A few items of possible interest
The broken midlist: why it’s harder than ever to be a ‘moderately successful’ author.
What Does It Mean To Be a Working Class Writer at Iowa Writers’ Workshop?
Call for Submissions to The Inspector Pooh Case Files (Series). (Note: This is undated and gives no deadline for submissions, so use your judgment.)
Calls for submissions
Creatures, Crimes, & Creativity Anthology 2025 Submissions. Deadline: Aug. 17, 2025.
Malice Domestic 20: Anthology Submissions. Deadline: Aug. 31, 2025.
Black Cat Weekly $500 Short Story Contest Info. Deadline: Sept. 30, 2025.
PS: Consolidation! It’s been happening. And the bigger they get, the tougher the negotiations more likely they are to blow you off more they’ll want from you
But why bother with the middleman, when you can form your own publishing outfit?