Write like it matters. Because it does.
If it feels like “I had to write this now,” we want to read it.
May 2026 May 2026 May 2026 April 2026 April 2026 April 2026 Glossy Planet is a lit mag that responds to the world in real time. Every month, we drop a new challenge tied to what’s happening in the headlines, the culture, and the moment. Think: the literary version of a group chat, if your group chat included a bunch of writers trying to make sense of it all.
We want your flash experiments, microessays, poems, weird little lists—anything that makes us stop and feel something. We’re here for impact and heat, not polish or perfection. If you’re writing in response to the world, not hiding from it, we want to hear from you.
Flash prose, lists, microessays, flash prose, poetry, and other short, genre-defying forms.
Up to 1,000 words for prose and two pages for poetry.
$1,000 for 1st place, $200 for 2nd, and $100 for 3rd.
Each challenge opens on the 1st of the month and closes on the 15th.
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