Our flash fiction workshop, URGENT WRITING, goes down next week on August 13! Registration is $20 and will include a craft talk about flash fiction by Jaclyn Desforges, a generative writing session, and a sneak preview of our free submission window. www.glossyplanetmag.com/urgent-writi...

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Register for Urgent Writing: A Generative Flash Fiction Workshop led by writer, poet, and instructor Jaclyn Desforges!

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We're now accepting flash fiction, nonfiction, and poetry about social media, algorithms, and the insidious appeal of the infinite scroll. Submit to DOOMSCROLL by August 15: www.glossyplanetmag.com/challenge/do...

Doomscroll - August 2026 Writing Challenge | Glossy Planet

Submit flash fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry about social media, algorithms, and how it feels to use a product that uses you back.

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Glossy Planet @glossyplanetmag.bsky.social ⭐ is open to submissions on 2 calls (fee-based). #CallforSubmissions

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Glossy Planet @glossyplanetmag.bsky.social ⭐ is open to submissions on 2 calls (fee-based). #CallforSubmissions

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Presenting DOOMSCROLL—the theme for our August call for submissions. We're seeking flash fiction, nonfiction, and poetry about social media, algorithms, and how it feels to use a product that uses you back. Closing August 15. Learn more: www.glossyplanetmag.com/challenge/do...

Doomscroll - August 2026 Writing Challenge | Glossy Planet

Submit flash fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry about social media, algorithms, and how it feels to use a product that uses you back.

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Our August call for submissions opens TOMORROW and closes on the 15th. Omg. What do you think our theme will be? Here's a hint: 🤳 🫥 🕳️ ⏳️

Read our interview with first-place Gender Trouble winner Ophelia Wong, in which we discuss performance, power imbalances, and stories that happen in the footnotes. www.glossyplanetmag.com/evolutionary...

Interview With Ophelia Wong - Gender Trouble Winner

An interview with first-place winner Ophelia Wong on gender roles, performance, and stories that happen in the footnotes.

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Our Gender Trouble finalist, written by Ophelia Wong, happens in the footnotes. Read "Hermaphroditism and Culling Adaptations of the Blue-Banded Hawk." www.glossyplanetmag.com/hermaphrodit...

Hermaphroditism and Culling Adaptations of the Blue-Banded Hawk

Read "Hermaphroditism and Culling Adaptations of the Blue-Banded Hawk" by Ophelia Wong, the first-place winner from Glossy Planet's Gender Trouble writing challenge.

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For our second place finalist for our Gender Trouble challenge, we're so excited to share "Autogynepygmaliac" by Val Cossey, a poem about self-love, expression, and exploration. www.glossyplanetmag.com/autogynepygm...

Autogynepygmaliac - Gender Trouble 2nd Place Winner

Read "Autogynepygmaliac" by Val Cossey, the second-place winner for Glossy Planet's Gender Trouble writing challenge.

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We're pleased to share our 3rd place finalist for Gender Trouble: Bron Bateman's "By Any Other Name," a poem about identity, familial love, and identity. www.glossyplanetmag.com/by-any-other...

By Any Other Name - Gender Trouble 3rd Place Winner

Read "By Any Other Name" by Bron Bateman, the third-place winner for Glossy Planet's Gender Trouble writing challenge.

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Coming up in August: Urgent Writing, a flash fiction workshop with the wonderful @jaclyndesforges.bsky.social. Part craft talk, part generative writing session. Don't miss it: www.glossyplanetmag.com/urgent-writi...

Register for Urgent Writing: A Generative Flash Fiction Workshop - Glossy Planet

Register for Urgent Writing: A Generative Flash Fiction Workshop led by writer, poet, and instructor Jaclyn Desforges!

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Our July call for submissions is now closed. If you missed it, our next call (and a new theme!) launches on August 1.

Today is the LAST DAY to submit to our July call for submissions, Cost of Living! www.glossyplanetmag.com/challenge/co...

Cost of Living - July 2026 Writing Challenge | Glossy Planet

Submit flash fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry about paychecks, debt, and how we make ends meet when the means aren't there.

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Glossy Planet @glossyplanetmag.bsky.social ⭐ will be closing to submissions soon on 2 calls (fee-based). #CallforSubmissions

Closing Soon to Submissions on Duosuma: Glossy Planet @glossyplanetmag.bsky.social ⭐

Glossy Planet @glossyplanetmag.bsky.social ⭐ will be closing to submissions soon on 2 calls (fee-based). #CallforSubmissions

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Last day tomorrow. Cost of Living closes July 15. If it's about what people do to get by — we want it. www.glossyplanetmag.com/challenge/co...

Cost of Living - July 2026 Writing Challenge | Glossy Planet

Submit flash fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry about paychecks, debt, and how we make ends meet when the means aren't there.

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Are you writing? There are two days left to submit to Cost of Living. We'll take the piece you've been sitting on. glossyplanetmag.com/challenge/co...

Cost of Living - July 2026 Writing Challenge | Glossy Planet

Submit flash fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry about paychecks, debt, and how we make ends meet when the means aren't there.

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ICYMI: We spoke with History Repeating finalist Kailum Graves about patch notes as form, breaking cycles, and the appeal of hybrid writing. www.glossyplanetmag.com/an-interview...

Interview With Kailum Graves - Silent Spring Winner

An interview with first-place winner Kailum Graves on inheritance, patterns, and genre-bending to uncover big emotions beneath difficult topics.

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Our current call for submissions seeks fiction, poetry, and nonfiction about the cost of groceries, the weight of debt, and the decision you make when the means aren't there. Submit by July 15. glossyplanetmag.com/challenge/co...

Cost of Living - July 2026 Writing Challenge | Glossy Planet

Submit flash fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry about paychecks, debt, and how we make ends meet when the means aren't there.

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Our free submission window opens in mid-August. Capped spots. Subscribe to the newsletter and be the first to know when it opens. www.glossyplanetmag.com/newsletter/

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Writing prompt for our current call for submissions, closing July 15: Write a scene in which a couple goes out to eat, but neither is able to pay. One person wants to dine-and-dash. The other does not. What happens next?

Silence is the wrong response. That’s why today we are publishing ‘The Machines Are Coming For Your Masthead”, a report on our experiences, small press publishing in the age of AI. Read the blog. Download the report. Share your thoughts - we want to hear them. (20/20 - fin)

Honey, We Bought an AI Story — Bona Books

Bona Books share a hard-learned lesson: we accidentally bought AI-generated fiction. This deep dive into our experience with submission fraud covers the "red flags" we missed, the toll it took on our ...

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Whichever version you opt for, this is essential reading, for publishers, authors and readers.

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We're mainly sharing the link to the rather more digestible blog post, but if you want to jump to the straight our AI report:

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We’re thrilled to have had the illustrious Marya Hornbacher judge this year’s Honeybee Poetry Prize. Her selection and the debut of that poem are less than a week away. Until then, please enjoy her new knock-out poem, Jukebox Rotation for War Days. www.glossyplanetmag.com/jukebox-rota...

Writing prompt for our current call for submissions: Write about what happens when money—the pursuit of it, the lack of it—drives people toward decisions they wouldn’t normally make.

Writing prompt: Write about a receipt. Unpack the line items on it. What do those items tell us about a person's life?

Writing prompt: Write a scene in which two people split a bill. Don't tell us anything about their relationship. Let the math do it. (And if you like what you wrote, submit it! We're open for submissions until July 15.)

Cost of Living is open: we want your flash fiction, poetry, and essays about paychecks, debt, and what people do when having enough is just out of reach. $1,000 for first place. Submit by July 15. glossyplanetmag.com/challenge/co...

Cost of Living - July 2026 Writing Challenge | Glossy Planet

Submit flash fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry about paychecks, debt, and how we make ends meet when the means aren't there.

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Are you writing? Just checking.

Glossy Planet @glossyplanetmag.bsky.social ⭐ is open to submissions on 2 calls (fee-based). #CallforSubmissions

Opened to Submissions on Duosuma: Glossy Planet @glossyplanetmag.bsky.social ⭐

Glossy Planet @glossyplanetmag.bsky.social ⭐ is open to submissions on 2 calls (fee-based). #CallforSubmissions

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Our July call for submissions is open! The theme: COST OF LIVING 💸 💸 💸 www.glossyplanetmag.com/challenge/co...

Cost of Living - July 2026 Writing Challenge | Glossy Planet

Submit flash fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry about paychecks, debt, and how we make ends meet when the means aren't there.

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