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Submissions open one more week for the May Poetry Open! Monthly contests. Winners featured on Underground Bookshelf!

#writingcontest #poetry #poetrychallenge #writing #reading #poem #books

Details at the link:

https://www.underground-bookshelf.com/3139606_may-2026-contest-submissions

This month is the Poetry Open! Submissions are due May 24th.

Winners get their poem featured on Underground Bookshelf.

Details at: https://www.underground-bookshelf.com/3139606_may-2026-contest-submissions

#poetry #poem #writing #writingcontest #reading #books

Congratulations to the writers of the top stories of our March writing contest! The theme was CRIME, MYSTERY, & COMEDY!

"Milk for the Shadows" (Excerpt from novella, The Thing That Asks for Milk) by Giorgio Hypnos
"Thessaloniki, 1957" by Raskolnick
"How Did Yo...Never Mind" by Ri

Winners will be featured on Underground Bookshelf over the next month!

#books #reading #writing #literature #shortstories #writingcontest

https://www.underground-bookshelf.com/3096639_march-2026-contest-results

Welcome to the third Monthly Writing Contest of 2026! The theme this month is #mystery, #crimefiction or #comedy

That's right, you can choose from any of the above genres (or blend all three!).

Submissions can include the following formats:
#flashfiction
#shortstories
#poetry
#excerpts
creative #memoirs
#essays pertaining to the above genres

Submissions close March 29th

#fiction #writingcontest #genre

https://www.underground-bookshelf.com/3030188_march-2026-contest-submissions

Welcome to the second Monthly Writing Contest of 2026! The theme this month is #romance

Submissions can include the following formats:
#flashfiction #shortstories #poetry #excerpts #memoirs #essays

Submission Timeline:
Submissions Open: February 01, 2026
Submissions Close: February 22, 2026
Results Announced: Week of February 23, 2026

#bookstodon #books #writing #writingcontest

https://www.underground-bookshelf.com/2986350_february-2026-contest-submissions