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Bloom is a literary site and community highlighting authors whose first major work debuted at age forty or older.

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Submission calls

fictionLiteraryOpens Jun 15, 2027

Fiction submissions from blooming authors who first publish, or publish in a new genre, at forty or older. Summer reading period opens June 15 and closes August 15; poetic and literary submissions are welcome.

poetryLiteraryOpens Jun 15, 2027

Poetry submissions from blooming authors who first publish, or publish in a new genre, at forty or older. Summer reading period opens June 15 and closes August 15; poetic and literary submissions are welcome.

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