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SUMMARY:PFN - Amsterdam Quarterly Seeking Works Focused on the Theme: Between Hope & Despair
DESCRIPTION:The theme for AQ44 (reading period July 2025) is Between Hope & Despair. Send us work for this issue about conflicts that transported you through this emotional spectrum and that left you without a feeling of which way to turn and/or to whom. \nYou may submit work to Amsterdam Quarterly at submissions@amsterdamquarterly.org \nWork must be previously unpublished and submitted in a recent Microsoft Word file format.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.
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LOCATION:Amsterdam Quarterly
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SUMMARY:PF - Submissions Open for Phylum Press. Theme: Bryophytes / Phoenix Moss
DESCRIPTION:Made up of mosses\, liverworts and hornworts\, bryophytes are small land plants which can live in a wide range of temperatures\, elevations and moistures.\nThey do not need roots to survive\, instead taking in water and nutrients from the air. These small lifeforms are able to produce both sexually and asexually\, making them a truly adaptable phylum capable of living quite literally between a rock and a hard place so long as they have a bit of water to help them grow.\nThroughout time\, humans have used bryophytes to test for pollution\, protect plants\, create serene gardens\, and even dress wounds in WW1.\n\n  \nSubmissions Guide\n\nWe’re looking for fiction and poetry that takes its inspiration from the world around us\, especially that which somehow engages with the current Phylum.\nWord Count: Up to 5\,000 words for fiction and up to 5 pages for poetry. If you want to surpass either of these\, pitch us a case why!\nSimultaneous submissions are allowed. Phylum Press is made up of writers just like you\, and we know how hard submitting can be.  That being said\, please only submit your original\, unpublished work.\n\n  \nPlease email submissions to phylumpress@gmail.com with: \n\nYour work attached as a PDF file\,\n“SUBMISSION – [Last name\, Title]” in the subject line\,\nThe category/genre of your piece\,\nA 100-word author bio which includes your name\, the title of your piece(s)\, your website or artist’s social media handle (optional)\, and anything else you think is important to mention\,\nConfirmation that the piece is your own work\, and you will inform us if it is published elsewhere.\n\n  \nNote:\n\nIf we think your work is not quite there\, we may offer you a conditional acceptance and request some edits. It is your right as an author to determine whether or not you want to take our suggestions\, but refusing may limit your opportunities with our journal.\n\n 
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pf-phylum-press-bryophytes-phoenix-moss/
LOCATION:Phylum Press
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - Allegro Poetry Magazine Seeking Submissions on the Theme of Gold
DESCRIPTION:Submit\n\n\n\nGuidelines \n\nPlease read these guidelines carefully as due to the volume of poems received submissions that do not follow them are deleted without being considered.\n\nAllegro is open for submissions until 31st July 2025 for poems on the theme of ‘Gold’.  \nPoems pasted in the body of an email. No attachments. \nNo simultaneous submissions or previously published work. Previously published includes appearance on personal websites or blogs that are visible to the public. \n\nOnly one submission per poet for each window. \nMaximum four poems per submission. \nMaximum length for each poem 40 lines. \nInclude a third person biography maximum 50 words. \nEmail address for submissions allegropoetry at gmail dot com \nIn submitting to Allegro Poetry Magazine you confirm that the work is your own and that you own the copyright. \nAs a free magazine Allegro Poetry Magazine has no income and so cannot pay contributors. \nOnce your work has been published by Allegro Poetry Magazine you are free to use it elsewhere but please credit Allegro Poetry Magazine as the place of first publication.
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LOCATION:Allegro Poetry Magazine
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SUMMARY:PFN - Open Call for Masque & Spectacle: An Arts & Literary Journal. The Theme: Magic
DESCRIPTION:We are proud supporters of LGBTQ+ and minority individuals and communities and strive to make our publication a safe place for non-traditional voices and visions.\nSubmission Guidelines\nThe theme for our September Issue is magic. \nWe do not accept previously published work\, and we ask for First Electronic Rights and Non-Exclusive Archival Rights upon acceptance. Unfortunately\, we are unable to pay contributors at this time. \nSimultaneous submissions are accepted\, but please let us know if your work has been accepted elsewhere. Additionally\, we do not typically publish the same authors in back-to-back issues. \nFor any queries\, please contact us at masqueandspectacle@gmail.com. \nFiction\nWe publish short fiction of all genres. Individual works can be up to 7\,500 words\, but we prefer shorter fiction and Flash Fiction pieces. Please send all prose submissions to masqueandspectacle@gmail.com \nPlease attach written submissions in a single Word doc or docx file.\nInclude the word “FICTION” in the email subject line. \nPoetry\nWe are looking for all forms of poetry\, including formal and experimental work. Longer works are acceptable if the content/form necessitate and best self-editing is practiced. \nNew poets are as welcome as veterans. Poems that have an association to artistic works (music\, visuals\, performance\, film\, etc.) are encouraged. Masque & Spectacle welcomes and encourages a variety of voices\, including those that identify themselves as “non-traditional.” The worlds of art and language have no boundaries. No subject is off limits\, but exploitive hate or pornographic work will not be accepted. While we fully support creative expression\, we are also sensitive to purposefully inflammatory language and images. \nSend 3-5 poems per proposal via email to masqueandspectacle@gmail.com\, as an attached Word doc or docx file. Please make sure that each poem is clearly distinguished from the others included in your attached document.\nInclude the word “POETRY” in the email subject line. \nNonfiction\nWe are looking for unpublished nonfiction essays\, literary analysis pieces\, and personal essay/memoirs of up to 7\,500 words. Shorter pieces are preferred. \nSend nonfiction submissions to masqueandspectacle@gmail.com. Attach written submissions Word doc or docx file\, and include the word “NONFICTION” in the email subject line. \n  \nResponses can be expected within a month. Acceptance rate is around 10%. Submissions not titled/tagged or formatted or properly under the Submissions Guidelines will not be considered for publication. We only consider one submission per author/format per reading period. We generally avoid publishing authors in consecutive issues.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-open-call-for-masque-spectacle-an-arts-literary-journal-on-the-theme-of-magic/
LOCATION:Masque & Spectacle
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SUMMARY:PFN - Brink Literary Journal Open for Submissions Engaging the Theme of Obsession
DESCRIPTION:Through Submittable\, we accept a variety of hybrid work from work that resists categories\, Nonfiction to Fiction\, from Poetry to Translation. \nWe are interested in writing that presses boundaries by using more than one medium to tell a story; work that looks and feels different on the page. Additionally\, we look for submissions that engage the issue’s theme and the notion of being on the brink. We’re open to a variety of approaches\, but we’re not interested in sentimental or ready-made verse and will not accept any work that include racist\, misogynistic\, homophobic\, or other forms of hateful language. Please submit only unpublished pieces and notify us if your simultaneous submission is accepted elsewhere. \nBrink is open for hybrid and cross-genre submissions of any length and style engaging the theme of obsession. \nAt first glance\, obsession indicates preoccupation. It gestures toward desire. Obsessions command our attention\, motivate our actions\, and are always top of mind. \nBut the etymology of obsession hints at a different story. The root of the word indicates the action of besieging\, or\, as we might say in today’s language\, sitting. When you obsess\, you place yourself before something—an object\, a person\, an idea\, a task. This posture is not passive; it is active. Your presence is an investment. Your presence indicates your desire to absorb\, encompass\, and command. To learn. \nPlease note\, we are not interested in stories of harassment\, stalking\, or unequal displays of power or abuse. Instead\, tell us about your obsession with exoskeletons or your childhood obsession with reading the dictionary. Interrogate your obsession with tacos. What was the last thing you actively sat down to learn? Show us the space around obsession: what leads to it? What happens when it fades? Take us to the brink of obsession. \n\nPoetry\nPlease send us 3-5 unpublished poems\, totaling no more than 10 pages\, in a single document. \n\nThe poetry readers at Brink look for and are drawn to:\nFresh\, surprising\, evocative language\nPoems that create their own atmosphere\nFormal inventiveness and adventurousness\nPoems with an emotional core\nPoems that enact or embody tension narratively\, formally\, or emotionally\nPoems that give us a new understanding of what a poem can be\n\n\nFiction\nPlease submit no more than one piece that does not exceed 3\,000 words.\n\nNonfiction\nWe’re looking for work that reignites our idea of what an essay can do or be. We’re particularly excited about flash essays\, ekphrasis nonfiction\, lists\, diary entries\, erasures\, manifestos\, intense lyricism\, auto-theory\, translations\, and revelatory ruptures in form and syntax that breaks\, and remakes\, language anew. \nPlease submit no more than one piece that does not exceed 3\,000 words.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-brink-literary-journal-open-for-submissions-engaging-the-theme-of-obsession/
LOCATION:Brink Literary Journal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - The Spoon Knife Anthology Series Now Accepting Submissions on the Theme: Polarities
DESCRIPTION:Call for Submissions: Spoon Knife 10\n\n\nAutonomous Press is now accepting submissions of short fiction\, creative nonfiction\, and poetry for the 10th volume of Spoon Knife\, our annual genre-bending lit anthology. \nPlease read this whole page carefully before submitting; some details have changed this time around! \nTheme\nThe theme for Spoon Knife 10 will be Polarities. \nPolarities: pairs of opposite forces or qualities or tendencies. Good and evil. Love and hate. Life and death. Heroism and villainy. Feminine and masculine. Night and day. Vice and virtue. Old and new. Order and chaos. The public persona and the hidden shadow self. The mundane everyday world and that which lies beyond. \nWhat polarity lies at the heart of your story? In what ways does it manifest? What happens when the two sides of the polarity come into contact or conflict\, or when one transforms into the other? \nWhat We’re Looking For\nOne of the things that’s always set Spoon Knife apart from other anthology series is the wild diversity of genres represented in each volume. Each volume has its own theme\, and we aim to show how that theme can be woven into stories across multiple disparate genres. \nIn a given volume of Spoon Knife\, you might find the theme explored in tales of magical realism\, science fiction\, absurdist satire\, swords-and-sorcery\, historical romance\, and horror\, not to mention creative nonfiction and poetry. We especially love stories that defy established genre categories or creatively blend genres. \nUltimately\, our criteria for assessing a submission boil down to this: is it a good\, engaging\, and well-written story that plays with the volume’s theme in an interesting way? \nIf you’re not familiar with Spoon Knife\, please have a look at our most recent volume (that would be volume 8 at the moment\, since 9 is still in press) to get a sense of what we’re after. \nWhat We’re Not Looking For\nWe don’t accept simultaneous submissions\, or work that’s already been published elsewhere. \nWe don’t accept fanfic; any fictional characters or settings featured in your work must be your own original creations. \nThough we love well-written tales of social satire\, we don’t accept preachy or transparently didactic work that beats the reader over the head with some simplistic political lesson which could have been summed up in a social media post. \nSubmission Format\nWe only accept submissions in the form of Word documents (either .doc or .docx files). \nAll submissions must meet the following formatting criteria in order to be considered for publication: \n\n1-inch margins all around.\nNo headers\, footers\, or page numbers.\nNo title page\, just the title and your name at the beginning of the first page.\n12-point Times New Roman font.\nLine spacing set at 1.5 (not single-spaced or double-spaced).\nAbsolutely no underlining; use italics instead.\nFor em dashes\, please use the em dash character (not a hyphen or pair of hyphens)\, with no space in between the em dash and the surrounding words.\nUse serial commas (aka Oxford commas).\nThoroughly proofread and spell-check your submission before sending.\n\nNon-poetry submissions must also follow these formatting guidelines: \n\nFirst line of each paragraph indented this one doesn’t apply to poetry submissions.\nNo extra whitespace between paragraphs (i.e.\, only hit Return once after each paragraph)\n\nMaximum length for submissions is 10k words. Exception: You can assume this limit to be as flexible as you need it to be if you’re an author whom we’ve published in a previous Spoon Knife volume or whose submission the editors have actively solicited. \nSubmission Process\nEmail all submissions to info@autpress.com. The subject line of your email should be your name plus the words “Spoon Knife 10 Submission.” Because we get a ridiculous amount of email\, it’s important that you follow this email title format in order to prevent your submission from accidentally getting overlooked. \nDue to limited space and the large number of submissions each volume receives\, we’ll only accept one story per author. \nIf you’re submitting poetry\, you may send up to three poems (please send all of them in a single email). \nThere’s no need to send an author bio with your submission. If your submission is accepted\, we’ll be reaching out to you for a bio closer to the date of publication. \nOur editorial process for accepted submissions includes a close copy-edit. We’ll check in with you if it looks like there needs to be any change to your piece beyond basic typo fixes. Please note that we do not send pre-print author proofs. \nPayment and Rights\nPayment for accepted submissions will be $30 plus 1 cent per word\, sent near the time of the book’s release. You’ll also receive a free contributor copy of the book\, with the option of purchasing additional copies at a deeply discounted wholesale rate. \nYou retain the rights to reprint your work elsewhere in the future\, as long as you wait until at least six months after this volume of Spoon Knife is published. \nContributors will be notified of acceptance or rejection in January 2026. \nSpoon Knife 10 will be published in May 2026.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-the-spoon-knife-anthology-series-now-accepting-submissions-on-the-theme-polarities/
LOCATION:The Spoon Knife Anthology Series
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Rosetta Literary Seeking Submissions on the Theme: Undercurrent
DESCRIPTION:For Issue 2\, Rosetta is looking for writers and artists aged 14+ that want to make a splash. Write about the things that float under the radar\, write about real-world issues\, write about things that hurt\, write about things that rage. Bring us your new perspective\, bring us the tide. We also invite you to play with form (white space\, stanzas\, etc.) and show us the depths of your artistic creativity within your work. While imagery is important for all writers\, we want to see more of it in this issue as well. Also\, your submission doesn’t need ocean imagery. \nguidelines\n \nWe ask that all submissions are in Times New Roman\, 12 point font\, and are single spaced (poetry) or double spaced (prose). You may submit up to five poems and three prose pieces (all in separate files please). Poems shouldn’t be longer than 3 pages each\, and prose submissions should not be longer than 15 pages. Works in a different language are allowed (and encouraged!) but an English translation must be provided for our editors. If selected\, both versions will be published. Also\, if you submit a document\, please turn on sharing view for everyone. \nWe accept previously unpublished and previously published writing. For the former\, we ask for First North American Serial and Electronic Serial Rights\, and for the latter we ask for Second North American Serial and Electronic Serial Rights. Simultaneous submissions are allowed and encouraged. \nAI generated content is prohibited and we expect all work to be original! \ndates & deadlines\n \nThe deadline to submit is 7/31/2025 and we plan on publishing our first issue in late August. If you submit\, please expect an email response a month or two after submission with either a rejection\, acceptance\, or acceptance with edits (which is where if you choose\, we will work with you to edit the piece into something that aligns closer with the quality we are looking for).
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-rosetta-literary-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-undercurrent/
LOCATION:Rosetta Literary
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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