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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to Bi Women Quarterly. Theme: Aging
DESCRIPTION:Fall 2025: aging\n\n\n\n\nSomething we all have in common: getting older. How are you experiencing the phases of your life? What’s going on with your body\, mind\, spirit\, and your feelings/expectations about relationships and/or sexuality? Do you have a bi+ bucket list? People of all ages—and especially older bi+ folks—are invited to submit work. \nBWQ features the voices of women with bi+ sexualities (i.e.\, bi\, pan\, fluid\, and other non-binary sexualities). We see “woman” as a broad category with space for an array of gender identities and expressions. We welcome contributions from bi+ women who identify as trans\, non-binary\, cis\, and beyond. \nEvery issue has a theme. While we will consider all submissions\, content related to the theme are prioritized. \nWe welcome essays\, poetry\, news articles about current issues and events related to bi+ topics\, creative writing\, musings\, and more. \nPlease submit your words in a word document (.doc\, docx or .rtf). Use single spacing\, 11 pt font in Adobe Garamond Pro (or closest available font). Please do not send pdfs. Different spacing and formatting is okay if submitting poetry but please use Adobe Garamond Pro (11pt)\, if possible. Images should be high resolution and submitted electronically in .jpg or .png format. \nBi Women Quarterly and Robyn Ochs\, Editor reserve the right to reprint your work in current and future related publications\, in print and/or online. We will attempt to notify you in advance if we do so. You retain ownership of your work and may re-use it\, provided that its previous appearance in Bi Women Quarterly is noted\, along with our website (e.g.\, “This piece previously appeared in Bi Women Quarterly (at BiWomenQuarterly.com”). \nPreviously published work may be submitted for publication provided you have permission to do so. \nNote that Bi Women Quarterly is a print and digital publication. Issues of BWQ are sent via mail and then posted online in both magazine and PDF format at BiWomenQuarterly.com \nSubmission length: there is no minimum length. Maximum length: 1500 words. Please do not send pieces over this count unless requested by the editor or approved by her. \nThe maximum number of submissions per person per issue is FOUR. \nBefore submitting your writing\, please run it through spell check and grammar check. Consider\, too\, asking a friend or two to read your piece for you and provide feedback. \nHOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:\nPlease send us your work via our SUBMISSION PORTAL.\n(https://tinyurl.com/BWQ-Submissions) \nYou will be asked for the following information: \n\nYour name\nYour email address\nYour Twitter or other social media handles (if public)\nThe name you wish to use in BWQ: (you are welcome to use a pseudonym or modify your actual name)\nName of the piece you are submitting\nA short\, 1 to 2 sentence\, 3rd person bio that includes your geographic location (e.g.: Robyn Ochs lives in the Boston area and is the editor of BWQ.) to follow your piece:\nFinally\, you are encouraged — but not required — to submit a photo with your work. Photos should be at least 300 dpi\, and have good contrast. This can be a headshot of yourself or an image relevant to your submission that you have the rights to use.
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SUMMARY:N - HerStry Seeking "Back to School" Stories
DESCRIPTION:Back To School\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSharpen those number two pencils\, we’re headed back to class! In the month of September we want to hear about your school stories. Maybe these are childhood memories or maybe as a parent you have a new perspective on what it means to be a student these days. Or\, maybe you are a teacher with some serious stories to share. These back to school stories need not be about the actual first day of school\, but school life in general. \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:\nAll stories must be true and about you. \n\n\nStories must follow the theme in some way\, interpretations can be wide. \n\n\nStories must stay around 3\,000 words. \n\n\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. \n\n\nSubmissions must be in .doc or .docx form—we do not accept PDFs. \n\n\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. \n\n\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). \n\n\nPlease submit only once per theme. \n\n\nWe do not accept previously published stories. \n\n\n\n\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. \nSubmissions Fee: $3
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SUMMARY:P - the ruth weiss foundation Poetry Contest 2025. Theme: Ekphrasis – Art Inspiring Art
DESCRIPTION:Honoring the Legacy of ruth weiss: A Call for Ekphrastic Poetry & Film \n📢 CALLING ALL POETS & FILMMAKERS! 📢 \nThe ruth weiss Foundation invites poets\, artists\, and filmmakers to honor the ingenuity and artistic span of ruth weiss—a pioneering Beat Generation poet\, playwright\, filmmaker\, and actress—through our annual call for creative works. \n2025 theme: EKPHRASIS – Art Inspiring Art. \nWe seek original poetry submissions that explore the intersection of poetry\, visual art\, and film—reflecting the multidisciplinary spirit that defined ruth weiss’ life and work. \nCategories & Submission Guidelines: \n🖋️ Ekphrastic Poetry (1-page max)\nWrite a poem inspired by visual art\, whether a painting\, sculpture\, photograph\, or film. \n🎥 Poetry Film (2–3 minutes)\nSubmit a poetry film that draws on ruth weiss’ life\, creative ethos\, or poetic themes. Whether shot on a camera\, phone\, or other media\, we welcome innovation in the blending of poetry and film. \nAWARDS & PUBLICATION \n🏆 Annual Winners Announced late August 2025 in the following categories:\n🔹 Maverick | 🔹 Emerging | 🔹 Youth \n\nMaverick (Ages 26+) For poets who embody the bold\, boundary-pushing spirit of ruth weiss—whether published or not.\nEmerging (Ages 18–25) For passionate young writers developing their voice. Inspired by ruth weiss’s lifelong support of rising poets.\nYouth (Ages 15–18) For teen writers eager to explore poetry and express creativity through the lens of ruth weiss’s legacy\n\n  \nThe Maverick Winner will be published in Caesura\, a renowned Bay Area literary magazine\, alongside a selected still image from their poetry film. All winners will be featured in Caesura’s online edition. \n📅 Key Dates:\n📢 June 1\, 2025 – Contest Launch\n📥 August 1\, 2025 – Submission Deadline\n🎉 August 21\, 2025 – Finalists Announced\n📽 Fall 2025 (TBD )– Winner Celebration & Film Screening at the Caesura Release Party \n🎭 Celebrate the fusion of poetry and film.  \nJoin us in honoring the legacy of ruth weiss—a creative force whose life’s work continues to inspire new generations of artists. Submit your voice\, your vision\, your response to art. \n  \nEntry fee: $10
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-the-ruth-weiss-foundation-poetry-contest-2025-theme-ekphrasis-art-inspiring-art/
LOCATION:the ruth weiss foundation Poetry Contest
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:N - Mutuality Blog and Magazine Seeking Submissions about Female Theologians
DESCRIPTION:32.4 Winter 2025 | Read Women: Highlighting Female Theologians\nIn this issue of Mutuality\, we turn the spotlight on the women who have shaped theological thought throughout history. From early church leaders to modern-day scholars\, female theologians have contributed invaluable insights into Scripture\, doctrine\, and the life of faith. Join us as we highlight their writings\, ideas\, and the profound impact they’ve had on the Church and the world. How have women in theology challenged traditional views\, and what can we learn from their voices today? Let’s dive deep into the wisdom and influence of these pioneering women of faith. \nSubmission Guidelines\n\nPlease send a completed article or query letter with a brief summary to mutuality@cbeinternational.org. Include your name\, email address\, headshot\, and fifty-word biography. If accepted for publication\, you will be asked to complete an author release form. Microsoft Word is preferred.\nContent should be original and created by you. It should not have been published (or be slated for publication) elsewhere. Any borrowed or quoted material should be documented as such. Articles that have been previously published on a very small personal blog may be considered; please include a link to the blog and a note on the size of the blog’s audience.\nArticle length:\n\nMutuality print: First-person narratives and feature articles should be between 800–1\,800 words\, but we are open to considering longer pieces. Book\, movie\, and music reviews should be between 500–800 words.\nMutuality online: Blog articles should be between 600–1\,500 words in length (longer or shorter posts may be considered or split into multiple parts).\nWe are unable to consider or respond to authors who send us more than two articles at a time\, whose submissions are substantially over 3\,000 words\, or whose submissions are not sent uniquely to Mutuality.\nIt’s helpful to split articles into sections of 100–300 words each\, with descriptive headings for each section.\n\n\nWe attempt to respond to submissions as quickly as possible\, but reviewing manuscripts sometimes takes four weeks or more. We appreciate your patience. If we like your article but do not have space for it on our current schedule\, we may ask to hold it for possible future publication.\nYou agree to actively participate in the editing process as the editorial team requests. Articles may need to be shortened/lengthened\, edited for grammar and style\, and/or adjusted for clarity and alignment with CBE’s mission and core values. Substantive changes made by the editorial team will be sent to you\, the author\, for comment and approval.\nAuthors for the print edition of Mutuality will be thanked with three copies of the issue in which their article appears.\n\nTo submit an article or query\, email mutuality@cbeinternational.org.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/n-mutuality-blog-and-magazine-seeking-submissions-about-female-theologians/
LOCATION:Mutuality Blog and Magazine
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SUMMARY:PFN - Submissions Open for Central Texas Writers Society Anthology. Theme: Gods and Religion
DESCRIPTION:Submission Guidelines\n\nStories may be no longer than 2000 words. \n\nThere is no fee to enter and we are not a paying market at this time.\nAll rights revert back to the author and you must have the rights to your work. \nPlease send no more than 3 items in any category to centraltexaswriterssociety@outlook.com as an attachment in 12-point Times Roman.\nAll writers may participate from anywhere in the world but\, all work must be in English. \n​Please submit work starting June 1st until August 1st. All authors to be published will be notified in August or before and our book is typically published by October.\nPlease send no more than three poems.​\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe are excited to hear from all of you and will keep you posted on progress.
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LOCATION:Central Texas Writers Society Anthology
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Halfway Down the Stairs Seeking Submissions for their 20th Anniversary Edition on the Theme: Muse
DESCRIPTION:GENERAL GUIDELINES \n\nWe are looking for serious writers with an appreciation for language and the craft of writing. We want fiction with memorable characters and realistic plots\, poetry that is fresh and original\, and nonfiction that is both thoughtful and entertaining.\nWe will accept only writing that has been proofread for spelling and grammar. Trust us on this one. We keep our virtual machete very sharp for people who are grammatically challenged\, and we are not afraid to use it.\nHaving said that\, as an international ‘zine\, we accept differences in spelling usages (e.g. British vs American English) and will publish whatever is considered correct in an author’s home country.\nWe are not interested in explicit sexual content\, gratuitous violence\, or repetitive swearing\, unless it is essential to the plot and not included solely for shock value.\nPlease do not send us any of the following: poetry that sounds like it ought to be on a Hallmark card\, poetry you copied from a Hallmark card\, how-to articles\, first drafts of anything\, fanfiction\, anything full of sentimentality\, or religious and/or political propaganda disguised as fiction.\nThis ought to be obvious\, but only send us your own work\, humans. If you send us anything plagiarized or written by a robot\, remember we have a machete.\nWe do not accept previously published work. This includes not only formal publications in print and online journals\, but any pieces you may have posted to a blog\, personal website\, etc. If it’s already available to the public in some form\, we do not accept it.\nWe do accept simultaneous submissions\, but please let us know immediately if your piece is accepted by another journal.\nAs above\, we do not consider or accept submissions outside the specified submission period.\nWe reserve the right to make minor editorial changes without consultation\, where there are unintentional errors or inconsistencies in punctuation\, spelling or grammar. We will consult authors about anything more substantive.\nThe editors are all responsive to shameless flattery and to gifts of chocolate.\n\nPoetry Guidelines \nWe accept poetry of roughly 500 words or less\, although we are not terribly strict about this guideline.  We are rarely willing to be lenient with the theme when it comes to poetry\, and will do so only if the submission is very good. \nPlease note that we only accept three poems at any one time from a single author and\, for the most part\, publish only one poem from any one author per edition. \nFiction Guidelines \nWe accept fiction of roughly 5\,000 words or less related to the theme of the issue.   The fiction editors are looking mostly for short stories\, but we are happy to consider well-crafted flash fiction. We don’t want to be too strict with the guidelines\, because we appreciate originality\, creativity\, and stories that are off the beaten path. We like stories that grab us from the beginning\, make us think\, and keep us enthralled. Stories should be written confidently and fluidly\, avoiding too many adjectives or too much dialogue. We will be negatively distracted by poor grammar/spelling\, clichés\, and a lack of editing. \nPlease submit only one piece of fiction at a time\, and ensure stories are formatted as requested below. \nNonfiction Guidelines \nWe accept creative nonfiction of 3\,000 words or less. Halfway Down the Stairs is specifically looking for essays and memoir with a strong voice and a unique point of view. We publish well-written\, honest writing that inspires emotion. Humor is also appreciated. \nWe are not looking for stream of consciousness rants of a political or religious nature. Save those for your blog. We respond negatively to spelling and grammatical errors\, so please proofread your work closely if you wish to have it seriously considered. \nAs of 2018 we began accepting nonfiction submissions outside of the issue theme.  Submissions within the theme are still encouraged\, but high quality submissions outside the theme will also be considered for publication. Please note this only applies to nonfiction submissions. \nPlease submit only one piece of nonfiction at a time. \nSUBMISSIONS PROCESS\n \n\nPlease send all writing submissions to halfway . stairs @ gmail . com.\nDO NOT send your work as an attachment. (More details on why under point 5 below.)\nYour subject line should look like this: submission\, genre\, and title of your piece.  (Example: “Submission\, Fiction\, Monsoon Nights.”)  If you are submitting multiple poems\, state the number of poetry submissions instead of the title of the piece. (Example:  “Submission\, Three Poems by William C. Fredrikson.”) Please do not submit multiple genres in a single e-mail; if you would like to submit poetry and fiction\, send us two separate e-mails.\nWithin the body of your e-mail\, give us the following information: the title(s) of your submission(s)\, the name under which you wish to be published\, your e-mail address\, if the piece you are submitting has ever been published elsewhere\, if the piece you are submitting is a simultaneous submission\, and a brief introduction written in the 3rd person point of view.  If you are submitting multiple poems\, include these statements at the beginning of your e-mail\, and follow it with the actual poems. Example:\n\nThree Poems \nby William C. Fredrikson. \ncrazywillie57@gmail.com. \nNo\, the submitted poems have never published elsewhere. \nMonsoon Nights is not a simultaneous submission.  Elsewhere and Lady Luck are both simultaneous submissions.William C. Fredrikson teaches grade seven social studies in British Columbia.   His students think he looks exactly like Jack Nicholson.  In his spare time\, William enjoys playing the guitar\, reading Hemingway\, studying World War II history\, and making fun of reality television. \n\nIf we do choose to publish your piece\, we will also publish your biography. Your e-mail address is confidential\, and we will never publish it or give it out.\nAfter your introduction\, please post your piece within the body of your e-mail.  Please do not send your work as an attachment.  Please single space your work\, double spacing between paragraphs.  Please do not indent your paragraphs.\nProvide a content warning if it’s warranted: Let us know upfront if there is some kind of explicit content in your submission which we should be warned about in advance. We’ll leave this up to your discretion\, but examples could include abuse\, neglect\, self harm\, or violence.\nOptional: Let us know how you found us.  We’re curious as to where our readers and writers are coming from.\nOptional: Let us know if there’s a kind of image you visualize with your piece\, or even if you have an image you would like us to use if it is published (guidelines below). We reserve the right to choose alternatives – but we are happy to consider your suggestions.\n\nWe aim to respond to all submissions within 4-8 weeks of receipt\, and you will never wait more than three months for a response.
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SUMMARY:PFN - About Place Journal Invites Submissions for Volume VIII\, Issue IV\, “On Freedom.” 
DESCRIPTION:All around us\, we see and hear calls for freedom from many different voices and different directions. Some of these calls are frightening; some are inspiring. How are we to understand this “freedom” moment? We seek poetry\, fiction\, creative nonfiction\, and hybrid works that question\, reimagine\, and embody what freedom and unfreedom mean in our complex world. \nWe’re looking for work that explores freedom’s multidimensional nature—what historian Timothy Snyder distinguishes as negative freedom and positive freedom. Negative freedom is “freedom from” (oppression\, constraint\, violence)\, while positive freedom is “freedom to” (create\, speak\, love\, flourish). \nWe’re also interested in work that engages freedom as a process. Freedom requires cultivating “habits of freedom” (Snyder)—daily practices that sustain and expand our capacity for liberty. Author Maggie Nelson also understands freedom not as a fixed state but as an ongoing practice. \nWe view the act of creation itself as a habit or practice of freedom—a claiming of voice and space. We invite submissions that not only speak about freedom but express it through formal innovation\, boundary-crossing\, and aesthetic risk-taking. \nWe welcome explorations of what philosopher Hannah Arendt called “inwardness as a place of absolute freedom” as well as work that maps the external territories of political and social freedom. We’re interested in how art can articulate author bell hooks’ idea that “awareness is central to the process of love as the practice of freedom.” \nWe invite you to join us in the radical act of creative freedom\, to challenge constraint and to imagine liberation in both bold and quiet ways. \nAll submissions should be previously unpublished and should engage with the theme of freedom in thoughtful and nuanced ways. We welcome work in various forms and styles\, from traditional to experimental. \nWork must be submitted via Submittable by August 1\, 2025. \nAbout Place Journal is committed to amplifying diverse voices and perspectives. We especially encourage submissions from writers and artists of historically marginalized communities whose experiences and insights on freedom may challenge dominant narratives and expand our collective understanding. \nAbout Place Journal Submission Guidelines\nWork can include: \n\nPoetry: up to 3 pieces which do not exceed 50 lines each. Acceptable file types include doc\, docx\, odt & rtf. If your poetry submission contains special formatting\, we suggest submitting a PDF in addition to your Word doc.\nFiction\, essays\, creative nonfiction and other prose: up to 3 pieces which do not exceed 4000 words each. Acceptable file types include doc\, docx\, odt & rtf.\nThe total number of submitted pieces cannot exceed 5\, even if your submission includes items from several genre categories.\n\nPlease provide a numbered list with the title of each work you are submitting (1 to 5 works) in the field of the Submittable form where indicated. \nEach submission must be accompanied by a bio in doc\, docx or rtf format. Bios must be in the third person and not exceed 150 words. If you want your website\, Twitter\, and/or Instagram links included with your bio\, please include that information in the Submittable form. \nBy submitting\, you guarantee you hold the rights to the work\, and you grant About Place Journal the rights to publish the submitted work with first serial rights (FNASR). After publication\, rights revert to the author. Original\, previously unpublished work only. All pieces must be submitted through Submittable.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-about-place-journal-invites-submissions-for-volume-viii-issue-iv-on-freedom/
LOCATION:About Place Journal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PF - ette Review Seeking Submissions on the Theme "Roulette"
DESCRIPTION:ON ROULETTE: \nGames of chance\, fate\, the unknown. We’re interested in reversals of fortune\, luck\, the house. We like the glamor of old films and the lucky charm. Or consider roulette as a small wheel\, an engraver’s tool\, a stamp device. We are not interested in Russian roulette (thanks)\, but all else goes. Spin the wheel of your imagination and send us your best work. \n\nEtymology \nroulette (n.) \n“game of chance involving a revolving disk on a table\,” 1745; earlier “small wheel” (1734)\, from French roulette “gambling game played with a revolving wheel\,” an extended sense; “small wheel\,” from Old French roelete “little wheel” (12c.)\, formed on model of Late Latin rotella\, diminutive of Latin rota “wheel” (see rotary). An older name for this game was roly-poly or rouly-pouly (1712).(http://www.etymonline.com/word/roulette) \nDefinition \nroulette \nnoun \n\na game of chance played at a table marked off with numbers from 1 to 36\, one or two zeros\, and several other sections affording the players a variety of betting opportunities\, and having in the center a revolving\, dish like device roulette wheel into which a small ball is spun to come to rest finally in one of the 37 or 38 compartments\, indicating the winning number and its characteristics\, as odd or even\, red or black\, and between 1 and 18 or 19 and 36.\na small wheel\, especially one with sharp teeth\, mounted in a handle\, for making lines of marks\, dots\, or perforations:engravers’ roulettes; a roulette for perforating sheets of postage stamps.\nPhilately. a row of short cuts\, in which no paper is removed\, made between individual stamps to permit their ready separation. (http://www.dictionary.com/browse/roulette)\n\n\nSome History \nIn 1655\, the first\, crude version of the roulette wheel was created by the French mathematician and inventor\, Blaise Pascal\, in his quest to create a perpetual motion machine—or a machine\, that once started\, could not be stopped\, and would run on its own mechanism. Others added to the invention\, turning it into the classic rouge et noir casino game. It gained popularity with King Charles III of Monaco\, who built a casino that housed a beautiful roulette wheel. He added a zero to the wheel. This tilted roulette in the house’s favor\, and Charles’s kingdom expanded. \n\n\n\nSubmission Guidelines\n\n-ette loves small form: prose poetry\, micro and flash fiction. To get an idea of what we like\, please read our latest issue. Before sending work\, check out the theme.\nPlease send one flash or up to two micro fictions and/or prose poems (we do not accept poetry or nonfiction submissions at this time).\nTotal submission word count should not exceed 1\,000 words.\nSend your work as a PDF. Include your name and contact information on the first page. Number the pages. Use a common\, 12-point font. Please double-space fiction. Prose poetry may be single-spaced.\nPlease include a short bio as well as your social media handles with your submission.\nWork submitted to -ette must be wholly original. Do not submit plagiarized or AI-generated work to -ette.\nWe take simultaneous submissions\, but please notify us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere.\nRegular response times vary\, but we try to respond within 1–3 months.\nIf your work is accepted for publication\, we ask for first-time publication rights and the right to retain the work in our archives. If republished elsewhere\, please credit -ette review.\nWe ask that writers only submit once per submission period. Contributors should wait six months to resubmit.\n-ette will not read or publish racist\, homophobic\, anti-trans\, or misogynistic writing.\n-ette is a tiny operation of two\, so unfortunately\, we cannot offer payment at this time. You will\, however\, receive the drawing that accompanies your published piece. In case of publication\, Beth will want to send it to you.\nTo hear more from -ette editors\, Beth Hahn and Nora Maynard\, on what we’re looking for\, listen to pod-ette Episode 1 here.\nReady? Email work to submissions@ettereview.com. In the subject line\, include your name and the category of submission (fiction\, micro\, prose poetry).
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