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Introducing the CRAFT Award for Excellence, honoring the best in our creative prose genres. Each genre will award one winner. Winners receive a $1,000 prize, online publication, reMarkable Paper Pro tablet & setup, and a commemorative plaque. Learn more: craft.submittable.com/submit/346947/…

New #creativenonfiction: "My youngest brother runs away from home again the morning the baby robins fly from the nest." —@SF_Montgomery, "Empty Nest." craftliterary.com/2026/03/18/emp…

New #fiction: "The boy had been so sure of himself by the age of six that he’d told his parents they were rather mistaken about his name. He assigned himself the name of Rohan." —@tubbyabhi, "Give and Take" craftliterary.com/2026/03/13/giv…

New #flashcreativenonfiction: "And still to this day I don’t know what I did learn back then, if anything. If I had listened more would it have helped?" craftliterary.com/2026/03/11/plo… —Sean Thomas Dougherty, "The Plow and the Stars"

New #interview: "I’m a fiction writer who constantly struggles with plot, so I like to think of a story in terms of what a character most desperately wants." —Dustin M. Hoffman in conversation with RS Deeren craftliterary.com/2026/03/06/int…

New #interview: "I like having two different timelines because you can play them off each other in ways that can help sustain and even increase the narrative momentum." —Tim Weed in conversation with Teal Ivy Hall craftliterary.com/2026/03/04/int…

New #interview: "I’m the only writer in my family, and one of a small few who speak, read, and write in English. I feel some responsibility to tell my family’s stories, even if they’re slanted through a speculative lens." —Kristina Ten craftliterary.com/2026/02/27/int…

New #essay: "I want to reclaim nonfiction as a genre hungry enough to hold contradiction." —Alexa Will craftliterary.com/2026/02/25/the…

New #flashfiction: "I bow my head for the priest’s blessing, and as I feel the drops of holy water on my crown, I pucker my lips and blow." craftliterary.com/2026/02/20/cas… —@pleomorphic2 , "Casino Woman/Tamil Girl"

New #creativenonfiction: "What does it mean to be chosen but not really seen? " —Caitlin Scarano, "Of Way Trails and Wolves" craftliterary.com/2026/02/18/way…

New #fiction: "This part we should do proper introduction about you and me. Me they know I’m a dragon joss stick, the title itself already say. " —@HengYeh42 , "I Am a Dragon Joss Stick: An Essay" craftliterary.com/2026/02/13/i-a…

New #creativenonfiction: "Part 1 cannot forgive him. Part 2 helps him enroll in an outpatient program. Part 2 believes: This is mental illness. Part 1 thinks that’s bullshit." —@afb16, "Parts" craftliterary.com/2026/02/11/par…

New #interview: "Hopefully, readers will ask: Who’s worse—the person who openly doesn’t care, or the one who pretends to?" —Daniel Breyer in conversation with Mary Guiney craftliterary.com/2026/02/06/int…

New #interview: "Once you’ve centered yourself and your wishes for your writing career, understand what your goals are—and don’t think of small presses as a last resort." —Laura Stanfill in conversation with Wendy J. Fox craftliterary.com/2026/01/30/con…

New #craftessay: "Some of the most fascinating creative nonfiction lives on the fringes of genre-play, borrowing from both fact and fiction, both poetry and prose." —Kristine Langley Mahler, "Erasure: It’s For Nonfiction Writers Too!" craftliterary.com/2026/01/28/era…

For the CRAFT At Work Challenge, we want to read stories about work: mundane jobs, obscure jobs, dangerous but necessary jobs. Submit fiction of up to 3,500 words. The winner will recieve $750 and publication. Learn more: craft.submittable.com/submit/e733e17…

Final day to submit! We’re eager to read your best longform creative nonfiction. Guest Judge Roxane Gay will choose three winning pieces that will each receive $1,000 and publication. Deadline: January 25, 2026, 11:59 PM Pacific Learn more: craftliterary.com/craft-memoir-e…

New #interview: "I’m drawn to ambiguity, and confusion to a certain extent, but only as a means of getting to something that seems true about our human experience." —Robert Lopez in conversation with Severin Wiggenhorn craftliterary.com/2026/01/23/int…

New #craftessay: "After a writer acknowledges the fallibility of a human mind, readers are willing to follow their narrator just about anywhere because they trust them to be honest, not just to tell the truth (there is a difference)." —Lexi Lilly craftliterary.com/2026/01/21/cre…

Here's what Deesha Philyaw, author of "The Secret Lives of Church Ladies," had to say about our 2024 Novelette Print Prize winner! Buy "1989" by Vince Omni today: redmarepress.com/books/1989/