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P=Poetry, N=Nonfiction, F=Fiction
Consider the wholes that form us and the holes that cause relationships and structures to erode. Explore this theme literally or figuratively.
Silkworm 17 has an optional theme of Bird. Feel free to interpret the theme in any way and remember that the theme is optional.
For our August 2024 edition, the theme is CIRCUS
Abridged 0-101 ‘Rebecca’ invites poetry submissions on the conflicting themes of haunting, convention, repression and resistance.
Poets, get your collections ready!
We welcome work from both new and established writers, and especially encourage submissions from writers yet to publish a first collection.
We want your poems and your mistakes. Fiction that falls between genres. Weird, wild poems. Anything speculative, daring, or just plain odd.
We have no definitive preference for what are looking for, we enjoy a variety of genres and styles and consider anything.
Six contributors will be nominated for a Pushcart Prize, (poetry and fiction).
We welcome all styles of writing, particularly that which is well-crafted, uses language lovingly and surprisingly, and feels daring or quietly powerful.