Philadelphia Stories

01/08/2025

Submissions are open for ONE more week! Send us your Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, and Poetry submissions by Wednesday, January 15th for consideration in our Winter/Spring 2025 issue! Art submissions are accepted on a rolling basis.

Follow the link to learn more about our submission guidelines: https://buff.ly/3CXI6Fn

01/02/2025

REMINDER: Philadelphia Stories is taking art submissions!

Please submit your artwork electronically – either through the submission form on our website, or email us at [email protected]

Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis – submit your artwork for a chance to be featured in an upcoming issue of Philadelphia Stories! ☺️🎨🖌️

01/01/2025

Philadelphia Stories wants to wish you a Happy New Year! 🤗🎉🍾🍾🎆🎇 We are excited for 2025, and we have some new things in store for you! Stay tuned! ☺️♥️

12/26/2024

Wishing you all a happy and safe Kwanza! ☺️♥️

12/25/2024

Happy Hanukkah 🕎!! 🥹☺️♥️

12/25/2024

Happy Holidays everyone! We hope you all receive a day filled with love, laughter, happiness, and plenty of literature to read! From our Philadelphia Stories family to yours, Merry Christmas! 🎄🎁

12/24/2024

Let’s get into the holiday spirit! ☺️🎄

12/19/2024

Check out our current issue to read a very special conversation with Curtis Smith and author Charles Holdefer to discuss his latest collection of short stories, "Ivan The Terrible Goes On A Family Picnic."

Based in Brussels, Belgium, Holdefer’s fiction has won a Pushcart Prize and appeared in The New England Review, Chicago Quarterly Review, North American Review, Los Angeles Review, and elsewhere. He is also the author of six novels. You can find out more at charlesholdefer.com.

An Interview with Charles Holdefer October 26, 2024Curtis Smith Charles Holdefer is a writer based in Brussels, Belgium. His latest collection of short stories, Ivan the Terrible Goes on a Family Picnic, has just been released. Holdefer’s fiction has won a Pushcart Prize and appeared in The New En...

12/12/2024

Philadelphia Stories is looking for art submissions!

All artwork must be submitted electronically through our online submission form: https://buff.ly/3CXI6Fn

Or email us: [email protected]

Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis – submit your artwork for a chance to be featured in an upcoming issue of Philadelphia Stories!

12/03/2024

This , we hope you consider either a one-time or ongoing tax-deductible donation to Philadelphia Stories to support the distribution of more than 20,000 free print magazines each year!

Our mission is to showcase great writing and artistic talent from the greater Philadelphia region, and we can’t do it without your help. In 2025, we look forward to celebrating our contributions in the literary community. We hope you will continue to support us.

From the entire Philadelphia Stories team, THANK YOU – we wish you all a happy, healthy holiday season!

Donate How You Can Support Local Writers Members of Philadelphia Stories provide a vital source of unrestricted funds that allow us to print the magazines and provide affordable professional development opportunities to writers, free community events, national contests, and more. Thank you for your....

12/01/2024

Happy December! A lot of new and exciting things are coming soon for PS, so sure to check out our monthly newsletter to stay in touch!

11/29/2024

Take some time away from all the shopping to finish up your writing this weekend! You only have until THIS SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1st to submit your fiction works for a chance to win a $1,000 first prize AND publication in our Winter/Spring 2025 issue! This year's contest judge is author Stephanie Feldman. You can learn more about Stephanie and the contest by checking out our website!

11/28/2024

Happy Thanksgiving! We are thankful for all of our PS staff, writers, supporters, and all of you!

11/25/2024

Philadelphia Stories is excited to announce our Pushcart Prize Nominees!!! ☺️ Congrats 🍾 to these wonderfully talented writers ✍️ for sharing their words with us and our community! ♥️

11/25/2024

This is the last week to submit to our Fiction Contest, so be sure to do so ASAP!!

You only have until December 1, 2024 to submit your fiction works for a chance to win a $1,000 first prize AND publication in our Winter/Spring 2025 issue! This year's contest judge is author Stephanie Feldman. You can learn more about Stephanie and the contest by checking out our website or newsletter!

11/23/2024

General submissions are only open for a short time, so get yours in! Send us your Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, and Poetry submissions for consideration in our Winter/Spring 2025 issue! Art submissions are accepted on a rolling basis.

Dates to remember:
Winter/Spring 2025: OPEN October 1, 2024 – January 15, 2025
PS Junior (writers/artists aged 18 and younger) Deadline: February 1

Also, remember to check out our most recent issue of PS on our website!

11/21/2024

LESS THAN TWO WEEKS LEFT TO SUBMIT YOUR FICTION WORKS!!

December 1, 2024 is the last day to submit your fiction works for a chance to win a $1,000 first prize AND publication in our Winter/Spring 2025 issue! This year's contest judge is author Stephanie Feldman. You can learn more about Stephanie and the contest by checking out our website or newsletter!

11/18/2024

Meet the Artist Monday! Today we have “Apparition” by Diane Collins.

Philadelphia artist Diane Collins inspires reverence for the natural world in her ceramic, bronze, and mixed media animal constructions. She incorporates materials that elevate the figure beyond static replicas. Her subjects live with a voice of their own that we are compelled to consider. The recipient of numerous awards with work in private collections in the US and abroad, Collins has exhibited at The Barnes Foundation, Stanek Gallery, Rosenfeld and more. DianeCollinsStudio.com

You can read the full issue on our website!