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SUMMARY:PFN - Amsterdam Quarterly Seeking Submissions on the Theme of: Exploration
DESCRIPTION:Work must be previously unpublished and submitted in a recent Microsoft Word file format. (Self-published work is considered as published). Poems should be no longer than two A4 pages; articles\, fiction\, essays and other prose\, no more than 3\,000 words. Submit no more than two pieces (for example\, two poems or one poem and one short story) per person per reading period. Please indicate your last name and Amsterdam Quarterly submission in the subject line of your e-mail. \nAQ retains first publication and serialization rights for its online magazine as well as for its print-on-demand yearbook. No simultaneous submissions. Please note: due to increased postage and printing costs and new customs duties and tariffs\, as of issue #33 (spring 2022)\, AQ will only be able to offer one copy of the AQ Yearbook as payment to its published artists and writers for their work.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-amsterdam-quarterly-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-of-exploration/
LOCATION:Amsterdam Quarterly
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - After Happy Hour Contest. Theme: Food
DESCRIPTION:We’re putting together a feast of words for our 4th contest issue. For this call\, we’re looking for stories\, essays\, and poems that feature food. That could be as a central image\, an aspect of the plot (cooking it\, eating it\, growing it\, etc.)\, a defining trait of the characters (cooks\, servers\, baking show contestants\, etc.)\, or a key detail of the setting (restaurant\, farm\, canning factory\, etc.). However it’s used\, food should feel necessary for and integrated into the work–we’re looking for more than just a passing mention of breakfast on the character’s way out the door. \nFood isn’t just limited to Earth/human fare\, either. Anything that a being consumes for sustenance counts as “food” for the purposes of this theme: predators hunting prey\, plant-based lifeforms that “eat” sunlight\, synthetic protein pastes\, or any other means of gaining nutrients a lifeform could use. Beverages can also count\, though we’re not interested in the typical “bunch of people in a bar” stories (unless you’re doing something very new\, cool\, and different with it). \nThe contest will be judged by the After Happy Hour editors. We read submissions anonymously\, so please remove your name and other identifying information from your file before sending it.\n \n\n\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 upper word limits\, and aren’t opposed to publishing stories upwards of 5\,000 words that justify their real estate. \nCreative non-fiction: Send a single short work or up to 3 flash or micro pieces (fewer than 1\,000 words each) in a single document. We are specifically looking for creative non-fiction for this issue\, not scholarly essays about literary genres or subgenres (though if you’re using the tropes of scholarly essays within the context of a narrative or lyric piece\, that we do want to see). \nSuites: Send up to 5 linked works that will be considered as a set. Individual works within a suite can be poems or flash or micro-length prose (under 1\,000 words each). \nHybrid/Cross-Genre: Yes\, please. Follow whichever of the above guidelines makes the most sense. \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·         Up to 3 “ranked winners” will split 30%. \n·         Up to 3 honorable mentions will split 15% \nAll 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 be paid at the standard contributor rate ($2.50 per printed page\, with a minimum of $15 and maximum of $50). \nHow much will I win\, though? \nIn the first 3 years\, the prize ranged between $103-$320 for winners\, and from $56-$160 for honorable mentions. We’ll post periodic updates on the Submittable page as the reading period moves along so you can get a sense for what you stand to win. \n\nGENERAL GUIDELINES\n\n\nPlease include a brief (100 word max) 3rd-person bio in your cover letter.\nTo limit editor and reader bias\, we read all submissions anonymously. To this end\, we ask submitters to remove their name and contact information from the document itself.\nWe are not opposed to sex\, violence\, or profanity when they are necessary to the story—we’re fans of all three\, in fact. Having said that\, we will not accept any work that contains hateful or discriminatory content\, including racism\, sexism\, homophobia\, and transphobia. Gratuitous sex and violence will probably get you rejected\, too.\nUse standard manuscript format (12-point Serif font\, standard margins and spacing). It’s not like we’ll reject you for a bad font (probably) but it makes it easier to read\, and that makes us happy. The exception is poetry that uses non-standard formatting for stylistic reasons. Prose writers have no excuse.\nWe accept submissions only through Submittable. If the Submittable platform presents an accessibility barrier\, please email us at AfterHappyHour@gmail.com and we’ll find a workaround.\nWe accept and encourage simultaneous submissions. All we ask is that you be a good literary citizen and withdraw your submission through Submittable if it’s accepted elsewhere (if you’re withdrawing part of a submission\, you can send us an e-mail). It is also expected that you’ll withdraw your submission from consideration by other journals if After Happy Hour accepts it.\nPlease send only one submission per category at a time. We’ll happily consider submissions in multiple categories from the same author (e.g. a poem and a story).\nIf you work in mixed genres (hybrid poetry/fiction\, illustrated stories\, etc.) submit the work in the category that seems to fit the best\, and we’ll figure it out.\nOur response time is generally less than 6 weeks\, but we are humans (mostly) and have been known to fall behind. If you haven’t heard from us in 3 months or more\, you can send an e-mail and give us a nudge. You can also check on the status of your submission at any time by logging into your Submittable account.\nAccepted submissions may be edited for grammar. All changes are sent to the author for approval before publication.\nWe acquire first publishing rights and electronic archive rights. All rights revert to the author following the work’s publication in After Happy Hour you can re-publish and anthologize your work at will. Content can be removed from the website on request\, but cannot be removed from the the issue in which it was published.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-after-happy-hour-contest-theme-food/
LOCATION:After Happy Hour Contest
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:F - Call for Submissions to WestWord Journal. Theme: Illusion
DESCRIPTION:Submission Guidelines\n\nAll submissions must be sent through Submittable and we cannot accept email submissions. Anything sent via email will not be read.\nPlease submit no more than one story per category in each submission period. If you are submitting to more than one category then each submission must be made separately and the submission fee paid each time.\nPlease use a legible\, easy-to-read font of 12pt or 14pt.\nAll submissions must be previously unpublished (never published in print or online\, including a personal blog) and in .doc\, .docx\, or .pdf format ONLY.\nSimultaneous submissions are fine but please withdraw your submission via Submittable if it is accepted elsewhere.\nOur submissions are open to all adult writers worldwide. All work must be written in English.\n\nWORD COUNTS\n\nShort Stories: up to 3000 words\nFlash Fictions: up to 1000 words\nMicro Fictions: up to 350 words\n\nAuthor Payment\nFor each edition\, the writers we publish will share 50% of the submission fees received (after Submittable fees are deducted). All stories selected for an edition will receive the same payment no matter the length of the story. \nWe will also nominate stories for prizes (Best of the Net\, Best Small Fictions\, Best Microfictions\, etc.). \nPlease do not send us stories with racism\, sexism\, homophobia\, religious hatred or any other kind of bigotry and hate. Any sex must be relevant to the story. Do not send us graphic stories of rape\, incest\, child abuse\, bestiality\, or gratuitous violence. We won’t publish it and we do not want to read it.\nTo find out what kind of stories we like\, read our previous editions. \nAuthors will retain all rights and copyright to their works. WestWord requests one-time\, non-exclusive rights to publish your work.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-call-for-submissions-to-westword-journal-theme-illusion/
LOCATION:WestWord Journal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - Passionfruit Poetry Contests Seeking Entries Grappling with the Theme of: Love and Loss
DESCRIPTION:Love and Loss\n\n \n\nSubmissions are open until 23:59 31st January 2025 (GMT) \n1st prize £400\n2nd prize £75\n3rd prize £25\nAbout the theme:\nFor this poetry contest\, we are calling for poems that engage with experiences of love and loss. \nLove and loss go hand in hand: nothing lasts forever\, and to love anything – or anyone – is to know that love will be lost one day. Countless poets have grappled with these themes throughout history. We want your take on poems that deal with love or loss (or both). \nAs always\, we are open to broad interpretations of the theme: feel free to surprise us and to stretch our imagination! \nA note from the judge:\n‘We are eager to see your poetry inspired by one of the most profound of human experiences. We await with gratitude what you share with us.’ \nSubmission Guidelines\n\nThe entry fee is £3 per poem\, or £5 for 3. If the fee prevents you from entering the contest\, get in touch with us at editor@passionfruitreview.com\nSubmissions are open to all poets writing in English.\nPoems must be previously unpublished.\nStrong language is fine – abusive or discriminatory language is not.\nSimultaneous submissions are welcome – just let us know promptly through the submissions manager if you need to withdraw any of your poems.\nPoems up to 40 lines will be considered (we consider longer poems as general submissions!)\nPoets whose work is known by or recognisable to the judge will be disqualified.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-passionfruit-poetry-contests-seeking-entries-grappling-with-the-theme-of-love-and-loss/
LOCATION:Passionfruit Poetry Prize
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:PN - Bleating Thing Magazine Seeking Submissions on: Gaudy Infinitesimal
DESCRIPTION:SUBMISSIONS ARE\nOPEN\nfor ISSUE 03:\nGAUDY INFINITESIMAL\n\n​FOR THIS ISSUE\,\nwe are seeking work that luxuriates in petite miracles;\ncatalogues of tiny happinesses; the captured essence of little treats. \nwe’re seeking work that celebrates the small things\n​worth living for. \n\n\ncontent\n​guidelines\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBleating Thing is a magazine of poetry\, essays\, and printable hybrid work. At this time\, we do not publish fiction.\nWhile we prefer essays to memoir/CNF\, we recognize that these lines often blur. If you feel your piece has a strong perspective or theme that emerges in a dialectic way\, you may submit in the essay category with the understanding that we will consider it as such.\nPlease read our “About” page and at least one issue of the magazine prior to submitting work.\nWe favor the visceral marginalia. While we understand this may (perhaps\, even frequently) include the grotesque\, we do not publish gratuitous depictions of sexual assault\, violence\, or self-harm.\nWe do not tolerate bigotry of any kind.\nWe do not accept previously published material\, unless the previous publication is out of print and no digital archive exists. (This excludes personal social media or portfolios.)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nsubmission\n​guidelines\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou may submit one packet per category during any given submission period.\nPlease do not include any identifying information in the submission document.\nSubmissions will be accepted from midnight the morning of opening day and until midnight in the evening of the closing day of each submission period. Anything sent outside of those dates will be ignored.\nSubmissions by form are preferred for organizational purposes\, but you may also email bleatingthingmag@gmail.com. If emailing\, please include the genre(s) of your submission in the subject line of the email.\nSimultaneous submissions are accepted! Please just indicate when submitting which piece(s) is/are simultaneous submissions and notify us ASAP if you’ve been accepted elsewhere (so we can cheer you on).\nCover letters are not required with submission (however\, if you include a lamb emoji in the cover letter field of our submission form or in the body of your email\, you will receive a virtual forehead kiss from our mascot lamb).\nAuthor/Artist bios will be requested upon acceptance.\nWhile some responses may come sooner\, all decisions will be sent about 2 months after the end of submission period.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nupon\npublication\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBy publishing with us\, you consent to have your work reproduced digitally (including for use in promotional graphics) & in print. For visual artists\, this may include having your image manipulated and/or color treated for promotional materials only.\nOnce the issue is live\, all rights to published work(s) revert to you\, the author. All we ask is that you acknowledge us as the original publishers of your work.\nEach contributor will receive a print-ready .PDF of the issue.\nIn the interest of accessibility\, any print issues will be sold at cost. This does mean that at this time\, we are unable to provide contributor prints.\nIf accepted\, we ask that you wait one year from the postdate of your accepted submission before submitting again (for example\, if you submit in the winter for publication in the spring and are accepted\, we ask that you wait until winter the following year before submitting again).\nOur issues are formatted in A5 (5.83 x 8.27 inches).\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\npoetry\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n​Send up to 3 poems in a .doc\, .docx\, or .pdf file using the form.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nessays\n\n\n\n\nSend up to 1500 words in a .doc\, .docx\, or .pdf file using the form.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nhybrid\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSend up to 3 pieces blending multiple forms (e.g. collage poetry\, collage essay\, essay with poems in the footnotes\, poem with an essay in the footnotes\, etc.) in a .doc\, .docx\, .pdf\, or .JPEG file using the form.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pn-bleating-thing-magazine-seeking-submissions-on-gaudy-infinitesimal/
LOCATION:Bleating Thing Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to NonBinary Review. Theme: Mistaken Identity
DESCRIPTION:NonBinary Review is currently open for submissions on the theme of MISTAKEN IDENTITY. \nHow often have you waved to a friend across a room\, only to realize the person you waved to isn’t who you thought they were? These benign little episodes of mistaken identity can be laughed off\, but there are so many times and so many ways mistaken identity can be humiliating\, criminal\, traumatic\, life-altering\, transforming. Whether you are the one who made the mistake or the one who is being mistaken for someone else\, there are so many ways it can happen\, and so many ways to respond. \nWe want your weird\, wonderful\, bizarre\, impossible stories of mistaken identity. We don’t want “I accidentally met the love of my life because I mistook them for my friend” stories. More like “I accidentally stopped the Earth from being blown to bits because I mistook the alien invaders for mosquitos and sprayed them with bug spray.” We want to be captivated by the unlikeliness of a story that probably could never really happen. \nIMPORTANT NOTICE\nZoetic Press does not accept AI generated content. If our editors judge that your content is AI-generated\, it will be declined. \nIf your work was accepted for Issue #37: False Memories or Issue #38: Rituals\, we’re sorry\, but we cannot accept your work at this time (see our general guidelines.) \nWe have different teams evaluating poetry\, and prose. If you submit to the wrong genre\, your submission will be declined. \nPoetry\nAll submissions must have a clear relationship to our theme and be submitted in 12pt Times New Roman\, or they will be rejected. Submitters may include up to THREE poems per submission\, but each must be a separate file. NonBinary Review pays a $10 flat fee for poetry. \nProse\nAll submissions must have a clear relationship to our theme\, and be double-spaced in 12pt Times New Roman or they will be rejected. NonBinary Review  pays 1¢ per word for prose with a limit of 3000 words.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-nonbinary-review-theme-mistaken-identity/
LOCATION:The Amphibian Literary Journal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Blood & Bourbon Seeking Submissions on the Theme: Ocean
DESCRIPTION:A drop in the ocean\n\n\nWith the year soon coming to a close\, we have decided to give our loyal followers a bit more time to write and submit pieces for the new issue. I think we all need a bit of time to take care of ourselves after a tumultuous\, fast-paced year that was 2024. \nIn a way\, this year has been much like the ocean: calm and welcoming one minute\, yet capricious and unpredictable the next. The ocean\, though\, is always trying to lure us back to its depth\, but we are careful not to overstay our welcome in this vast unknown. Are you tempted to discover what secrets the waters hold or do you feel safer with your feet planted in the sand on shore? Do you go to the harbour for loud parties with like-minded strangers or to find solace and peace? \n\nSubmissions\n\n\nBlood & Bourbon is here to showcase all things hard\, gritty\, and raw. That time you got in a bar fight\, that time you went to an S&M club\, that time you had an opinion that sparked a heated argument over a family dinner. We’re actively seeking submissions in the following categories: \n\nShort fiction or non-fiction\, 5000 words or less\nOpinion pieces or essays on any subjects\, 5000 words or less\nPoetry\, up to three pieces per submission\nBlack and white photography and illustrations.\n\nWe accept simultaneous submissions and reprints. We provide author copies upon request with a small donation of $5. \nWe are now open for submissions until January 31\, 2025. The theme of the next issue is Ocean. \nWe’re interested in diverse voices and want to hear from you regardless of what you look like\, where you’re from\, what you believe\, who you like to fuck\, et cetera. \nSend your material to bandbsubmissions (AT) gmail.com. Your submission should be attached as a .doc\, .docx or .rtf file\, with your name\, address\, email address\, the story title (if applicable) and total word count at the top of the first page. Include a 50-word bio in the body of the email or in the Word doc. \nOur Process\nWe will send you an email at the end of the submission period\, letting you know if your work has been accepted. Please don’t expect to hear from us sooner\, but let us know if your work has been accepted anywhere else during this submission period. We accept about 30 submissions per issue. \nWe then assign one of our editors to work with you to polish your submission and apply our house style guide. Keep in mind that we are a Canadian publication\, so Canadian spelling will be applied to all work. Editing phase usually lasts about 2 months. \nOnce we receive all the final documents from our editors\, we’ll work on layout. You will have a chance to see and approve the print proof before the launch of the issue. Layout and proofreading phase takes about a week. \nWe will share the links to the issue with you\, so you can spread the word to your peers and followers. We currently publish on Amazon and Kobo\, in print and e-book format.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-blood-bourbon-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-ocean/
LOCATION:Blood & Bourbon
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Great Cities Anthology Series Seeking Submissions for Volume 1. Featured City: Paris
DESCRIPTION:Paris Great Cities Vol. 1\n\n\nSubmissions for Paris Great Cities Vol. 1 are NOW OPEN. \nWe are accepting submissions of poetry and prose (fiction and non-fiction) for Paris. \nYour submission must include Paris\, whether as a memory\, wishful thinking\, an anecdote\, the setting for your story or poem\, a place of importance\, or where you live or holiday … \nYour submission must also be: \n\noriginal\, so previously unpublished online or in print (so that includes authors’ websites and blogs)\n150 word minimum limit for fiction and non-fiction\, stories and essays / maximum 1000 words. (That’s for each story / essay: maximum number of prose pieces you can submit is 3.)\n80 word minimum limit for poetry / maximum 1000 words. (That’s for each poem: maximum number of poems you can submit is 5.)\n\nA good idea is to check out what we do and don’t like … and to find out more about this\, click here. \nIf you have any further questions\, please email edpureslush@live.com.au. \nTo submit\, click here. Please include the word PARIS\, plus your name and the title of your submission\, and the word count. (Please note: word counts do not include titles or your name.) \nPLEASE NOTE: if you are submitting more than one poem\, story or essay\, we really prefer they are all included on one document. So if you have 5 poems or 3 stories to submit\, please include them on one document\, and thus make one submission\, rather than 5 submissions (one for each poem) or 3 submissions (one for each story). \nIf you are new to Pure Slush\, please include a brief bio or profile of yourself.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-great-cities-anthology-series-seeking-submissions-for-volume-1-featured-city-paris/
LOCATION:Great Cities Anthology Series
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - After Happy Hour: A Journal of Literature and Art Seeking Reprints from now-defunct markets
DESCRIPTION:Even an excellent literary magazine doesn’t necessarily last forever. There are quite a few journals the After Happy Hour editors used to read (or were published in) that now no longer exist–and that’s a shame\, because they published great stuff that people should still be able to read. \nWe’d like to help fix that with a special online issue dedicated solely to work that was published in now-closed markets. What we specifically mean by that: \n\nFor print publications: They are no longer publishing new content in any format and past issues are no longer available for purchase directly from the publisher (or will be unavailable by May 2025\, for print journals that just announced their closure).\nFor online publications: Either a) the website is inactive\, or b) the journal has shown no signs of activity on their website and social media accounts for 3+ years\n\nAny creative work that was published in a journal that meets one of those qualifications is eligible for this call. This includes stories\, poems\, and personal essays\, along with hybrids and mixes of the above. We’re interested in works from any and all genres\, and especially in ones that blend\, blur\, or fall between genres. \nWe are only looking for reprints for this call. Unpublished work will be rejected unread. If you have unpublished pieces that fit our current contest theme (Food) you can submit them on that form. Otherwise\, please wait for our next unthemed open call\, which will open March 1st\, 2025. \nAll work selected for this issue will be paid a flat rate of $10 per piece. The reading period will be open concurrent with this year’s contest\, from November 1st\, 2024 through January 31st\, 2025. \nGeneral submission guidelines \nPoetry: no line or word limits. \nFiction: We have no hard word count limits\, though we are unlikely to publish something of novella length. \nCreative nonfiction: We are specifically looking for lyric or narrative nonfiction\, not scholarly essays (though if you’re using the tropes of scholarly essays within the context of a personal essay\, that we do want to see). \nSuites: Send up to 5 linked works that will be considered as a set. Individual works within a suite can be poems or flash or micro-length prose (under 1\,000 words each). \nHybrid/Cross-Genre: Yes\, please. Follow whichever of the above guidelines makes the most sense for your work. \nFor all submissions: \n\nPlease include a brief (100 words max) 3rd-person bio with your submission.\nTo limit editor bias\, we read all submissions anonymously. Please remove your name and contact information from the document (including the headers\, top of the first page\, under the title\, etc.) before submitting it.\nUse standard manuscript format (11- or 12-point font like Times New Roman\, double-space prose/single-space poetry\, etc.). 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 formal or stylistic reasons. Straightforward prose writers have no excuse.\nWe accept submissions only through Submittable. Submissions sent to our e-mail will be deleted unread.\nSimultaneous submissions are accepted\, just please withdraw your submission if it’s accepted somewhere that would prohibit After Happy Hour from publishing it (e.g. a market with a post-publication period of exclusivity).\nMultiple submissions are accepted.\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 request one-time publication rights (we can publish your work once) and non-exclusive electronic archive rights (we can keep the issue with your work in it online in our back issue archives). The author always holds the copyright to their work and retains all other rights\, including the right to publish the piece elsewhere after its publication in After Happy Hour.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-after-happy-hour-a-journal-of-literature-and-art-seeking-reprints-from-now-defunct-markets/
LOCATION:After Happy Hour Review
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PF - Call for Submissions to In the Fog Anthology Series. Theme: Strangers in the Fog
DESCRIPTION:strangers in the Fog\n\nWe are pleased to announce that Strangers in the Fog\, our sixth title in the In The Fog series\, has been chosen. \n\n\n\nNow accepting Strangers in the Fog Submissions\n\nWe want your poetry and prose to have a stranger as the focal point of the writing\, but we want to see your take on Strangers: \nSomeone moving to a new place \nBeing cat-fished \nA secret shared with a stranger in a confessional \nAliens \nFairies \nBeing a stranger in your own skin \nWe want to see creative takes on the theme. \n\n\n\nSubmission details\n\nYou can submit up to two entries per person with a maximum word count of 3\,000 words per entry. \nProse and Poetry only. \nThe submission must use the theme of Stranger. \nAtlantic Canadian content is preferred but not required. We will accept submissions with no specific setting or location. \nWe accept simultaneous submissions and reprints if the rights have reverted to the author. \nPlease do not include personal information in the submission document\, as it is blind-read by the judges.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pf-call-for-submissions-to-in-the-fog-anthology-series-theme-strangers-in-the-fog/
LOCATION:In the Fog Anthology Series
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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