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SUMMARY:PN - Chicken Soup for the Soul Series. Theme: Change your habits & attitudes / change your life
DESCRIPTION:Change your habits & attitudes / change your life \nThe deadline for submissions is AUGUST 31\, 2024. \nHabits. Attitudes. Breaking bad habits and replacing them with good habits play an important role in self-care. Change your attitude and you can change your life. And self-care – including mental\, emotional\, physical\, and spiritual wellbeing – is vital to ensuring that your needs are met. It’s probably what we neglect the most. \nWe are looking for true stories about how you realized a certain habit or attitude was detrimental to you\, what you did to change that\, and the difference it made in your life. \nHere are some ideas that might prompt you to recall a story you’d like to share: \n– Your strategy for making new habits that are better for you\n– Your strategy for breaking bad habits\n– How you made a conscious decision to change\n– How changing your habits and attitudes reduced your stress and improved your fitness\, health\, relationships\, work\, fun…\n– How proper self-care improved your life\n– What changes did you make to put yourself first on your “To-Do” list?\n– Did you eliminate people from your life\, or at least reduce your exposure to them\, as part of your plan? And if you couldn’t\, did you at least change how you reacted to them?\n– Did you take back control of your life? Take back the power?\n– Did stepping outside your comfort zone help you create new\, better habits?\n– How deviating from your routine helped you break a habit\n– Did keeping a journal help?\n– How you made a new\, good habit and conquered an old\, bad one\n– Breaking familiar patterns and how that helped\n– Baby steps to change – step by step\n– Learning to say “no” – setting boundaries\n– Learning to ask for help\n– Did you work with someone to make the changes? An accountability partner? A family member or friend?\n– Did you teach someone else how to break bad habits\, make new ones\, change their attitude\, reclaim their power?\n– Have you become more assertive or outspoken? Changed how someone treated you? \nYou have time! If this story callout has prompted you to make a positive change in your life – that one you’ve been thinking about – then go for it. Make the change and then write about it in a few months! \nThis book is slated for Summer or Fall 2025 and the deadline for submissions is August 31\, 2024. \nRecipe for a Winning Chicken Soup for the Soul Submission\nA Chicken Soup for the Soul story is an inspirational\, true story about ordinary people having extraordinary experiences. It is a story that opens the heart and rekindles the spirit. It is a simple piece that touches our readers and helps them discover basic principles they can use in their own lives. These stories are personal and often filled with emotion and drama. They are filled with vivid images created by using the five senses. In some stories\, the readers feel that they are actually in the scene with the people. \nChicken Soup for the Soul stories are written in the first person and have a beginning\, middle and an end. The stories often close with a punch\, creating emotion\, rather than simply talking about it. Chicken Soup for the Soul stories have heart\, but also something extra—an element that makes us all feel more hopeful\, more connected\, more thankful\, more passionate and better about life in general. A good story causes tears\, laughter\, goose bumps or any combination of these. \nThe most powerful stories are about people extending themselves\, or performing an act of love\, service or courage for another person. \nGuidelines for a Chicken Soup for the Soul story\n\nTell an exciting\, heartwarming or funny story about something that has happened to you or someone you know. Your story should be written in the first person and should be about yourself or someone close to you.\nTell your story in a way that will make the reader cry\, laugh\, get goose bumps or say “Wow!”\nThe story should start “in the action” and draw in the reader. Do not start your story with an introduction about what you are going to say\, or end with a concluding paragraph about what you just said.\nDon’t be afraid to speak from the heart. Many people tell personal stories for the first time in our books\, and they find it to be a cathartic and productive experience. We do let you use a pen name for your story if you do not want to use your real name.\nDon’t try fancy moves with tenses. Writing in the present tense about something that happened in the past rarely works.\nKeep your story to 1200 words or less. Tighten\, tighten\, tighten!\nYour story must be true. No fiction\, no creative writing.\n\nWhat a Chicken Soup for the Soul story IS NOT:\n\nA sermon\, an essay or eulogy.\nAn “as told to” story written by you for someone else. If you ghost-write a story for someone\, we thank you for helping that person share his or her story. That person’s name will be listed as the author and he or she can acknowledge your help in the bio section.\nA term paper\, thesis\, letter or journal entry.\nAbout politics or controversial issues.\nA biography or testimonial.\nA journalistic article about a third party that reads like a newspaper article.\n\nGuidelines for a Chicken Soup for the Soul poem\n\nWe love poems that tell a story. A Chicken Soup for the Soul poem does the same job as a story. The reader goes away having learned your story\, just through poetry instead of prose.\nWe do not publish poems that do not tell a story.\nWe also do not publish poems that seem overly focused on rhyming and read more like greeting cards.
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LOCATION:Chicken Soup for the Soul Series
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:F - 21 Futures Anthology Series Seeking Submissions the Theme: Financial Fallout
DESCRIPTION:Anthology Competition\nUp to $1\,850 in prizes \nDebt\, a growing wealth gap\, and the debasement of currency. The future of many economies looks dark. \nWhich catastrophic failures will we see in the next 100 years? And how will it affect ordinary citizens of the world? \nKonsensus Network seeks fiction submissions (up to 3\,000 words) for its forthcoming anthology 21 Futures: Financial Fallout. The 21 best stories will feature in the anthology and will be eligible to win the following prizes: \n\n1st place: $1\,000 + feature interview\n2nd place: $500 + podcast appearance\n3rd place: $250 + social media shoutout\n4th place: $100 + signed book\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat we DO want:\n\nStories with a clear beginning\, middle\, and end\nStories which include diverse and realistic characters we can root for\nStories with a unique angle on dystopia. Be creative and think outside the locations and tropes of typical sci-fi.\nStories which make us care. Stories with love\, loss\, joy\, pain\, and everything in between.\nStories which offer some kind of hope for the future.\n\n\n\nWhat we DON’T want:\n\nStories with unnecessary violence unconnected to the plot\nNationalism\, hate speech\, erotica\nThe promotion of centralized alt coins or ‘cryptocurrency’\nManifestos on ways of life\nPoetry or excerpts from novels\nSatoshi Nakamoto origin stories\nStories based entirely on real-life events using real-life characters\n\n\n\nStories must be written in English (editing provided if English is not your first language). Maximum 3\,000 max words.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-21-futures-anthology-series-seeking-submissions-the-theme-financial-fallout/
LOCATION:21 Futures Anthology Series
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:PFN - Karma Comes Before: the Mag Seeking Submissions for Issue 004. Theme: Body
DESCRIPTION:Hey friends! Thanks for considering us for your work! We’re currently OPEN for submissions for Issue 004: BODY until August 31st. \nKarma Comes Before is a literary arts community and magazine showcasing queer\, POC and differently abled voices\, but open to all writers and artists! \nWe accept submissions once a year for our print and digital issue\, and we’d love to have a peek at your brilliant work. Send us your short memoirs\, flash fiction\, poetry\, and prose for a chance to be showcased. \nReady to submit? Here are the deets:\nHow to submit:\n\n\n\n\nWe accept submissions via email. Send your submissions to kcbthemag@gmail.com. Please include a 3-4 sentence bio and your social media handles. NO COVER LETTER REQUIRED (who wants to read or write those?) \nWhat we accept: \nLet’s get specific! We accept one short memoir under 3\,000 words\, three flash fiction pieces under 1\,000 words each\, and up to five poems per submitter. \nWe DO NOT tolerate hate speech of any kind and we ask that you send your work with any relevant trigger warnings upfront. \nWe’re also open to previously published work\, as long as it fits the theme of the issue. \nWho can submit: \nWe accept creative work from all storytellers and artists! You don’t need to be previously published to submit to us; if you have a story to tell\, we want to read it! \nWhen to submit: \nSubmissions for Issue 004 are CURRENTLY OPEN until August 31st! \nI submitted! Now what?\nIf your work is selected\, we’ll send you a victory dance-inducing email from kcbthemag@gmail.com—and here’s the best part: If we feature your work in the magazine\, we might use it for some of our awesome merch (with your permission\, of course!). And guess what? We’ll shoutout your social media handles in the product description and share 50% of the profits with you via PayPal! \nWhy submit to KCB? \nBecause we’re the grooviest\, glitchiest\, most glorious literary magazine on the internet! But seriously\, we’re a platform for emerging writers and artists. We’re passionate about living authentically and partying with intention. And we strive for safety\, inclusivity\, and beyond that\, transformation. We welcome you to join us on this journey and can’t wait to hear from you!
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-karma-comes-before-the-mag-seeking-submissions-for-issue-004-theme-body/
LOCATION:Karma Comes Before: the Mag
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to Sinister Wisdom: A Multicultural Lesbian Literary & Art Journal. Theme: Gender Diverse Lesbians
DESCRIPTION:Gender Diverse Lesbians\nLimited Demographic: Submissions are restricted to lesbians. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGender nonconformity has long\, thick\, roots in Lesbianism\, but the coexistence of being other gendered and Lesbianism is as varied in its narrative as what is meant by “gender diverse\,” “nonbinary\,” and/or “other gendered.” The controversy surrounding French Lesbian philosopher Monique Wittig’s statement\, “Lesbians are not women\,” provides a snapshot into this tension. This conclusion stemmed from her broader argument that woman is a social and political class defined by the patriarchal heterosexual contract; that man and woman are categories of dominance. Conceptualizing Lesbianism as resistance to the patriarchy-as freedom to be and love whoever despite the existing man-made binaries of humanity’s social roles\, places Lesbians outside of “man” and “woman.” \nWittig rejects the reclamation of woman as playing into the system of oppression and ultimately upholding it. Though not an argument for other genders and radical in its rhetoric\, her argument may be appropriated to tell a more gender inclusive story of Lesbianism. Us nonbinary\, gender diverse\, and genderqueer Lesbians are doing exactly what our cisters are doing: conceptualizing\, existing\, and loving outside of what is structured to have power over us. Yet\, our lives are not just theoretical\, philosophical\, or political arguments. We are not just bodies that you impress and practice your ideologies on. \nThis issue aims to hold space for Lesbians who explicitly fall in between (all over and simultaneously at) trans identities conceptualized as places on opposite ends: trans men and trans women. This issue seeks to honor and affirm Lesbians outside of the sex/gender binary in all forms that it may take and to include nonconcrete gender identities found in all cultural specifics. \nAction\, place\, and physicality. The discourse around gender has been so simultaneously concrete and abstractly individualistic. What does it mean to be trans\, but to not transition? Why is transness qualified by action? What if the change were only social\, and not medical? What happens when consider nonbinary as a subculture? How may we appropriate the language and theology of our Lesbian/Queer ancestors to foster a more gender diverse Lesbian world? \nWe seek essays\, short fiction\, poetry\, and oral histories that tackle these questions and more. Of utmost importance is a representation of gender diverse Lesbian lives in all forms. Please submit once through Submittable; submissions should be in one document (up to 10 pages). Include a brief bio (four to five sentences) in the body of the email\, along with any social media links. \nSinister Wisdom is a multicultural lesbian literary & art journal that publishes four issues each year. Publishing since 1976\, Sinister Wisdom works to create a multicultural\, multi-class Lesbian space. Sinister Wisdom seeks to open\, consider and advance the exploration of Lesbian community issues. Sinister Wisdom recognizes the power of language to reflect our diverse experiences and to enhance our ability to develop critical judgment as Lesbians evaluating our community and our world. \nContributors will receive a one-year subscription to Sinister Wisdom and a copy of the issue.  \nSubmission Guidelines\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMaterial may be in any style or form\, or combination of forms. \nMaximum: five poems\, two short stories or essays\, OR one longer piece of up to 5\,000 words. We also accept book reviews; please contact Julie Enszer with your pitches. \nPlease proofread your work carefully; do not send us changes after the deadline. \nPlease send a short contributor biography between 25 and 125 words with your submission. \nSinister Wisdom acquires first North American serial rights for all work that we publish. By acquiring first North American serial rights\, authors guarantee that publication in Sinister Wisdom will be the first publication in North America. That is\, the work has not appeared previously in another journal\, in a book\, online\, or in other forms of publication. In rare instances\, Sinister Wisdom will reprint work that has been previously published. Authors should discuss with the editor and publisher PRIOR to submission. \nMany questions about rights are answered here: https://www.pw.org/content/copyright \nWe STRONGLY prefer that you submit your work through Submittable\, our online submission management system. Using Submittable ensures that both of our editors have an opportunity to see and consider your work and helps us ensure a timely response to your submission. If you CANNOT use Submittable for some reason (you are incarcerated\, for instance\, or you do not have internet access)\, please see the guidelines below.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-sinister-wisdom-a-multicultural-lesbian-literary-art-journal-theme-gender-diverse-lesbians/
LOCATION:Sinister Wisdom
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - 3Elements Literary Review Seeking Submissions Incorporationg the Three Elements: Poison Ivy\, Hologram\, and Fire Escape
DESCRIPTION:Submission Guidelines\n\nThe three elements for the current submission period are: Poison Ivy\, Hologram\, Fire Escape.\nDue August 31\, 2024\, for our fall issue\, no. 45.\n\n\nWhat does 3Elements enjoy reading?\nWe appreciate good writing in any genre. We especially like edgy writing that offers insight into darkness. We prefer character-driven stories as opposed to plot-driven ones. We relish a piece with a great deal of heart and more than a little bit of Truth (note the capital “T”). We want to read a story that makes us feel edified or philosophical or amused or creeped out or angry or melancholy or inspired or\, best yet\, all of these things together. \nWe find stories that include gratuitous violence distasteful. Sexism\, racism\, or other forms of intolerance are intolerable to us. That said\, you can certainly reveal a character through his/her prejudices; just don’t use a story to perpetuate negative stereotypes or ignorance. The world is already bursting with both. \nUsing the elements\n3Elements Literary Review  is a themed literary journal\, and all THREE elements (the specific words\, Poison Ivy\, Hologram\, Fire Escape) given for the submission period must be included in your story or poem for your work to be considered for publication. NO EXCEPTIONS WHATSOEVER. \nYour story or poem doesn’t have to be about the three elements or even revolve around them; simply use your imagination to create whatever you want. You can use any form of the words/elements for the given submission period. For example\, if the elements are: Flash\, Whimsy\, and Seizure; we would accept the usage of Flashed\, Whimsical\, and Seizures. \nHow to submit your work\nWe will only accept previously unpublished (including digital/online content) work submitted to us through Submittable. You can easily submit material to us from our Submit page. Any work that is sent to us as an attachment\, or in the body of an email\, through our ‘Contact’ page\, or any other way outside of Submittable will automatically be declined. \nLength\nThere is no minimum word count\, but please keep your fiction and nonfiction submissions under 3\,500 words. Poetry must be under two typed pages. \nBio\nIf you’re accepted for publication in 3Elements Literary Review\, we\, as well as the readers of our publication will naturally want to know a little more about you\, as well as your writing background\, so providing us with a bio is very helpful! \nSubmission fee \nSubmitting material to 3Elements Literary Review is absolutely free. \nSubmission period category limits\nWe will only accept the following number of submissions per submission category: Fiction and nonfiction is capped at no more than two submissions per submission period. Poetry is limited to three submissions per submission period. \nMultiple submissions\nWe do not accept multiple submissions within the same document/file. Each submission (fiction\, nonfiction\, poetry) must be submitted individually. \nSimultaneous submissions\nSimultaneous submissions are completely fine with us. Our only requirement is that you notify us as soon as you can if you intend to publish your piece with another publication. \nFeedback\nWe regrettably cannot give individual feedback on submissions. \nPayment\nUnfortunately\, there is no pay at this time.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-3elements-literary-review-seeking-submissions-incorporationg-poison-ivy-hologram-and-fire-escape/
LOCATION:3Elements Literary Review
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - Arc Award of Awesomeness. Prompt: How to Breathe Under Water
DESCRIPTION:In April 2020\, Arc began a monthly prize – a 50/50 cash prize\, a vintage object d’art (loosely interpreted) and the all the honour and respect that comes with winning the Arc Award of Awesomeness.\nAugust Prompt:\n“How to Breathe Under Water” \n\n\n\nJudged by Arc’s Associate Poetry Editor Alison Goodwin \n\n\n\nA friend recently recounted a challenging period when he felt like he was living under water. Then\, he said\, it was as if he grew gills. This month’s call welcomes poems about breathing under water. \n\n\n\n\nContest Guidelines\nDeadlines\n\n\nMailed entries posted before the last day of each month will be considered\, but please clearly indicate which month’s prompt your poem(s) responds to. \nEntry Fees\n\n\nArc welcomes Award of Awesomeness entries from Canada\, the United States\, and around the world. Participants from Canada are encouraged to tape a Toonie to their entry submitted via snail mail. Participants from the US are welcome to include $2 USD in cash in their envelopes. All other Entrants outside Canada must submit entry fees in Canadian funds. \nOnline payment of the entry fee can be sent via e-transfer to payment@arcpoetry.ca or via PayPal to arc@arcpoetry.ca. Online submission of 5 or more poems can pay the entry fee here. \nRules\n\n\n\nPoems must be a response to the monthly Arc Award of Awesomeness writing challenge.\nEntrants may only submit one unpublished poem with each $2 fee. If you want to submit multiple poems you may pay online with a minimum of 5 entries ($10)\nEntrants need to include their name\, address\, and email address with their poems (so we can send you your awesome prize)\, as well as the month’s prompt that their poems responds to.\nNo entrants (including winners\, honourable mentions\, or authors of shortlisted poems) may substitute\, before\, during\, or after judging\, a revision of any poem already submitted to the contest.\nNo poems will be returned.\nSubmissions\n\n\nThe winning entry will be published on the Arc website. We would ask the winners to provide us a photo of themselves and their prize. \nPlease mail your entry to: \nil your entry to: \nArc Award of Awesomeness\nArc Poetry Magazine\nPO Box 269 Stn B\nOttawa\, Ontario\nCanada\, K1P 6C4 \nOr\, if submitting multiple entries online: please email entries to poty@arcpoetry.ca
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-arc-award-of-awesomeness-prompt-how-to-breathe-under-water/
LOCATION:Arc Award of Awesomeness
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:PFN - Fox Tales Contests. Theme: Portraits of Failure
DESCRIPTION:Black Fox is accepting submissions for our Summer 2024 Fox Tales Prize. The theme for this round is “Portraits of Failure.” We are open to loose interpretations of the theme in any genre\, as always. \nWe’re challenging writers to delve into the moments when plans collapse\, dreams are crushed\, and efforts fall short. How does a person grapple\, adapt\, and ultimately grow from their failures? What unexpected insights or opportunities arise from these experiences? Is failure sometimes final? What does that mean for a person when it is? For this contest\, we hope writers will explore the hidden beauty\, resilience\, heartbreak\, disappointment\, and wisdom that stem from the greatest setbacks. \nPlease submit your strongest fiction\, nonfiction\, or poetry\, and we will choose one winner that interprets the theme best. The prize is $300 and print publication in the Winter 2025 issue. All submissions are considered for print publication in the Winter 2025 issue. The contest entry fee is $12\, and submissions must be submitted before midnight (EST) on August 31\, 2024. \nPlease make sure your manuscript is double-spaced with 12-point font. Submissions should be no more than 5\,000 words. For poetry\, send up to three poems in the same document. For flash fiction\, send up to two stories in the same document. Author’s name and page number should appear in the top right-hand corner of every page. We also ask that you specify the category/genre of your work in the cover letter. Please see our Submission Guidelines before submitting. \nFiction \nWe’re always looking for quality fiction to publish in our biannual issues. We accept work based on merit and not based on genre. We enjoy receiving submissions from under-represented genres such as: YA\, romance\, flash fiction\, mystery\, etc. We ask that you keep submissions to 5\,000 words or less and follow our guidelines for preparing your manuscript. Submit your fiction through our submission manager found here. \nCreative Nonfiction \nWe’re looking for personal essays and other creative nonfiction. There is no submission fee\, but please prepare your manuscript according to our guidelines. Submit your creative nonfiction through our submission manager found here. \nPoetry \nPlease send only three poems at a time in one document. Poems do not have to be double spaced\, but poets should still use Times New Roman\, 12 pt. font and the poet’s last name/page number should still appear in the top right hand corner of every page. Poets\, please keep in mind that our issue pages are 6×9. For this reason\, poems with particularly long lines often don’t work well. Submit your poetry through our submission manager found here. \nWe will select a winner by the end of November 2024\, and each entrant will receive a response. \nPlease DO NOT submit work that isn’t ready. Take your time and polish your work to the best of your ability before sending it in. No changes can be made to your submission after we receive it. ***Writers\, please note that entry fees are non-refundable\, and payment to the winner is awarded via PayPal. We reserve the right to extend the contest deadline if necessary.*** \nThe Black Fox team looks forward to reading your wonderful submissions!
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-fox-tales-contests-theme-portraits-of-failure/
LOCATION:Fox Tales Contests
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:PN -  Yellow Arrow Journal (IX/02) "Kitalo" Submissions are Now Open!
DESCRIPTION:Limited Demographic: Submissions are restricted to people who identify as women.\nYellow Arrow Journal (IX/02) Kitalo Submissions are Now Open!\n\n\nYellow Arrow Journal\, Yellow Arrow news\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYellow Arrow Publishing is excited to announce that submissions for our next issue of Yellow Arrow Journal\, Vol. IX\, No. 2 (fall 2024) is open August 1-31\, exploring the concept griefulness\, an intertwining of grief and gratitude. Guest editor\, Tramaine Suubi contemplated about the term and how “it feels deeply resonant for our current times. My life\, my very body\, feels full of grief. As I tried to find home on 15 wildly different streets\, in five cities\, across four nations\, on three continents\, my body certainly kept the score. . . . In my present season of life\, I am reclaiming darkness and blackness as spaces of goodness—as spaces of rest\, reflection\, and revival. . . . Grief and gratitude are often intertwined in my findings.” \nThis issue’s theme is kitalo \n: an empathetic Luganda term of solidarity offered when someone experiences a spectrum of loss \n: directly translates to “this/that is tragic” but is far richer than that \nOur hope is that this issue gives women-identifying creatives a place where they can meditate on communal grief and communal gratitude. Here are some guiding questions about the theme: \n1) In the midst of grief\, how have others cared for you\, how do you care for others\, and how do you care for yourself? What are the most striking or profound examples you have experienced or witnessed? \n2) If your grief were to take the form of an animal (remember\, humans are animals\, too)\, which animal (fictional\, nonfictional\, or extinct) would it be and how would this animal behave? Be as specific as possible. Feel free to defy logic and science; grief often can. \n3) Have you ever immigrated to or emigrated from a different nation than your current nation of residence? What potential life paths and livelihoods did you leave behind as a result? Which ones do you still yearn for and why\, if any? \n4) Have you ever experienced a platonic break-up (real or imaginary friend)? If so\, how do you specifically navigate or ignore the gaps left by lost friendship? \n5) Who (fictional or nonfictional) is no longer present in your life\, whom you would like to offer your deepest gratitude to? \nYellow Arrow Journal is looking for creative nonfiction and poetry submissions by writers/artists who identify as women\, on the theme of kitalo. Submissions can be in any language as long as an English translation accompanies it. For more information regarding journal submission guidelines\, please visit yellowarrowpublishing.com/submissions. Please read our guidelines carefully before submitting. To learn more about our editorial views and how important your voice is in your story\, read about the journal. This issue will be released in November 2024. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKitalo’s guest editor\, Tramaine Suubi (she/they) is a multilingual writer who was born in Kampala. She is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Their forthcoming debut is a full-length poetry collection titled phases\, which will be published in January 2025. Their forthcoming second book is also a full-length poetry collection titled stages\, which will be published in January 2026. Both books will be published by Amistad\, an imprint of HarperCollins. Tramaine was one of our 2023 writers in residence and their poem “begin again” was included in Yellow Arrow Journal ELEVATE (IX/01). We appreciate all that she has done for Yellow Arrow and are excited to welcome Tramaine on this new venture. \nThe journal is just one of many ways that Yellow Arrow Publishing works to support and inspire women-identifying creatives through publication and access to the literary arts. Since its founding in 2016\, Yellow Arrow has worked tirelessly to make an impact on the local and global community by advocating for writers who identify as women. Yellow Arrow proudly represents the voices of women from around the globe. Creating diversity in the literary world and providing a safe space is deeply important. Every writer has a story to tell\, every story is worth telling. \n***** \nYellow Arrow Publishing is a nonprofit supporting women-identifying writers through publication and access to the literary arts. You can support us as we AMPLIFY women-identifying creatives this year by purchasing one of our publications or a workshop from the Yellow Arrow bookstore\, for yourself or as a gift\, joining our newsletter\, following us on Facebook\, Instagram\, or Twitter\, or subscribing to our YouTube channel. Donations are appreciated via PayPal (staff@yellowarrowpublishing.com)\, Venmo (@yellowarrowpublishing)\, or US mail (PO Box 65185\, Baltimore\, Maryland 21209). More than anything\, messages of support through any one of our channels are greatly appreciated.
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LOCATION:Yellow Arrow Journal
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SUMMARY:PFN - The Selkie Seeking Submissions on the Theme: Rebirth
DESCRIPTION:CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS\n\n\n\n\nTHEME\nWe are looking for work on the topic of REBIRTH.\nWe leave the interpretation of the theme to you\, but there needs to be a strong element of rebirth present in your submission in some shape\, way\, or form. \n\n\n\n\nTYPE OF PUBLICATION\nDigital anthology \n\n\n\n\nACCEPTING\n\n\n\n\nPOETRY\nUp to 5 poems across a maximum of 5 pages. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nFICTION\nAny genre\nMax. 3\,000 words \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nNONFICTION\nPersonal essays\, narrative nonfiction\, and memoir\nMax. 3\,000 words \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSUBMISSION GUIDELINES\nThe Selkie is a non-profit run by volunteers. As such\, we ask that you respect our editors’ time and comply with the following guidelines: \n\n\n\n\n\nWe read submissions blind. Please make sure your submission does not include your name or other identifying details anywhere in the document.\nPlease use the following format when naming your document: “Title_prose” or “Title_poetry” (e.g. “The_Tell-Tale_Heart_prose”). This makes it easier for us to make sure your submission reaches the right editor.\nThe submission form requires you to provide a short author bio (up to 100 words) as well as any links to relevant social media accounts/websites. Please have these ready before you start filling out the form. (Do not include these in the document itself – please use the dedicated field in the submission form for this.)\nAll work should be previously unpublished both in print and online.\nWork should be submitted as a Google Doc via the submission form above.\n\nPOETRY SUBMISSION GUIDELINES\n\nPoetry submissions can consist of five poems at most\, totalling no more than 120 lines. If you are submitting multiple poems\, they should be submitted within a single Google Doc and clearly separated with titles. \nWhen formatting your poems\, keep in mind that they will be published on the website/in digital form. If your work features experimental layouts\, please make sure to also attach a PDF document so we can respect your formatting wishes\, within reason. \nPROSE SUBMISSION GUIDELINES\n\nProse submissions should be 3\,000 words in length at most. Please only send us one prose submission per submission period. \nWe accept all genres. \nAll prose should be formatted in 12 pt TNR and double-spaced.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-the-selkie-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-rebirth/
LOCATION:The Selkie
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PF - The SaveAs Writers' 2024 International Writing Competition. Theme: Risking All
DESCRIPTION:SaveAs Writers’ International Writing Competition 2024 \nRisking All\nWe are very pleased to announce our next annual writing competition – on the theme of ‘risking all’ – in a tribute to the Everest climbing team who set off on an ambitious expedition aiming to reach the summit\, 100 years ago. Please spread the word as we invite you to send in your own creative piece in prose or poetry\, inspired by the ideas below … deadline is 31 August 2024. \n\n\nStatement from our sponsor The Canterbury Festival: \nSaveAs Writers are inviting entries of prose and/or poems on the theme of “RISKING ALL” – the theme can be broadly interpreted Your story of poem can relate to mountaineering or to love\, finance\, sport or any situation / emotion / idea which has a link to “risking all”. \nPoems: 60 lines maximum \nShort Stories: 3\,500 words maximum \n  \nPrizes:\n\nPoetry: The Canterbury Christ Church University Poetry Prize of £200\, Second £100\, Third £50 \nProse: The Canterbury Festival Fiction Prize\, sponsored by Canterbury Festival\, of £200\, Second £100\, Third £50 \n\n  \nFor details and how to enter\, go to: https://saveaswriters.co.uk \n  \nEntry fees: £4 per poem\, £10 for three \n£5 per short story\, £12 for three \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReading and writing are\, or should be\, such an integral part of our lives and mental wellbeing\, that we must all do our utmost to promote literature in all its forms.  To this end the Canterbury Festival is proud to sponsor the SaveAs Writers International Writing Competition Prizes.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pf-saveas-writers-international-writing-competition-risking-all-fee-based-2/
LOCATION:SaveAs Writers’ International Writing Competition
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:F - WestWord Past Times Prize: Stories set in the 1970s
DESCRIPTION:Historical Era for 2024 Prize\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nENTRY RULES \n\nSubmit stories written in English through Submittable using the button above by 23.59 GMT on the deadline date (sorry late entries will not be included). Please use a clear font of at least size 12 so that we can read it easily!\nPlease use the name of your story as your Submission title and the document you upload.\nDo not include your name on the story document or submission title but provide a short bio as requested in the submission form. All stories are read anonymously so any showing the author’s name will be disqualified.\nPlease include the word count at the start or end of the story document.\nStories must be your own original work and not have been published online or in print\, or have won any other competitions (longlisted and shortlisted in other competitions is fine if the story remains unpublished).\nSimultaneous submissions are allowed but if your story wins a prize or is published prior to the winner’s announcement your entry will become ineligible. No refunds of entry fees will be paid.\nBy entering the competition you agree to your story being published in the winners’ online anthology.\nStories can be in any genre apart from children’s fiction.\nYou can enter as many times as you like but all entries must be made separately and the entry fee paid each time.\nThe judge’s decision is final.\nCash prize payments will be made through PayPal or via BACS.\nThere are no alternative prizes.\n\n  \nDeadline: 31st August 2024 \nWords: Up to 500 (excluding the title)\nEntry fee: £6 submission only / £21 with feedback\nThe winning and shortlisted stories will share up to 66% of the entry fees (after Submittable fees are deducted) . \n\n1st: 20%\n2nd: £15%\n3rd: £10%\nShortlisted stories (max 7): 3% each\n\nAll winning and shortlisted stories will be published in WestWord in November 2024.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-westword-past-times-prize-stories-set-in-the-1970s/
LOCATION:WestWord  Past Times Prize
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to In The Mood Magazine. Theme: Period Piece
DESCRIPTION:Submission Guidelines\nTheme: PERIOD PIECE\nDeadline: August 31st\, 2024 \nStuck in the past? We want to hear about it. For our 11th issue we are looking for submissions on period pieces. From ancient times (Last Temptation of Christ) to recent past (Uncut Gems) we want to hear your take on how films have represented\, invented\, or misunderstood a previous era. \nSend us personal pieces\, film diaries\, fan fiction\, and experimental pieces on anything set in the past. This could be a specific film\, era or historical figure\, an aspect of filmmaking (candlelight in Barry Lyndon)\, or a broader trend in film history or present. If you need some inspiration\, check out this wildly comprehensive list. \nPlease keep in mind that we generally do not cover films made pre-1970\, and please do not send pitches on films set in the future—that’s for another issue! 😉\n‍\nSome ideas 💡\n– Films that stick to historical accuracy or play with anachronism\n– Directors who engage with/avoid the current moment\n– Some of our favourite period films: Moulin Rouge\, Gothic\, Sleepy Hollow\, Benedetta\, Bram Stoker’s Dracula\, Daughters of the Dust\, Embrace of the Serpent\n– Revisionist history and era subversion: Posse\, Wuthering Heights (2011)\, Zama\, In the Realm of the Senses\n– Biopics: Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters\, Wolf of Wall St.\, Saint Laurent (2014)\, 24 Hour Party People\n– Recent history period pieces: Uncut Gems\, The Bling Ring\, May December\n– Directors: Ang Lee\, Jane Campion\, Quentin Tarantino\, Spike Lee\n– Overrated and underrated eras: Victorian\, Tudor\, 1970s…\n– Adaptations of specific authors: Jane Austen\, Daphne Du Maurier\, Patricia Highsmith…\n– TV: Watchmen\, Lovecraft County\, Mad Men…\n– Shakespeare Adaptations: updated and classical \n‍Please note that this issue will only feature 10-12 pieces\, so send us your best! \nWhat We Publish\nWe’re looking for writers with a distinctive voice\, who aren’t afraid of getting personal\, and who are curious about why we watch what we watch. We appreciate thoughtful analysis but also a playful tone; we want intelligent pieces that aren’t too full of themselves. We don’t think of ourselves as an authority\, but a confidante. \nHow To Submit\n‍We strongly prefer completed pieces\, but we understand that writing on spec is not a realistic prospect for many writers. With that in mind\, we still accept pitches. \n👇 Please include:\n‍\n‍– Completed piece (doesn’t need to be perfectly polished!)\n‍OR if you’re pitching: a short paragraph on the piece (topic\, relevancy\, intended word count – 1\,000 words max for features\, 300 words max for film diaries)\n– Why you think this is a good fit for In the Mood\n‍– If you’re pitching: 1-2 writing samples (they don’t need to be published)\n– Short bio or link to your website \nSend Submissions & Queries to: \ninthemoodmagazine@gmail.com \nWhat then?\nFor magazine submissions\, we review all of them at the end of our submission period\, after which you’ll receive a response from us with our publication decision. \nPlease keep in mind that a rejection is not necessarily a reflection on the quality of your work! We get a large number of submissions and only have a limited number of spots\, which unfortunately means we have to pass on many great submissions. \nIf your piece is accepted\, it’ll go through an editing process. As a volunteer-run journal\, we pay a modest honorarium of $30 CAD per feature and $20 CAD for film diaries\, sent upon publication. We acknowledge that this is not a market rate\, and won’t be doable for some writers. \nThanks for pitching to In the Mood\, we’re looking forward to reading your work. And remember\, we love surprises! 😈
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-in-the-mood-magazine-theme-period-piece/
LOCATION:In The Mood Magazine
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to The Irenaut. Theme: Impact of Women on Peace
DESCRIPTION:Looking ahead to the Autumn issue\, we’ll examine a question raised repeatedly in one form or another by psychologists\, philosophers\, anthropologists\, and sociologists: When women occupy positions of (especially political) power\, does the world become more peaceful? What is the evidence this has happened in the past? Can we observe it happening today? If so\, will women continue to have an irenic influence when they are equally or even preponderantly represented among the world’s leaders? \nWe invite you\, writers\, poets\, scholars\, journalists\, thinkers\, and artists of every kind\, to submit your thoughts on this topic. \nHow to make a submission: \nWhile the impact of women on peace is the special focus of the Autumn issue\, submissions on other topics will be considered on their own merits. The closing date for submitting a summary (up to 300 words) is 31st August 2024 and your full contribution should reach us by 30th September 2024. Please address any queries to Mark-Alec or Nick at info@theirenaut.com.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-the-irenaut-theme-impact-of-women-on-peace/
LOCATION:The Irenaut
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SUMMARY:PFN - Boudin: The Online Home of The McNeese Review Seeking Submissions about: Workplace Woes and Wounds
DESCRIPTION:SEPTEMBER (Workplace Woes and Wounds) \nWe want CNF\, fiction\, poetry\, and hybrid work inspired by the darkest daydreams you’ve ever had in a cubicle: putting rat poison in the watercooler; defending the break room from zombies; throwing your boss out the window; providing IT support for a despotic regime. We’re open to any genre from literary fiction to horror\, as long as it’s well-written\, smart\, and set in an office building. Surprise us with the creativity borne of corporate mundanity; subvert ​the institutions and hierarchies we take for granted. \nEmail your work to boudin@mcneese.edu by August 31st\, 2024. No fee! Aim to keep the fiction/CNF under 5\,000 or so words. You may submit up to three poems/microfictions (under 500 words).
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-boudin-the-online-home-of-the-mcneese-review-seeking-submissions-about-workplace-woes-and-wounds/
LOCATION:Boudin: The Online Home of The McNeese Review
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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