Sept. 20 - Enchanted Conversations: Spooky & Spellbinding Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths - stories 700-2000 words & poems
Sept. 21 - Texas Writes Event in Brady, Texas - featured authors Meg Gardiner & Rachel Starnes
Sept. 28 - Texas Writes Event in Lakehills, Texas - featured authors Donna M. Johnson & Naomi Shihab Nye
Sept. 30 - California State Poetry Society: September - open topic
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Laughter is the Best Medicine - nonfiction up to 1200 words & poems
Arizona State Poetry Society Annual Contest - 9 categories to enter
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Golden Years or Second Wind - nonfiction up to 1200 words & poems
Louisiana State Poetry Society Fall Festival Contest - 7 categories to enter
San Antonio Writers' Guild Annual Contest - fiction, nonfiction, memoir, poetry
Texas Review Press X.J. Kennedy Poetry Prize - submit a full-length collection of poems
Cook Publishing Short Story Contest - What If? - 3,000 to 10,000 words
Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest - 250 line limit
Connecticut River Review Poetry Contest - submit up to 3 poems
Orca Cover Letter Contest - submit a memorable cover letter
Sandy Run Novella Award - novellas 17,500 to 4,000
Oct. 01 - Purpose Magazine - One Body (in Christ) - Pentecost - true, personal stories & poems
The Sun Magazine Readers Write Column: Accidents - personal essays
The War Cry: Christmas - fiction, nonfiction, articles
Stories Out of School Flash Fiction Contest - between 6 and 749 words
Cobblestone: Civil War: Reconstruction - American history magazine for ages 9-14; fiction, nonfiction, poetry
National Writers Association Annual Poetry Contest - 40 line limit
Writer's Digest Poetry Awards - all styles of poetry up to 32 lines
Oct. 08 - Rate Your Story Free Submissions Day - any genre
Oct. 12 - Texas Writes Event at Bandera Public Library in Bandera, TX - free to the public
Oct. 14 - Bible Advocate: Reconciliation - Christian magazine; nonfiction & poetry
Oct. 15 - The Christian Journal: God Wants to Eat With Us - nonfiction articles
Windhover Literary Journal - Christian poetry, fiction, & creative nonfiction
Highland Park Poetry Muses' Gallery: Water - poems up to 30 lines