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SUMMARY:PFN - Prairie Fire Call for Submissions: 50 over 50
DESCRIPTION:Call for Submissions: 50 Over 50\n\nPrairie Fire is giving centre stage to women writers over fifty! This special issue is a celebration that honours and recognizes the enormous contribution of living Canadian women writers\, who have helped shape CanLit and continue to do so. \nIf you are a woman\, aged fifty and over\, have at least one published piece of writing (literary journals\, anthologies\, books\, etc.) and live in Canada (or lived a substantial amount of your life in Canada) then we want to see your unpublished work\, as we compile this mosaic of new writing to be released in fall of 2024. \nThis special issue\, tentatively called “50 Over 50” will be guest edited by Katherine Bitney\, poet and one of the founders of Prairie Fire Press. \nSubmission Deadline: February 15\, 2024.\n  \nGUEST EDITOR: KATHERINE BITNEY\n\nBorn in England\, Katherine Bitney grew up in Saskatchewan and has spent most of her life on the Canadian prairies. She is a founding member of the Manitoba Writers’ Guild and Prairie Fire . Katherine Bitney is author of four books of poetry\, and a collection of essays\, and has collaborated as librettist on a choral piece\, Cantus Borealis\, with composer Sid Robinovitch\, which was premiered by the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra in April\, 2011. She has worked as editor\, mentor\, creative writing instructor\, and arts juror for over 35 years in Manitoba\, and holds an MA in Religion from the University of Manitoba. Katherine Bitney lives\, gardens and writes in Winnipeg. \n  \nSUBMISSION GUIDELINES:\nSubmissions for this issue may be emailed or mailed. Emailed submissions need to follow the submission guidelines. \nEmailed submissions should be sent to prfire@prairiefire.ca\, Subject: 50 Over 50 \nor mailed to: \nPrairie Fire Press\n423-100 Arthur Street\nWinnipeg\, MB\nR3B 1H3 \nTHE COVER LETTER \nThe cover letter should be typed. Be sure to include the following: \n***Please state in your cover letter that you are submitting to “50 Over 50”*** \n\nyour full mailing address\, e-mail address and phone number;\na two-or three-sentence biographical statement (in third person)\nthe title(s) of the piece(s) you are submitting;\nthe genre of the piece(s) you are submitting (poetry\, fiction\, non-fiction).\nyour pronouns\n\nTHE MANUSCRIPT \nEach category counts as one submission. Please please do not send more than one of each type of submission. \nPoetry: send a maximum of 3 typed poems\, single or double spaced\, with your name and address at the top left of each page. \nFiction: send one typed story (maximum length 8\,000 words) double spaced\, margins of 1.5 inches should surround copy. \nCreative non-fiction: send one typed piece (maximum length 8\,000 words) double spaced\, margins of 1.5 inches should surround copy. \nFor fiction and creative non-fiction\, centre the title halfway down on the first page\, with your name below. Include a word count at the top right corner of the page and your address at the top left corner. Please number your pages. \nUnlike some of our other special issues\, we prefer that the piece(s) you submit for this special issue not be submitted elsewhere. If your piece has been submitted elsewhere\, please let us know immediately should it be accepted by another publication. Also\, please only send work that has not been previously published. \n*** Please make sure prfire@prairiefire.ca and lindsey@prairiefire.ca are added as ‘safe senders’ in your email. We would hate to end up in your spam folder! \nPrairie Fire encourages submissions from LGBTQI2S writers\, BIPOC writers\, disabled writers\, and all who are otherwise affected by structural inequality.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-prairie-fire-call-for-submissions-50-over-50/
LOCATION:Prairie Fire: A Canadian Magazine of New Writing
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:F - Call for Submissions to National Flash Fiction Day Anthology. Theme: Air\, Earth\, Water and Fire
DESCRIPTION:The theme of the 2024 National Flash Fiction Day anthology is THE CLASSICAL ELEMENTS: AIR\, EARTH\, WATER AND FIRE. \nYou can use any combination of the elements\, just one or all four\, which should give you plenty of space to play around with ideas. Will you take us flying in the air\, bring us down to earth\, set us alight with your words or plunge us into the watery depths? We can’t wait to find out. \nFeel free to interpret the theme however you wish\, in 500 words or fewer. Selected flashes will be published in National Flash Fiction Day’s 13th Annual Anthology. Payment is one contributor’s copy of the anthology. \nPlease submit up to three unpublished flashes of 500 words or fewer before our deadline. Titles are not included in the word count. There is no minimum word count and much shorter pieces are very welcome. We prefer you include all pieces in one document where possible\, though multiple submissions are fine if you are submitting on different occasions. \nThis year’s theme is THE CLASSICAL ELEMENTS – AIR\, EARTH\, WATER AND FIRE. The story does not need to include thematic words or phrases\, but it must touch on the theme in some way. \nSubmissions are open internationally. Although we anonymise submissions\, we actively encourage submissions by writers from underrepresented groups\, such as BAME\, LGBTQ+\, low income and disabled writers. \nEntries will be read and judged anonymously. To avoid disqualification\, please do not put your name\, address\, email\, telephone number or any personally identifying information on your document or in the file name. \nIn addition\, all selected pieces will be considered for one of two Editor’s Choice Awards.  The 2024 editors will each select one piece from the accepted stories to receive a £50 prize.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-call-for-submissions-to-national-flash-fiction-day-anthology-theme-air-earth-water-and-fire/
LOCATION:National Flash Fiction Day
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - After Happy Hour Contest Theme: Animals
DESCRIPTION:For this year’s contest\, we want submitters to go wild–or domesticated\, or sentient\, or whatever other form of beastly you’re feeling. In other words: we’re seeking work from any and all genres that involves non-human living creatures in some way\, shape\, or form. \nSubmissions that fit the theme will include some kind of animal. Note that this doesn’t need to be a real animal. It can be a cryptid like a chupacabra\, a hybrid made via genetic engineering\, a robot pet\, or some new species that you’ve made up. It also counts if it’s a human who becomes an animal–a Kafka-style transformation\, for example\, or a were-beast\, Selkie\, etc. The animal can be an image or metaphor\, too\, but we’re looking for more than a passing mention of birds singing from the trees. The animal should be integral to the story in some way\, be that as a character\, a plot point\, or a central theme. \nEach $10 entry can be: \n\n1 prose work of 1\,000 words or longer\nup to 3 individual poems sent in a single document\nup to 3 flash or micro prose pieces in a single document\n\n  \nNumbers update 1/1: At the halfway point of the contest\, we’ve received 67 entries and the prize pool is currently at $320. \nPoetry: Send up to 3 individual poems\, no line or word limits. \nFiction: Send a single short story or up to 3 flash or micro pieces (fewer than 1\,000 words each) in a single document. We have no hard word count limits\, and welcome stories in that hard-to-publish 5\,000-10\,000 word length that justify their real estate. That said\, this is a print issue\, so we won’t be able to publish anything that’s a true novella length. \nCreative non-fiction: Send a single piece of 1\,000 words or longer\, or up to 3 flash or micro pieces (fewer than 1\,000 words each) in a single document. We are specifically looking for lyric or narrative non-fiction\, not scholarly essays (though if you’re using the tropes of scholarly essays within the context of a creative essay\, that we do want to see). \nHybrid/Cross-Genre: Yes\, please. Follow whichever of the above guidelines makes the most sense for your work.\n \nPrize Info:\nThe winners and honorable mentions for this contest will receive a percentage of the total entry fees paid (including purchases of After Happy Hour print issues): \n\nUp to 3 “ranked winners” will split 30%.\nUp to 3 honorable mentions will split 15%\n\nHow this will look in practice will depend on the work we receive. Possible scenarios: \n\nThree 1st place winners\, one each in fiction\, poetry\, and CNF\, who each get 10%; three honorable mentions\, one in each category\, that get 5%\nTwo 1st place winners\, one each in poetry and prose\, who each get 15%; two honorable mentions\, one in each category\, that get 7.5%\nOverall 1st (20%) and 2nd (10%) place\, plus 1-3 overall honorable mentions\nA single Grand Prize winner who walks away with the whole 30%\, plus 1-3 overall honorable mentions\n\nThe more submissions we get\, the more winners and honorable mentions we’re likely to award. All submitted works will also be considered for publication in the issue. If we publish your work and you don’t win a prize\, you’ll get $10 (basically you’ll get your entry fee back) and 2 copies of the print issue. \nGeneral Guidelines: \n\nPlease include a brief (100 words max) 3rd-person bio with your submission.\nTo limit editor bias\, we read all submissions anonymously. To this end\, we ask submitters to remove their name and contact information from the document before submitting it.\nUse standard manuscript format (11- or 12-point font\, standard margins/spacing). We won’t reject you for weird spacing or a bad font (probably)\, but following this standard makes things easier to read\, and that makes the editors happy. Poets/experimental prose writers have more liberty here if the non-standard formatting is used for stylistic reasons. Straightforward prose writers have no excuse.\nWe accept submissions only through Submittable. Submissions sent to our e-mail will be deleted unread.\nMultiple submissions are allowed\, but each submission must be accompanied by its own $10 submission fee.\nSimultaneous submissions are accepted for the contest. However\, your entry fee will not be returned if the piece is accepted elsewhere and you need to withdraw it.\nPreviously published work is not accepted for the contest. We are looking for new\, unpublished stories for this issue.\nIf you need to withdraw a longer prose piece\, or an entire packet of poems or flash prose\, you can choose the “withdraw” option on Submittable. To withdraw a single poem or flash piece from a packet\, you can message us through Submittable or e-mail us (afterhappyhour [at] gmail [dot] com).\nAccepted submissions may be edited for grammar. All changes will be sent to the author for approval before publication.\nWe acquire first publishing rights and electronic archive rights. All other rights are retained by the author. Following the work’s publication in After Happy Hour\, you can re-publish and anthologize your work as you see fit. Content can be removed from the website on request\, but cannot be removed from the issue in which it was published.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-after-happy-hour-contest-theme-animals/
LOCATION:After Happy Hour Contest
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:PFN - Tupelo Quarterly Seeking Collaborative & Cross-Disciplinary Texts
DESCRIPTION:Tupelo Quarterly cultivates generous artistic community\, celebrates intellectual curiosity and creative risk\, and presumes abundance. We hold the gate open\, not closed.\nTupelo Quarterly seeks to cultivate dialogue between the arts.  With that in mind\, we would love to consider works that exist at the boundaries of genres and disciplines.  Please send up to 15 pages of cross-disciplinary material in PDF\, .doc\, or .docx format. \nAs always\, we look forward to reading your work!\nGeneral Guidelines:\nTupelo Quarterly accepts poetry\, fiction\, and nonfiction. \nHow to send work \nAll submissions must come through Submittable. We do not accept any hardcopy submissions. All our open calls are listed there with specific details relevant to each opportunity. Please read the guidelines for each category carefully. If no categories appear\, that means the reading period is closed. Simultaneous submissions are welcome as long as you notify us immediately at contactTQ@tupelopress.org if the work is placed elsewhere. Submissions may not be changed after entry. We do not accept previously published material. \nNotifications \nSubmittable sends automated confirmations of receipt\, and we will use Submittable to accept or decline all work. Beyond these notifications\, kindly refrain from requesting an individual response to confirm receipt of your submission\, contest entry fee payment\, or status in a contest. Our turnaround for submissions is approximately three months for any given issue of the journal. \nEthical Guidelines \nTupelo Quarterly endorses and abides by the Ethical Guidelines of the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP)\, which can be reviewed here. \nAcceptances \nIf Tupelo Quarterly publishes your work\, we ask for 1st serial rights and acknowledgement if the work later appears elsewhere. We also ask to retain the option to include the work in a print anthology\, The Best of Tupelo Quarterly\, if the editors select it for the book. Authors/artists retain copyright.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-tupelo-quarterly-seeking-collaborative-cross-disciplinary-texts/
LOCATION:Tupelo Quarterly
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - Call for Submissions to "Connections Nurtured Through Nature's Harmonies" Anthology
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LOCATION:Connections Nurtured Through Nature’s Harmony Anthology
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to The BeZine. Theme: SustainABILITY: climate crisis and eco-economics
DESCRIPTION:HOW TO SUBMIT\nWe accept previously published work. You must have the copyright\, though. Please include prior public information and any relevant link if the publication is online. We want to promote other sites that publish our contributors and will include the link with your work. \nWe accept work that has been posted on social media. Do not provide links to social media posts. Simply note that the work appeared and on which platform. \nBy submitting work to The BeZine\, you are confirming that you own and hold the rights to the work and that you grant us the right to publish on the blog or in the BeZine if your submission is accepted. \n\nOnly email submissions will be read.\nProse\, poetry\, and hybrid: please submit as a word processing file attachment (Word\, Pages\, Open Document\, or RTF — NOT PDF\, NOT GOOGLE DOC).\nWork must be submitted in English and properly edited. Submissions in other languages are encouraged but please forward with a high-quality English translation.\nProse submissions should be limited to no more than 2\,000 words in an attached file (Word\, Pages\, Open Document\, or RTF — NOT PDF\, NOT GOOGLE DOC).\n\nFlash fiction or nonfiction (750 words or fewer) is welcome\, as are short stories (750–2\,000 words)\, essays (2\,000)\, and hybrid prose (up to 2\,000 words).\nWork under 1\,500 words will receive preference\, as we are an online journal.\nSend a query for prose over 2\,000 words that tells us why you think it belongs in The BeZine.\n\n\nPoetry submissions should be no more than three poems and total no more than 180 lines (i.e.\, 1 poem = 180 lines\, 2 poems = 180 lines\, 3 poems = 180 lines\, maximum) in an attached file (Word\, Pages\, Open Document\, or RTF — NOT PDF\, NOT GOOGLE DOC).\n\nWe prefer stanza or section breaks in longer poetry.\n\n\nWe may make editorial suggestions for submitted work before we accept it.\n\nCheck your work carefully before submitting. We may on occasion send work we like back to the writer for copyediting.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-the-bezine-sustainability-climate-crisis-and-eco-economics/
LOCATION:The BeZine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - The Argyle Literary Magazine Seeking Submissions on the Theme of Blood
DESCRIPTION:Theme One: Blood\nWe are fascinated by it. We fear it. We need it to live. Without it\, we die. We spill it for love and country. It binds us together. It tears us apart. \nIn Issue #2 (March 2024)\, The Argyle will introduce the inclusion of its “Theme” page\, which will showcase selected pieces of poetry\, fiction\, nonfiction\, and digital art that are based on a particular theme in each issue. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWorks for the March 2024 issue will be based on the theme of Blood. Contributors may interpret the theme literally or figuratively; however\, the concept of blood must be reflected (directly or indirectly) in their submissions. Note: While speculative pieces may be considered\, we are not looking for works of horror\, gore\, or gratuitous violence.  \n\n\n\n\nSubmission Guidelines\nWe are looking for original\, unpublished work; however\, we are also all about reprinting strong pieces that aren’t done making their “rounds” (just let us know where reprints were originally published and acknowledge you currently retain the rights to them). Please do let us know if your submission (or part of your submission) has been accepted elsewhere ASAP via our submission email (submissions@theargylelitmag.com) so we can remove it from consideration and give you a heartfelt “Congratulations!” \nThe Argyle accepts general submissions for poetry\, short fiction\, essays\, interviews\, reviews\, and more. \n\n\nShort fiction\, CNF\,  & Essays – up to 3 pieces (approximately 3\,000 words each). We can be a little flexible for longer pieces). \n\n\nPoetry – up to 6 poems (no limitations\, but rhyme at your own risk). \n\n\nNo submissions created with AI (either partially or totally) may be submitted for consideration! \nSubmit your work at submissions@theargylelitmag.com\, including “Submission type – Name + number of pieces” in the subject line (ex: Poetry submission – John Doe (5 pieces). We accept Word documents and PDFs. Include a short bio (up to 100 words) and a photo to be included with our submitted work (if accepted).
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-the-argyle-literary-magazine-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-of-blood/
LOCATION:The Argyle Literary Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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