Mandira Pattnaik·Sep 25TEN Literary Magazine Submission Opportunities in September 2026Also, links to my pieces these places have published for you to get an idea what they publish : )A response icon1A response icon1
Mandira Pattnaik·Sep 12TEN Fee-free, no-pay magazines that ALSO have high submission acceptance ratesOpen submission calls SEPTEMBER 2026A response icon5A response icon5
Mandira Pattnaik·Aug 95 Online Magazines that Pay for Writing-Life Articles and Craft EssaysNEW ENGLAND REVIEW: Open year round, NER is seeking brief essays, 900 to 2,000 words, that “trouble the conventional prescriptiveness of…
Mandira Pattnaik·Jul 17I’m a Writer in English, but I’m not EnglishOne of the biggest challenges I face as a writer in English (my mother tongue is Bangla; I opted for first language English and second…A response icon1A response icon1
Mandira Pattnaik·Mar 8Stories By Women, For Women, Of Women — 8 Stories to Read on March 8Celebrating Women’s Day through Fiction and Nonfiction Published in 2025/2026 in International Magazines
Mandira Pattnaik·Mar 4A Newsletter With a View of One’s Own-11Hi everyone, how are you? It’s March already! We’ve clocked two months of 2026, and where are we? Let’s take heart that there are writers…
Mandira Pattnaik·Nov 13, 2025A Writer’s Guide on Rage, Reflection, and RetributionWhen I think of anger, it fills me with rage. Do not go gentle into that good night, …Rage, rage against the dying of the light (1). My…
Mandira Pattnaik·Sep 16, 2025Beyond Craft: Experiments with Story Structures — “Letter Stories”Formats of handwritten mails (and emails) provide excellent jackets to write fiction that needs to be direct and personal. That is why —…A response icon1A response icon1
Mandira Pattnaik·Sep 5, 2025Vocab Glow‑Up: English’s Newest Words Buzzing in my BonnetLike all wordsmiths, I’ve built forests from alphabets. Like all forest dwellers, I’ve been a gatherer all my life. Of vocable. Of pretty…
Mandira Pattnaik·Aug 2, 2025Literary Sacrilege: The Advice Against ReadingReading can ruin your writing career. No one says that — it is equivalent to sacrilege in the literary world. In fact, the popular advice…
