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SUMMARY:PFN - Hayden's Ferry Review Seeking Submissions on the Theme: Aftercare
DESCRIPTION:Call for Submissions: Hayden Ferry Review 2026 Spring Web Issue  \nAftercare turns its attention to what comes after intensity\, crisis\, or rupture\, those moments when care\, attention\, and repair are needed most. \nBorrowing its name from the language of kink\, the folio asks what it means to stay\, to tend\, to rebuild. We gather work that lingers in aftermath: the slow recalibration of breath\, the tenderness of rebandaging a wound\, the exhaustion and beauty of maintenance. \nWe invite submissions of poetry\, fiction\, creative nonfiction\, and hybrid forms that explore the politics of gentleness and repair\, emotional\, ecological\, or communal\, and the forms of attention that emerge once moments of intensity have passed. \nHow can slowness\, reciprocity\, and rest operate as radical acts of survival? \nWorks we are inspired by include From “The World After Rain\,” II: Twice Awake by Canisia Lubrin\, Self-Compassion by James Crews\, When Eddie Levert Comes by Deesha Philyaw\, and “Milk Blood Heat” by Dantiel W. Moniz. \nWe highly encourage submissions from BIPOC\, queer\, and disabled writers and visual artists\, as well as collaborative works. \nSubmission Guidelines: \n• Poems: Submit up to 6 pages of poems in one document. Each poem should be on a separate page. \n• Prose (fiction/nonfiction): Submit up to 10 pages\, double-spaced\, in one document. Please check whether the piece is fiction or nonfiction. \n• Translation: The original piece must be provided along with your English translation. Both the  original and its translation will be published. Please confirm you have the rights to publish the original work (we will request proof if your translation is accepted). \n• Hybrid: Submit following the guidelines for the genre it most closely resembles/is in conversation with. \nPlease include a brief bio (150 words max) with your submission and briefly explain how your piece connects to the theme of “Aftercare.” \nSimultaneous submissions are welcome\, but please notify us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere. \nAll submissions must be previously unpublished. We do not accept work that was produced wholly or in part by AI. \nPlease only submit to one call for submissions at a time. \n  \nSubmission fee: $3\n 
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-haydens-ferry-review-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-aftercare/
LOCATION:Hayden’s Ferry Review
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to Prosetrics on the Theme: Aurora
DESCRIPTION:“Theme for New Year Winter Edition\, January 2026: Aurora”\nThe given theme is about: \n\n\n\nTheme: “Aurora” – The Shimmer of Becoming\nThis season\, step into Aurora: the soft\, luminous space between winter’s hush and the first light of the New Year. Where snow muffles the world\, Christmas lights glimmer warmly\, and endings dissolve into beginnings. Aurora is the pause\, the breath\, the quiet threshold where reflection meets hope.\nWe invite pieces that capture the spirit of Aurora: radiant\, reflective\, and full of gentle transformation. The shimmer of freshly fallen snow\, a candle flickering against frost\, the hush before midnight\, or the first spark of a new dawn; moments that hold light\, renewal\, and the subtle magic of transition.\nWhat fits Aurora?\nThe quiet architecture of winter — stillness\, frost\, soft snowfall\, and the serene cold that slows the world.\nThe tender echoes of warmth in dark months — not celebration\, but memory\, wonder\, and the remnants of glow.\nThe subtle shift toward the New Year — anticipation\, renewal\, and the delicate unfurling of beginnings.\nLight that pierces or comforts — candles\, stars\, lanterns\, auroras\, distant sparklers; small flames held against vast night.\nMoments of inwardness — reflection\, transition\, clarity\, the quiet work of becoming.\nSeasonal rituals and the intimacy of winter — shared gestures\, held breaths\, solitary evenings\, the weight and warmth of presence.\nThresholds and dawns — spaces between what was and what will be\, where transformation moves softly.\nNOTE: All works whether exploring joy\, melancholy\, magic\, or renewal should feel illuminated by Aurora’s essence. Whether your piece is bright or subtle\, celebratory or contemplative\, it should carry the soul of Aurora: glowing\, wintry\, hopeful\, and touched by the promise of a new dawn.\n\n\n\nYour work should be based around the given theme and its elements \n\n\nPlease Note:\n\n\n\nKindly follow all of the given guidelines for your submissions to be considered.\nThere will not be second chances\, so make sure your work is spell-checked and grammar-checked properly the first time.\nYour submissions will not be considered if they are not according to the theme\, whether it be poetry\, prose\, photography\, or art.\nIf you’ve sent the same submissions to other journals or magazines and they get accepted before our acceptance/rejection/publication\, notify us immediately.\nNo AI-generated submissions will be accepted or considered for publication.\nAvoid fanciful\, difficult-to-understand language. Make sure your written pieces are easily understandable by the reader.\nNothing sexual\, political\, religious\, or racially offensive will be entertained.\nNo simultaneous or multiple submissions will be accepted to replace or change the first submission after the first submission has been rejected or accepted.\nSubmissions with grammatical or spelling errors or that do not fall within the parameters of the given guidelines will be automatically rejected. Please make sure you check your bio and submissions for any errors before emailing them to us.\n\n\nCompilation Format for an MS-Word Document:\n\nA clear\, concise\, third-person bio in 50 words or less.\nClear titles for poems and prose. The magazine theme as a title is not acceptable.\nYour poems\, prose\, or stories that you want to send for publication.\nSocial media information for your primary Instagram\, Facebook\, or Twitter accounts\, as well as your primary poetry\, photography\, or art website No Discord\, TikTok\, Wattpad\, Pinterest\, YouTube\, Inkitt\, Emails or any other profiles will be accepted.\nCompile everything except for photos\, if any\, into one Microsoft Word with the.doc or .docx extension\n\nNOTE: No other form of submission\, such as PDFs or other file formats\, will be considered\n\nE-Mail Format for Prose\, Story\, Essay or Poetry:\n\nSubject: Submission for Aurora ‘26\nDescription: Your short introduction and your attachments to your email\nAttachments: MS Word Submission Document; pictures\, if any\, accompanying your written work\nKindly send everything in ONE email. If you forget to attach something in the main email\, mention it in the next email that you send. If you are sending all the elements of the submission in different/multiple emails deliberately\, your submission will be rejected.\nDO NOT embed any pictures within the Word document. Attach them to the email as separate attachments.\n\nNOTE:\nIf your subject is not as mentioned above\, your email will land in the wrong folder and we may not find it in time. Make sure it is labeled as mentioned.\nNo other form of submission except MS Word Document\, such as PDFs or other file formats\, will be considered\nWe are not accepting or including writer’s or poet’s self-portraits or logos for identity this time.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-prosetrics-on-the-theme-aurora/
LOCATION:Prosetrics: The Literary Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PF - Workers Write! Literary Journal Seeking Submissions on the Theme: be Tales from the Concourse
DESCRIPTION:Call for submissions . . .\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIssue 22 of Workers Write! will be Tales from the Concourse and contain stories and poems from airport and airline workers’ points of view. \nWe’re looking for fiction and poetry about the people who work in airports and for airlines\, such as passenger service agents\, ramp agents\, TSA agents\, airport engineers\, baggage handlers\, air traffic controllers\, flight attendants\, pilots\, and so on. Drop us a line if you have a question. \nThe deadline for submissions is\nDec. 31\, 2025 (or until the issue is full). \nSubmit your stories via e-mail to: submission@workerswritejournal.com\, or send a hard copy to: \nBlue Cubicle Press\nP.O. Box 250382\nPlano\, TX 75025-0382 \nWord count: 500 to 5\,000 words\nPayment: Between $10 and $50 (depending on length and rights requested). We do consider previously published material.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pf-workers-write-literary-journal-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-be-tales-from-the-concourse/
LOCATION:Workers Write! Literary Journal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to Sinister Wisdom on the Theme: Butch-Femme Renaissance
DESCRIPTION:What does butch-femme mean in lesbian and queer communities today? What does it mean to live the pandemic\, the surge in anti-trans and anti-LGBTQ legislation\, and the start of a second Trump presidency through the lens of butch-femme? What are butch-femme communities doing locally\, nationally\, to shape lesbian and queer lives? What sort of butch-femme future are we building together? \nSinister Wisdom’s Butch-Femme Renaissance issue is interested in all genres and styles of writing from butch-femme identified lesbian\, dyke\, queer\, gender non-conforming and trans folks. If you live a butch-femme lifestyle or see yourself in butch-femme dynamics — or have something to say about why you don’t — we want to hear from you. \nWe are especially interested in reported work — interviews with local community groups\, Q&As\, grassroots organizing features\, essays\, sex and dating topics. Here are some ideas: \n\nInterviews and oral histories with butch-femme movers\, shakers\, organizers\, community leaders\, thinkers and lovers\nProfiles on local organizations\, grassroots movements or justice-seeking initiatives led by and for butches\, femmes\, studs\, stemmes\, trans and gender non-conforming people\nIntergenerational dialogue on butch-femme culture\nWriting on butch-femme sex\, love and dating (bonus points if you talk about OFOS dating\, stone tops\, pillow princesses or kink)\nEssays (including personal essays) on gender presentation\, identity\, and “finding your own” (Example: the butch boxing class that changed my life\, how my wife and I planned our wedding as a butch-femme couple\, getting top surgery as a butch\, t4t butch-femme dynamics\, how you organized and threw a butch-femme book club or fundraiser etc.)\nAny work that explores power and identity in critical and unexpected ways — especially work that deals with politics\, legislation\, and systems of oppression explicitly. We’re especially interested in thinking about local and federal anti-LGBTQ legislation\, anti-DEI and anti-education initiatives\, incarceration\, student protests\, reproductive rights\, healthcare\, ID access and much much more. We are particularly interested in hearing from butch-femme identified folks who live rurally and/or in red states.\nAny work that questions\, tests or maps the boundaries of butch-femme culture. Where does butch-femme thrash and upend patriarchal expectations\, heteronormative social scripts\, boredom? Or do you see butch-femme as restricting? As exclusionary along race or class lines? Sing it! The praise and the criticism. We want to hear from you.\n\n  \nWe are particularly interested in hearing from BIPOC butch-femme identified folks and from those who live rurally and/or in red states. International submissions are strongly encouraged and will be prioritized. \nDon’t go to the archives for this issue — get out on the street. Think fresh. Think on-the-ground. Think about how you’d talk to your best friend\, not your professor. This issue is not overly interested in the academic\, the formal\, the historical. So much of being lesbian\, queer\, and trans is looking back\, towards the past\, to excavate traces of yourself and your community. That is vital\, necessary work. But that’s not the work of this issue. \nPlease submit one document\, even if you are submitting multiple pieces\, up to 15 pages. Please include a brief bio and any social media links as well. \nWritten submissions can be in any language — but must include an English translation. You are welcome to use a pseudonym if you are concerned about privacy. Submissions are open to writers and artists of all experience levels\, no previous publication required. \nPlease share this call widely on social media! And direct any questions to sara.gregory91@gmail.com
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-sinister-wisdom-on-the-theme-butch-femme-renaissance/
LOCATION:Sinister Wisdom
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - The Oakland Review Seeking Submissions on the Theme: Gibbous
DESCRIPTION:Taken on its own\, “gibbous” represents a concept still in the works\, under construction\, nearly-there. Perhaps this is what it means to live in a gibbous phase of the decade: something swollen\, marked by tension and possibility.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-the-oakland-review-seeking-submission-on-the-theme-gibbous/
LOCATION:The Oakland Review
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - The International Free the Verse Poetry Competition Theme: Hunger
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to our second international poetry competition of 2025! We’re looking for all kinds of poetry on the theme of Hunger. As always\, we encourage you to bend the rules with both content and form. \nDeadline for entry: December 31st 2025 \n\n\nThere will be one prize winner. The winning poet will receive a prize of $100 (USD)\, plus publication of their poem as a standalone piece on Free the Verse. Payment will be made via PayPal. \n\n\nThe entry fee is $3.49\, and you may submit 1 poem per entry. Multiple entries are permitted. All fees are used to cover our operating costs. \n\n\nAll entries must be original work that is owned by the entrant. We accept poems which have previously been published\, and simultaneous submissions are permitted. We do not accept poems previously published in our magazine\, Free the Verse. \n\n\nThe winning poet will be notified by email within 2 months of the competition closing. \n\n\nYou will retain the copyright to your work. By entering the competition\, you grant Free the Verse the right to publish your poem and name on our website and in any associated marketing materials. \n\n\nThis is an international competition – however\, at this time\, we only accept poems written in English. You are welcome to include words and phrases from other languages. \n\n\nYou must be over 18 years old to submit. \n\n\n  \nEntry fee: $3.49\n 
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-the-international-free-the-verse-poetry-competition-theme-hunger/
LOCATION:Free the Verse Poetry Competitions
CATEGORIES:Contest
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