PFN – Call for Submissions to Icebreakers Lit: Hermit Crab Issue

It’s summer and the hermit crabs are everywhere! In honor of their shelled and many-legged goodness, the Icebreakers are requesting all submissions be hermit crab pieces. We’re open for CNF, poetry, fiction, and that in-between stuff as long as it:

1. is collaborative (two or more creators, and if you don’t already have a buddy, come play spin the bottle with us)

2. borrows from an existing form (this is what makes it a hermit crab piece)! Send us a poem written in the form of a recipe, a CNF in the form of a parking ticket, micro fiction written as an astrology-a-day summary, visual art that’s an ad for a strange toy, etc. Whatever you want! Just make it hermit crab-y!

All general submission guidelines apply, so give those a glance if you’re new here. As always, don’t overthink it, have fun, get weird.

Collaboration

At our minty liquid core, Icebreakers is about fostering connection within the lit community. As such, general and themed submissions should  be the work of two or more authors / artists (no max). If you’re coming to the party with collaborators already in mind, great! If not, please see our “spin the bottle” opportunity here (only available for artists that are 18+).

What we accept

Icebreakers is interested in poetry, flash, art, fiction, essays, creative nonfiction (CNF), that weird little thing you wrote in your notes app but don’t know what to call, etc. We want your art, and we know that art comes in many glorious forms. We aren’t too picky about rules, but to keep this reasonable, here are a few requests:

• Poetry – Up to 3 pieces in any form, any length
• Flash fiction, micro, and flash CNF – 3 pieces per submission
• Short fiction, CNF, and everything else – 1 piece per submission, 2500 words or under
• Just make sure they’re hermit crabs!

We also accept simultaneous submissions. Just let us know if you’re published elsewhere so we can do a little celebratory dance with you.

Cover letter and bios

We love getting to know you, but no need to be super formal. Most importantly, please include the names of all collaborators. Also include a publication-ready bio for each contributor. One to three sentences should do the trick. If you would rather collaborate on a single amalgamated bio, that’s cool, too!