PFN – Call for Submissions to The Muleskinner Journal. Theme: “Refuge”

Submission Guidelines

Submissions for Journal Seven are open
Our Theme is REFUGE…

Refuge.
Shelter from the Storm.

Refuge is where you take stock, assess the damage, treat your blisters, or finally get some sleep. It’s also where you might be a refugee, dependent on the kindness of strangers, stripped of everything, caught in the middle (but you don’t have to live like a refugee!).

Muleskinner Journal has been on the road for a year and a half, and we are weather-worn but wiser, certainly more aware of the rugged and gentle beauty around us, and happy and grateful to have all of you on the long journey with us.

Send us your poems and stories about refuge:  where it was, where you expect to find it, what it’s like to get there, to live there, how it turns if you stay too long, and what it’s like to leave.  Your truth is safe here, and your safety is true here.  Your hope is alive and well.

And, as always, interpret as you wish.
This place of refuge is open now, through July 1.

What we are looking for…

Muleskinner Journal accepts previously unpublished work only. Please use the following word counts to select a category to submit. Send no more than one piece at a time, except where noted. Please submit in only one category at a time.

• Micro-Fiction: 25-50 words (1-3 pieces at a time)

• Flash: max. 1000 words each (1-3 pieces at a time)

• Short Story/excerpts from longer work: max. 5000 words

• Creative Nonfiction: (max. 5000 words)

• Poetry: Any length or form. (1-3 pieces at a time)

Send your submissions to MuleskinnerJournal@gmail.com

We look for writing of all kinds that uses skill, wit, and determination to deliver the goods.  We accept and publish poetry, short fiction, flash fiction, micro-fiction, short scripts, excerpts from longer works, memoir, criticism, craft essays, artwork, journalism, and shopping lists.

 We don’t care who you are, as long as you are the author of what you submit.