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The Willow Springs Magazine Surrealist Poetry Prize

Deadline: September 15, 2026

The Willow Springs Magazine Surrealist Poetry Prize, $1,000 and publication in Willow Springs magazine, is awarded for a surrealist poem. Michael Hettich will be the …
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StoryBottle Fiction Chapbook Contest

Deadline: August 15, 2026

StoryBottle Co.‘s Fiction Chapbook Contest is now open! We’re looking for the same great, weird fiction we love publishing—just with a little more room to …

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