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SUMMARY:PFN - Still Point Arts Quarterly Seeking Submissions on the Theme: On the Road
DESCRIPTION:On the Road | Journal Submission | Fall 2025 \n“Nothing behind me\, everything ahead of me\, as is ever so on the road.” \n—Jack Kerouac\, On the Road \nStill Point Arts Quarterly is accepting writing submissions (fiction\, creative non-fiction\, essays\, poetry; 5000 words maximum) on the theme On the Road. \nDATES AND DEADLINES \nJuly 1\, 2025 – Submissions Close (Deadline) \nAugust 15\, 2025 (or earlier) – Notification of Writers \nSeptember 1\, 2025 – Still Point Arts Quarterly Fall Issue Released \nGENERAL GUIDELINES AND POLICIES \n\nPlease do not email or call us to ask about the review process or results. We will email you when we have made a decision regarding your submission.\nIf we decide to publish your work\, we will send a writing agreement for your review and signature. Typically we ask for one-time print and digital rights. You may republish your work at any time.\nPlease know that we typically receive well over 100 poetry submissions\, and we accept between 5 and 8. To keep things somewhat orderly\, we limit all writing submissions to one piece per person.\nWe do accept reprints.\nIf we have published your work previously\, we have no waiting period for submitting work again. We’ll gladly accept good writing whenever we receive it.\n\n\nCategories: Fiction/Nonfiction/Poetry\nFile types: .doc\, .docx\nNumber of Pieces: 1 piece\nAnonymous submissions are not required.\nSimultaneous submissions are allowed.\nReprints are allowed.\nMultiple entries are not allowed.
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SUMMARY:PFN - THEMA Seeking Submissions on the Theme: I Wish I'd Said That
DESCRIPTION:Submissions \nNOTE: Previously published pieces are welcome\, provided that the submission fits the theme and that the author owns the copyright. \nThe premise (target theme) must be an integral part of the story\, not necessarily the central theme but not merely incidental. NOTE: Stories longer than 20 double-spaced typewritten pages will not be considered. Indicate premise (target theme) on title page. Be sure to Indicate target theme in cover letter or on first page of manuscript. Include self-addressed\, stamped envelope (SASE) with each submission. Rejected manuscripts unaccompanied by an SASE will not be returned. Response time: 3 months after premise deadline.  NO READER’S FEE. \nMail to: THEMA\, Box 8747\, Metairie\, LA 70011-8747. \nOutside the US: email thema@cox.net \nOn acceptance for publication\, we will pay the following amount: short story\, $25; nonfiction/essay\, $25\, short-short piece under 1000 words\, $10; poem. \nCopyright reverts to author after publication. \nTHEMA isn’t for everyone. To find out why\, click here. \nNew to submitting manuscripts to journals?\nClick here to download a PDF file of a few basic guidelines. \nUnlike many publishers\, we prefer works submitted by the authors themselves\, without the involvement of an agent. \nBe sure to indicate premise and include SASE for each submission.  BE SURE to include a separate SASE for each premise. \nNo handwritten manuscripts will be considered. \nNOTE: \nWe do not accept e-mailed submissions EXCEPT from authors who live outside the U.S. \nFor those living outside the U.S.\, submit manuscript as an email attachment (readable by MSWord ― either as a DOC file or an RTF file)\, and include the following information on the title page: target theme\, title of work\, name of author\, email address and physical address. \n  \nShort Stories: All types welcome―both traditional and experimental \nSend to: Virginia Howard\, editor\, Box 8747\, Metairie\, LA 70011-8747 \nOutside the US: email to Virginia Howard at thema@cox.net\n\n\n\nWhat we like: a carefully constructed plot; good character delineation; clever plot twists \nWhat we don’t like: bedroom/bathroom profanity.  Why? \n\nIt’s boring! Writers should be more creative than to depend on the same tired and dubious language crutches to express surprise\, disdain\, shock\, bemusement\, anger\, sadness\, and other emotions.\nSuch profanity\, used in excess\, often serves as a camouflage for a weak plot. If the plot is good\, the story can be told much more effectively in nonscatologic language even though a character in the story may be sleazy.\nStories of lasting quality rarely need it.\n\nPoetry: All types of poetic form welcome. Submit no more than three poems per theme\, please. If more than three poems are submitted\, we will read only the first three poems in the stack. \nSend to: Gail Howard\, poetry editor\, Box 8747\, Metairie\, LA 70011-8747 \nOutside the US: email to Gail Howard at thema@cox.net \nWhat we like: poems that are thoughtfully constructed and carefully distilled. \nWhat we don’t like: sexually explicit wording. Subtlety is more creative.\n\n\n\n 
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LOCATION:THEMA Literary Journal
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SUMMARY:PFN - CrayfishMag Seeking Submissions on the Theme: Futures
DESCRIPTION:CrayfishMag is excited for our themed issue: f u t u r e s. \nWe are dissatisfied with the future being offered to us. In response\, the theme for our second issue is: Futures. For this special issue\, CrayfishMag invites poets and storytellers to imagine something better. We encourage speculation\, imagination\, the crafting of utopian and dystopian visions. We are asking for alternatives. We hope you will move beyond the obvious to give us something unique and powerful.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOur current submission window closes on July 1. We would like to reply to all submitters by the end of August. \nCrayfishMag values accessibility and welcomes submissions from writers and artists at every stage of their development. For the same reason\, there is no fee to submit to our magazine. We hope to keep it that way. \nSubmission Guidelines:\nPoetry: Send us up to five poems in one document. We’re interested in prose poetry\, formal poetry\, hybrid work\, and everything in between. \nProse: Submit one piece of prose per submission\, fiction or creative nonfiction\, no longer than 5\,000 words. \nSimultaneous submissions are welcome\, but please let us know if it’s accepted elsewhere. We cannot publish previously published work. Also\, this is a space for humans. While we know AI can be helpful\, we are not interested in AI-generated pieces.
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SUMMARY:N - HerStry Seeking Stories about Grief
DESCRIPTION:We’re steeped in grief. Especially now\, in this (post?) COVID world\, when so many of us have lost so much. But this isn’t a theme about COVID grief (though you can certainly write about that); this is a theme about the grief that is with us now\, the grief that was with us long ago\, and the grief that grows with us. Don’t be afraid to bring us broken\, heavy stories. We can handle it. \n** HerStry is always happy to share stories anonymously—if your story is selected for publication\, simply let your editor know you would not like your name shared ** \nTHE RULES:  \n\nAll stories must be true and about you.\nStories must follow the theme in some way\, interpretations can be wide.\nStories must stay around 3\,000 words.\nDocuments should be double spaced\, 12Pt font with 1 inch margins and in an easy to read font. Submissions not following these guidelines are subject to disqualification. Our editors read a lot of work\, please have mercy on our eyes.\nSubmissions must be in .doc or .docx form—we do not accept PDFs.\nStories are read blind. Please DO NOT put any identifying material on your manuscript. Manuscripts that don’t follow this rule will be automatically disqualified without being read. We realize personal essays may contain your name; a first name is fine.\nPlease include a third person bio. Cover letters are fine\, but not necessary (we don’t read them\, we’re more interested in what you’ve written).\nPlease submit only once per theme.\nWe do not accept previously published stories.\n\nHerStry centers the experiences of women identifying persons. We’re looking for work from bigender/polygender persons\, cisgender women\, intergender persons/intersex persons\, nonbinary persons/gender non-conforming persons\, transgender women/transfeminine persons\, two spirit. In other words\, if you are a cis man\, please refrain from submitting. \n  \nSubmission fee: $3
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SUMMARY:FN - Asymptote Journal Seeking Submissions about What A.I. Can't Do
DESCRIPTION:ANNOUNCING OUR NEW SPECIAL FEATURE ON AI \nDeadline: 1 July\, 2025 \n \n\nSUBMIT TO OUR NEW SPECIAL FEATURE: ”WHAT A.I. CAN’T DO”\nFor an upcoming Special Feature\, we invite submissions of essays or creative work—translated into English or written originally in English by humans—that show why human authors and translators of literature will never be displaced by A.I. (this is our position—and we invite those who feel similarly to engage with the topic). Submitters might ponder the question: Just as the advent of photography caused painting to evolve away from realism\, A.I. will surely change the face of literature. How? Submissions must be sent through Submittable. Regular guidelines (see below) apply. Deadline: 1 July\, 2025 \n  \nSUBMISSION GUIDELINES \nAsymptote welcomes submissions of hitherto unpublished translated fiction\, nonfiction and drama; certain types of original English-language nonfiction\, including literary and critical writing. Please note the following genre-specific and general guidelines. \nFiction \nThe submission might include one or more works of short fiction or excerpts of a longer work translated into English. Please send no more than 5\,000 words in total.\nDrama \nYou may send a one-act play or an excerpt from a full-length play\, in either case not exceeding 20 pages\, translated into English. For full-length plays\, send a brief synopsis first. Rolling deadline. \nLiterary Nonfiction \nThis includes genres such as memoir\, despatch (reportage)\, travelogue and the occasional essay. Nonfiction submissions must be work translated into English\, except for essays about translation\, which may be written in English. To get a stronger sense of what we are looking for\, go through the past articles that we have published. Send no more than 5\,000 words in total. Rolling deadline. \n  \nGENERAL GUIDELINES \n1. All submissions should be sent as one Microsoft Word attachment (as a .doc file\, please) via Submittable. \n  \n2. Your submission must include the following: \n\n\n\nThe original work and the translation (where applicable).\nA statement granting us permission to publish both the original work and the translation online\, as well as declaring that you are in a position to grant us such rights (i.e.\, that you have the author’s permission—or the translator’s\, if you are the author—and his/her publisher’s\, if required).\nBiographical notes\, written in the third person\, for both author and translator(s)\, beginning with the name\, no longer than 150 words per bio.\n\n\n\n  \nOptional\, but highly encouraged: \n\n\n\nA short write-up providing context and discussing the challenges of this particular translation; fewer than 300 words.\nAn MP3 recording of a reading of the original non-English-language text (for poems and shorter pieces) or an excerpt of the original text (for longer creative work)—we usually ask for this only after acceptance is confirmed.\n\n\n\n  \n4. Translations must not have been previously published\, although the source text may have been. \n  \n5. Submissions in English (where permitted: see above) must not have been previously published. \n  \n6. Simultaneous submissions are permitted\, but we ask in return that you notify us by email as soon as you learn of an acceptance elsewhere. \n  \n  \nLANGUAGE GUIDELINES \n  \nAsymptote is a journal that celebrates translation and world literatures. Therefore\, we mainly consider work translated into English\, particularly for fiction and drama. The exceptions are: \n  \n\nCriticism and essays about world literature and translation\nInterviews\nBrave New World Literature Feature\n\n  \nProviding the text in the original language and arranging all necessary permissions are solely the translator’s responsibility. Submissions with uncertain rights issues will not be considered at all. Submissions with no source text or introductory material (for poetry) will be at a significant disadvantage versus those that do have them. \n\nSubmission fee: $10
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SUMMARY:P - Call for Submissions to Up the Staircase Quarterly. Theme: Platonic love
DESCRIPTION:Call for Submissions: We are currently seeking poetry submissions with the theme of platonic love for our upcoming summer issue. Kindred: Poems on Platonic Love will be released August 1st. \nAll poems about platonic love will be considered for this issue\, but we are especially seeking works highlighting friendship and community.\n  \nPlease note: UtSQ only accepts submissions via our Submittable.    \nGeneral Guidelines: \n–Simultaneous submissions are accepted\, but please withdraw accepted pieces promptly from consideration.\n–Submit 1-6 poems in a single document.\n–We typically respond to your submission in less than 30 days. After 60 days query to upthestaircase [at] gmail [dot] com.\n–Please wait one reading period (or 3 months) before submitting again.\n–We do not accept previously published poetry.\n–-Up the Staircase Quarterly obtains first serial publishing rights. After a piece runs\, all rights revert back to the author.\n–Unfortunately\, we cannot currently pay contributors for the work we accept. \nSubmissions from all genres will only be accepted via our SUBMISSION MANAGER. We do not accept emailed submissions.\n​\nQuestions should be sent to upthestaircase [at] gmail [dot] com.
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LOCATION:Up the Staircase Quarterly
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