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June 17, 2024 in Site News
The Cutleaf Reader
Open to BIPOC writers who live in or hail from rural or semi-rural locales in the U.S. and whose short stories feature characters living or working in rural or semi-rural spaces. Annual print anthology looking for:
Literary Nonfiction – October 1 to October 31, 2024
Poetry – November 1, 2024.
“There is no fee to submit. Cutleaf will pay from $100 to $400 for published prose and from $50 to $100 per published poem.”
For full details visit: https://eastoverpresscutleafjournal.submittable.com/submit
Trollbreath Magazine
Trollbreath Magazine is a journal of speculative fiction, poetry, and non-fiction, publishing electronic issues on a quarterly schedule.
September 1st, 2024 – September 30th, 2024 (Spring 2025 issue)
December 1st, 2024 – December 31st, 2024 (Summer 2025 issue)
“Trollbreath Magazine will consider original short stories from 1500 words up to 7500 words. Our preference is for stories between 4,000 and 5,000 words”
4 cents (United States currency) per word for original works, and 1/2 cent per word for reprints at the time of publication
For full details visit: https://magazine.trollbreath.com/submissions/
To submit a market open to submissions, please visit this thread in the forum.
NOTE: As always, research the publisher and read the rules and terms. Protect your intellectual property. Listings here do not indicate support by Forward Motion for Writers, and are offered only as information.
Site Updates in Progress
January 18, 2024 in Challenges
I am working on a series of updates to the website, not only in software upgrades but also in usability.
If there are any drastic issues please use Discord to get ahold of me. I’m am constantly in the FM Discord server along with many others. Invite: https://discord.gg/3SRF3xQ
Stay tuned!
Forward Motion Discord Server – Let’s Chat!
September 24, 2021 in Challenges
The Forward Motion Discord Server has officially taken over as the live chat space for our merry band of writers! For those who would like to join the fun, the invite link is: https://discord.gg/3SRF3xQ
If you prefer, you can use the interface under the chat tab here at FM once you have a Discord account. Or you can use any of Discord’s many options for chatting.
More site news to come!
Live Chat Software Change
October 3, 2020 in Challenges
The chat software we’d been using was overall nice. However, I kept getting complaints from some FMers that were having trouble with it. Either not connecting on whatever device they were using, not formatting correctly, or other small problems. So, I’ve been keeping my eye out for a good alternative. Which was surprisingly difficult.
One suggested alternative mentioned several times was Discord. It’s a good chat platform, and I’m a part of several servers myself. However, I wanted the ability for FMers to be able to access chat here on the website. Discord didn’t have a way to integrate with websites.
But that’s now starting to change.
I found a service that enables a Discord server to be embedded in a website. You can now see it on our Chat page here at FM!
Once you are logged into Discord (unfortunately this is not tied into the user database here) how you want to go into chat depends on you. You can hat using the embedded Discord window here on this site on our own live chat page (https://fmwriters.com/fm/chat/). Or you can use any of Discord’s apps to chat via your desktop, laptop, cell phones, pads, and so on.
Your choice!
This upgrade was also announced in the forum where you can make comments if you wish.
New Site is Live!
September 7, 2019 in Challenges
The new site for Forward Motion is now live! The old site still exists, with the link to it in the sidebar. Please post new posts in the new forum, as no further posts from the old forum will be ported over.
As the note says in the sidebar, all user accounts were successfully ported over. However, passwords were encrypted, so they could not. Please use the “Recover Password” option to reset your password. At that point, you should be good to go. Don’t forget to fill in your profile area!
I think I got all the Moderator roles and permissions set up, but if not, please let me know!
Some boards have been reorganized, moved to other areas, and so forth. The “Motivation” area has been left alone (so, please don’t scream in alarm!).
You will notice that there are several boards that are no longer live. They have not been deleted, but instead archived. Some haven’t been used in a while, others need permissions worked on, with others now combined with new live boards. We can always bring them out of retirement, recreate, or create new ones if needed. If you have any suggestions, please post to the “Suggestions and Troubleshooting” or “The Main Board” boards.
New Chat
June 5, 2019 in Site News
The new chat is in place on the Chat page. For a short time the old chat is also still available here.