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SUMMARY:F - Trash Cat Lit Flash Pop-Up Spring 2025 Theme: Collectors & Special Collections
DESCRIPTION:Just like all trashcan dwelling critters\, we’re looking for treasure in unexpected places. \nLike the tenacious fungi and beetles that thrive in dark\, abandoned spaces.\nThe plant that discovers a sliver of soil in an\nocean of paving slabs\,\nthen blooms. \n\n\nFor this special issue of Trash Cat Lit\, we want stories about characters with special collections. \nWe want weird and creepy\, strange and magical\,\nkitsch and retro\, disturbing and diabolical. \nGive us your characters pretty things\, tatty things\, special hand-me-down things. Their secret things\, displayed things\, haunting things and first-things-they’d-save-from-a-fire-things. \nCollections that bring joy\, sadness\, nostalgia\, fear.\nThat take up just an inch of shelf space or are crowding someone out of their home\, or their mind. \ncoins\, spells\, teapots\, heartbreaks\, plants\, books\, vinyl\, scars\, memories\, thimbles\, clocks\, skulls\, wine\, taxidermy\, souls\, cameras\, postcards\, antiques\, butterflies\, nightmares\, maps\, video games\, cigarette cards\, seeds\, lies\, puzzles\, cassette tapes \nYou can write in any genre you prefer.\nBe romantic with a collection of rare roses in a secret garden\,\nor surreal with a room full of sentient porcelain dolls\,\nor sci-fi with an alien’s collection of humans. \n\nThis theme lends itself to the humorous\, the strange\,\nthe horrific and the magical\, as well as contemporary stories all about human truth. \n\nWhat Trash Cat Wants\nWe love a really good story with a compelling voice.\nStart strong\, finish with a punch\, leave us with your words lingering long after we turn off the lights… \n\nSubmission Guidelines\n\n\nWe ‘re looking for Flash Fiction only (no CNF or poetry) up to 1000 words (excluding title)\nOne submission per writer\, new and unpublished stories which interpret the theme.\nNo genre limits – go weird\, surreal\, scary\, lyrical\, sweet – we’d love to see it – HOWEVER\, NO STORIES OF ANIMAL HOARDS\, THANK YOU\nUse simple formatting – 12pt\, easy-to-read-font\, double spaced\nNo name etc. on the story doc\nSubmission is via the Google Form linked below.\nPlease review our general guidelines and Ts & Cs on our Submissions Page
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to Cosmic Daffodil Journal. Theme: In the Company of Strangers
DESCRIPTION:Chance encounters\, brief interactions\, and how fleeting moments with strangers can shape our lives. \nGENERAL GUIDELINES \nWe are looking for: poetry\, flash fiction/non-fiction (600 words maximum)\, short story (1000 words maximum)\, photography\, and visual art. \nAll submissions MUST follow the theme. Pieces that do not adhere to the theme will automatically be rejected. \nPlease keep in mind the word counts for flash fiction/nonfiction and short stories. \nPlease include an artist’s statement (1-2 sentences) with photography or visual art pieces. This helps us during the reviewing process. \nBiographies must be 50 words or less. \nPrompt Ideas  \n\n\nThe Stranger on the Train: Write a story about two strangers who briefly meet on a crowded train during their daily commute. Their conversation is short but leaves a lasting impact on both of them. How does this fleeting interaction change their perspective on life or influence the decisions they make afterward? \n\n\nA Note in the Library: While searching for a book in a library\, a person stumbles upon a note tucked between the pages. The note is addressed to someone else\, but it speaks directly to them in ways they can’t explain. Who wrote it\, and how does this unexpected discovery alter the course of their day or life? \n\n\nThe Unseen Connection: Two people have a brief\, seemingly insignificant interaction at a coffee shop—perhaps an accidental brush of hands or a shared moment of eye contact. Write about how this small encounter unravels in both of their minds afterward and the surprising ways it influences their thoughts\, choices\, or connections with others in the future. \n\n\nA Memory from the Street: One day\, you bump into a stranger while walking down the street. They offer a kind word or make a small gesture that lingers with you long after the encounter. Write about how this brief interaction begins to shape the way you see the world and yourself. \n\n\nThe Missing Letter: A person receives an old\, misaddressed letter from a stranger\, and although they’ve never met the sender\, the letter’s contents seem oddly personal. Write a story exploring the connection between the writer and the reader\, and how a short-lived moment of reading the letter changes both of their lives\, even if only for a moment. \n\n\nDive into “In the Company of Strangers” in your own way. Surprise us!
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-cosmic-daffodil-journal-theme-in-the-company-of-strangers/
LOCATION:Cosmic Daffodil Journal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - Rattle Seeking Submissions for Their: Tribute to Late Bloomers
DESCRIPTION:Our Fall 2025 issue will be dedicated to poems written by “late bloomers”—those who only started publishing poetry regularly after the age of 50. Much ado is made in the literary world of younger poets making waves\, but it’s never too late to develop and share your voice\, and for many poets\, their best work comes at an older age. We hope this issue will be an inspiration to those just starting out\, and a counter to age-related biases. \nInclude a contributor’s note about when you starting publishing poetry significantly\, and how that prior life experience affects you as a poet. We don’t publish essays\, but always include a contributor notes section\, which functions as a series of micro-essays about the topic. \nYou may submit up to four previously uncurated poems (or pages of short poems) at the same time\, either in a single file or up to four files. Do not include your name or contact info within the file content. Do not submit more work in this category until we’ve replied. \nOverview:\n\nRattle does not accept work that has been previously curated\, in print or online—poems may be self-published on social media\, blogs\, or message boards\, but cannot have been published in books\, magazines\, or similar collections open to the public. We want to be the first publisher to highlight the poems\, but never want to discourage anyone from sharing their poems themselves. For more on this\, read “Uncurated: The Case for a New Term of Art.”\nRattle does not accept work that has been predominantly generated by artificial intelligence. Poetry is a tool for expanding the human spirit\, which means poems should be written by humans. It is possible to use A.I. toward that aim in some cases\, so if used A.I. to assist in the writing process\, please explain in the notes to your submission.\nSimultaneous submissions are encouraged.\nContributors to the print magazine receive $200 and a complimentary one-year subscription. Poems for “Online” categories receive $100.\nAll submissions are automatically considered for the annual Neil Postman Award for Metaphor\, a $2\,000 prize judged by the editors.\n\nVERY IMPORTANT:\n\nSubmissions cannot be revised after submission. Note that typos and minor changes never affect our decisions—proofreading is what editors are for. If you’ve made a significant mistake\, use the internal messaging system to send a new file as an attachment.\nTo withdraw a single poem from a submission of multiple poems\, just log in\, click on the submission\, and send a message to let us know which you’d like removed. Do not withdraw the entire submission—if you do\, the submission will no longer be active and we won’t see it.\nDon’t include any contact information in the file(s) that you submit. Your name and contact info will be included in the Submittable fields\, and this will make it easier for us to read fairly.\n\nFor more detailed information about rights\, rules\, privacy\, and payments for publication\, see our full guidelines. \nNOTE: Please don’t query to ask if we have a reply to your submission yet. If the status says “received” or “in-progress\,” then it’s received and in-progress. We always go as fast as we can\, but we’re only human and the submission flow waxes and wanes\, so response times vary considerably.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-rattle-seeking-submissions-for-their-tribute-to-late-bloomers/
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SUMMARY:PF - awfully hilarious Anthology Series Seeking Submissions on: Pillow Talk
DESCRIPTION:Call for Submissions!\nWe’re delighted to invite you to submit your best\, funniest\, true story for the upcoming awfully hilarious anthology. This will be the third book in our best-selling\, award-winning awfully hilarious series that aims to smash stigma through truth-telling. \nThis next collection aims to share untold\, true\, funny stories of pleasure\, intimacy\, sex\, sexuality and thus smash the stigma around this still-too-taboo topic. \nAs with our other collections\, we’re especially seeking stories on subjects and from a diversity of voices and experiences that have previously been underrepresented. \nWord count: up to 2000 words for short stories\, and we’ll also entertain poetry and songs. \nEmail your true\, hilarious submissions\, along with a great\, high-resolution headshot of your face\, and a snappy 50 word bio to: hello@awfullyhilarious.com \nDeadline: April 15\, 2025. \nPlease feel free to submit\, and it would also mean so much to us if you’d be able to help spread the word!
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pf-awfully-hilarious-anthology-series-seeking-submissions-on-pillow-talk/
LOCATION:awfully hilarious Anthology Series
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to Stonecoast Review. Theme: Power
DESCRIPTION:What do you think of when you hear the word “power”? What does it mean to have power? What does it mean to use it? What does it mean to abuse it? How does it feel when it’s taken away? \n\nThe word connotes different definitions and bears different weights for each of us. It manifests itself in unexpected ways and settings\, and remains absent or suppressed in so many others. \n\nWe want to read literature and take in media that explore\, provoke\, challenge\, reconsider\, evoke\, or explode that concept for you. \n\nSubmission Guidelines \n\nSend submissions via Submittable only.\nPlease include a short cover letter and bio (50- and 100-word max.\, respectively).\nWe accept one prose submission\, one poetry submission (of up to three poems)\, or five pieces of visual art per author\, per submission cycle. Submissions that do not abide by these rules will not be considered for publication.\nYour work must be previously unpublished. (Stonecoast alumni may submit already published work for consideration as reprints.)\nWe encourage simultaneous submissions. However\, please withdraw your submission immediately if it’s accepted elsewhere. If you submit multiple poems and one is accepted at another publication\, please attach a note on Submittable identifying which poem is no longer available.\nPlease adhere to standard manuscript format: Double spaced\, 12 pt.\, Times New Roman font. Poetry may be single spaced. (If you tell us that diverging from these rules is integral to your piece\, we will consider it.)\nWhile we love to represent stories with raw\, emotional truth\, we ask that you refrain from submitting pieces featuring excessive sex\, violence\, assaults\, or suicide.\nWe will reject pieces determined to be written by the use of AI software.\n\n\nGenre Guidelines \nAs a reminder\, all pieces selected for publication will be featured online in June 2025. Due to page constraints\, only a few of these selected pieces will be featured in both the print and online Summer 2025 Issue. Please see below for word count limitations based on consideration for either Hybrid (Print + Online) or General (Online-only) publication formats. \n\nFiction. In accordance with the theme of power\, the fiction editors are looking for stories that invite the reader to think about what it means to have power\, how it feels when that power is taken from us\, and what it means to write from a place of power. We are looking for stories that push the boundaries of traditional fiction with regard to form and content. \n\nFiction. In accordance with the theme of power\, the fiction editors are looking for stories that invite the reader to think about what it means to have power\, how it feels when that power is taken from us\, and what it means to write from a place of power. We are looking for stories that push the boundaries of traditional fiction with regard to form and content. \nFor consideration for Hybrid Publication: limit submissions to 2\,500 words or fewer. \nFor consideration for General Publication: limit submissions to 5\,000 words or fewer. One submission per author\, per submission cycle. \n\nPopular/Genre Fiction. We are looking for popular fiction of all genres and storytelling traditions that engages with the theme of “power.” How do we define power? What does it mean to have it or be without it? \nFor consideration for Hybrid Publication: limit submissions to 2\,500 words or fewer. \nFor consideration for General Publication: limit submissions to 5\,000 words or fewer. One submission per author\, per submission cycle. \n\nCreative Nonfiction. We are looking for a diverse array of Creative Nonfiction works that engage with readers and challenge the boundaries of conventional storytelling. We are interested in how writers explore power both in their personal and public lives\, as well as pieces that engage with a variety of worldviews. We encourage experimentation with hybrid forms of essay and memoir and are particularly interested in works that are both socially-relevant and personal. \nFor consideration for Hybrid Publication: limit submissions to 2\,500 words or fewer. \nFor consideration for General Publication: limit submissions to 5\,000 words or fewer. One submission per author\, per submission cycle. \n\nPoetry. The staff values attentiveness to language\, form\, and craft. We want poems that make us gasp and wonder and take us beyond ourselves. For this issue\, we especially want poems that explore\, challenge\, reconsider\, resist\, or reclaim the concept of power. Send us your best work. \nLimit submissions to 3 poems\, with no more than 50 lines each. One submission per author\, per submission cycle\, of up to three poems.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-stonecoast-review-theme-power/
LOCATION:Stonecoast Review
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:F - Call for Submissions to Blink-Ink. Theme: Seeds
DESCRIPTION:Blink-Ink \nIssue #60 \nSeeds \nA seed is a small thing that we plant and nurture to grow bigger things we need. A seed is a promise\, a hope\, a plan to provide and to make things better. Seeds are where the future waits and dreams. Send us your best stories about Seeds in stories of approximately fifty words. \nPlease send submissions in the body of an email to: blinkinkinfo@gmail.com . \nWhat we love most is writing that has found that preternatural detail of thought or thing that cracks the story open and allows it to matter or to reveal a truth. \nWe want your best\, original and unpublished work and will consider up to four stories at any one time. We do reply personally to every submission and every query. We aim to treat you right. \nSometimes we wish to make small changes in a piece we want to publish but will never do that without consulting you— with one exception: If you have offset the final line of a piece for no good reason\, we will put it back in the body of the piece where it belongs. \nNo attachments\, poetry\, bios\, or AI generated content please. No fees\, and quick-ish response.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-call-for-submissions-to-blink-ink-theme-seeds/
LOCATION:Blink-Ink
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:N - Dorothy Parker's Ashes Seeking Submissions on the Theme of: Sleep
DESCRIPTION:Submissions are restricted to women and gender non-conforming people.\nSubmit\nPlease be advised that we reserve the right to edit\, though all edits will be sent to writer before publication for approval. Please feel free to include a suggested title and art but we reserve the right to change the title and choose the art. We do consider previously published essays\, taking into consideration venue\, date\, etc. \nAll rights are non-exclusive. We do not currently offer payment. We accept no responsibility for anything from libel to hurt feelings. As Anne Lamott says\, “You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them\, they should’ve behaved better.” \nPreferred length. 500 to 2000 words. \nPlease send submissions along with a short bio pasted directly into your email to: info@dorothyparkersashes.com We ask for this to avoid potentially malware-laden attachments. Unless your formatting is a specific design element of your piece\, format should be single space with no paragraph indentation and one extra space between paragraphs.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/n-dorothy-parkers-ashes-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-of-sleep/
LOCATION:Dorothy Parker’s Ashes
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to Trans Survivors Zine: Healing in Action. Theme: Trans voices\, survivorship and healing from harm/trauma/violence
DESCRIPTION:It’s more important than ever to highlight trans and nonbinary art\, to uplift trans joy\, and to share stories of healing and connection. Help us share hope through writing! We invite you to contribute to a new Trans Survivors Zine titled “Trans Survivors: Healing in Action.”  \nWe welcome content that focuses on trans voices\, survivorship and healing from harm/trauma/violence\, creative expressions of all kinds. We welcome your full range of emotions and expressions. We encourage content focused on race and anti-racism; bodies and disabilities; class\, housing\, survival realities; and content that focuses or encompasses our complex\, intersectional lives.  \nWe welcome poetry\, short fiction\, and nonfiction (fiction/nonfiction under 1000 words).  \nYou may submit multiple poems or fiction/nonfiction under 1000 words\, but please include them in the same document (Word document or PDF preferred).   \nWe welcome your expressions of rage and grief\, humor and silliness\, beauty and curiosity. We reserve the right to refuse submissions that include racism\, anti-trans attitudes\, or other oppressive language. We are accepting original writing (not generated by AI).  \nOnce the zine is released in early May\, it will be available digitally on our website for anyone to download or print. We will be spotlighting individual pieces and contributors on social media throughout May 2025 for Mental Health Awareness Month.   \nWe hope this zine will be a valuable resource for solidarity and healing for trans community members\, and highlight the amazing work of trans and nonbinary survivors.  \nContributors will receive $25 if their art or writing is accepted. We aim to include as many voices and experiences as possible.  \nFORGE requests non-exclusive rights to publish your work in the Trans Survivors zine and promote it on our social media. Your work still belongs to you. If you have any questions about submissions\, please reach out to caleb@forge-forward.org.  \nPlease submit your work using the link below: https://forms.gle/QncRnhfhnbFZMovZ6 
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-trans-survivors-zine-healing-in-action-theme-trans-voices-survivorship-and-healing-from-harm-trauma-violence/
LOCATION:Trans Survival Zine: Healing in Action
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Blogs subs are open for Fifth Wheel Press Blog. Theme: Tragic-Romantic
DESCRIPTION:Tragic-romantic is a dichotomy that often exists in baby queer relationships. I want to see people’s spin on tragedy or romance. For tragedy\, I want to see anything considered tragic: milk left on the counter\, elegies for people\, difficult breakups\, that one childhood best friend you don’t talk to anymore\, anger poems\, etc. For romance\, I want to see anything considered romantic: an ode to your favorite candy\, figuring out your gender\, rose tinted glasses\, ghazals to your partner\, anything at all that you love. Bonus points if it’s super queer! \nWe’ll be pairing submissions to publish one tragic piece and one romantic piece side by side. Regular fwp length guidelines apply (no more than 3 pages of poetry/2000 words of prose). \nfor all subs\nPlease submit via Duosuma; unless we have made prior arrangements with you\, email submissions will not be considered. Please allow 2-4 weeks for your submission to be processed. Submissions that are not formatted correctly or contain any racist\, homophobic\, transphobic\, ableist\, or otherwise intolerant content will not be considered. (Work that is based on lived experiences involving these topics is ok provided it does not glorify that kind of behavior.) \nContent warnings: We reserve the right to apply content warnings for sensitive topics to your work when published. Please also include them in your cover letter when submitting.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-blogs-subs-are-open-for-fifth-wheel-press-blog-theme-tragic-romantic/
LOCATION:Fifth Wheel Press Blog
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:N - Patina Magazine Seeking Submissions for Volume One on the Theme of: The Things We Carry
DESCRIPTION:Submissions are open for Patina’s inaugural volume\, themed ‘The Things We Carry”. \nSomething is only lost if it falls out of our collective memory. \nThis theme explores the tangible and intangible elements of culture that persist in our daily lives—from inherited objects and practices to knowledge systems and shared spaces. \nThere are stories in the spaces between memory and change. Stories of kitchens where ancestral recipes meet new ingredients. Of ancient crafts finding fresh hands. Of rituals reimagined\, but not forgotten. These stories exist in translation between what was and what becomes. \nWe invite narratives that illuminate what we choose (or are forced to) to carry forward\, from the weight of inherited kitchen tools to the muscle memory of craft\, from arrangements of space to patterns of gathering. We’re interested in stories that reveal how these carried things remain vital through our lives. \nThe things we carry are often simultaneously personal and collective\, and so we invite coverage of topics like: \n\nKitchen tools that have lived multiple lives\nAgricultural knowledge that guides present practice\nThe revival of historical third places and community gatherings\nThe materiality of what we take with us when we move: homes\, cities\, countries\nHow we take food through the seasons\, through preservation and transformation\nTraditional textiles making their mark on contemporary wardrobes\nHow objects of ritual and worship have changed (or remained the same)\n\nThis list of topics is just a starter; we are hungry for creative interpretations of this theme. The theme can be used as an entry point or the focus of your essay\, as long as all roads lead right back to the things we carry. \nThis is where we find them. This is where we tell them. \n  \nFormat and approach\nSend your pitches as an email to hello [@] readpatina.com with “PITCH: The Things We Carry” in the subject line. Patina publishes: \n\nLong-form narrative non-fiction features (2\,000–2\,500 words)\nPersonal essays (1\,500–2\,000 words)\n\nYour piece should consider the broader context of cultural practices\, include rich and careful documentation\, and should engage thoughtfully with the community being documented. Please include in your pitch: \n\nYour elevator pitch that makes clear what you’re writing about\, why it matters and how it connects to larger patterns of cultural continuity\nEstimated length\nA brief bio with relevant experience\n\nPlease submit your work as a Google Doc using a legible font\, size 12 with 1.5 spacing. List the word count and title at the top of the first page. Please provide only one submission per genre.https://readpatina.com/submit/
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/n-patina-magazine-the-things-we-carry/
LOCATION:Patina Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - LBRNTH: Literature & Art Seeking Submissions. Theme: Fuck!
DESCRIPTION:“I will once again propose my theme idea of Fuck! which would encompass poems\, stories\, visuals about mistakes\, about sex\, about curses and cursing.” – Misha Solomon \nConjugate the different ways of expressing —Fuck! \nSay it loud\, say it raw. Celebrate\, condemn\, twist it inside out. Go wild\, go sexy\, go off the rails. \nAnonymous submissions are not required.\nSimultaneous submissions are allowed.\nReprints are not allowed.\nMultiple entries are not allowed.\nAI-assisted works are not allowed. \nWe are committed to highlighting underrepresented/marginalized voices\, including creators who are Indigenous\, Black\, Disabled\, and/or 2SLGBTQIA+ (you can add this info at the end of your bio in parentheses if you’re not willing to share that info publicly). \n* Please note that if you have been published with us\, we ask you to allow one publication to pass before submitting again. \nFiction/Nonfiction \nPlease send in only one story per submission with a maximum of 3500 words (Times New Roman 12-point font in a .DOC or .DOCX only). We are open to any genre of story. If you are submitting flash fiction (2000 words or less) you may submit up to 2 stories. The title of your work should appear at the top of the first pages\, or for flash fiction at the top of each page where a new story begins. \n\n\n\n\n\nCategories: Fiction/Nonfiction\nFile types: .docx\, .pdf\nNumber of Pieces: 1 piece\n\n\n\n\n\nPoetry\n\n\nPlease send in 1-4 poems only\, and no longer than 6 pages. Multiple works should be submitted as a single document (12-point font in a .DOC or .DOCX only)\, where each poem must be separated onto a new page with the title at the top of the page. \n\n  \n\nCategory: Poetry\nFile types: .docx\, .pdf\nNumber of Pieces: Up to 4 pieces per submission.\nSingle File: Not required; may include a separate file/link for each piece.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-lbrnth-literature-art-seeking-submissions-theme-fuck/
LOCATION:LBRNTH: Literature & Art
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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