PFN – Call for Submissions to Icebreakers Lit. Theme: Close Encounters

Theme (Close Encounters)

Icebreakers wants your almost, maybes. Your brushes with the other worldly. Your longings. Send us your work that explores your interpretation of “close encounters” (Aliens in no way required. Though of course we still love them <3 ).

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.

What we accept

Icebreakers is interested in poetry, flash, 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
• Micro Fiction & CNF: 1 piece, 300 words or less
• Flash Fiction & CNF: 1 piece, 1000 words or less
• Fiction, CNF, & Hybrids: 1 piece, 2500 words or less

We also accept simultaneous submissions and previously published work. 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 with your social media handles. One to three sentences should do the trick. If you would rather collaborate on a single amalgamated bio, that’s cool, too!
Other stuff

You may find yourself on the submissions portal of a strange literary magazine, with a beautiful poem or story, and you may ask yourself, “Well, how did I get here?” And you may ask yourself, “Who the hell are these Icebreakers people?” And you may ask yourself, “What do they want from me??!” If that’s the case, hop on over to our website for more info.