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Stop resorting to AI! Here are 5 things you can do instead
Practical solutions for literary problems that might arise at any step of the creative process
Oct 1
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Shannan Mann
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Karan Kapoor
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September 2026
Free Writing Challenge: Micro of the Month
New theme revealed inside! | Send us your fiction or nonfiction up to 300 words only!
Sep 30
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Karan Kapoor
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Transcription by Norka Keller
“Just two individual adults sharing an apartment” | Micro #6
Sep 27
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Shannan Mann
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Somniphobia by Margaret Jameson
“The princess has no control, the spell sets the parameters” | Short Story #10
Sep 24
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Shannan Mann
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Margaret Jameson
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Send us your stories & essays!
"Avoid the flourish. Do not be afraid to be weak..." | One day only: Leonard Cohen Reading Period
Sep 20
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Karan Kapoor
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Strange Pilgrims
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House of Reunification Series by Jefferson Navicky
“Against its better judgement, the house began to welcome mice.” | Flash CNF #7
Sep 17
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Strange Pilgrims
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Karan Kapoor
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Jefferson Navicky
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The Prizewinner by Clint Margrave
"At that point, I became convinced maybe the Prizewinner was stalking me" | Essay #8
Sep 10
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Shannan Mann
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The Keeper of the Last Bird Eggs by Elitsa Dermendzhiyska
“Dead things, I mutter to myself because it’s easy to forget what you’re really looking at.” | Flash Fiction #9
Sep 3
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August 2026
Otter by Zoé Mahfouz
Free September Challenge Theme Reveal! | “And I have to react to a plushie doppelganger of myself.” | Micro #5
Aug 30
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Shannan Mann
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The Magic Notebook by Kevin Sandefur
“Whatever you write in it will come true.” | Short Story #9
Aug 27
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Strange Pilgrims
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Kevin Sandefur
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Shannan Mann
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“Agents actually prefer to discover talent via lit mags!” | Interview with Curtis Brown Literary Agent, Lily Kovacs
9 Days Left to Submit to the $3000 Strange Pilgrims Prize for Story of the Year & Essay of the Year
Aug 22
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Strange Pilgrims
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Lily Kovacs
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Shannan Mann
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Good Smoke by Dawn Macdonald
"A little bit just toughens you up." | Flash CNF #6
Aug 20
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Strange Pilgrims
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Karan Kapoor
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Dawn Macdonald
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