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SUMMARY:Deadline Jan. 31 - Dreamers Writing Contest: Stories of Migration\, Sense of Place and Home
DESCRIPTION:Dreamers as a term has come to represent undocumented immigrants who came to the US as children. Although Dreamers Creative Writing’s name has a different meaning and origin\, this contest is intended to honour “Dreamers” as it applies to migration\, and our sense of place and home. \nSubmit your stories (or poem\, essay or comic) of migration and/or your sense of place\, of home or lack of\, and your empathy to the plight of migrants around the world. Please feel free to interpret the theme of this contest in any way that is fitting for you personally\, keeping in mind the overarching theme of Dreamers Creative Writing – that of heartfelt stories. You do not need to be a migrant to enter this contest – you only need to empathize with the theme in some way and have a heartfelt story to tell on the topic. \nThis contest is open to the world. \nSubmit one piece per entry; enter as many times as you want however the entry fee is required for each piece submitted.  \nDeadline:  \nJanuary 31\, 2024 \nEntry Fee: \n$20.00 USD (approx. $25 CAD). Entry fee includes a 1 year electronic subscription for Dreamers Magazine. \nPrizes: \nThe winning entry will receive $250 CAD\, two copies of our magazine\, and publication on www.dreamerswriting.com and in our winter/spring magazine. \nUp to 6 runners-up will also receive online publication and a $20 honorarium. \nGuidelines and Terms: \n\nEnter a poem\, a nonfiction or creative nonfiction piece\, a personal essay\, an article\, a fiction story\, a children’s story\, a dramatic piece\, a comic or an experimental piece.\nEntries should be between 15 and 4000 words.\nWe are looking for unpublished\, original writing (previous publication on a personal blog or social profile is fine).\nPlease submit as a single file and do not include your name anywhere in the attachment.\nBy accepting publication\, you grant Dreamers Creative Writing non-exclusive electronic and print publication rights\, including the right to publish on our website\, in our archives\, in any future anthologies and in our magazine.\nAuthors retain copyright and may republish following publication with Dreamers. We ask for exclusivity for 30 days.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/deadline-jan-31-dreamers-writing-contest-stories-of-migration-sense-of-place-and-home/
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SUMMARY:F - The Blue Frog Flash Fiction Prize.  Theme: A Sense of Place
DESCRIPTION:2024 Theme: “A Sense of Place”\nWhether on the streets of Rio de Janeiro during Carnival or in a gas station bathroom somewhere outside Cedar Rapids\, where our characters are and where their stories take place has meaning. So we want to see stories were the setting comes to life and becomes a character all its own\, stories where the characters’ surroundings are irrevocably tied to their moments that matter\, stories where the setting reaches out and grabs the reader to place them right there in that specific time and place. It can be as grand as the moon or as mundane as the driveway\, we just want to be there! \nPrizes:\n1st Place: $500 \n2nd Place: $150 \n3rd Place: $50 \n** All three winners will also receive a signed book from the Guest Judge and the original artwork that accompanies their published story. \nRules & Misc.:\n— Fiction only. \n— 1\,000 words maximum (this is a firm limit). \n— All submissions should be the author’s original work and not previously published elsewhere (this includes blogs\, social media\, etc). \n— Multiple submissions are allowed\, but each should be submitted separately (with no limit to the amount of entries). \n— Simultaneous submission are allowed\, but please email to withdraw your submission as soon as it has been accepted elsewhere. There are no refunds of entry fees. Please also keep in mind our quick contest turnaround time when considering sim subs. \n— Publication rights: If selected as a winner and published in Flash Frog\, we ask for the right to display the work for the duration of the journal. Copyright remains with the writer in all cases. If your work is subsequently reprinted elsewhere\, please acknowledge Flash Frog as the site of first publication. \n— All previous Flash Frog contributors are eligible\, regardless of when they were published. \n— All submissions will receive a response before the finalists are announced. \n— Aside from a small fee to the Guest Judge and Artist\, 100% of entry fees go to Flash Frog writers/artists (contest prize money + helping us continue to be a paying market year round while keeping general submissions free). \n— Prize money will be paid via PayPal on the day of publication. \n— All entries are also eligible for standard Flash Frog publication. \n— Initial reading will be done by Flash Frog staff. Once finalists are selected\, any identifying information will then be removed from submissions so that the Guest Judge can read blindly. \nHow to Submit:\n— Please send each submission separately as an attachment to flashfroglitmag@gmail.com (please use .doc\, .docx. or .rtf). Please Use “CONTEST SUBMISSION: Your Story Title” as the subject. \n— Please pay the $5 submission fee using the link below. (If the name on your PayPal/Credit Card is drastically different than what appears in your submission email\, you may want to note this in your email.) \n— Once both your story and your payment are received\, you will receive a confirmation email within 24 hours.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-the-blue-frog-flash-fiction-prize-theme-a-sense-of-place/
LOCATION:The Blue Frog
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:P - Passionfruit Poetry Prize.  Theme: Being In Bodies
DESCRIPTION:Being In Bodies\n\n \n\nSubmissions to our first themed poetry competition are open until 31st January 2024 \n1ST PRIZE £250\n2ND PRIZE £50\n3RD PRIZE £25\nABOUT THE THEME:\nFor this poetry contest\, we are calling for poetry that engages with the experience of being in bodies. \nWe are always embedded in our environment. We inhabit physical bodies that exist in space while we are thinking\, feeling\, reading\, and writing. \nSend us poetry that recognises that embodiment in some way: poetry about breathing and breathlessness; poetry about soft touches and the sensation of sunlight on your skin; poetry about the body’s limits\, its pain\, its power and its powerlessness; poetry which makes us cringe and poetry that makes our blood boil; poetry that reminds us what it is to be human\, to exist in and to interact with bodies. \nAs always\, we are open to broad interpretations of the theme – feel free to surprise us and to stretch our imagination! \nSUBMISSION GUIDELINES\n\nThe entry fee (per submission of up to 3 poems) is £4. If the fee prevents you from entering the contest\, get in touch with us at editor@passionfruitreview.com\nSubmissions are open to all poets writing in English.\nPoems must be previously unpublished.\nStrong language is fine – abusive or discriminatory language is not.\nSimultaneous submissions are welcome – just let us know promptly through the submissions manager if you need to withdraw any of your poems.\nSubmit 1-3 poems in a single file.\nPoems up to 40 lines will be considered (we consider longer poems as general submissions!)\nPlease note that the review process will be kept strictly anonymous. Do not include any identifying information in your attached documents.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-passionfruit-poetry-prize-theme-being-in-bodies/
LOCATION:Passionfruit Poetry Prize
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:PFN - Ecotone Magazine Seeking Submissions by Historically Underrepresented Writers Only
DESCRIPTION:Ecotone\, the literary magazine dedicated to reimagining place\, welcomes work from a wide range of voices. We are particularly interested in place-based work by people and from perspectives historically underrepresented in literary publishing and in place-based contexts: writers and artists who are Black\, Indigenous\, people of color\, people with disabilities\, people who are gender-nonconforming and LGBTQIA+\, women\, people with low access to wealth\, people from rural places\, and others. \nPlease note that\, depending upon interest\, we may need to close before the end of our general window in order to give the work we receive the attention it deserves. \nDo not include your name\, or other identifying information\, in the file name or the file itself.  \nProse\nWe appreciate a wide range of essays\, and are especially interested in nonfiction that engages deeply\, but not overly seriously\, with the sciences—ecology\, natural history\, and other fields\, in both Western and non-Western contexts. \nWe like to see fiction that is deeply rooted in place\, and/or that engages similarly with ecology\, natural history\, climate crisis\, et al. \nA prose submission consists of one prose piece (fiction or nonfiction) of no more than thirty double-spaced pages (approx. 10\,000 words). \n\nMost work we run is shorter than this upper limit.\nWe are also interested in shorter prose works (minimum 2\,000 words\, please).Poetry\n\nPoetry\nWe are especially interested in poetry that engages with the social and natural sciences and/or considers place\, ecology\, identity\, and climate crisis\, as well as poetry that uses form\, meter\, and/or other poetic constraints in innovative and expansive ways. Work in the French repeating forms (rondeaux\, ballades\, rondelets\, and the like) as well as in newer forms (golden shovels\, fibs\, etc.) is especially encouraged\, as is work that employs meters other than iambic. \nA poetry submission consists of three (minimum) to five (maximum) poems. \n 
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-ecotone-magazine-seeking-submissions-by-historically-underrepresented-writers-only/
LOCATION:Ecotone Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PF - In the Fog Anthology Series: Lost in the Fog
DESCRIPTION:* Note: Atlantic Canadian Authors only\n\nLOST IN THE FOG OPEN CALL\n\nSubmissions are open for our 6th anthology – Lost in the Fog \nPartridge Island Publishing is looking for stories and poems that help us get lost in the fog! \nTell us tales of campers missing in the woods\, sailors adrift at sea\, lovers lost in each other’s arms. We want stories that we will need a breadcrumb trail to find our way out of. \nSubmission Details \nThe submission deadline is January 31\, 2024 End of the Day. \nWe accept prose and poetry only. No comics or plays. \nAll entries must be in English. \nThe story must use the theme of ‘lost’ in some way. \nThe stories do not have to include Atlantic content\, but it is preferred. We will accept undisclosed locations but we are not interested in stories set in specific locations outside of the Atlantic provides. (Stories should not be set in locations like New York\, France\, or Ontario either vague locations or Atlantic Provinces) \n3\,000 word count maximum per submission. \nMaximum of 2 entries per person. \nSimultaneous submissions are accepted\, please let us know if it is picked up by another company. \nThere is no genre restriction. \nReprints accepted but let us know that it is a reprint and what company had the rights previously. \nAtlantic Canadian Authors only \nFormatting requirements \nCalibiri 11 \nDouble spaced \nPlease include in the query letter if you have been published before. \nThe authors of selected works will receive a free copy of Lost in the Fog and discounts on additional books.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pf-in-the-fog-anthology-series-lost-in-the-fog/
LOCATION:In the Fog Anthology Series
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - Call for Submissions to Last Leaves Magazine.  Theme: "Story"
DESCRIPTION:Submission Guidelines\n\n\nSubmissions are OPEN! \n​Theme for Issue 8: Story \n​We want the truth. Tell us about yourself\, your life. Moments where you realized you said the wrong thing\, did the right thing\, or fell short when you could have stepped up. We want tales of sonder\, when you realized the person on the park bench had an entire life you knew nothing about. When were you simply a supporting character? When did you feel like the main character? Give us the dark spaces where your emotions ran rampant and created their own version of what happened. Or: re-tell your favorite fairytale. Your least favorite. What childhood bedtime story touched you the most? Let us peer into your lives in a way only your closest friends do. Let’s get to know each other. \nPlease submit your poetry via email to lastleavesmag@gmail.com. Failure to adhere to the guidelines may invalidate your submission. If you have any questions or concerns surrounding the guidelines\, please send us an email prior to submitting. We’re always happy to help! As always\, our themes are very loose and open for interpretation. We provide guidelines\, but by all means take it and run with it! \n\n\nFor poetry: Please use “Poetry Submission” as the subject line. Send up to 5 poems (no more than 10 pages) as a single Word (.doc or .docx) attachment. Please start each poem on a new page. All work should be single-spaced and in Times New Roman\, 12-point font. \n\n\nDo not include your name or contact information in the documents. \n\n\nSubmitters are welcome to send work for both categories using the subject line “Poetry/Art Submission\,” with all documents attached to the same email. This helps us keep all your work in one place. \n\n\nPlease include a brief 50-word bio in the body of your email. Include your name as you would like it to appear in the magazine\, your email\, and links to your website and/or social media (if desired). We will trim the bio as-needed if it exceeds the word count. \n\n\nIf you’ve submitted to us in the past\, we kindly ask that you start a new email thread for each submission window (i.e.\, instead of replying to your previous submission\, start a new email with the subject line for the category you’re submitting to). \n\n\n​Simultaneous submissions are accepted\, though please send us a message ASAP if your work is accepted elsewhere. We do not accept previously published work\, but we love reading your poems on Instagram @lastleavesmag. \n​Please only submit once per issue and wait until the next reading period to submit again. We hope to respond to each submission within two months. As with most literary magazines\, we’re volunteers and doing our best. We thank you in advance for your  patience. \n​For more information on what we publish\, check out our editor interviews here and here. At this time\, we’re unfortunately not able to pay contributors. The PDF version of our magazine will always be free to download here. \n​Authors published in our magazine retain full rights to their work to do with as they please following publication of the issue they’re in. We simply ask for First North American Serial Rights and to be credited as first publication (i.e.\, “Work first appeared in Last Leaves Magazine\, Issue X”).
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-call-for-submissions-to-last-leaves-magazine-theme-story/
LOCATION:Last Leaves Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:F - Fiction Potluck Contest Theme: 20th Century Europe
DESCRIPTION:FICTION POTLUCK \n\n\n\n\n\nJanuary Challenge:\n\nup to 6\,000 words \nDeadline: January 31 \nFind submission links below the rules \n\n\nA Tip from Sarah:\nSo much fun stuff happened over a century of progress; have fun with it. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nOne entry per person. \n\n\nThe Basics\nFiction Potluck is free to enter and open to fiction writers of all ages around the world. One entry per person per challenge. \nSubmissions are accepted through Dropbox\, Duosuma\, and email (submissions [at] writersworkout.net). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe selection team reads all entries that follow the submissions guidelines as explained below. Entries are read blind. The team chooses the finalists and contacts everyone.  \nFinalist author names and bios are posted on this page and announced in our monthly mailer.  \nThe guest judge reads the finalist pieces and chooses three winners. Each of the three winning pieces is published on our blog and linked through this page. Winning entries will be published as received. \n\n\n\n\n\nThe Writer’s Workout is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit run by volunteers. \nWe provide accessible\, free  creative writing education through competitions\, workshops\, and publication opportunities. Check our donations page to learn more about how The Writer’s Workout strengthens the global writing community.  \n\n\n\n\n\nGeneral Rules\n\n\nAll entries must be in English and original works of fiction.  \n\n\nThe competition runs on UTC time\, beginning and ending at midnight. \n\n\nYou must keep your entry private until after we post the top three winning stories. \n\n\nThe judges’ decisions are final. \n\n\nThe judges will contact everyone who includes the Title Information listed below.  \n\n\nThe judges cannot provide feedback for every piece submitted. \n\n\nWinning entries will be published as received. \n\n\nThe following are not accepted:​ \n\n\nSimultaneous submissions \n\n\nPreviously published works \n\n\nAI-generated content \n\n\nFanfiction\, erotica\, religious\, or political content \n\n\nPieces longer than the word count limit \n\n\nPieces submitted outside the competition month \n\n\nPieces submitted in .pdf or pasted into the body of the email \n\n\nPieces without the correct Title Information (below) will be rejected unread.  \n\n\nSubmissions\nJanuary: up to 6\,000 words \nKeep formatting professional. You can find recommended settings on the submissions page. \nEntries must include this Title Information in this order at the top of the document body\, aligned left:  \nName or Pseudonym\, email \nEntry Title \nFiction Potluck \nWord Count  \nAccepted file types: .doc\, .docx\, .odt \nLive\, unlocked Google Docs or Microsoft Word links are accepted via email (submissions [at] writersworkout.net). We must be able to download your file. We will not request access and we are not responsible for locked docs.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-fiction-potluck-contest-theme-20th-century-europe/
LOCATION:Fiction Potluck Contest
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to The FruitSlice: A Queer Quarterly.  Theme: "I Am in Love With You (no homo): Platonic Romance and Chosen Bonds"
DESCRIPTION:Note: Submissions are restricted to LGBTQ+ creators.\nWe want to delve deep into the world of connections and emotions that defy conventional boundaries. Our theme for this issue is an exploration of the multifaceted bonds we form\, focusing on both platonic romance and the significance of chosen bonds. \nIn a world where romantic love often takes center stage\, we aim to shed light on the profound\, complex\, and sometimes misunderstood relationships that exist outside the realm of traditional romance. We invite you to explore the intricacies of intense\, non-romantic connections that can rival even the most passionate love stories. Who says romcoms are just for lovers? Why can’t we buy our friends flowers or chase them down in the airport? We believe that every friendship is its own epic tale. I know that at least for me\, my romantic partners have a high bar to meet because my friends love me so well. \nWe are looking at the powerful ties we establish with friends who become family\, mentors who guide us\, and kindred spirits who feel like soulmates. These connections often transcend societal norms\, creating a unique tapestry of love\, support\, and shared experiences. \nAs with all our themes\, we encourage diverse interpretations. \nReflect on the friendships and chosen family members who have profoundly impacted your life. Explore the dynamics of relationships that challenge societal expectations and norms. Contemplate the moments of connection that have left a lasting imprint on your heart. Your interpretation of this theme can take many forms: essays\, poetry\, short stories\, artwork\, or any creative medium that resonates with you. \nWe’re excited to witness your exploration. Your contributions will help us celebrate the power of love\, connection\, and community in all its beautiful manifestations. \nSubmission Guidelines\nSubmission Email: Please send your submissions to submit@thefruitslice.com. \nWord Limit: We recommend keeping written pieces under 5 pages or under 1500 words to ensure a concise and engaging read. \nMultiple Submissions: There’s no limit to the number of submissions you can send our way. Feel free to share your work with us\, and we’ll give each piece the attention it deserves. \nThank you for being part of the Fruitslice community\, and we look forward to exploring your creative contributions!
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-the-fruitslice-a-queer-quarterly-theme-i-am-in-love-with-you-no-homo-platonic-romance-and-chosen-bonds/
LOCATION:The FruitSlice
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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