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P=Poetry, N=Nonfiction, F=Fiction
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PFN – Open Call to Boudin: The Online Home of The McNeese Review. This month’s Theme: Pride
Once again, we are living through a pivotal moment in history. Queer lives, specifically our trans siblings, are under attack. The current presidential administration has removed LGBTQ+ and HIV resources from government websites. Google has removed Pride month and several other diversity holidays from their calendar. The National Park Service has removed “transgender” and “queer” from the Stonewall Monument website. All of these attacks are meant to do one thing: erase queer people.
Boudin is currently looking for creative work that speaks to queer existence and experience. We are looking for fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry that speaks on the beautiful moments of queer life, the not so beautiful moments, and even the everyday uneventful moments. The goal of this issue if to remind everyone that queer people have always been here and will always be here. We cannot be erased.
No fee! Aim to keep the fiction/CNF/hybrids under 5,000 or so words. You may submit up to three poems/microfictions (under 500 words).
No material published in Boudin may be reprinted or reproduced, in whole or in part, without the permission of the authors. Writers retain all rights to their work. We ask only that Boudin be credited with first publication. Unfortunately, we are not a paying market; contributors to Boudin will receive our thanks and the promise that we’ll promote your work.
We encourage you to simultaneously submit your work while it’s under consideration at Boudin. If your submission is accepted by another publication, please email boudin@mcneese.edu to withdraw your work.
Please only submit original work. Let us know if your writing borrows from or quotes another writer.