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SUMMARY:P - Last Stanza Poetry Journal Seeking Submissions. Theme: "Companions"
DESCRIPTION:Callout for submissions for Last Stanza Poetry Journal Issue #15\n\n\nThe theme for Issue #15 is: Companions. Companions take on many forms—human\, animal\, object\, or ideas and memories. Some are loved\, some are hated or do us harm. Some are with us now\, others are lost to time\, circumstances\, death. The artist for this issue will be the accomplished and imaginative Ira Upin. \nThe deadline is December 31st\, 2023. No poems will be read prior to December 1st\, and notifications of acceptances will be sent to poets throughout December. As with every issue\, poems submitted do not need to follow the prompt/theme. A single $100 award will be given for an outstanding poem. There is never a reading fee. An interview with the prize winner will be published in the same issue (optional). \nPoems can be any style\, but preferably non-rhyming. Submit up to three poems\, each no longer than 64 lines\, to laststanza@outlook.com as a single Word document or within the body of your email. All proceeds from the sale of LSPJ are used to purchase copies for libraries and for the editor’s choice award\, so there is no budget for author copies. Published poems will be considered for a Pushcart Prize nomination. Authors retain all rights to their poems. Reprints are rarely accepted\, and if the poem has been previously published\, please credit the prior publication.
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to The Muleskinner Journal.  Theme: Glitches
DESCRIPTION:Submissions for Journal Nine are OPEN!\nOur Theme is GLITCHES…\nNo.  That’s not a mistake. \nFor journal nine we are looking for poems and stories about glitches.\nAlso\,\nhitches\, mishaps\, misprints\, snafus\, snags\, drawbacks\, stumbling blocks\, weak links\, problems\, hindrances\, obstacles\, monkey wrenches\, grit in the gears\, ants at the picnic\, ants in the pants\, the inappropriate aunt at the family gathering\, hurdles\, hiccups\, forgetting to unmute\, the coffee stain right before the interview\, the faux pas during the interview\, the faux pas whenever\, painting yourself in a corner\, rain delays\, auto-correct\, and flies in the ointment.\nWe want your best laid plans gone awry.\nWe want your glitches in the matrix.\nWe want glitches causing stitches and glitches putting you in stitches.\nWe want the glitch that doesn’t matter and the glitch that matters most.  We want hubris and humility and preparation and recovery. We want glitches causing unexpected joy. \nLet us deal with your glitches.\nOur Journal Nine motto: watch your step.\nOur Journal Nine inspiration: the pump don’t work cause the vandals took the handle!\nSubmission for Journal Nine: GLITCHES will close on December 31\, 2023 (that’s not a misprint) \nWhat we are looking for…\nMuleskinner 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. \n\n\nMicro-Fiction:  25-50 words (1-3 pieces at a time) \n\n\nFlash: max. 1000 words each (1-3 pieces at a time) \n\n\nShort Story/excerpts from longer work: max. 3000 words \n\n\nCreative Nonfiction: (max. 3000 words) \n\n\nPoetry: Any length or form. (1-3 pieces at a time) \n\n\nWe 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. \n We don’t care who you are\, as long as you are the author of what you submit.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-the-muleskinner-journal-theme-glitches/
LOCATION:The Muleskinner Journal
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SUMMARY:PFN - In The Mood Magazine Seeking Submissions on the Theme: Hometown
DESCRIPTION:Surprise us\nSubmissions open\nSubmissions are OPEN for In The Mood Magazine Issue 9: HOMETOWN! We’re looking for writing about film\, TV\, and pop culture related to your hometown—however you may define it. These could be films shot or set in your town\, state/province\, or country. Or maybe it’s a town you’ve always identified with\, an invented hometown\, or a hometown hero. \n– Theme: HOMETOWN\n‍– Deadline: December 31st\, 2023\n‍– Word count: 1\,000 words max for features\, 300 words max for Film Diaries\n– Honorarium: $30 CAD for features\, $20 CAD for Film Diaries \n???? Some ideas for inspiration:\n‍\n‍– Cities pretending to be others (Vancouver as L.A.\, Toronto as New York)\n– Films set in your hometown\, school\, or workplace (What do they get right/wrong? How does it affect the town’s reputation?)\n– Hometown heroes (stars or filmmakers from your hometown\, what the hometown thinks of them) or celebrities that went to your school\n– Movies that were big in your hometown (Phantom of the Paradise in Winnipeg\, Bon Cop/Bad Cop in Ottawa)\n– Imaginary hometowns (In the Mouth of Madness\, Pleasantville)\n– Films about places you wish were your hometown\n– Film/TV production hotspots (Atlanta\, New York\, Vancouver\, Toronto)
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LOCATION:In The Mood Magazine
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to Exposition Review. Theme: "Pop"
DESCRIPTION:Every issue has a theme from which writers and artists can draw inspiration. We encourage those who submit to think outside the box; we look for stories that fit the theme yet make us think about it in different ways; we want work that satisfies and challenges traditional forms of storytelling. \nThe theme for our ninth annual issue is “POP!” \nRead more about how to submit below! \nPOP!: \nWhether it’s a bang from a child squeezing a balloon too tightly\, the disgusting ooze of a burst pimple\, or a hit song that sets hips swaying\, “POP!” demands a reaction. \nIt conjures sweet and bubbly memories\, like popping beers and popcorn while rooting for pop flies at the ballpark—perhaps with your Pops. It describes music and art and culture\, as well as colors and flavors and comic-book sound effects. \nBut “POP!” can also pack a punch. Balloons pop when the air pressure inside becomes stronger than the material containing it—a violent return to equilibrium when force is unevenly distributed. \nFor Vol. IX\, we’re seeking that surprise inherent in a “POP!” and the conflict that arises from it\, characters and ideas that burst off the page\, in language that crackles and snaps. \nSubmissions for Vol. IX will be open September 15–December 31.\nAll work is read and given fair consideration by our editorial staff. Guidelines for individual genres are as follows: \n\nFiction. Short stories and stand-alone novel excerpts up to 5\,000 words.\nFlash Fiction. Up to three pieces of flash or microfiction. Each piece should be no more than 1\,000 words; there is no minimum word count. The shorter\, the better!\nNonfiction. Memoir\, personal essays\, and creative nonfiction up to 5\,000 words.\nPoetry. Up to three poems of any form and in traditional or experimental styles. Translations are accepted as well.
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SUMMARY:PF - Workers Write! Literary Journal Seeking Submissions: "Further Tales from the Cubicle"
DESCRIPTION:Further Tales from the Cubicle\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo celebrate twenty years of bringing you the best in workplace fiction\, we’re returning to our roots. \nIn issue 1\, Tales from the Cubicle\, we chronicled the lives of cubicle workers. In issue 10\, More Tales from the Cubicle\, we took a peak to see if life on the cube farm had changed after ten years. Now\, we want to know how the pandemic has affected office workers. \nIssue 20 of Workers Write! will be Further Tales from the Cubicle and will contain fiction and poems from the office worker’s point of view – we’re especially interested to see how the home office has taken on a new meaning because of Covid and what it’s been like for those of us who have returned to the annoying commutes and communal bathrooms. \nDrop us a line if you have questions. \nThe deadline for submissions is:\nDec. 31\, 2023 \nSubmit your stories via e-mail to: submission@workerswritejournal.com\, or send a hard copy to: \nBlue Cubicle Press\nP.O. Box 250382\nPlano\, TX 75025-0382 \nWord count: 500 to 5\,000 words\nPayment: Between $5 and $50 (depending on length and rights requested). We do consider previously published material.
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LOCATION:Workers Write! Literary Journal
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SUMMARY:P - Poemeleon: A Journal of Poetry Seeking Happy Poems
DESCRIPTION:Call for Submissions: Happy Poems \nWhy is it so hard to write a happy poem? Correction: Why is it so hard to write a good happy poem? The lit world is rife with sadness\, anger\, depression\, horror\, fear\, rage\, outrage—the full range of negative emotions. This is of course a natural reaction to the news of the world and in fact just to the dailiness of living. And sure\, there are plenty of writers who bury their head in the sand and write nothing but shallow light verse. That’s not what we are looking for. (But feel free to submit anyway. Who knows?) \nWe instead propose an issue that finds something happy to latch on to\, some ray of hope beaming out from a crack in the steaming pile of dogshit that is the world. For this issue\, we want to see your version of a happy poem. The full range of happy. How do we acknowledge those things that bring us joy\, contentment\, or dare I say\, happiness\, even as the world burns down around us? \nInterpret this as you may. \nWould it make you happy to\, say\, see a certain politician shot from a cannon to the moon? Can you read the newspaper without crying and for a moment contemplate how lucky you are with your hot cup of coffee and someone you care about? Can we all breathe deeply and be in the moment and look for those things that make life worth living? \nHappiness is a complex emotion. Send us your happy poems\, whatever that means to you. Give yourself a brief respite from whatever is ailing you to write some happiness into your life. \nFor ease of acceptance/rejection\, you may submit as many times as you’d like but submit ONLY one poem at a time. \nPlease include a 50 word third-person bio. Cover letter optional. Also optional: If moved to do so\,  include a 50 word contributor statement about the work submitted. (See past issues for examples of what we mean.) \n 
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