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PFN – Prosetrics: The Literary Magazine Seeking Submissions on the Theme: Mirage
April 30, 2025 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
“Theme for May 2025: Mirage”
The given theme is about:
- Mirage describes an optical illusion or an unrealistic hope or wish that cannot be achieved.
- You are free to incorporate the given theme into your work as you see fit. The setting should depict the Spring season.
- We are looking for everything related to Spring’s beauty alongside the darkness it holds. Send us your best work depicting the spring’s bloom but give us the darkness every beauty holds, as well.
- NOTE: All the work, whether depicting the realities of life or the beauty of nature in spring, should be written in a way that the setting of it gives the vibe of spring whether tragic, sad or happy.
Submission Guide for Prose/Poetry:
| If Submitting | Minimum | Maximum | Instructions |
| Longer Poems | 1 | 3 | No more than 40 lines |
| Haiku/Senryu | 3 | 5 | Titles are optional |
| Short Story (Fic/Non Fic) |
1 | 2 | No more than 3000 words per story |
| Essay | 1 | 1 | No more than 2500 words |
| Prose | 1 | 2 | No more than 500 words per prose |
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, photography, or art 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 May ’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.
We do not accept work previously published on social media or in another publication print or online.
NOTE: Our query response time via email is 3 business days. Our submission response time is anywhere between 7-12 working days.
Please Note:
- 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: April 30, 2025