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January 22, 2022

Special Announcements||Buttonhook Press,|an imprint of OPEN: Journal of Arts & Letters (O:JA&L)|2022 Open call for chapbook submissions|Poetry: All forms & styles

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Special Announcements||OPEN CALL for Submissions|Theater Arts: Drama as Plays for Page or Stage

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Public Service Announcement|Call for Contest Submissions: Gunpowder Press|”The Barry Spacks Poetry Prize”

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