PFN – Prosetrics: The Literary Magazine Seeking Submissions about Apricity

• Apricity describes the warmth of the winter sun.
• The given theme is all about Winter. You are free to incorporate the given theme into your work as you see fit. The setting should depict the winter season.
• We are looking for everything related to Winter of Life and weather. Send us your best work depicting the wintery weather of life (harsh realities, cold tragedies, regrets, and hurt) alongside the winter that leaves our skin cold with the kisses of chilling air and snowflake kisses.
• NOTE: All the work, whether depicting the realities of life or the beauty of nature in winter, should be written, drawn, or painted in a way that the setting of it gives the vibe of winter.

• Kindly follow all of the given guidelines for your submissions to be considered.
• There will not be second chances, so make sure your work is spell-checked and grammar-checked properly the first time.
• Your submissions will not be considered if they are not according to the theme, whether it be poetry, prose, photography, or art.
• If you’ve sent the same submissions to other journals or magazines and they get accepted before our acceptance/rejection/publication, notify us immediately.
• No AI-generated submissions will be accepted or considered for publication.
• Avoid fanciful, difficult-to-understand language. Make sure your written pieces are easily understandable by the reader.
• Nothing sexual, political, religious, or racially offensive will be entertained.
• No simultaneous or multiple submissions will be accepted to replace or change the first submission after the first submission has been rejected or accepted.
• Submissions with grammatical or spelling errors or that do not fall within the parameters of the given guidelines will be automatically rejected. Please make sure you check your bio and submissions for any errors before emailing them to us.
• Last date to submit: December 31st, 2024

Submission Guide for Prose/Poetry:

Compilation Format for an MS-Word Document:

• A clear, concise, third-person bio in 50 words or less.
• Clear titles for poems and prose. The magazine theme as a title is not acceptable.
• Your poems, prose, or stories that you want to send for publication.
• Social media information for your primary Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter accounts, as well as your primary poetry website No Discord, TikTok, Wattpad, Pinterest, YouTube, Inkitt, Emails or any other profiles will be accepted.
• Compile it into Microsoft Word with the.doc or .docx extension

NOTE: No other form of submission, such as PDFs or other file formats, will be considered

E-Mail Format for Prose, Story, Essay or Poetry:

• Subject: Submission for January ’25
• Description: Your short introduction and your attachments to your email
• Attachments: MS Word Submission Document; pictures, if any, accompanying your written work
• Kindly send everything in ONE email. If you forget to attach something in the main email, mention it in the next email that you send. If you are sending all the elements of the submission in different/multiple emails deliberately, your submission will be rejected.
• DO NOT embed any pictures within the Word document. Attach them to the email as separate attachments.

NOTE:

If your subject is not as mentioned above, your email will land in the wrong folder and we may not find it in time. Make sure it is labeled as mentioned.

No other form of submission except MS Word Document, such as PDFs or other file formats, will be considered

We are not accepting or including writer’s or poet’s self-portraits or logos for identity this time.