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SUMMARY:PFN - Bi Women Quarterly Seeking Submissions on the Theme: Child Free
DESCRIPTION:Limited Demographic: Submissions are restricted to bi+ women who identify as trans\, non-binary\, cis\, and beyond. \nBWQ features the voices of women with bi+ sexualities (i.e.\, bi\, pan\, fluid\, and other non-binary sexualities). We see “woman” as a broad category with space for an array of gender identities and expressions. We welcome contributions from bi+ women who identify as trans\, non-binary\, cis\, and beyond. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease submit your words in a word document (.doc\, docx or .rtf) or in the body of an email. Use single spacing\, 11 pt font in Adobe Garamond Pro (or closest available font). Please do not send pdfs. Different spacing and formatting is okay if submitting poetry but please use Adobe Garamond Pro (11pt)\, if possible. Images should be high resolution and submitted electronically in .jpg or .png format. \nBi Women Quarterly and Robyn Ochs\, Editor reserve the right to reprint your work in current and future related publications\, in print and/or online. We will attempt to notify you in advance if we do so. You retain ownership of your work and may re-use it\, provided that its previous appearance in Bi Women Quarterly is noted\, along with our website (e.g.\, “This piece previously appeared in Bi Women Quarterly (at BiWomenQuarterly.com”). \nNote that Bi Women Quarterly is a print and digital publication. Issues of BWQ are sent via mail and then posted online in both magazine and PDF format at BiWomenQuarterly.com \nSubmission length: there is no minimum length. Maximum length: 1500 words. Please do not send pieces over this count unless requested by the editor or approved by her. Mail all submissions and pitches to biwomeneditor@gmail.com. \nBefore submitting your writing\, please run it through spell check and grammar check. Consider\, too\, asking a friend or two to read your piece for you and provide feedback. \nPLEASE INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AT THE TOP OF YOUR SUBMISSION:\n\nYour name:\nYour email address:\nYour Twitter or other social media handles (if public):\nThe name you wish to use in BWQ: (you are welcome to use a pseudonym or modify your actual name):\nName of the piece you are submitting:\nA short\, 1 to 2 sentence\, 3rd person bio that includes your geographic location (e.g.: Robyn Ochs lives in the Boston area and is the editor of BWQ.) to follow your piece:\nFinally\, you are encouraged — but not required — to submit a photo with your work. Photos should be at least 300 dpi\, and have good contrast. This can be a headshot of yourself or an image relevant to your submission that you have the rights to use.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-bi-women-quarterly-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-child-free/
LOCATION:Bi Women Quarterly
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SUMMARY:N - Call for Submissions to HerStry: "It’s Kind of a Funny Story"
DESCRIPTION:Limited Demographic. Submissions are restricted to “women identifying persons\, including bigender/polygender persons\, cisgender women\, intergender persons/intersex persons\, non-binary persons/gender non-conforming persons\, transgender women/transfeminine persons\, two-spirit.”\nYou wanna hear something funny? In September we’re looking for your stories of mishaps and mistakes to make us laugh and cringe. We want to know about the time you locked yourself out of the house in your underwear and had to borrow your next door neighbors phone. We want to know about the road trip gone wrong\, the family vacation from hell\, and the time your mother-in-law almost burnt down the house on Thanksgiving. Make us laugh. Make us be glad it wasn’t us. Tell us about the time you accidentally sent your crush a text professing your love for them. \n** HerStry is always happy to share stories anonymously—if your story is selected for publication\, simply let your editor know you would not like your name shared ** \nTHE RULES:  \n\nAll stories must be true and about you.\nStories must follow the theme in some way\, interpretations can be wide.\nStories must stay between 500–3\,000 words.\nDocuments should be double spaced\, 12Pt font with 1 inch margins.\nSubmissions must be in .doc or .docx form—we do not accept PDFs.\nStories are read blind. Please DO NOT put any identifying material on your manuscript. Manuscripts that don’t follow this rule will be automatically disqualified without being read. We realize personal essays may contain your name; a first name is fine.\nPlease include a third person bio. Cover letters are fine\, but not necessary (we don’t read them\, we’re more interested in what you’ve written).\nPlease submit only once per theme.\nWe do not accept previously published stories.\n\nHerStry centers the experiences of women identifying persons. We’re looking for work from bigender/polygender persons\, cisgender women\, intergender persons/intersex persons\, nonbinary persons/gender non-conforming persons\, transgender women/transfeminine persons\, two spirit. In other words\, if you are a cis man\, please refrain from submitting. \n WANT PERSONALIZED FEEDBACK? \nYou can now receive helpful feedback by selecting the “personalized critique” option on our submissions page. While getting your work critiqued does not guarantee publication\, we can help make it great for your next submissions\, whether it’s to us or someone else. \n$3 submission fee goes toward keeping HerStry sustainable. All accepted pieces receive $20 payment.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/n-call-for-submissions-to-herstry-its-kind-of-a-funny-story/
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SUMMARY:PFN - Halfway Down the Stairs Seeking Submissions on the Theme: On the Road
DESCRIPTION:Fiction OPEN\n\nWe accept fiction related to the theme of the issue. The fiction editors are looking mostly for short stories\, but we are happy to consider well-crafted flash fiction. We don’t want to be too strict with the guidelines\, because we appreciate originality\, creativity\, and stories that are off the beaten path. We like stories that grab us from the beginning\, make us think\, and keep us enthralled. Stories should be written confidently and fluidly\, avoiding too many adjectives or too much dialogue. We will be negatively distracted by poor grammar\, clichés\, and a lack of editing. \n\nDates:\n\nOpen to fiction submissions through 01 February 2022* (approx. 36 days from now).0\n\nAudience:\nOpen to a broad Audience. Excluding: Children.\nGenres:\n\n\n\n\nGENRE\nSUBGENRES\n\n\n\n\nGeneral General\n\n\n\nOpen to all/most Genres Open to all/most Genres\nExcluding: Erotica.\n\n\n\n\nStyles:\nOpen to all/most Styles\, including: Humorous\, Literary\, Mainstream\, Realist.\nTopics:\nOpen to all/most Topics\, including: Other (May vary).\nTheme(s): Frontiers\nTypes/Lengths:\n\n\n\n\nTYPE\nLENGTH DETAILS\n\n\n\n\nFlash Fiction Flash Fiction\nUp to 1\,000 words.\n\n\nShort Story Short Story\n1\,000 – 5\,000 words.\n\n\n\n\nPayscale:\nWe list broad pay categories rather than payment pecifics. Check with the publisher for details.\n\n\n\n\n\nNo monetary payment No monetary payment.\n\n\n\n\nSubmissions:\n\n\n\n\nELECTRONIC\nPOSTAL\nREPRINTS\nSIMULTANEOUS\nMEDIA\n\n\n\n\n OK\n No\n No\n OK\nText format submissions\n\n\n\n\n\nAlways check guidelines for details and restrictions. If you aren’t familiar with these terms\, see our  glossary.\n* We do not know the time and/or timezone\, so we cannot be more precise. Submit early to avoid disappointment.\n\n\n\n\n\nNonfiction OPEN\n\nWe accept creative nonfiction related to the theme of the issue. Halfway Down the Stairs is specifically looking for essays and memoir with a strong voice and a unique point of view. We publish well-written\, honest writing that inspires emotion. Humor is also appreciated. \n\nDates:\n\nOpen to nonfiction submissions through 01 February 2022* (approx. 36 days from now).1\n\nAudience:\nOpen to a broad Audience. Excluding: Children.\nStyles:\nOpen to all/most Styles\, including: Humorous\, Literary\, Mainstream\, Personal.\nTopics:\nOpen to all/most Topics\, including: Other (May vary).\nTheme(s): Frontiers\nTypes/Lengths:\n\n\n\n\nTYPE\nLENGTH DETAILS\n\n\n\n\nEssay Essay\nUp to 3\,000 words.\n\n\nNarrative Nonfiction Narrative Nonfiction\nUp to 3\,000 words.\n\n\n\n\nPayscale:\nWe list broad pay categories rather than payment specifics. Check with the publisher for details.\n\n\n\n\n\nNo monetary payment No monetary payment.\n\n\n\n\nSubmissions:\n\n\n\n\nELECTRONIC\nPOSTAL\nREPRINTS\nSIMULTANEOUS\nMEDIA\n\n\n\n\n OK\n No\n No\n OK\nText format submissions\n\n\n\n\n\nAlways check guidelines for details and restrictions. If you aren’t familiar with these terms\, see our  glossary.\n* We do not know the time and/or timezone\, so we cannot be more precise. Submit early to avoid disappointment.\n\n\n\n\n\nPoetry OPEN\n\nWe are rarely willing to be lenient with the theme when it comes to poetry\, and will do so only if the submission is very good. \n\nDates:\n\nOpen to poetry submissions through 01 February 2022* (approx. 36 days from now).1\n\nAudience:\nOpen to a broad Audience. Excluding: Children.\nGenres:\n\n\n\n\nGENRE\nSUBGENRES\n\n\n\n\nGeneral General\n\n\n\nOpen to all/most Genres Open to all/most Genres\nExcluding: Erotica.\n\n\n\n\nPoetry Forms:\nOpen to all/most Forms.\nStyles:\nOpen to all/most Styles\, including: Humorous\, Literary\, Mainstream\, Realist.\nTopics:\nOpen to all/most Topics\, including: Other (May vary).\nTheme(s): Frontiers\nTypes/Lengths:\n\n\n\n\nTYPE\nLENGTH DETAILS\n\n\n\n\nPoem Poem\nNo line limits known; Up to 3 pieces.\n\n\n\n\nPayscale:\nWe list broad pay categories rather than payment specifics. Check with the publisher for details.\n\n\n\n\n\nNo monetary payment No monetary payment.\n\n\n\n\nSubmissions:\n\n\n\n\nELECTRONIC\nPOSTAL\nREPRINTS\nSIMULTANEOUS\nMEDIA\n\n\n\n\n OK\n No\n No\n OK\nText format submissions\n\n\n\n\n\nAlways check guidelines for details and restrictions. If you aren’t familiar with these terms\, see our  glossary.\n* We do not know the time and/or timezone\, so we cannot be more precise. Submit early to avoid disappointment.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-halfway-down-the-stairs-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-on-the-road/
LOCATION:Halfway Down the Stairs
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - About Place Journal Seeking Submisins on: Shaping Destiny: Election Season\, Before\, During and After
DESCRIPTION:Shaping Destiny: Election Season\, Before\, During and After\nThe election is upon us. We have been watching how rights have been taken away and how so many things that meant progress are being attacked and reversed. The inequitable economy is looming\, evidenced by daily suffering from food and housing insecurity. \nMany issues improved over the last 80 years\, but are now in danger. Civil and reproductive rights\, an awareness of colonialism\, the development of gender-positive norms all came into existence\, only to be attacked. More recently\, the college campuses have erupted in support of Palestinians and against the genocide in Gaza. The support for Palestine is a sharp break from the past and will continue in spite of intense repression. \nThis election will have consequences. Sharp divisions in society could get worse with feared consequences arising. The threat of authoritarianism is very real and creates a world of reaction\, which promises to drag society back before the days of the civil rights movement and the counterculture\, and to result in even more widespread incarceration of both immigrants and others. Any efforts to address climate change and protect the non-human will likely disappear. \nNow\, before the election\, we are called upon to expose the attacks and show ways that we remain strong. There is no doubt that things would get much worse under another Trump presidency. Biden also makes it harder with the support for Israel and other disappointments. How these play out is rich ground for your insights about how we can get through the next months. We expect that the submissions will reflect such tension. \nAfter the election there will be work\, however the election goes. The fight to regain lost rights is a powerful voice\, as we see in moves to reverse limits on and criminalize reproductive freedom in critical states. The campus encampments will not vanish\, police violence will continue to see local and national exposure and resistance. Immigration and concomitant conflicts will continue. Indigenous people still cry out for freedom and sovereignty. The land needs protection and love\, as do all its creatures\, of which humans are only a small part. Art is a force for all this. \nBlack Earth Institute is committed to a worldview that integrates social justice with a commitment to protecting the environment and engaging with these issues through spiritual practice and creative art. We encourage contributors to explore how matters of the spirit and environmental thinking influence their observations about the coming election. \nShaping Destiny is looking for your work reflecting the pre-election\, election\, and post-election periods. We are looking for poetry and prose (creative nonfiction\, fiction\, and flash essays).
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-about-place-journal-seeking-submisins-on-shaping-destiny-election-season-before-during-and-after/
LOCATION:About Place Journal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to PRISM international. Theme: Spells
DESCRIPTION:GENERAL SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:\nSubmissions must be made through Submittable. We do not accept submissions via email or mail\, except from incarcerated writers. For all other submitters\, we charge a $3.00 reading fee per submission. Writers for whom the $3.00 fee is prohibitive are welcome to submit using the Inclusive Access option on Submittable. \nSubmissions should be typed\, double-spaced\, and paginated. Please specify the genre of your submission in your cover letter. All submissions should be set in Times New Roman\, 12-point font. \nInclude in your cover letter your full contact information (including your email address) and a bio of 50 words or fewer that makes reference to where you live. \nWe accept simultaneous submissions\, and we ask that you let us know if your piece is accepted elsewhere\, OR withdraw it from our Submittable. We purchase first North American serial rights and pay $40 per printed page for prose and $45 per printed page for poetry. Contributors also receive two copies of the issue in which their work appears. \nWe encourage submissions from Indigenous writers\, writers of colour\, writers with disabilities\, LGBTQQIP2SAA+ writers\, and writers from other intersectional and marginalized groups\, including low-income earners. If you identify as one or more of the above and would like to let us know\, please mention it in your cover letter. \n\nPROSE GUIDELINES\n\n\nWe accept fiction\, creative non-fiction\, and literary essays. We do not publish rhetorical\, academic\, or strictly journalistic non-fiction.\n\n\nOur preferred length for submissions is 4\,000 words or less. We have a limited page count and aim to feature a variety of voices.\n\nSubmit only one piece at a time\, unless you are submitting flash fiction or non-fiction (under 1\,000 words)\, in which case you may submit up to three pieces in a single document. Please wait to hear back before submitting again.\n\nIf you have any questions about these guidelines or a piece you’ve already submitted\, please email Sierra Louie at prism.prose@ubc.ca. \n\nPOETRY GUIDELINES\n\n\nSubmit up to four poems\, to a maximum of six pages. Do NOT submit six one-page poems.\n\n\nWe welcome cross-genre and interdisciplinary poetry and poetics.\n\n\nIn your cover letter\, please specify the number of poems you are submitting and list the titles of the poems.\n\n\nPoetry submissions should be typed and single-spaced. If you would like to submit poems with alternate spacing\, please mention it in your cover letter and submit a PDF instead of a Word document.\n\n\nIf you have any questions about these guidelines or a piece you’ve already submitted\, please email Ayda Niknami at prism.poetry@ubc.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-prism-international-theme-spells/
LOCATION:PRISM international
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Snowflake Magazine Seeking Submission for the Sapphic/Achillian Issue
DESCRIPTION:The Sapphic/Achillian Issue\n\n\n\n\nSnowflake magazine is looking for submissions of poetry\, essays and flash fiction from self-identifying queer creators. Being queer already often sits outside the norm\, so we encourage your pieces to do the same – really think outside the box! \n​For the safety of our editors\, submissions without detailed trigger warnings will be rejected outright.\nThe submission itself should either be made by or involve an artist who identifies as LGBTQ+ (or both!). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease read the relevant submission guidelines before you submit.Click here to open them in a new window.\n\n\nOften it is easy to assume that the majority of the LGBTQ+ community is mostly just the Ls and Gs\, but that isn’t the case\, and is not the primary focus of this issue.  \nSapphic\, and its MLM equivalent Achillian\, seeks to understand and explore the idea of same-sex/gender relationships among cis and trans people. We want to hear from the gay transmascs or the cishet couple that became a lesbian relationship. We want to hear from the polyamorous bisexual with a same-sex partner\, or non-binary people vibing hard together in their puddle of genderfluid. We want to hear from the girls\, the guuurls\, the butches\, the fags\, femmes\, twinks\, DINKs\, dykes and bears. The aros\, aces and the greys. \nWhatever your gender identity or sexual preferences\, put the ‘same’ in same sex/gender and show us in writing and poetry how you homo your sexuality. \n\n\nHave you read the Illiad and stories of Achilles? What are your thoughts on the different historic interpretations of Achilles and Patroclus’ relationship?  \n\n\nHow do you feel about the famous fragments of Sappho’s writing “someone will remember us I say even in another time”? \n\n\nWhat is your first experience of finding someone the same sex or gender as you attractive? \n\n\nWhat are some quintessential examples of gay/lesbian culture? Including specifically gay transmasc or lesbian transfemme culture? \n\n\nDo you identify as ‘T4T’? Why do you think many transpeople do? \n\n\nHave you ever been in an opposite gender relationship\, and how did it compare to a same gender one? \n\n\nWhat stereotypes of queer culture do you personally identify with or find hilarious? i.e Transfemme tech geeks\, transmascs with pet rats and septum rings\, bisexuals with cuffed jeans and rolled up sleeves\, lesbians moving in together after a week of dating and adopting 100 rescue dogs etc \n\n\nHave you ever been in love with your best friend and realized you were gay/lesbian because of it? \n\n\nWhat movie or fictional character was your “queer awakening”? \n\n\nWhat makes a man/woman/person beautiful to you? \n\n\nWhat does gay/lesbian domesticity look like to you? \n\n\nHow does it feel as someone who is outside the gender binary to have a self described gay/lesbian person fall for/ be attracted to you? \n\n\nFlagging: what rituals\, secret languages and social queues have we evolved over the years to flirt and signal to each other discreetly. \n\n\n“When I’m with a woman it’s lesbian\, when I’m with a man it’s gay” how does this description of non-binary attraction feel to you? Does it resonate with your own experiences? \n\n\nWhat examples of gay and lesbian solidarity do you love throughout history? Eg “cocksuckers for muffdivers”\, LGSM\, and lesbians caring for aids victims. \n\n\nHow does it feel to grow up having to “translate ” the romances we see in popular media to suit us. \n\n\nThe Bechdel-Wallace test was originally a comic about being able to imagine female characters as lesbians. Why has this meaning often been overlooked? How does this change your views on it if you didn’t know this before? Do you have a personal equivalent for creating your own queer headcanons? \n\n\nDescribe your perfect day with your significant other. \n\n\nHave you ever had a waiter choose which of you to assign as “the man” in the relationship by giving them the bill when out on a date? How did it feel? \n\n\nWhat historical examples do you know of gay and lesbian couples teaming up for security and fake heterosexuality\, beards and frocks? \n\n\nWhat are your thoughts or experiences of gay and lesbian couples teaming up for sperm donations/ surrogacy? \n\n\nAs a trans person do you feel welcome in gendered gay/lesbian spaces such as bars\, saunas\, support and social groups? What are your experiences of this? \n\n\nThe experience of a “straight” couple having to redefine their relationship with their own sexuality when one transitions is not so rare. Have you experienced this?
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-snowflake-magazine-seeking-submission-for-the-sapphic-achillian-issue/
LOCATION:Snowflake Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - The First Line Seeking Submissions that begin: "When she was eight\, Alice Henderson briefly held the world record for filling her mouth with marbles."
DESCRIPTION:The purpose of The First Line is to jump start the imagination–to help writers break through the block that is the blank page. Each issue contains short stories that stem from a common first line; it also provides a forum for discussing favorite first lines in literature. The First Line is an exercise in creativity for writers and a chance for readers to see how many different directions we can take when we start from the same place. \nWe love that writers around the world are inspired by our first lines\, and we know that not every story will be sent to us. However\, we ask that you do not submit stories starting with our first lines to other journals (or post them online on public sites) until we’ve notified you as to our decision (usually four weeks after the deadline). When the entire premise of the publication revolves around one sentence\, we don’t want it to look as if we stole that sentence from another writer. If you have questions\, feel free to drop us a line. \nAlso\, we understand that writers may add our first line to a story they are currently working on or have already completed\, and that’s cool. But please do not add our first line to a previously published story and submit it to us. We do not accept previously published stories\, even if they have been repurposed for our first lines. And\, just to be clear\, we do not accept simultaneous submissions. \nOne more thing while I’ve got you here: Writers compete against one another for magazine space\, so\, technically\, every literary magazine is running a contest. There are\, however\, literary magazines that run traditional contests\, where they charge entry fees and rank the winners. We do not – nor will we ever – charge a submission fee\, nor do we rank our stories in order of importance. Occasionally\, we run contests to help come up with new first lines\, or we run fun\, gimmicky competitions for free stuff\, but the actual journal is not a contest in the traditional sense. \nFiction: All stories must be written with the first line provided. The line cannot be altered in any way\, unless otherwise noted by the editors. The story should be between 300 and 5\,000 words (this is more like a guideline and not a hard-and-fast rule; going over or under the word count won’t get your story tossed from the slush pile). The sentences can be found on the home page of The First Line’s website\, as well as in the prior issue. Note: We are open to all genres. We try to make TFL as eclectic as possible. \nPoetry: We do accept poetry\, though rarely. We have no restrictions on form or line count\, but all poems must begin with the first line provided. The line cannot be altered in any way. \nNon-Fiction: 500-800 word critical essays about your favorite first line from a literary work.The First Line is an exercise in creativity for writers and a chance for readers to see how many different directions we can take when we start from the same place. \nAll Submissions: Writers should include a two- to three-sentence biography of themselves that we can use in the journal should your story\, poem\, or essay be accepted. \nMultiple Submissions: We don’t mind if you want to submit multiple submissions for the same issue. However\, it is unlikely we will use more than one of your stories or poems in the same issue. \nSubmissions: We prefer you send manuscripts via email to submission (@) thefirstline (dot) com. We accept stories in MS Word or Word Perfect format (we prefer attachments). Please do not send pdf versions of your story or links to Google docs. Make sure your name and contact information\, as well as your bio\, are part of the attachment. Stories also can be sent to The First Line‘s post office box. No manuscripts will be returned without an accompanying SASE with sufficient return postage. \n\n\nNotification: We don’t make decisions about submissions until after each issue closes. We typically send notices four weeks after the issue’s deadline to everyone who submitted. You can also check the website’s home page for each issue’s production status. \n\n\n\n\nPayment: We pay on publication: $25.00 – $50.00 for fiction\, $5.00 – $10.00 for poetry\, and $25.00 for nonfiction (all U.S. dollars). We also send you a copy of the issue in which your piece appears. You’ll receive your money and issue at the same time. \n\n\n\n\n\nNote to our international writers: Postage cost for sending author copies overseas is a little high\, so we are reducing international author payment by the amount it would cost to send one author copy overseas. However\, if you would like to receive an electronic version of the issue (PDF) instead of a hard copy\, author payment will not change.
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LOCATION:The First Line
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Ki Seeking Submissions about: Sound and Silence
DESCRIPTION:Submissions for Issue 3 are now open! \nFor Issue 3\, we are thinking about sound and silence. Sound could be taken in the literal sense\, as auditory sensory input\, soundscapes\, sound art—it could also mean the sound of drones\, auditory weaponry and sonic-psychological warfare. On the other hand\, sound and silence implies dissent\, the eruption and censure of the protest or the riot. We are especially excited to welcome submissions that engage this conceptual territory\, loosely defined. \nA far from comprehensive list of possibilities: soundness\, sounding out\, sounding off\, having a voice and hearing voices (cf. Moten and Harney)\, sounding like\, resonance\, dissonance\, dissent\, silence\, silencing\, awkward silence\, noises\, musical genres and their relationship to writing (eg. punk and zines)\, not-language\, negation\, auditory excrescence. \nThis issue would especially welcome multimedia work that makes use of our online format\, e.g. animated work\, soundscapes\, ambient sound art\, and noise poetry\, notation systems\, scores\, and translation/transposition. \n\nPlease note that while we celebrate creative work in all its infinite forms\, we are unlikely to publish pieces that adhere strictly to the conventions of one particular genre(e.g. fiction and poetry that does not engage critical\, political\, or theoretical thought and practice). \nSubmission Guidelines\n\nProse submissions—fiction\, nonfiction\, reviews\, etc.—should be 1\,500 words or less. If you have citational material\, this will not factor into the word count. Please send only one prose submission at a time. \nPoetry submissions should comprise no more than 5 poems in a single document. We encourage sending a .pdf in order to preserve formatting. \nSimultaneous submissions are welcome; please notify us should any work submitted be accepted for publication elsewhere.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-ki-seeking-submissions-about-sound-and-silence/
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