Looking to Write for a Fathers Magazine? Here’s Why The Good Men Project Is the Modern Home for Fatherhood Stories
goodmenproject.com – Tuesday December 2, 2025
When someone Googles write for fathers magazine, they’re looking for a place where stories about fatherhood — real, vulnerable, meaningful stories — will be embraced.
Traditional magazines have shrunk. Many no longer publish fatherhood content. But fathers haven’t stopped needing representation. Their challenges have simply evolved.
That’s why The Good Men Project continues to be one of the strongest platforms for fatherhood writing anywhere online — with hundreds of fatherhood articles read every month.
Why GMP Is a Natural Fit for Fatherhood Writers
1. We’ve Published Over 10,000 Authors Since 2010
Fathers writing about parenting, co-parenting, blended families, mental health and masculinity have long found a home here.
2. Our Reader Base Is Hungry for Real Fatherhood Insights
Articles on discipline, emotional intelligence, divorce, raising boys, raising girls and family dynamics consistently perform well.
3. Your Writing Helps Other Men Feel Seen
This is a mission. Not just content.
New Literary Agent Listing: Roma Panganiban
firstwriter.com – Tuesday December 2, 2025
Handles literary and upmarket fiction and nonfiction across both adult and children’s markets, with a particular interest in fresh, inventive novels that blend literary quality with genre elements such as speculative or fantasy, rich historical settings, and mystery. Seeks narrative nonfiction including journalism and cultural history that uncovers new ground or reframes familiar subjects, as well as creative nonfiction that is intimate, idiosyncratic, or wryly humorous. Welcomes food writing with personal narrative, and nonfiction involving original research or contemporary analysis. On the children’s side, primarily interested in young adult projects that are realistic and emotional, whether contemporary or historical, and select middle grade projects that are high-concept and fun. Values character-driven work, unconventional storytelling, ensemble casts, and books that reflect diverse perspectives and experiences.
Jupiter Phaeton, the self-publishing powerhouse rewriting the rules of fantasy fiction
euractiv.com – Friday November 28, 2025
When Jupiter Phaeton quit her job in France with just six months’ savings, she faced a stark choice: make a living from writing or return to the nine-to-five grind. “Going back to traditional jobs was Plan B. But the most horrible Plan B for me. It was out of the question,” she says.
Today, that gamble looks prescient. Phaeton has published more than 60 fantasy novels on Amazon, selling over 190,000 eBooks and 55,000 print copies, with 645,000 reads via Kindle Select and 135,000 audiobook listeners. Her success is not just literary; it is entrepreneurial.
“It’s entrepreneurship,” she insists. “You’re not just selling your product or building your products; you have to learn about accounting, marketing, and how the publishing industry works.”
Building a loyal readership at speed
Phaeton’s books brim with magic, dragons and werewolves, but her real magic trick was speed. “Kindle readers are heavy readers,” she explains. “They read books like you’ve just published it, and five hours later, like, where is the next one?” To meet that demand, she published a book a month for a time. “That’s why we built such a great community first,” she says. “Now I can stop being chained to my keyboard.”
Her characters are often strong women – a deliberate choice. “I wanted to inspire women, to say to them, ‘Hey, it’s okay. You can have a strong character, and you can lead and do whatever you want in life.’”
Call for Applications – Publishing Scotland 2026 International Fellowship
publishingperspectives.com – Wednesday November 26, 2025
Through the fellowship program and translation fund, Publishing Scotland seeks to bring Scottish literature to readers around the world.
Last month at the Frankfurt Book Fair, Publishing Scotland made an open call to international publishers with an interest in Scottish writers and literature to participate in the program next summer. There are eight slots available.
The fellowship program, which was founded in 2015, seeks to foster relationships between the Scottish market and publishers from around the world with the goal of expanding the network, facilitating the buying and selling of rights, and broadening the reach of Scottish literature. Over the last decade, the program has welcomed 71 publishers from 19 countries for meetings, publisher and agent visits, and insight into the Scottish publishing market.
Taking place in August, the week-long fellowship coincides with the Edinburgh International Book Festival, the expanded Global Ink conference at the Book Festival, and the world-famous Edinburgh Festival and Fringe.
Scotland-based literary agent Jenny Brown of Jenny Brown Associates has been involved with the fellowship since its inception and credits it for bringing Scottish literature to new markets. “The Fellowship has become a highlight in the publishing calendar: it has boosted Scotland’s international profile, enabling us to meet publishers and giving us a deeper understanding of their markets.”
New Publisher Listing: Sweet Hearts Press
firstwriter.com – Monday November 24, 2025
We design thoughtfully crafted products that invite you to pause, reflect, and reconnect – whether it’s through the meditative art of puzzling, the joy of journaling, or the playful magic of gift wrapping. Our products are designed with you in mind, offering a space to escape the constant noise of digital life, embrace your creativity, and express love in the most personal ways. From our mindfulness puzzles that offer a quiet moment of peace to our fun and vibrant gift wraps that transform a simple gesture into something special, everything we make is crafted with the intention of bringing a little more joy and heart into your world.
Island Publisher launches Figmentum Books
iwobserver.co.uk – Friday November 21, 2025
Two years ago, I founded the Isle of Wight-based press to champion the work of local writers, and celebrate the Island’s vibrant creative community. Since then, we’ve published fourteen books, including poetry collections, chapbooks, and a guide to the wild orchids of the Island. The fifth issue of our popular literary magazine, The Figlet, is out in January, once more featuring more than 50 IW contributors.
As we move into our third year, Naked Figleaf Press is taking a natural next step with the launch of its new imprint, Figmentum. If the parent press champions the Island’s distinctive storytelling, Figmentum reaches toward the experimental writing that crosses thresholds and explores the spaces between genres, forms and histories. It will be open to submissions from across the UK.
A troubling question has been raised around human authors vs AI
independent.co.uk – Friday November 21, 2025
More than half of the UK’s published novelists agree that it’s likely artificial intelligence will displace their work entirely, prompting fears of a two-tier market in the literary world where only the rich can afford author-penned books. What on earth does that mean? asks Annabel Nugent
On the morning the truth began to unstitch itself, Leonard felt a faint, traitorous thrill, as if the world had agreed to tilt a fraction in his favour.
If you’re thinking, well that sounds a lot like the opening sentence of a new Ian McEwan novel, you would be half-right. Rather it is a sentence written in the style of Ian McEwan, as generated by a free-to-use artificial intelligence platform. Admittedly, the prose is a little too florid for an author who wields his pen more like a scalpel. And yet on the surface and to your average reader, it’s a passable approximation of his work.
You can understand why, according to a new study by Cambridge University, more than half of published novelists in the UK agree that it’s likely AI will displace their work entirely. This isn’t anything new: for months if not years, novelists have expressed their growing unease about the speed and scale of AI’s trespass into the literary world. Plug in a prompt for any author with a back catalogue and you’ll get a sort-of satisfactory imitation of their writing: Margaret Atwood, Stephen King, Sarah Maas, Haruki Murakami, etc, etc. Not only does this happen in a matter of seconds, but it’s completely free. A whole book, 10 books, 100 books, 1,000 books for a grand total of £0.
Obviously, there are myriad problems with this – not least the financial repercussions on authors and the theft of their intellectual property – but one particularly troubling question was raised by Dr Clementine Collett, the lead researcher and author of the Cambridge report and a novelist herself: Could the prevalence of AI-generated novels create a two-tier system in the literary world? “That is a real concern from literary creatives,” she said on Thursday’s episode of Radio 4’s Today programme. “Where human-written work will be a more expensive luxury item, and AI-generated content will be cheap or free.”
Admittedly, the idea that everyone but the rich will be doomed to a black hole library full of fake books, bereft of human thought, feeling and heart feels a little far-fetched. But so too have many things that have come to fruition in recent months: the prevalence of AI relationships, the AI-facilitated mediums for grief counselling. Concepts that once seemed so Black Mirror are on the fast track to becoming run of the mill.
New Magazine Listing: The Masters Review
firstwriter.com – Friday November 21, 2025
Publishes fiction and nonfiction from emerging writers, offering a platform for short stories, essays, and book reviews alongside craft-focused commentary and interviews. Work is welcomed from those without published novels or collections or with limited circulation, with an emphasis on new voices and diverse perspectives. Submissions may be made year-round, with payment for selected pieces, while contests and an annual anthology judged by an expert highlight the strongest work. Both online and print formats are used to showcase selected material, with a mission to support writers who can benefit from wider exposure.
About half of UK novelists fear AI will take their work entirely – study
ealingtimes.co.uk – Thursday November 20, 2025
About half of published novelists in the UK fear that artificial intelligence will replace their work entirely, a report has suggested.
Cambridge University researchers surveyed 258 published novelists, 32 literary agents and 42 professionals who work in fiction publishing, doing so on condition of anonymity, earlier this year.
In responses, 59% of novelists said they know their work has been used to train AI large language models (LLMs) without permission or payment.
More than a third (39%) of novelists said their income has already taken a hit from generative AI, for example due to loss of other work that facilitates novel writing.
Most novelists surveyed (85%) said they expected their future income to be driven down by AI and 51% fear that “AI is likely to displace their work entirely”.
New Literary Agent Listing: Mark O'Brien
firstwriter.com – Thursday November 20, 2025
Open to submissions across genres and age groups, this agent seeks lyrical prose with strong wordplay and humor, and is especially enthusiastic about projects from queer, neurodivergent, BIPOC, and disabled creators. Graphic novels for all ages with heart, whimsy, and wit are welcomed, alongside young adult fiction that is contemporary, realistic, or realistic with a twist, as well as science fiction and fantasy. In adult fiction, the focus is on queer romance in all its forms, while nonfiction should be accessible, queer, and neurodivergent in perspective.
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