stories that linger. Editor: @Pstephenswrites
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4 days left to submit!
$5 entry. One $50 Prize Winner.
Fiction | CNF | Poetry | Hybrid
Send us your ghosts. Send us that one comment your aunt made in 1996 that never left your mind. Send us whatever the hell haunted means to you. We’re here for it.
Itch Lit Prize is open. 🕯️
October’s theme: HAUNTED
$5 entry. Fiction, poetry, and nonfiction welcome. Every submission is considered for publication, and one winner takes $50.
Send us the thing that won’t leave the room.
Submit via Duosuma. Link on site.
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New Poetry @ The Itch!
The things we learn from lizards…
“How to sex a gecko” by Anne Eyries
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Deadline: Saturday- 11:59PM (CST)
Prize: $50
Entry- $5
Theme: Haunted (literally, figuratively, psychotically, we don’t care)
Fiction | CNF | Poetry | Hybrid (~1000 words)
Submit: duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/…
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New fiction at The Itch!
“Follow the Path” by James Blindell.
Just five more minutes.
theitchlit.com/fiction/p8mbi…
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Under the Skin: An Interview with Beth Sherman (@bsherm36 ) is live on The Itch!
Mushrooms. Donuts. Animals & thoughts.
Read it here: theitchlit.com/under-the-ski…
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A beat-up Fairlane. Too much Pabst. A bad idea that gets worse.
Jesse Binger’s (@jessebinger) “Like Lucinda” is live at The Itch, and damn, this one lingers.
Read it: theitchlit.com/fiction/like-…
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10 days left to submit!
Submissions for The Itch Lit Prize- October- Haunted are slowly rolling in!
Deadline: October 31, 2026
Ghosts count. Obviously.
But so do old houses, old lovers, old versions of yourself. Memory. Regret. Desire. Family mythology.
Submit here: duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/…
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New fiction at The Itch! ✨
@Madmaxguz Maximillano Guzman’s story “Low-Cost Dreams” is live now!
theitchlit.com/fiction/low-c…
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New CNF at The Itch!
Mary Taylor Carlilse’s “Ornithology” is on the site now!
She’s also got a poem live today!
theitchlit.com/non-fiction/o…
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the ITCH retweeted
Happy Saturday! Our subs are still open, and we’re desperate for your strange fiction!🫶
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We can’t wait to share this one. It lingers. 🫶
It's a good Saturday. Two acceptances. Excited to be back at @BendingGenres and debuting at @theitchlit! Coming soon.
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Punk rock, an ’84 Mustang, and the kind of friendship that stays with you long after the music stops.
“Knights of Sunset” by Joey Whitton
theitchlit.com/poetry/knight…
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New Fiction at The Itch!
The Night Age Got a Jump Start on Flora by Shira Musicant
Read it here: theitchlit.com/fiction/the-n…
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Submissions for The Itch Lit Prize- October- Haunted are slowly rolling in!
Deadline: October 31, 2026
Ghosts count. Obviously.
But so do old houses, old lovers, old versions of yourself. Memory. Regret. Desire. Family mythology.
Submit here: duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/…
Itch Lit Prize is open. 🕯️
October’s theme: HAUNTED
$5 entry. Fiction, poetry, and nonfiction welcome. Every submission is considered for publication, and one winner takes $50.
Send us the thing that won’t leave the room.
Submit via Duosuma. Link on site.
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NEW UNDER THE SKIN INTERVIEW!
What do Carole King, corporate absurdity, unreliable memories, and unfinished novels have in common?
Writer @andrewcareaga has thoughts.
Come get under his skin.
#WritingCommunity #LitMag
theitchlit.com/under-the-ski…
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Submissions for The Itch Lit Prize- October- Haunted are slowly rolling in!
Deadline: October 31, 2026
Ghosts count. Obviously.
But so do old houses, old lovers, old versions of yourself. Memory. Regret. Desire. Family mythology.
Submit here: duotrope.com/duosuma/submit…
Itch Lit Prize is open. 🕯️
October’s theme: HAUNTED
$5 entry. Fiction, poetry, and nonfiction welcome. Every submission is considered for publication, and one winner takes $50.
Send us the thing that won’t leave the room.
Submit via Duosuma. Link on site.
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We’re proud to announce The Itch Lit’s inaugural Pushcart Prize nominations!
Congratulations to:
-Lise Hosein
-Sarah Watkins
-Justin Lacour @TrampolinePoet1
-Mandira Pattnaik @MandiraPattnaik
-Shira Musicant
-Shrutidhora P Mohor @shrutidhoraPM
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