ABOUT - MUSEPAPER

THE MONTHLY MUSEPAPER

SUBMISSIONS | ABOUT | SUPPORT | CONTACT

AWARDS/PRIZES

Musepaper Poem Prize
Musepaper Story Prize
Musepaper Essay Prize

Up to THREE (3) Musepaper Prizes will be awarded from across all genres.

+ Publication (online + print anthology)
+ Two (2) Complimentary Copies
+ Professionally Designed Broadside
+ Promotion via press releases and active marketing campaigns (email/newsletter, web, social media, postcards, etc.

GUIDELINES

— 1,000 Words (or less) — Story, Essay, or 1-2 Poems — No Restrictions on Style — No Restrictions on Subject Matter — Deadline: Last Day of Every Month

SUBMIT YOUR WORK

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*Subscribe to Musepaper and become a monthly submitter. Big discount.

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SUBMIT YOUR WORK

​Option 2

*Alternatively, you can submit via Musepaper’s Submittable Page.

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MUSEPAPER explores the possibilities of monthly writing practice, the gift of deadlines, and the novelty unleashed when we dare to write outside our comfort zones, push the envelope, and follow our Muse.

We’ve spent a quarter of a century awarding and publishing thousands of new and emerging poets and writers, and we asked each one for their best writing advice. Nearly all of them center on one truth: Writers — the successful ones — write. Obvious, yet profound. With that as our inspiration, we listened to our own Muse, and Musepaper was born.

We believe in the creative potential of every writer, regardless of experience. Blind and anonymous judging ensures equality for writers of every level. All writers are welcome, and no style or subject matter is off-limits.

100% Independent
Ad-Free
Anti-Paywall Not beholden to any institution, corporation, university,
or foundation for grants or funding of any kind Available Online & In-Print
Paperback & Hardcover Formats
Custom Broadside Designs

Our support comes from like-minded, creative individuals, whether poets and writers submitting their work, readers who buy and share our books, fans who hang our beautiful, soul-stirring broadsides on their walls, and each person who tells a friend about us. 
Your support helps ensure that literature's future is not homogenized and dumbed down by the zero-sum game of multi-billion dollar, multinational conglomerates, big data, and mere numbers on a balance sheet.  
As the late psychedelic-philosopher Terence McKenna said, "The engineers of the future will be poets." And writers. And artists. *･｡ﾟ☆ﾟ.･.*･｡ﾟ
Thanks for reading this far. We’re glad you’re here! 

MUSEPAPER was created and founded in 2018 by Brent Carr (Publisher | Editor | Designer), who previously served as Executive Publisher of the award-winning literary journal, New Millennium Writings, and is the creator/founder of the highly acclaimed small press, Sunshot Press.

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Don't be afraid to reach out, even just to say hi. We're all here in this together.

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THE MONTHLY MUSEPAPER

SUBMISSIONS | ABOUT | SUPPORT | CONTACT

AWARDS/PRIZES

Musepaper Poem Prize

Musepaper Story Prize

Musepaper Essay Prize

Up to THREE (3) Musepaper Prizes will be awarded from across all genres.

+ Publication (online + print anthology)

+ Two (2) Complimentary Copies

+ Professionally Designed Broadside

+ Promotion via press releases and active marketing campaigns (email/newsletter, web, social media, postcards, etc.

GUIDELINES

— 1,000 Words (or less)

— Story, Essay, or 1-2 Poems

— No Restrictions on Style

— No Restrictions on Subject Matter

— Deadline: Last Day of Every Month

SUBMIT YOUR WORK

Option 1

SUBMIT YOUR WORK

​Option 2

MUSEPAPER explores the possibilities of monthly writing practice, the gift of deadlines, and the novelty unleashed when we dare to write outside our comfort zones, push the envelope, and follow our Muse.

We believe in the creative potential of every writer, regardless of experience. Blind and anonymous judging ensures equality for writers of every level. All writers are welcome, and no style or subject matter is off-limits.

100% IndependentAd-FreeAnti-Paywall

Not beholden to any institution, corporation, university,or foundation for grants or funding of any kind

Available Online & In-PrintPaperback & Hardcover FormatsCustom Broadside Designs

Our support comes from like-minded, creative individuals, whether poets and writers submitting their work, readers who buy and share our books, fans who hang our beautiful, soul-stirring broadsides on their walls, and each person who tells a friend about us.

Your support helps ensure that literature's future is not homogenized and dumbed down by the zero-sum game of multi-billion dollar, multinational conglomerates, big data, and mere numbers on a balance sheet.

As the late psychedelic-philosopher Terence McKenna said, "The engineers of the future will be poets." And writers. And artists. *･｡ﾟ☆ﾟ.･.*･｡ﾟ

Thanks for reading this far. We’re glad you’re here!

MUSEPAPER was created and founded in 2018 by Brent Carr (Publisher | Editor | Designer), who previously served as Executive Publisher of the award-winning literary journal, New Millennium Writings, and is the creator/founder of the highly acclaimed small press, Sunshot Press.

Contact Us

Don't be afraid to reach out, even just to say hi. We're all here in this together.

Option 2

100% Independent
Ad-Free
Anti-Paywall

Not beholden to any institution, corporation, university,
or foundation for grants or funding of any kind

Available Online & In-Print
Paperback & Hardcover Formats
Custom Broadside Designs

As the late psychedelic-philosopher Terence McKenna said, "The engineers of the future will be poets." And writers. And artists. ･｡ﾟ☆ﾟ.･.･｡ﾟ