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Against Cancel Culture: Art Beyond Bothsidesism
+ Free submissions open for just one week
Oct 15
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Strange Pilgrims
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Justine Payton
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Shannan Mann
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Here It Is by Kristina Ten
“How’s a mechanical jackrabbit any scarier than that?” | Short Story #11
Oct 8
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Strange Pilgrims
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Shannan Mann
62
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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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Strange Pilgrims
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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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Strange Pilgrims
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Shannan Mann
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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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Strange Pilgrims
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norka keller
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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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Strange Pilgrims
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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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Shannan Mann
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Karan Kapoor
, and
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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Strange Pilgrims
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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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Strange Pilgrims
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Shannan Mann
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12
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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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Strange Pilgrims
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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
, and
Shannan Mann
66
10
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