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SUMMARY:F - F(r)iction's Short Story Contest
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: Nov 1\, 2022\nResults: Announced March 18\, 2023\nPrize: $1000 \nLimit: 7\,500 words \nFor full Submission Guidelines\, please read the information on our Submittable page carefully.  And please visit our formatting guidelines page to properly format your work for submission. We won’t reject a submission flat out for not following guidelines\, but we will frown the whole time we’re reading. \nAn insider tip for you all: We seek work that actively pushes boundaries\, that forces us to question traditions and tastes. If your work takes risks\, we want to read it. We like strong narratives that make us feel something and stories we haven’t seen before. To get an idea of the kind of work we look for\, please check out this page from our editors detailing what we look for in our submissions. \nWe also strongly recommend checking out a past issue of F(r)iction before submitting to our contests to get an idea of our general publishing aesthetic. We have several pieces available online\, but there’s nothing like holding a glossy\, full-color issue in your hands. You can check out all of our issues in our shop. \nWe accept work\, written in English\, from anywhere in the world—regardless of genre\, style\, or origin—and welcome speculative writing and experimental literature. Strange is good. Strange with a strong character arc is even better. Keep it weird\, folks.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-frictions-short-story-contest/
LOCATION:F(r)iction
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:PFN - BRIAR CLIFF REVIEW Writing Contests
DESCRIPTION:Contest Submission Guidelines\nFirst-place winners will receive $1\,000 in each of the three categories and will be published in the next edition of The Briar Cliff Review. The contest will run from August 1\, 2022 to November 1\, 2022. Our last issue\, Volume 35\, will be published on April 20\, 2023.​ \n\n\nEntry fee is $20 per story/creative nonfiction piece or three poems. \n\n\nShort story/creative nonfiction word limit is 5\,000. These should be typed\, and double-spaced on 8 1/2 x 11 paper. \n\n\nPoetry should be single-spaced\, with clear indications of stanza breaks\, and printed on 8 1/2 x 11 paper. No more than one poem per page. Submit up to three poems. \n\n\nFor snail mail submissions only: Send cover sheet with title(s)\, author’s name\, address and email (the cover letter is not needed for online submissions). Place the title\, but no name on the actual manuscript. \n\n\nWinning pieces are accepted on the basis of first-time rights. \n\n\nSimultaneous submissions are accepted\, but notify us immediately upon acceptance elsewhere. \n\n\nAll entrants will receive a copy of the next edition of The Briar Cliff Review. \n\n\nPrevious year’s winner is ineligible. \n\n\nFriends\, family\, and students of Briar Cliff Review editors are ineligible to enter the contest. Former students or student editors must wait five years after graduating from Briar Cliff before entering.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-briar-cliff-review-writing-contests/
LOCATION:Briar Cliff Review
CATEGORIES:Contest
ORGANIZER;CN="The Briar Cliff Review":MAILTO:https://thebriarcliffreview.submittable.com/submit
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SUMMARY:Cutthroat: A Journal of the Arts Seeks Submissions with the Theme: "The Nature of Nature and Human Nature"
DESCRIPTION:Our regular submissions in poetry\, short stories and book reviews are open from August 31st until November 1st\, 2022.\n\n \nOUR THEME IS THE NATURE OF NATURE and HUMAN NATURE.\n\n \nGuidelines during Reading Periods:  Submit 3 poems of no more than 100 lines each or one short story 5000 word limit or one book review 150 word limit.\n\n \nWE SUGGEST YOU READ AN ISSUE OF CUTTHROAT TO SEE WHAT KIND OF WORK WE PUBLISH. BACK ISSUES ARE JUST $10 PLUS SHIPPING. ORDER ON THE SUBSCRIPTIONS PAGE.\nSubmit only one essay or memoir piece unless you are asked to resubmit by an editor.  This year\, we call for stories address the Nature of Nature and Human Nature.   Send ONLY your finest writing.  The competition is stiff.  We are open to all styles\, but we favor nonfiction with an edge.  The word limit is 5000 words.  There is no reading fee.  Include a short bio note.  Give us two to six months to make a decision.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/cutthroat-a-journal-of-the-arts-seeks-submissions-with-the-theme-the-nature-of-nature-and-human-nature/
LOCATION:Cutthroat
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Blood Tree Literature Seeks Submissions With the Theme "The Body"
DESCRIPTION:GENERAL SUBMISSIONS\nBlood Tree Literature favors lyrical pieces that do not withhold depth or resonance. With that in mind\, submit to us your best\, the box under your bed marked UNSHARABLE\, the orphan poem or black sheep fiction. Send us your experimentals; be vulnerable\, be calculated. \nPlease note that we don’t typically gravitate toward work that is Y.A. in nature. We do not read reprints nor manuscripts at this time. Submissions are processed through Submittable only. Simultaneous submissions are allowed under the condition that you withdraw your work immediately if it is accepted elsewhere. Please do not submit more than once per genre until you’ve heard back on your pending submission. We publish two issues per year\, in June and December. \nMaximum word count: 2500. We’d like to keep it flash-y. Maximum pieces of poetry per submission: 3. \nISSUE 12 – THE BODY ISSUE\nBlood Tree Literature is all fired up to announce the theme for our 2022 contest: bodily autonomy. \n\n\nEntry fee is $9 \n\n\nFirst Place prize is $75\, Second Place is $50\, and Third Place is $25 (awarded via PayPal only) \n\n\nSubmissions open on July 30\, 2022 and close on November 1\, 2022 \n\n\nWinners will be notified by November 15\, 2022 \n\n\nIssue 12 will debut December 1\, 2022 \n\n\nA portion of the contest proceeds will be donated to a pro-choice organization. Details forthcoming.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-blood-tree-literature-seeks-submissions-with-the-theme-the-body/
LOCATION:Blood Tree Literature
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - THEMA Call for Submissions: "So THAT's Why"
DESCRIPTION:Be sure to Indicate target theme in cover letter or on first page of manuscript. \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\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\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. \nOn acceptance for publication\, we will pay the following amount: short story\, $25; short-short piece (up to 1000 words)\, $10; poem.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-thema-call-for-submissions-so-thats-why/
LOCATION:THEMA Literary Journal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Moss Piglet Zine Call for Submissions.  Theme: "Winter Wonderland" or "Winter of My Discontent"
DESCRIPTION:The Krazines  welcome submissions of prose and poetry for publication in its full-color\, monthly zine\, Moss Piglet.  Anyone of any age or talent level may contribute work (but please\, no politics.)  Each issue has a theme in place to jumpstart your imagination.  You may interpret these themes widely.\n\n\n\n\nOur theme is Winter Wonderland or Winter of My Discontent  Let your imagination be your guide in interpreting this theme. At the first sight of frost\, do you sing\, “Let It Snow\, Let It Snow!” or do you mutter\, “Bah\, Humbug!” Perhaps you live in a climate where you put Christmas ornaments on the cacti or you live in the Southern Hemisphere where winter arrives in the middle of the year. Perhaps\, this month’s theme causes you to recall winters of long ago and the people and the places you knew back then. Or this theme causes you to recite lines from Shakespeare’s Richard III or from John Steinbeck’s final novel\, Winter of Our Discontent. However you may interpret this theme\, send us your creative contribution by or before our deadline. \nSubmissions of Stories\, Essays & Poems\n\nPlease send text submissions in .doc\, .docx or PDF formats to info@krazines.com.  We are more apt to accept short works\, as our publication is digest-size\, but we don’t have a word limit.  Check out some of our past issues to get an idea on the style and length of written work that we have published. \nYou may provide multiple submissions\, but don’t go crazy. Someone has to read all of the stuff that comes across our desk. We’re OK with simultaneous submissions and previously published work. Just cite the place where your writing previously appeared. If you have a fancy title like Poet Laureate\, Writer-In-Residence\, or you have been knighted by the Queen\, we’d be happy to include that information in our publication right next to your name.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-moss-piglet-zine-all-for-submissions-theme-winter-wonderland-or-winter-of-my-discontent/
LOCATION:Moss Piglet Zine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:FN - Le Scat Noir Encyclopedia Anthology Series Seeks Submissions for the Encyclopedia of Human Sexuality
DESCRIPTION:Destined to break new ground\,  the encyclopedia will cover everything from Aphrodesiacs to Zoophonia to reveal the absurd diversity of human sexual behavior and belief systems around the world.\nShort entries\, neologisms\, definitions of scientific\, clinical\, cultural\, and colloquial terms\, as well as extended explorations of major concepts are all welcome.\n\nManuscripts may be either Word doc\, Mac Pages\, RTF\, or PDF.  If your manuscript was written in Mac Pages\, please send the original Pages file. Avoid unnecessary formatting and design. Maximum length: 1\,500 words. \nManuscript must contain your name and email address. Include a brief bio in your cover letter. \nKeep in mind our page size is 6 x 9 inches. \nPreviously published material and simultaneous submissions will not be considered. \nReporting time: Less than 2 weeks. Contributors receive an advance digital copy of the issue. \nBSR features fiction\, poetry\, essays\, visual art\, book reviews\, and works in translation. \nPlease note: deadlines are subject to change\, so we advise submitting early. \nIMPORTANT: Do not submit without having read an issue. Be familiar with the work we publish.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/n-le-scat-noir-encyclopedia-anthology-series-seeks-submissions-for-encyclopedia-of-human-sexuality/
LOCATION:Le Scat Noir Encyclopedia Anthology Series
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - Speckled Trout Review Seeking Submissions on "Freedom"
DESCRIPTION:The poet Robert Frost remarked:  “Freedom lies in being bold.” \nIn our Fall 2022 (4.2) print issue of Speckled Trout Review\, we are looking for your best\, bold poems on the theme of FREEDOM. \nEditors of Speckled Trout Review welcome submissions of unpublished poetry (nothing previously published in an electronic publication of any kind or in print) for its Fall 2022 (4.2) print issue. Poets can paste up to 4 poems\, followed by a 50-word writer’s biography and mailing address\, in the body of an e-mail to speckledtroutreview@hotmail.com. Please note: attachments will go unread. Poems with overt political messages are not for Speckled Trout Review. Simultaneous submissions are fine\, but please share the good news when a poem finds a home elsewhere. For any questions about submissions or Speckled Trout Review\, reach out to us at our e-mail address. \nFor contributors whose work appears in either a fall or spring issue\, we ask poets to acknowledge Speckled Trout Review as the original publisher of the poem(s) in any subsequent publication thereafter. We reserve the right to archive accepted poems on the Speckled Trout Review website indefinitely and to publish work in a future anthology.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-speckled-trout-review-freedom/
LOCATION:Speckled Trout Review
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
ORGANIZER;CN="Speckled Trout Review":MAILTO:speckledtroutreview@hotmail.com.
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SUMMARY:P - Perugia Press Prize
DESCRIPTION:There is no entry fee for BIWOC poets. \nPerugia Press Prize\nTHE WINNER OF THE PERUGIA PRESS PRIZE RECEIVES:\n\nBook publication and a $1\,000 prize\nTen author copies and an ongoing discount of 50% off of the cover price for additional copies\nTime to work with the editor to create a book she loves with input into book editing\, design & promotion\nMentoring from the Perugia Poet Liaison during the publication and promotion of her book\nReview copies and entry copies to a range of post-publication contests\, provided and sent by the Press\nSome book launch events planned by the Press\, with a partial travel stipend and reading honorariums provided\nOngoing publicity support through our website\, newsletter\, and social media\nExposure through Press attendance at local and national book fairs to promote the work of Perugia poets\n\n\nELIGIBILITY\n\nPoets must be women\, which is inclusive of transgender women and female-identified individuals. Because gender inequity still occurs in publishing\, it is part of our explicit feminist mission to support and promote women’s voices in print.\nPerugia Press seeks to highlight marginalized and underrepresented voices in our publications\, and to that end we encourage submissions written by poets of all abilities\, ages\, and sexual orientations\, and from across all cultural\, socio-economic\, ethnic\, racial\, and religious backgrounds.\nPoets must have no more than one previously published full-length book. You are still eligible if you have published a poetry chapbook/s or books in other genres. You are still eligible if you have published more than one full-length poetry collection in a language other than English.\nPerugia Press welcomes diversity of expression in content\, form\, and language. We are open to considering hybrid manuscripts\, including those incorporating visuals or created in collaboration.\nIndividual poems may have been published previously in magazines\, journals\, anthologies\, and chapbooks\, but the collection as a whole must be unpublished.\nTranslations of the work of others and previously self-published books are not eligible.\nSubmissions from poets living outside the U.S. are not eligible\, though international submissions from poets based in the U.S. but away during our contest period are fine. As a small press\, we are not able to support the promotion of our books on a global scale.\nPoets may not be a close friend or colleague of the editor/director as she facilitates the contest and takes part in the final decision about the winning manuscript.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSubmit a manuscript of 45 to 85 pages. There is no entry fee for BIWOC poets. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-perugia-press-prize/
LOCATION:Perugia Press
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:PFN - Carve Prose & Poetry Contest
DESCRIPTION:The annual Carve Magazine Prose & Poetry Contest seeks the best fiction\, nonfiction\, and poetry from writers all over the world. A guest judge in each genre selects one winner to be awarded a $1000 cash prize and winners are published in our spring issue in April.\nThe contest opens annually October 1 and runs through mid-November.\nPoetry\n\nCarve seeks poetry that is both quiet and expansive.\nWe want poetry that elicits an authentic emotional connection.\nEvery word should purposefully add to the voice\, sound\, and imagery.\nWord count limit is 2\,000.\n\nFiction\n\nCarve seeks good honest fiction in the form of short stories.\nWe want emotional jeopardy\, soul\, and honesty.\nCraft and control are tantamount to our connection to the characters.\nWe highly recommend reading recent stories to get an idea of what we’re looking for.\nWord count limit is 10\,000.\n\nNonfiction\n\nCarve seeks narrative nonfiction that positions personal perspectives in the context of the broader world.\nWe are seeking experiences and reflections that reveal a deep understanding of the social systems and structures that organize our lives.\nTell us what happened and how we all connect to it.\nWord count limit is 10\,000.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-carve-poetry-prose-contest/
LOCATION:Carve Magazine
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:F - The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction — 2022
DESCRIPTION:The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction — 2022\n\n\nThe SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction (The Smokey) is a biennial competition that celebrates and compensates excellence in flash. Our first grand prize winner in 2018 was “Whale Fall” by Alvin Park. In 2020 Abby Feden won the top prize with “To Pieces”. Both stories appeared in The Best Small Fictions in their respective years. In addition. Jasmine Sawers’ piece “All Your Fragile History” was a finalist for Best of the Net in 2020\, and Leonora Desar’s third-place story “*69” was included in The Best Small Fictions. \nThe grand prize winner of The Smokey is automatically nominated for The Best Small Fictions\, The Pushcart\, Best of the Net\, and any other prize we deem appropriate. In addition to all this love\, we will also pay the grand prize winner $2500. Second place: $1000. Third place $500. Finalists: $100. All finalists and placers will be published in the special competition issue in December 2022. \nEntry Fees: \nAugust 1-October 2: \nOne Entry: $12\nTwo Entries: $16\nUp to Four Entries: $30 \nOctober 3-November 15 \nOne Entry: $14\nTwo Entries: $18\nUp to Four Entries: $32 \nGuidelines: \nOpen to anyone on the planet aged 18+.\nYour entry must be previously unpublished.\nYou may write in English or in any other language as long as an English translation accompanies your entry. Our decision will be based on the English translation. Winnings\, if any\, will be split evenly between the translator and writer. Both the English and the original non-Anglo versions of the story must be previously unpublished.\nYour entry must be 1000 words or fewer\, excluding the title. There is no minimum word count requirement.\nYou may enter as many times as you like\, but an entry fee must accompany each entry. If you are submitting multiple entries at the same time\, they must all be in the same document.\nYour name must NOT appear on the entry itself. This includes the filename\, headers and footers. Your name and contact information should appear ONLY in the cover letter.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-the-smokelong-quarterly-award-for-flash-fiction-2022/
LOCATION:Smokelong Quarterly
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:P - Plum Tree Tavern Seeks Submissions on the Theme: "Autumn Moon"
DESCRIPTION:SPECIAL CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS\nAUTUMN MOON\nPlum Tree Tavern invites the submission of works for a special Autumn Moon edition. Haiku or other short work not to exceed five lines are preferred; longer works may be submitted and will be considered. \nRegardless of length\, each submission must expressly contain the words “autumn moon” or a similar reference to the moon within the season\, such as “October moon” or “first frost moon.” Traditional kigo may also be used (scarecrow\, crickets\, or harvest as examples). \n\nPoems should be submitted within the body of an email addressed to plumtreetavern (at) gmail (dot) com.\nUp to three poems may be submitted. Please place Autumn Moon in the subject line of any submission. \nAt the editor’s discretion\, submissions may be selected for publication in regular editions of Plum Tree tavern. \n\nPlum Tree Tavern invites original and previously unpublished poetry of green witness and red protest. \nClimate change and social and economic repression are inextricably linked. The crowd denying or preventing effective responses to global warming is the same crowd repressing equality within society. \nFor the green witness and ecopoetic half of the equation\, Plum Tree seeks work focusing on specific images of physical nature. Work that focuses on the image in nature as it exists is greatly preferred over the writer’s judgments of the image. \nThe term “red protest” is deliberately used here to call for poetical works of leftist resistance. The tavern is not looking for wishy washy give peace a chance plea bargains but for work with a sharper edge. But manifesto\, diatribe and polemic without poetical structure or elements isn’t the ticket either. \n\nWorks of up to 40 lines sounds about right. Longer work will be considered. One submission of up to three poems per month sounds about right\, too. Speaking of the calendar\, please submit seasonal work: in season.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-plum-tree-tavern-seeks-submissions-on-the-theme-autumn-moon/
LOCATION:Plum Tree Tavern
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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UID:1423-1668585600-1668618000@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:PFN - Atticus Review Seeks Submissions on the Theme of "Language"
DESCRIPTION:The writing in Atticus Review is unashamed\, unadorned\, and unafraid. The stories we love are often lonely\, and sometimes ugly\, but we’re also deeply attracted to the bright\, bold\, and hope-infused. \nWe like hybrid\, unconventional work that pushes boundaries\, elevates and edifies on an intellectual level\, that investigates the inscrutable essence of a thing\, that avoids artifice to stand firmly in its unique voice. \nISSUE THREE: OPEN with a Special Folio on Language\nFor the December 2022 issue\, Atticus Review is looking for work for our open-themed issue. We are\, however\,  especially interested in work that engages with notions and explorations  of language. We are open to any and all interpretations of the prompt. \nThank you for your interest in publishing your work with Atticus Review. We are an online journal that publishes stories\, poems\, essays and other forms of creative digital media. \n Poetry: \nPlease submit 1-5 poems through Submittable. Simultaneous submissions are OK. In terms of style\, our bias tends toward lyrical narrative poetry\, though we’re definitely willing to read whatever — so long as it’s your best work! In other words\, think of your poems less as sermons and more as snapshots. They can be shocking\, serene\, heartbreaking\, elegant\, savage\, narrative\, surreal — or all of the above. \nFiction: \nSend one story of up to 4\,000 words. We especially like Flash Fiction. Stories that are 800 words or less. Stories that don’t need a lot of space to get their point across. If you are submitting Flash\, then you can submit up to three stories. \nWe want stories that engage our hearts and minds. Language matters. We like lyrical. We like dark humor. Most of all\, perhaps\, we want stories that matter. \nCreative Nonfiction:\nSend one piece of up to 3\,000 words. We especially like Flash CNF: pieces that are 800 words or less. \nWith  CNF\, we like seeing the small set against the big picture. We want to  know why this matters. We want writing that engages our hearts and minds. We like lyrical. We like dark humor. We like pieces that look inward and confront shame.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-atticus-review-seeks-submissions-on-the-theme-of-language/
LOCATION:Atticus Review
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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UID:1405-1668931200-1668963600@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:PFN - WayWords Literary Journal Seeks Submission on Space
DESCRIPTION:Issue 9: \nTheme\nSpace\nEditor’s tip: Whether they’re exploring uncharted territories or feeling like the walls are closing in\, sometimes your characters just need space. \nSubmissions Guidelines\nYour formatting is important! A professional presentation could mean the difference between publication and the dreaded rejection letter. The Writer’s Workout accepts submissions formatted to industry standard: Chicago Manual of Style (CMS) with slight alterations\, depending on when they’ve last updated their system. All Writer’s Workout submissions should follow the guidelines below. \nThe Writer’s Workout runs simultaneous open calls with different review teams. \nCheck our publication FAQ here. \nThe Writer’s Workout runs simultaneous open calls with different review teams. \nThe Writer’s Workout accepts .doc\, .docx\, .odt\, and links to Google Docs*. If you have questions about the submission guidelines that are not answered here\, please email Theresa.Green@writersworkout.net. \nGeneral Formatting\nWhen formatting your submission\, use the guide below. All submissions should be in English. \nBegin your document with your Title Information (below)\, add one blank line\, then begin your entry. \n\nFont: Times New Roman or Arial\, 10 or 12 pt\, black text. \nSpacing: single spaced with 1″ (25.4 mm) empty margins on all sides. \nIndentations: indented using Tab or auto-indent set to 0.5″ (12.7 mm). \nNever use the space bar to indent paragraphs. \nLayout: no extra blank space* before or after paragraphs \nScene breaks are designated by one blank line. \nNever add your entry title a second time between your Title Information and entry. \nAll submissions accepted via email: submissions@writersworkout.net \nSome submissions accepted via Dropbox\, where linked.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-waywords-literary-journal-seeks-submission-on-space/
LOCATION:WayWords Literary Journal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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UID:1408-1668931200-1668963600@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:PFN - Shooter Literary Magazine Seeks Submissions With the Theme: "On The Body"
DESCRIPTION:We’re looking for stories\, essays\, memoir and poetry on anything to do with the body and physicality: competitive sports\, endurance\, sexual attraction\, body image\, beauty\, the sense of touch\, ageing\, pregnancy and childbirth. Whatever might literally be on the body also makes for welcome subjects\, such as tattoo art\, jewellery\, clothing and fashion. In addition to thematic relevance\, we seek compelling writing that adheres to a high literary standard. \nPlease include a brief biography in your email\, noting any prior publishing experience\, and send work to submissions.shooterlitmag@gmail.com by November 20th. Documents should be in Word format\, 1.5 or double spaced\, with word count indicated at the end of the (prose) piece. Please submit only one piece of prose and/or up to three poems per issue. \nSimultaneous submissions are fine but please let us know if your work is accepted elsewhere. Any non-fiction or journalistic work selected for publication will be fact-checked. All work must be previously unpublished either in print or online. Successful writers can expect to hear from us within a few weeks of the deadline\, if not before; all other submitters will be informed of the outcome within two months.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-shooter-literary-magazine-seeks-submissions-with-the-theme-on-the-body/
LOCATION:Shooter Literary Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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UID:1400-1669017600-1669050000@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:P - As Above So Below Seeks Submissions With the Theme: "Blood/Water"
DESCRIPTION:The title comes from the axiom: “as above so below\, as within so without” and dates to the 8/9th century where its earliest recording is in Arabic on the Emerald Tablet. There are many interpretations and a great deal of scholarly research based on it\, but in essence I think of it as: all life is interconnected; the microcosm reflects the macrocosm. \nThe theme is Blood / Water \nTopics you could explore: lakes\, the sea\, streams\, rivers\, inner-replenishment\, what’s taken for granted/seen as special\, puddles\, watering cans\, kettles not boiling\, your favourite hot beverage\, inter-connectivity\, veins being like branches of a tree\, moon cycles\, seven generations back/seven generations forwards\, water memory\, blood memory… \nSubmissions\n\n\nSend 1 – 4 poems in one single document \n\n\nMaximum 40 lines each \n\n\nInclude a brief paragraph saying what inspired the poem(s) within the body of the email \n\n\nA biography of no more than 75 words within the body of the email \n\n\nAttach a Word Doc\, 12 point\, Times New Roman \n\n\nPublished and unpublished poems are welcome\, as long as credits are provided   \nDeadline is midnight on 21st November
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-as-above-so-below-seeks-submissions-with-the-themeblood-water/
LOCATION:As Above So Below
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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UID:1395-1669276800-1669309200@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:P - Green Ink Poetry Seeks Submissions For Greenwoods Collection 1.  Theme: Bud and Branch
DESCRIPTION:We are looking for beautiful works exploring Bud and Branch; Fresh growth and seasonal change\, new developments and returning ideas\, and imagery around woods and forests are all interpretations of this theme we’d particularly like to see\, and we will be selecting work for inclusion based on how well it relates to these themes. Work centred around other lifecycles\, directly relating to plant growth\, or around the use of wood (or branches\, or sticks) will also be considered. \nSubmission Details\n\n\nPoems no longer than an A4 page – we prefer shorter work generally\, but no longer than an A4 page is our only length limit. \n\n\nInclude a short bio in your submission\, including any personal social media handles or other links you would like to have listed \n\n\nNo more than 3 poems per submission \n\n\nSubmissions formatted as a word document or PDF attached to an email\, or in the body of the email itself. \n\n\nWork of an overtly sexual nature\, or that promotes any form of hatred\, racism\, or overt political stances will not be considered. \n\n\nSubmit your work by emailing us at editors@greeninkpoetry.co.uk – Please ensure that the email subject line includes “Bud And Branch Submission”.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-green-ink-poetry-seeks-submissions-for-greenwoods-collection-1-theme-bud-and-branch/
LOCATION:Green Ink Poetry
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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UID:1433-1670198400-1670284799@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:P - Mslexia's Women's Poetry Competition 2022
DESCRIPTION:Our annual comp is open to unpublished poems of any length on any subject\, and will be judged by Costa Award-winning poet Helen Mort \nYou do not have to subscribe to Mslexia to be eligible\, but you do have to self-identify as a woman. We will accept entries from women of any age of any nationality from any country. This includes under-18s. \nPlease include the title of the work on your entry. \nYour entry will be judged anonymously\, so do not put your name or contact details anywhere on the text pages of your entry. (This information should be restricted to your online Entry Form or to a cover sheet for postal entries.) \nIf you can include a word count\, please do; however\, if you don’t\, or forget to\, please don’t worry! You won’t be disqualified if you don’t include it and we will be in touch with you if there’s a problem. \nThis competition is open to unpublished poems of any length\, on any subject. Your £10 entry fee allows you to submit up to three poems. \nPrizes\n1st: £2\,000; 2nd: £500; 3rd: £250 \nUnpublished Poetry Prize for the best poem by a previously unpublished poet: £250. \nThe four winners\, plus sixteen additional finalists will have their poems published in the March issue of Mslexia.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-mslexias-womens-poetry-competition-2022/
LOCATION:Mslexia Magazine
CATEGORIES:Contest
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UID:1511-1670400000-1670432400@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:P - Under the Radar Magazine Seek Submissions.  Theme: "Journeys"
DESCRIPTION:SUBMISSION GUIDELINES\nWe especially welcome submissions of new work by writers from diverse backgrounds who have been traditionally under-represented in literature and publishing\, and actively encourage women\, writers of colour\, LGBTQ+\, Disabled\, D/deaf\, and low-income writers to consider sending us their work. \n• Please only submit previously unpublished work. \n• Send up to six poems. \n• We accept submissions from anywhere in the world. \n• All submissions must be made online through our Submittable portal during our open submission dates (see opposite). Please contact us if you are not able to access Submittable online to arrange alternative method of submission. Please do not otherwise send your work to the Nine Arches Press email or postal addresses. \n• Please send work that responds thematically in compelling and surprising ways. The connection to the theme can be interpreted freely and does not need to be obvious\, so we encourage you to keep it curious! \n• Please do not make multiple submissions by sending work you have also simultaneously submitted to other magazines\, competitions or publications\, or by sending us further work to consider before we have responded to your first submission. \n• In addition\, please do not submit and then withdraw work once submitted. \n• Please only upload your submission attachment as a Word document. We no longer accept PDFs.  \n• Please include a cover letter with your full postal address\, as well as a short biographical note (in the third person of no more than 50 words). \n• Unfortunately\, we are not able to offer payment for poems or short stories selected for publication in the magazine but we do send a complimentary copy of the magazine and offer discounts on subscription for featured writers. 10 free magazine subscriptions for low income writers who do not currently have a subscription to the magazine are made available annually every September. \n• To ensure plenty of variety\, we do not feature the same poets in consecutive issues. Please allow at least six months before submitting to the magazine again if we have published some of your poems in the most recent issue. \n• We receive a high volume of submissions. Please allow at least 12 weeks from the close of the submissions window for our reply. We always respond to every submission.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-under-the-radar-magazine-seek-submissions-theme-journeys/
LOCATION:Under the Radar Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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UID:1507-1670659200-1670691600@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to Fahmidan Journal.  Theme: "Winter in Modernity"
DESCRIPTION:SUBMISSIONS OPEN\n\n\nIssue 14 Winter in Modernity November 5th-December 10th 2022 \nun-themed pieces will still be considered for all issues! \nGeneral Submission information \nSubmissions are always free \n\n\n\n\n\n\nPoetry\n\n\nPlease submit two to four poems together in one document. Poems should be no more than 2 pages in length. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFlash Fiction\n\n\nPlease submit up to 2 pieces together in one document. Flash Fiction pieces should be no more than 750 words in length. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPolitics\, Sociology\, Economics\, History & Personal Essays\n\n\nPlease submit up to 2 pieces together in one document. Pieces should be no more than 1500 words in length
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-fahmidan-journal-theme-winter-in-modernity/
LOCATION:Fahmidan Journal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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UID:1500-1670745600-1670778000@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:PFN - The Medley Seeking Submissions on the Theme: "Mosaic"
DESCRIPTION:The Medley is now accepting entries for its eighth issue! The submission window will remain open till 11th December 2022. \n​\nFor this issue\, we are on the lookout for works that articulate the theme\, MOSAIC. \nMosaic is a form of art that originally blossomed on the walls of ancient Greek aristocrats. This centuries-old art form uses fragments of multicolored rocks\, glasses\, or other seemingly scrapable materials to weave itself into an exquisite artwork. Despite its fragmentary nature\, the art form comes together as a whole to depict the beauty present in the mundane.\n\nHumanity\, as an inspiration for art\, also forms a mosaic of sorts. The complex and layered emotions\, the multifarious expressions of identities that integrate into an individual or the cultural and social fusion formed by the diversity of people in our daily life\, are transposed forms of mosaic art. From a myriad of shades\, contrasting ideas\, and challenging stories\, an elegant whole can be formed. So\, create your own literary mosaic with personalized experiences and convoluted emotions.\nNon-themed submissions will also be accepted for the issue.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-the-medley-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-mosaic/
LOCATION:The Medley
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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UID:1502-1670832000-1670864400@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:P - DMQ Review Seeking Submissions for their Third All-Prose Poems Issue
DESCRIPTION:As an independent\, volunteer-run literary journal\, it has been our privilege to publish the work of both established and emerging poets and to do so without submission or subscription fees. We welcome American and international voices from all cultural identities in the English language. \nWe seek work that represents and invigorates the diversity of contemporary poetry and demonstrates literary excellence whether it be lyric\, free verse\, prose\, or experimental form. \nPoetry Guidelines: Submissions are open August 15\, 2022-December 12 for our 3rd all-Prose Poem Issue! Consider subscribing (free!) on the About page to receive submission updates or follow us on Facebook. In the meantime\, please familiarize yourself with what we publish by enjoying our Spring 2022 Prose Poem Issue and our extensive\, searchable Archives.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-dmw-review-seeking-submissions-for-their-third-all-prose-poems-issue/
LOCATION:DMQ Review
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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UID:1526-1670832000-1670864400@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:PFN - 86 Logic: A Celebration of Artists from the Hospitality Industry Seeks Submissions for Issue #10
DESCRIPTION:86 Logic is a quarterly magazine representing artists with roots in the hospitality industry. It is made up of a team of veteran bartenders\, servers\, and hosts who love discovering how art and hospitality intersect. Submissions are open to anyone who has worked in the industry—restaurants\, bars\, and hotels\, to name a few. \nWe pride ourselves in having an easy submission process. Unlike most publications\, printed or otherwise\, we have no restrictions on file type\, size of submission (though our ‘zine is only so big)\, or on the type of work submitted. We feel this keeps us open to all printable genres. \nCurrently we are accepting any and all forms of work including but not limited to stories\, poems and non-fiction for our print magazine that explores\, promotes\, and celebrates artists with roots in the hospitality industry.\nYou must have worked in the hospitality industry — restaurants\, bars\, hotels\, etc. — at some point in your life.  \nSubmission Guidelines are simple. There are none. Show us what you have\, however you have it.  If we like it\, we’ll work with you to get it suitable for publication. We very likely won’t publish your 85 page novella\, but we might use some of it. \nEach selected submitter will receive a copy* of the issue featuring their work. Unfortunately\, we are unable to monetarily compensate artists at this time. \n*International contributors will receive digital versions
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-86-logic-a-celebration-of-artists-from-the-hospitality-industry-seeks-submissions-for-issue-10/
LOCATION:86 Logic
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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UID:1446-1670918400-1670950800@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:PFN - Young Ravens Literary Review Seeks Submissions on "Exploring and Celebrating Womanhood"
DESCRIPTION:Issue 17 Call for Submissions!\nExploring & Celebrating Womanhood\n\n\n \nThe Priestess Tagerem\n\n\n\nWomanhood is a complex experience that involves more than motherhood or traditional expressions of femininity. From Virginia Woolf’s “a room of her own” to Maya Angelou’s “I’m a woman/ Phenomenally./ Phenomenal woman\,/ That’s me\,” women have claimed their voices unapologetically as writers and creators. \nBut there is still not enough of women’s voices and perspectives in the world. In Issue 17 of Young Ravens\, we are exploring womanhood in all forms as woven into our lives\, histories\, fairy tales\, and myths. We are looking to explore the full range of women’s experiences\, as creators\, historical figures\, the Divine Feminine\, and beyond. \nWe are inspired by a statue of the Egyptian priestess Tagerem\, who was seen as the wife of the god Re. In a version of Tagerem that exists at the Met\, she is bisected at her center. She was thought to display the ideal female form\, but we do not see her face; we only know half of her story. During the Late Period of Egyptian history\, women gained more opportunities “to record elements of their own biographies on stelae and statues” (The Metropolitan Museum of Art). \nWhat are the stories of women that are missing? Whose voices and perspectives need to be expressed today\, carved on monuments and chalked across busy streets? Ideas we would love to see you explore include: \n—Woman as a free and variable being: human.\n—Woman as seared into ink and tale\, from Eve to Cinderella. Can you trace their faces in your own\, or the other women in your lives?\n—Do you remember the day when you realized that your mother had another name before “mom\,” and wondered at the mystery of her?\n—Woman as God. What is the feminine divine\, and how can it be recovered or honored?\n—Woman as World. How does the natural world reflect the many facets of femininity?\n—Woman within. Share those moments that have broken and remade you again and again.\n—Women among us. Their stories shine and fall into shadow alongside your own—who are they? \nWe accept fiction\, nonfiction\, and poetry of all flavors\, from free verse to found.  We welcome voices across the gender spectrum\, including LGBTQIA+ creators. \nSubmissions will be accepted until December 13th\, 2022. Please check out our submission guidelines for further information.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-young-raven-literary-review-seeks-submissions-on-exploring-and-celebrating-womanhood/
LOCATION:Young Ravens Literary Review
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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UID:1438-1671091200-1671123600@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:P - Blue Heron Review Call for Submissions.  THEME: Sanctuaries and Places of Peace
DESCRIPTION:The next reading period for Blue Heron Review will be:\nDecember 1st through December 15th\, 2022\nTHEME: Sanctuaries and Places of Peace \nOur theme for the BHR 16 Spring 2023 issue is “Sanctuaries and Places of Peace.”  Our whole issue will be devoted to creating a safe haven of peace for our writers and readers.  You can describe a fictional place\, your ideal haven\, or a memory of a special place you’ve visited that has given you a feeling of serenity and peace.  The goal is to create a collection devoted to finding a peaceful place to dwell within the self\, when the outer world becomes busy or challenging.  Having a place to refresh and renew the spirit allows us to move forward and give back in positive ways.  I look forward to reading about your sanctuaries!
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-blue-heron-review-call-for-submissions-theme-sanctuaries-and-places-of-peace/
LOCATION:Blue Heron Review
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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UID:1442-1671091200-1671123600@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:P - BlueHouse Journal Seeks Submissions With the Theme: "Questions"
DESCRIPTION:Send us all your queries\, wanderings\, wonderings\, coming to’s\, coming back from’s\, who knows\, who says\, who feels\, who cares. Send us your thought out and thought around and thought through questions and quandaries. Piles of question\, batches of questions\, single questions resonating like bells\, questions and answers and questions left hanging. \nBlueHouse Journal is an experimental poetry and hybrid journal focusing in the formation of the written self. BlueHouse accepts poetry\, essay\, experimental writing\, hybrid forms\, scenes from plays\, visual poems\, audio poems and more. We DO NOT accept traditional fiction in any form. Please take these guidelines into consideration when submitting your work to us
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-bluehouse-journal-seeks-submissions-with-the-theme-questions/
LOCATION:BlueHouse Journal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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UID:1492-1671091200-1671123600@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:PFN - The Timberline Review Call for Submission.  Theme: "Dream"
DESCRIPTION:Timberline Review: General Guidelines\nWillamette Writers invites you to submit to our two programs\, the Timberline Review and Kay Snow Awards. The theme this year is DREAM. \nNew this year\, if you submit to the Timberline Review\, your piece is automatically entered into the Kay Snow Awards! As always\, Willamette Writers members may submit to Timberline Review free of charge. \nThe theme for the Timberline Review this submission year is “Dream.”  Dreams can be aspirations\, they can be ethereal\, they can be unreal or surreal. Dreams are open for interpretation\, aren’t they? Use your imagination! \nWe are seeking work in the following categories: \n\nPoetry\nFiction (flash\, short story\, novella\, and novel excerpt)\nCreative nonfiction (including essay and memoir) and Critical commentary (Writing about writing including literary analysis\, and craft instruction)\n\nThis year\, the Kay Snow Award will be chosen by our editorial staff and given to (1) the top piece and (2) the runner-up in each of the above categories. We are seeking submissions from writers 18 and up. Details about Kay Snow Student Submissions will be announced in 2023. \nAs always\, Willamette Writers members may submit to the Timberline Review free of charge. Members of the BIPOC\, LQBTQIA+ and disabilities communities are also encouraged to submit free of charge. The submission fee is not a reading fee – it helps cover the cost of the Timberline Review educational programming. \nIf you are not a member of Willamette Writers\, please use the guest submission form. Even better\, sign up as a member today!
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-the-timberline-review-call-for-submission-theme-dream/
LOCATION:Timberline Review
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - Call for Submissions for Fresh Words Magazine's Special Poetry Anthology: "Contemporary Poems"
DESCRIPTION:We are open for submissions for our SPECIAL POETRY ANTHOLOGY ‘CONTEMPORARY POEMS-2022’. Please send all submissions to specialanthologyfreshwordsmag@gmail.com as per the following \nGuidelines \n1. 3 to 4 poems (all themes and forms). We are looking for short poems (each upto 1 page in length). \n\n2. We shall not accept poems promoting or glorifying- violence\, sexual abuse\, racism \, hatred or any political ideology. \n3. Submission deadline: DECEMBER 15\, 2022.  (The selected poets will be informed on or before December 25th\, 2022 through email.). \n4.  Mention YOUR NAME followed by ‘SUBMISSIONS FOR CONTEMPORARY POEMS ANTHOLOGY-2022‘ in the subject line of your email \nGeneral Guidelines: \n1. All submissions must contain a cover letter and a short literary profile (Maximum 70 words) of the poet in the third person narrative. \n2. All submissions must be sent typed in MS Word or PDF doc as attachment with the email.  \n3. The author should mention: \nLegal Name: \nPen name (if any): \nSnail mail address: \n\n4.  The poet must send a high resolution photo(JPEG format) of self as a separate attachment with the submission. \n\n5. Simultaneous submissions are welcome but please immediately inform us in case they are accepted elsewhere.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-call-for-submissions-for-fresh-words-magazines-special-poetry-anthology-contemporary-poems/
LOCATION:Fresh Words Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - MSU Libraries Short Édition Seeks Submissions with the Theme "Water"
DESCRIPTION:Exploring the theme of Water\nMichigan State University Libraries Short Édition\, an innovative publishing platform affiliated with the international publisher Short Édition\, seeks short work (8\,000 character max\, about 1\,000 words) exploring the theme of Water. Submissions accepted through December 16\, 2022. Selected work will appear online and in MSU Short Édition machines\, and will be considered for publication internationally. This call is in conjunction with the Broad Art Museum’s 2022 fall exhibit\, Flint is Family in Three Acts\, featuring the photography of Latoya Ruby Frazier. Water\, for our purposes\, will be broadly interpreted and might include meditations on physical\, social\, racial\, environmental\, or other themes. We seek work that avoids platitudes and sentimentality\, demonstrates a deep understanding of craft\, and engages with fresh thinking. \nAccepted submissions will be included in a print issue distributed to all authors and added to MSU Libraries collections. Work will also be compiled in a themed issue available on the MSUL Short Édition site. \nPlease limit submissions to one story\, one short essay\, or up to five poems. Poems must be submitted separately. For example\, if you are submitting five poems\, each poem must be uploaded individually. Each submission should include a short biography directly beneath the work. If you do not receive an automatic confirmation email for each submission\, we have not received your work. \nPlease do not submit previously published work for themed issues.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-msu-libraries-short-edition-seeks-submissions-with-the-theme-water/
LOCATION:MSU Libraries Short Édition
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:F - The Molotov Cocktail Flash Contest Series Call for Submissions.  Theme: "Flash Monster"
DESCRIPTION:It’s after midnight\nsomewhere…\n \nSubmit to Flash Monster\nWell\, here’s something different. We’ve been running Halloween contests since 2014\, but this year\, in true nightmare before Christmas fashion\, we’re kicking off our Flash Monster contest mid-October and running it up until the holidays are upon us. \nThat may change the calculations on your lab-grown abominations a little bit; might be time to make your sins against Nature a touch more festive. \nThere’s plenty of room for holiday-themed horror here\, but we also don’t want to see 50 killer Santa Clauses or dozens of Krampuses (Krampi?). Mix things up. Winter themes work (we do love a good snow beast). So do monsters totally unrelated to winter and the holidays. \nIf you participated in or read our Folked-Up Flash contest earlier this year\, you know we’ve got a wicked hankering for folk horror\, and that’s not a bad angle to go here either. Tap into ancient pagan rituals. Subvert traditional holiday tropes. Gifts with sinister implications? Granted wishes with ironic outcomes? The holidays are a good time to mess with classical elements. A little sentimentality with your depravity? Sure\, why the hell not. We’re not monsters. Or just write about something gnarly and weird; that’s the whole point\, after all. \nWe like literary approaches\, but we also dig genre and pulpy takes as well.  Art house or grindhouse. Take a new approach to well-established monster archetypes or create something nobody’s ever seen before. \nYou can check out some past Flash Monster issues here\, here\, here\, here\, here\, here. \nThe top three entries will win cash money. \n$300 for Flash Monster 2022 winner \n$200 for 2nd place \n$100 for 3rd place \nWe also give mad respect to 4th-10th place\,\npublishing them in our Flash Monster mega-issue\nand in a future print anthology\, with contributor copy included. \n \nSubmit to Flash Monster\nFollow these guidelines\, and your best nightmare before Christmas could come true. \n– All submissions must absolutely be under 1\,000 words\, and we tend to look more kindly on 750 or fewer because… THREE-HEADED SQUIRREL! \n– All contest submissions will be read blind\, so we won’t be playing favorites. \n– Please paste your entry into the corresponding field. Do not list your name anywhere or we’ll assume you won’t be able to accurately recite the words that break the curse. \n– Submissions must be previously unpublished work\, and you will retain copyright (duh). By entering this contest\, you give us permission to publish your work (if selected for our Top 10) both online and in a future print anthology. \n– No limit on how many entries you can submit\, but you must submit them one at a time. Don’t just mash them all in there. \n– Contest soft deadline is end of day (PST) Monday\, December 5th\, 2022. Winners announced on December 19th and we’ll unwrap the Flash Monster 2022 mega-issue before the eggnog turns. \n– And\, most importantly\, this is a FLASH MONSTER contest\, so you must include some sort of literal or figurative monster. But again\, this can be in any form imaginable.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-the-molotov-cocktail-flash-contest-series-call-for-submissions-theme-flash-monster/
LOCATION:The Molotov Cocktail Flash Contest Series
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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