Persimmon Tree’s mission is to bring the creativity and talent of women over sixty to a wide audience of readers of all ages. We are looking for work that reveals rich experience and a variety of perspectives. Each issue of the magazine will include several fiction and nonfiction pieces, and poetry by one or more poets.
IMPORTANT SUBMISSIONS REQUIREMENT:
Subscriptions to PERSIMMON TREE are free, but, for your work to be considered, you must be a subscriber. Visit site to subscribe.
Short Takes:
Short Takes are usually short pieces, fiction or non-fiction (250-500 words), but can also be topical poetry. We’re especially interested in hearing about your experiences, but you can include your thoughts, dreams, ideas and opinions. Humor and irony are always appreciated!
Topic for the Summer issue: Verbal Lightning
Lightning is the perfect theme for summer, with its hot days and nights, and the thunder storms that may or may not bring cooler air, but will almost certainly bring lightning. But we’re talking about metaphorical lightning as well – as in “lightning struck and I was changed forever” – or “the words my father said (“You can be anything you want to be”) hit me like lightning and affected my entire life”. Think about – write about – how words affect the receivers of the lightning – but also how they affects the givers.
Submissions accepted: April 27 to May 19, 2023.
(Please do not submit earlier or later than those dates.)