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10 NEW 2026 Open Calls for Short Stories
There are always opportunities for submitting your short stories, if you know where to look. But it can be overwhelming to hunt for these open calls, plus they are always changing! That’s why I’m happy to share my current list of open anthology calls with you, to save you the headache. And I know someday, you’ll pass along the favor to other authors in need. UNSPLASH: engin akyurt Over the last few weeks, I’ve scoured the web, bookmarked interesting finds, and narrowed down
S.E. Reed
Mar 242 min read


Open Submission Calls for Short Stories
There are plenty of opportunities for submitting your short stories, if you know where to look. But it can be overwhelming to hunt for these open calls, plus they are always changing! That’s why I’m happy to share my current list of open short story calls with you, to save you the headache. And I know someday, you’ll pass along the favor to other authors in need. Unsplash Олег Мороз I’ve scoured the web, bookmarked interesting finds, and narrowed down the list to ten submiss
S.E. Reed
Nov 23, 20252 min read


Writing Contests vs. Competitions
If you've been following me for any amount of time, you'll know I get preachy about a few topics: submitting to anthologies, working on...
S.E. Reed
Jul 27, 20253 min read


10 Upcoming Anthology Calls
There are plenty of opportunities for submitting your short stories, if you know where to look. But it can be overwhelming to hunt for...
S.E. Reed
May 4, 20252 min read


Open Anthology Calls
Open Calls for Submission - There are plenty of opportunities for submitting your short stories, if you know where to look.
S.E. Reed
Sep 11, 20242 min read


Small Pubs Looking for Books
I wish everyone could publish with one of my publishers… I’ve signed 3 books with Wild Ink Publishing, 3 books with Scarsdale Publishing...
S.E. Reed
Feb 6, 20242 min read


Book Awards by State A-F
As a traditionally published indie author, with a debut novel garnering some positive reviews on Goodreads, I knew that if I wanted my...
S.E. Reed
Jan 26, 20242 min read


Some 2024 Open Calls
If you know anything about me, you know I LOVE to write a lot. Like A LOT. In any given week, I can be working on 3-5 different projects....
S.E. Reed
Dec 29, 20232 min read


Navigating Book Awards
So you want to win an award? I want YOU to win one too! Why? Because winning awards is invigorating! It motivates you to write more, sub...
S.E. Reed
Dec 17, 20233 min read
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