes: Winning author will…
Bard Books USA – Novels, Novella, SS, Creative Non-fiction, Bio, Art bardbooks.com Info@litmag.com Bard Books is an independent publisher devoted to voices on the page that demand to be heard. We are here to discover and publish what others have missed, refused, or failed to find, even though it sparkles and sounds its magic from…
glass houses I was in the grocery store the other day and the music was playing somewhere and it dawned on me that billy joel was one of the greatest frauds ever perpetrated on the american public anybody remember allentown? just like bruce springsteen was one of the biggest shams ever played upon the american…
The Hippies by Hunter S. Thompson (aka: The Hashbury is the Capital of the Hippies) Maybe you thought you heard of every Hunter S. Thompson article, only to find something new. in fact, we found all kinds of pieces of Gonzo Journalism you may not have heard of yet. The Hippies, by Hunter S. Thompson,…
