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SUMMARY:P - The VOLE Summer Single Poem Competition: "Autumn makes me sing"
DESCRIPTION:The VOLE Summer Competition\n​’AUTUMN MAKES ME SING’\n\nNO THEME (despite the title) – poems on any subject are invited\n​Open to international entries\n1st Prize: £50; 2nd Prize: £30; 3rd Prize: £20.\n50 poems will be selected and published in an anthology and all poets included will receive a free copy. \nDorothy Parker famously said:\n“Summer makes me drowsy.\nAutumn makes me sing.\nWinter’s pretty lousy\,\nbut I hate Spring.”\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n We don’t hate Spring — In March and April we thoroughly enjoyed editing  the VOLE 2024 Spring Anthology\, GREEN FUSES\, from the entries to our Winter/Spring Competition. Now we’re planning an Autumn Anthology based on poems entered in our Summer Competition. As always\, the anonymously entered poems will be judged by an external adjudicator and 1st\, 2nd and 3rd prizes will be awarded. 50 of the poems will be included in AUTUMN MAKES ME SING\, published in October 2024. Our judge is to be Kathryn Southworth\, poet and academic\, the author of a collection and three pamphlets of poetry\, and co-author of a third (with Belinda Singleton).\n\n\n\n\nWe invite you to enter poems on any topic\, up to 30 lines plus title\, previously unpublished and original\, not translations. \nEntry fee: 1 poem: £5.50; up to 3 poems: £10.50.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-the-vole-summer-single-poem-competition-autumn-makes-me-sing/
LOCATION:The VOLE Summer Single Poem Competition
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:PFN - The MockingOwl Roost Seeking Submissions on: Dragon Scales and Other Tails
DESCRIPTION:MockingOwl Roost Submission Guidelines\nThemes are intentionally vague to leave the concept up to the writer’s interpretation. \nWe have some specific things we’re looking for\, but even if your work doesn’t fit these exactly\, send it anyway (unless they break our “we don’t publish” guidelines). We’re dedicated to helping writers get published in almost any genre or type\, even if it doesn’t fit our “norm.” We love unique! \n\nFlash fiction (250 words or fewer): Any genre\nShort fiction (under 5\,000 words): Any genre\nLengthy short stories and serialized fiction: If you have a serialized story or work of fiction longer than 5\,000 words\, please send them along. We love long-running\, well-connected stories.\nOpinion: On just about any topic out there\nPoetry: Long and short form\nPersonal essays: Have an interesting essay? Submit the full manuscript\n\n  \nThere is no reading fee for submissions to the MockingOwl Roost. \nWe accept simultaneous submissions on a few conditions. Because of the many complications that accompany simultaneous submissions\, we will accept them on conditions that \n\nIf the piece is accepted elsewhere before we commission\, you will let us know immediately.\nOnce we have accepted a piece for publication\, you will inform others that the piece is no longer available for publication.\nOnce we begin the editing process\, you may no longer withdraw the piece from our publication calendar. If issues arise due to legal reasons or other legitimate reasons\, we will discuss the procedures at this time.\n\nWe gladly accept multiple submissions\, with these limitations: \n\n\n\nEach piece longer than 3 pages should be submitted in a separate document.\nOn all submission files\, include your full name and the title of the work.\nYou may submit up to 15 poems\, 15 essays\, 15 short stories/serialized fiction works\, or 15 other works at this time\, with a combination of no more than 20 written works. All poetry may be submitted together in a single file. All flash fiction or micro essays may be submitted together in a single file. All other works should be submitted in separate files.\nIf you do not follow these limitations in submissions\, you will be asked to resubmit following the guidelines or will automatically be rejected\, depending on the editor’s discretion.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-the-mockingowl-roost-dragon-scales-and-other-tails/
LOCATION:The MockingOwl Roost
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - Call for Submisions to Rabbit: a journal for nonfiction poetry. Theme: Extinction
DESCRIPTION:Rabbit is currently accepting submissions for Issue 40: the EXTINCTION Issue. \nThe sixth mass extinction bears the marks of centuries of capitalist accumulation. While the science of climate catastrophe is well documented and broadly accepted\, ways of preventing extinction are far from settled. Poetry has engaged with the destructive nature of capitalism and imperial expansion since early English industrialisation\, and contemporary poetry confronts these questions with aesthetic curiosity and force. If it feels impossible to imagine a future\, poetry offers itself as a site to do just that. \nEXTINCTION asks for poetry inspired by science and ecology\, geopolitical/materialist writing\, writing from avant-garde or prophetic traditions\, and human–nonhuman relations. \nEXTINCTION considers the social and economic inequalities produced by capitalism’s climate catastrophes\, its effects on gender\, social relations\, and the dialectic of classes and nations. It demands we look at what is possible beyond what has already been. \nWe’re especially interested in non-Western poetic forms\, and work that explores non-Western perspectives on relations between empire\, colony and production. \n  \nWe invite poets to send up to 3 poems in one document through Rabbit’s Submittable site. Please include in the cover letter of your submission: \n• full contact details (postal address\, email) \n• 50-word max. bio \n• a short (50-word max.) response to the following: “What is the role of the poem in an era of decline?”
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-rabbit-a-journal-for-nonfiction-poetry-extinction/
LOCATION:Rabbit Poetry
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - Last Leaves Magazine Seeking Submisions on the Theme: Feral
DESCRIPTION:Theme for Issue 9: Feral​\n\n\nIn this issue we invite you to unleash the feral animal that lives within your poet heart. Show us the wild creature you’ve hidden\, or the ferocious existence you wish you could live out. We want to read your untamed poetry before it has been cultivated by society. Or\, you can send us poems that touch on an encounter with the feral. What beasts have you known? Have you stared into the eyes of an animal and felt that nature itself stared back? Write it down\, send it our way\, take us with you into the wilderness. \n\n\n\n\nSubmission guidelines:\n\n\nWe do not accept AI-generated poetry. \n\n\nPlease send up to 5 poems (no more than 10 pages) as a single Word (.doc or .docx) attachment. Please start each poem on a new page. All work should be single-spaced and in Times New Roman\, 12-point font. \n\n\nDo not include your name or contact information in the documents. \n\n\nSubmitters are welcome to send work through Duosuma\, once per submission period per category and up to 5 pieces in each category. \n\n\nPlease include a brief 50-word bio. Include your name as you would like it to appear in the magazine\, your email\, and links to your website and/or social media (if desired). We will trim the bio as-needed if it exceeds the word count. \n\n\n​ \nSimultaneous submissions are accepted\, though please send us a message ASAP if your work is accepted elsewhere. We do not accept previously published work\, but we love reading your poems on Instagram @lastleavesmag. \nPlease only submit once per issue and wait until the next reading period to submit again. We hope to respond to each submission within two months. As with most literary magazines\, we’re volunteers and doing our best. We thank you in advance for your  patience.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-last-leaves-magazine-seking-submisions-on-the-theme-feral/
LOCATION:Last Leaves Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - NonBinary Review Seeking Submissions on: False Memories
DESCRIPTION:NonBinary Review is currently open for submissions on the theme of FALSE MEMORIES. \nFalse memories first came to public consciousness in the 1980s when a group of pre-schoolers at a California preschool were coached by well-meaning social workers and police investigators into “remembering” Satanic abuse that never happened. The fallout from that episode wasn’t just the persecution of an innocent family\, but a nationwide mass delusion now known as “the Satanic Panic\,” where authorities were warning the public about supposed widespread satanic cults committing heinous acts of abuse. Not a single one of these warnings were founded in fact\, and it is now known that a large number of them were propaganda. \nBut false memories aren’t always bad. There is a common phenomenon wherein people hear stories of their early childhoods so often that those stories turn into “memories.” It is common in dreams to have “memories” of things that happened to the dream self\, but not to the real self. Or a person might believe that they took their regular medication\, brought in the garbage bins\, or picked up the mail when they haven’t. \nWe’re looking for weird and wonderful stories of not just the memories themselves\, but of their production\, their repercussions\, their wider meanings. We’re looking for false memories that might have changed history\, that led to remarkable discoveries\, that impacted lives. \nWe’re NOT looking stories of recovered memories. Recovered memories are memories of real events that have been suppressed because they’re traumatic\, and are a widely disputed phenomenon. We would also like to avoid stories centering abuse\, trauma\, and violence. \nPoetry\nAll submissions must have a clear relationship to our theme and be submitted in 12pt Times New Roman\, or they will be rejected. Submitters may include up to THREE poems per submission\, but each must be a separate file. NonBinary Review pays a $10 flat fee for poetry. \nProse\nAll submissions must have a clear relationship to our theme\, and be double-spaced in 12pt Times New Roman or they will be rejected. NonBinary Review  pays 1¢ per word for prose with a limit of 3000 words. \nWe have different teams evaluating poetry and prose. If you submit to the wrong genre\, your submission will be declined.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-nonbinary-review-seeking-submissions-on-false-memories/
LOCATION:NonBinary Review
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to The MockingOwl Roost. Theme: All the World’s a Stage
DESCRIPTION:Themes are intentionally vague to leave the concept up to the writer’s interpretation. \nWe have some specific things we’re looking for\, but even if your work doesn’t fit these exactly\, send it anyway (unless they break our “we don’t publish” guidelines). We’re dedicated to helping writers get published in almost any genre or type\, even if it doesn’t fit our “norm.” We love unique! \n\nFlash fiction (250 words or fewer): Any genre\nShort fiction (under 5\,000 words): Any genre\nLengthy short stories and serialized fiction: If you have a serialized story or work of fiction longer than 5\,000 words\, please send them along. We love long-running\, well-connected stories.\nOpinion: On just about any topic out there\nPoetry: Long and short form\nPersonal essays: Have an interesting essay? Submit the full manuscript\n\n  \nThere is no reading fee for submissions to the MockingOwl Roost. \nWe accept simultaneous submissions on a few conditions. Because of the many complications that accompany simultaneous submissions\, we will accept them on conditions that \n\nIf the piece is accepted elsewhere before we commission\, you will let us know immediately.\nOnce we have accepted a piece for publication\, you will inform others that the piece is no longer available for publication.\nOnce we begin the editing process\, you may no longer withdraw the piece from our publication calendar. If issues arise due to legal reasons or other legitimate reasons\, we will discuss the procedures at this time.\n\nWe gladly accept multiple submissions\, with these limitations: \n\n\n\nEach piece longer than 3 pages should be submitted in a separate document.\nOn all submission files\, include your full name and the title of the work.\nYou may submit up to 15 poems\, 15 essays\, 15 short stories/serialized fiction works\, or 15 other works at this time\, with a combination of no more than 20 written works. All poetry may be submitted together in a single file. All flash fiction or micro essays may be submitted together in a single file. All other works should be submitted in separate files.\nIf you do not follow these limitations in submissions\, you will be asked to resubmit following the guidelines or will automatically be rejected\, depending on the editor’s discretion.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-the-mockingowl-roost-theme-all-the-worlds-a-stage/
LOCATION:The MockingOwl Roost
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - Call for Submissions to Dipity Literary Magazine: Cat-themed or feline-inspired
DESCRIPTION:MEOW!  You must submit previously unpublished poetry for our upcoming print issue. \n\nWrite up to 3 poems BUT they must be cat-themed or feline-inspired\, for instance. it could be a poem about your cat\, or if you don’t own a cat — a poem about a cat object i.e. a cat keychain\, a cat museum Egyptian sculpture or abstract meow painting\, cat graffiti art on a wall\, or a group of street cats that you photographed.\nTitle or nickname each poem. \nEach poem should have a brief backstory paragraph on a separate page about 5-8 sentences.\nEach poem should have a few photos that you’ve taken yourself to choose from in the event we select it for print issues\, online\, or both. The photos should NOT include you in them as we only ask for profile photos after acceptance.\nPlease do not put any identifying information inside your document or file name.\n\nWe are only selecting 11 poems for our sub-section so it’ll close quick if we hit our caps\, but remember from time to time we select poems for the online tank and then may inform you about print selection if accepted. We’ll determine if it’ll go into online\, print\, or both if accepted. Contributors receive a private heavily discounted link to purchase the print issue and can share it with fam and friends and the issue will be available to read digitally online until the next release. We are no longer able to make first-time subs free over just our print calls so please follow our guidelines carefully. Take some time to scan our most recent issue in the READ section of our site — issue no. 4 is a good example. \nIf you’re a photographer and are interested in donating photos to us or becoming a contributing photographer and have any that may fit an upcoming theme you can reach out to us via the contact form at the bottom of our staff page. You can also hop into our Discord or chat channel.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-call-for-submissions-to-dipity-literary-magazine-cat-themed-or-feline-inspired/
LOCATION:Dipity Literary Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - The Muleskinner Journal Seeking Submissions for Journal Eleven. Theme: Grounded
DESCRIPTION:For Journal 11:  \nWe are grounded. We walk slowly\, speak clearly\, open our senses\, accept beauty\, seek communion\, remain calm. \nYou are grounded. Saturday night will have to be “live” without you. It just ain’t fair\, and you can’t wait ‘til you can get out on your own. \nThey are grounded. It’s kind of like punishing yourself\, having the kids home all weekend\, but they gotta learn that some things ain’t okay. \nEveryone’s grounded. The planes won’t fly. Damn that weather. We were so ready to leave. \nGrounded. Grounded out. Ground up. Ground down. Rumors of an underground. The daily grind that grinds you down. The daily grind that perks you up. \nOur theme is grounded.\nIt’s where we start each day\, down on the earth\, on the ground but getting up\, comfortable in our skins\, ground zero for ourselves. \nOur wires are properly grounded\, but we still might be shocked. We might even like being shocked. \n  \nWe’ll be Grounded until July 31. Then\, who knows…
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-the-muleskinner-journal-seeking-submissions-for-journal-eleven-theme-grounded/
LOCATION:The Muleskinner Journal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Amsterdam Quarterly Seeking Submissions on: Migration
DESCRIPTION:AQ41’s theme\, (reading period July 2024)\, is Migration. Whether you have observed the annual migrations of birds\, amphibians\, fish\, reptiles\, mammals\, or the temporary or permanent geographical dislocations of people\, send us work that has moved you to commemorate these journeys. \nYou may submit work to Amsterdam Quarterly at submissions@amsterdamquarterly.org \nWork must be previously unpublished and submitted in a recent Microsoft Word file format. (Self-published work is considered as published). Poems should be no longer than two A4 pages; articles\, fiction\, essays and other prose\, no more than 3\,000 words. Artwork and photography files should be no larger than one megabyte (1MB). Submit no more than two pieces (for example\, two poems or one poem and one short story) per person per reading period. Please indicate your last name and Amsterdam Quarterly submission in the subject line of your e-mail. \nAQ retains first publication and serialization rights for its online magazine as well as for its print-on-demand yearbook. No simultaneous submissions. Please note: due to increased postage and printing costs and new customs duties and tariffs\, as of issue #33 (spring 2022)\, AQ will only be able to offer one copy of the AQ Yearbook as payment to its published artists and writers for their work.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-amsterdam-quarterly-seeking-submissions-on-migration/
LOCATION:Amsterdam Quarterly
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Open Call for The Spoon Knife Anthology Series.  Theme: Numbers
DESCRIPTION:Call for Submissions: Spoon Knife 9 \nAutonomous Press is now accepting submissions of short fiction\, short literary memoir\, and poetry for the ninth volume of Spoon Knife\, our annual genre-bending lit anthology. \nTimeline \nThe deadline for submissions is July 31st\, 2024. \nContributors will be notified of acceptance or rejection by the end of 2024. \nSpoon Knife 9 will be published in Spring 2025. \nTheme \nIn celebration of the ninth year of Spoon Knife\, the theme for Spoon Knife 9 is Numbers – stories in which numbers or counting or our relationship to numbers matter in some way. \nIs there safety in numbers? \nAre we defined by numbers? In what ways do your measurements\, your IQ\, your BMI\, your credit score matter? Can your existence be encoded as data? Why do we measure what we measure\, and how are these quantifiers used as a means of societal control? \nOr think of the Old Testament book of Numbers\, concerned with census taking. Who counts and who doesn’t count? \nNumbers as friends or enemies\, stories of dyscalculia or math savants; stories about rounding errors\, countdowns\, numerology; lucky or unlucky numbers; stories about lotteries or elections are all fair game. \nNumbers can be rational and irrational\, as can the contributions to Spoon Knife 9: Numbers. Authors are encouraged to interpret the theme broadly\, twisting and queering as needed. \nFormat \nAll submissions must be sent as Word documents (.doc or .docx files). \nProse submissions (fiction and memoir) must meet the following criteria: \n12-point Times New Roman font\, double-spaced.\nFirst line of each paragraph indented.\nNo extra whitespace between paragraphs.\nConsistent use of Oxford commas.\nThoroughly proofread and spell-checked.\nIf submitting poetry\, you may send up to 3 poems (please put them all in a single document). Poems should also be in 12-point Times New Roman font\, but do not need to be double-spaced. \nMaximum length for submissions is 10k words. Exception: You can assume this limit to be as flexible as you need it to be if you’re an author whom we’ve previously published or whose submission the editors have actively solicited. \nProcess \nEmail all submissions to sean [at] autpress [dot] com. The title of your email should be your name plus the words “Spoon Knife 9 Submission.” The body of your email must include a 1–4 sentence bio written in the third person\, with the exact name under which you wish to be credited\, no more than 150 words in length. \nOur process\, on acceptance\, includes a close copy-edit\, and we’ll check in with authors if it looks like there should be any change beyond basic typo fixes; we don’t send author proofs. \nSpoon Knife 9 will be co-edited by J.S. Allen and B. Martin Allen. \nPayment \nPayment for accepted submissions will be $20 plus 1 cent per word\, sent near the time of the book’s release.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-open-call-for-the-spoon-knife-anthology-series-theme-numbers/
LOCATION:The Spoon Knife Anthology Series
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to Icebreakers Lit: Hermit Crab Issue
DESCRIPTION:It’s summer and the hermit crabs are everywhere! In honor of their shelled and many-legged goodness\, the Icebreakers are requesting all submissions be hermit crab pieces. We’re open for CNF\, poetry\, fiction\, and that in-between stuff as long as it: \n1. is collaborative (two or more creators\, and if you don’t already have a buddy\, come play spin the bottle with us) \n2. borrows from an existing form (this is what makes it a hermit crab piece)! Send us a poem written in the form of a recipe\, a CNF in the form of a parking ticket\, micro fiction written as an astrology-a-day summary\, visual art that’s an ad for a strange toy\, etc. Whatever you want! Just make it hermit crab-y! \nAll general submission guidelines apply\, so give those a glance if you’re new here. As always\, don’t overthink it\, have fun\, get weird. \nCollaboration \nAt our minty liquid core\, Icebreakers is about fostering connection within the lit community. As such\, general and themed submissions should  be the work of two or more authors / artists (no max). If you’re coming to the party with collaborators already in mind\, great! If not\, please see our “spin the bottle” opportunity here (only available for artists that are 18+). \nWhat we accept \nIcebreakers is interested in poetry\, flash\, art\, fiction\, essays\, creative nonfiction (CNF)\, that weird little thing you wrote in your notes app but don’t know what to call\, etc. We want your art\, and we know that art comes in many glorious forms. We aren’t too picky about rules\, but to keep this reasonable\, here are a few requests: \n\nPoetry – Up to 3 pieces in any form\, any length\nFlash fiction\, micro\, and flash CNF – 3 pieces per submission\nShort fiction\, CNF\, and everything else – 1 piece per submission\, 2500 words or under\nJust make sure they’re hermit crabs!\n\nWe also accept simultaneous submissions. Just let us know if you’re published elsewhere so we can do a little celebratory dance with you. \nCover letter and bios \nWe love getting to know you\, but no need to be super formal. Most importantly\, please include the names of all collaborators. Also include a publication-ready bio for each contributor. One to three sentences should do the trick. If you would rather collaborate on a single amalgamated bio\, that’s cool\, too!
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-icebreakers-lit-hermit-crab-issue-2/
LOCATION:Icebreakers  Lit
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - Free the Verse Poetry Competitions: Nature Poetry
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to our first international poetry competition of 2024! We’re looking for all kinds of nature poetry. You are welcome to submit anything from eco / environmental poetry to pastoral poetry. As always\, we encourage you to bend the rules with both content and form… \nDeadline for entry: July 31st 2024 \n\n\nThere will be one prize winner. The winning poet will receive a prize of $100\, plus publication of their poem as a standalone piece on Free the Verse. Payment will be made via bank transfer or PayPal. \n\n\nThe entry fee is $2.49\, and you may submit 1 poem per entry. Multiple entries are permitted. All fees will be used toward 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 1 month 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.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-free-the-verse-poetry-competitions-nature-poetry/
LOCATION:Free the Verse Poetry Competitions
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:P - Bad Betty Press: Poetry Collections
DESCRIPTION:Guidelines\nPlease send a maximum of 10 pages upfront. We’ll ask for the full manuscript of shortlisted submissions. \n.pdf or .doc files are preferred. If you need to use a different format then do\, and we’ll let you know if we’re unable to open it. \nWe don’t have specific font or spacing requirements\, but please keep it clear and readable\, with no more than one poem to a page. \nKeep your email brief – no need to explain your work as we’ll expect it to speak for itself. Feel free to include a short bio. \nWe’re based in the UK\, but welcome submissions from poets anywhere in the world. \nEmail your submission to: \nFull collections (July only): submissions@badbettypress.com \nPlease direct questions or tech issues here\, but start by checking our FAQs below. \nhttps://badbettypress.com/submissions/
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-bad-betty-press-poetry-collections/
LOCATION:Bad Betty Press
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - The Alchemy Spoon Issue 13. Theme: Silence
DESCRIPTION:Please submit up to 3 brilliant\, unpublished\, original poems this issue is ‘silence’ and we welcome poems up to 40 lines on that theme \nAll your poems must be in one word document with a new page for each poem.\nThe title of each poem you submit (titles are called a piece in the submission platform) MUST be entered in the appropriate boxes in Duosuma. \nBy submitting your work you give permission for The Alchemy Spoon to publish that work and confirm that it has not been published previously in books\, magazines\, webpages or on social media. \n\nName your document: issue 13-intials-lastname\nPoems should be in 11 point Times New Roman with a maximum 40 lines not including the title\nFollow the instructions on the Duosuma Submission Manager website to submit\nYour poems\, must be in one word-compatible document\nPlease enter a 50 word bio in the third person in the Duosuma Form\nStart a new page for each poem\nWe are only able to accept submissions from those over 18\nSimultaneous submissions are permitted but please tell us straightaway if a poem is accepted for publication elsewhere\nWe aim for a speedy turn-round and will respond to every submission but we don’t offer individual feedback\nNo changes can be made after submission\nAuthors retain all rights. However\, if a poem is subsequently published elsewhere\, please acknowledge that it first appeared in The Alchemy Spoon\nOur submission window for Issue 13 will be open 1st – 31st July 2024\nIf you have a poem published in Issue 12 we ask that you wait for Issue 14 before submitting again\n\n  \n\n\nSubmit
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-the-alchemy-spoon-issue-13-theme-silence/
LOCATION:The Alchemy Spoon
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - Red Wheelbarrow Poetry Prize 2024
DESCRIPTION:Red Wheelbarrow Poetry Prize \nFinal Judge: Kim Addonizio! \nThree prizes: $1\,000\, $500\, $250 \nFive finalists published in 2024 Red Wheelbarrow Literary Magazine! \nLetterpress broadside of winning poem printed by Gary Young\, Greenhouse Review Press! \nWinners Announced October 1st\, 2024. \nSubmit up to three unpublished poems in a single manuscript. $15.00/manuscript\, one manuscript per poet. \n\nEach poem must fit onto one 8.5 x 11 inch page\n\n  \n\nDo not include any personal identifiers in the manuscript\, manuscript file name\, and the title line when submitting or submission will be subject to disqualification;\n\n\nShort bio acceptable\, not required;\n\n  \n\nDeadline to submit: 31 July 2024;\n\n\nSimultaneous submission OK but please notify immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere.\n\n\nThe contest is open to all styles of poetry from national and international participants writing in English except individuals who are employees and/or board members for Red Wheelbarrow Literary Magazine and Poetry Center San José.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-red-wheelbarrow-poetry-prize-2024/
LOCATION:Red Wheelbarrow Literary Magazine
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:F - The 2024 Sydney Hammond Memorial Short Story Competition. Theme: "The look that said it all"
DESCRIPTION:Maximum 1\,000 words  \nTheme: The look that said it all \n$17.50AU entry \nWe’re looking for stories with powerful beginnings\, rising tension\, and a climax that resonates\, to the theme of The look that said it all. Short stories about complicated relationships\, quirky happenstance and tense encounters that examine lessons learned\, cautionary tales\, surprising endings and the quirky characters that enrich our lives. Whether it’s love at first sight\, misunderstood intentions\, a big reveal\, forbidden love or a decisive moment\, play with unconventional storytelling and make the judges take notice. \nJudges are Looking for the Following \n\nWriting ability: correct tense\, point of view\, minimal redundant words and adverbs\, show not tell.\nStory arc: rising tension\, climax\, resolution.\nAdherence to the competition theme.\nSpelling & Grammar.\nLayout conforms to the competition guidelines.\n\nWant an insight into the types of stories that win first prize and get published in our anthology? \nThen grab a copy of the 2023 Anthology\, Detours. Details here. \nFirst prize: \n\nA ticket to the Children and Young Adult (CYA) Conference for 2024 (valued at $410)\nA year-long membership to the Queensland Writers Centre (QWC) valued at $79.\nAnthology cover based on the winner’s story.\n\nSecond prize: \nA year-long membership to the Queensland Writers Centre (valued at $79). \nThird prize: \nA year-long membership to the Queensland Writers Centre (valued at $79). \nWinners who are existing QWC members will win a 12-month membership extension. Winners don’t have to be Queensland-based to enjoy the many wonderful membership benefits of the QWC. \nShortlisted and Longlisted announced. \nTOP 40 published in an anthology – free copy to all published entrants. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBy entering a piece in the Sydney Hammond Short Story Award – a writing competition – you agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions. \nSydney Hammond Memorial Short Story Competition Entry Terms and Conditions 2024
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-the-2024-sydney-hammond-memorial-short-story-competition-theme-the-look-that-said-it-all/
LOCATION:Sydney Hammond Memorial Short Story Competition
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:P - The 2024 Coniston Prize
DESCRIPTION:Guidelines \nThe winner of the Coniston Prize will receive $1\,000\, and up to 10 finalists will also be awarded $175. The winner and all finalists’ poems will be featured in the October Coniston Prize Issue. \n*Fees are waived for BIPOC poets until June 8. If you wish to take advantage of this opportunity\, please submit through the “BIPOC Poets” option in Submittable before the deadline. After that time\, paid submissions will continue to be open to all eligible poets. * \nSubmit 3-5 previously unpublished poems\, totaling no more than 10 pages\, in a single document through our submissions manager. You may include a cover letter and brief bio in the comments box. Multiple submissions are acceptable with additional reading fee. \nThis award recognizes an exceptional group of poems. We therefore suggest that you submit poems that are intentionally cohesive in some way\, whether connected by subject matter\, theme\, voice\, style\, or imagery. \nPlease remove all identifying information from the poems themselves. All contest submissions will be read anonymously. \nSimultaneous submissions are acceptable\, but we cannot refund contest fees if you have to withdraw all or part of your submission. Multiple entries are acceptable with an additional fee. \nEligibility \nThe Coniston Prize is awarded to women poets. Any poet who identifies as a woman is eligible. \nIf you know the editors or our judge personally\, you should not submit your work. This includes current or former students of the editors or the judge. If such a relationship is identified\, your entry will be disqualified. If you are unsure whether your relationship would make you ineligible\, query us: radarpoetry (at) gmail (dot) com. \nConiston Prize entries are read and judged anonymously. If the editors\, or the judge\, might recognize your poems\, you are not eligible to submit. \nProcess \nEach year\, the editors first read all Coniston Prize submissions without viewing any personal information (name\, cover letter\, or bio). From these submissions\, the editors select up to 10 finalists. The finalists’ manuscripts\, free of any identifying information\, are then sent to the contest judge\, who selects a winner. \nWe look forward to reading your poems!
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-the-2024-coniston-prize/
LOCATION:The Coniston Prize
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:PFN - Bi Women Quarterly Seeking Submissions on the Theme: Child Free
DESCRIPTION:Limited Demographic: Submissions are restricted to bi+ women who identify as trans\, non-binary\, cis\, and beyond. \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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease submit your words in a word document (.doc\, docx or .rtf) or in the body of an email. 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”). \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. Mail all submissions and pitches to biwomeneditor@gmail.com. \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. \nPLEASE INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AT THE TOP OF YOUR SUBMISSION:\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.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-bi-women-quarterly-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-child-free/
LOCATION:Bi Women Quarterly
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:N - Call for Submissions to HerStry: "It’s Kind of a Funny Story"
DESCRIPTION:Limited Demographic. Submissions are restricted to “women identifying persons\, including bigender/polygender persons\, cisgender women\, intergender persons/intersex persons\, non-binary persons/gender non-conforming persons\, transgender women/transfeminine persons\, two-spirit.”\nYou wanna hear something funny? In September we’re looking for your stories of mishaps and mistakes to make us laugh and cringe. We want to know about the time you locked yourself out of the house in your underwear and had to borrow your next door neighbors phone. We want to know about the road trip gone wrong\, the family vacation from hell\, and the time your mother-in-law almost burnt down the house on Thanksgiving. Make us laugh. Make us be glad it wasn’t us. Tell us about the time you accidentally sent your crush a text professing your love for them. \n** HerStry is always happy to share stories anonymously—if your story is selected for publication\, simply let your editor know you would not like your name shared ** \nTHE RULES:  \n\nAll stories must be true and about you.\nStories must follow the theme in some way\, interpretations can be wide.\nStories must stay between 500–3\,000 words.\nDocuments should be double spaced\, 12Pt font with 1 inch margins.\nSubmissions must be in .doc or .docx form—we do not accept PDFs.\nStories are read blind. Please DO NOT put any identifying material on your manuscript. Manuscripts that don’t follow this rule will be automatically disqualified without being read. We realize personal essays may contain your name; a first name is fine.\nPlease include a third person bio. Cover letters are fine\, but not necessary (we don’t read them\, we’re more interested in what you’ve written).\nPlease submit only once per theme.\nWe do not accept previously published stories.\n\nHerStry centers the experiences of women identifying persons. We’re looking for work from bigender/polygender persons\, cisgender women\, intergender persons/intersex persons\, nonbinary persons/gender non-conforming persons\, transgender women/transfeminine persons\, two spirit. In other words\, if you are a cis man\, please refrain from submitting. \n WANT PERSONALIZED FEEDBACK? \nYou can now receive helpful feedback by selecting the “personalized critique” option on our submissions page. While getting your work critiqued does not guarantee publication\, we can help make it great for your next submissions\, whether it’s to us or someone else. \n$3 submission fee goes toward keeping HerStry sustainable. All accepted pieces receive $20 payment.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/n-call-for-submissions-to-herstry-its-kind-of-a-funny-story/
LOCATION:HerStry
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Halfway Down the Stairs Seeking Submissions on the Theme: On the Road
DESCRIPTION:Fiction OPEN\n\nWe accept fiction 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\, clichés\, and a lack of editing. \n\nDates:\n\nOpen to fiction submissions through 01 February 2022* (approx. 36 days from now).0\n\nAudience:\nOpen to a broad Audience. Excluding: Children.\nGenres:\n\n\n\n\nGENRE\nSUBGENRES\n\n\n\n\nGeneral General\n\n\n\nOpen to all/most Genres Open to all/most Genres\nExcluding: Erotica.\n\n\n\n\nStyles:\nOpen to all/most Styles\, including: Humorous\, Literary\, Mainstream\, Realist.\nTopics:\nOpen to all/most Topics\, including: Other (May vary).\nTheme(s): Frontiers\nTypes/Lengths:\n\n\n\n\nTYPE\nLENGTH DETAILS\n\n\n\n\nFlash Fiction Flash Fiction\nUp to 1\,000 words.\n\n\nShort Story Short Story\n1\,000 – 5\,000 words.\n\n\n\n\nPayscale:\nWe list broad pay categories rather than payment pecifics. Check with the publisher for details.\n\n\n\n\n\nNo monetary payment No monetary payment.\n\n\n\n\nSubmissions:\n\n\n\n\nELECTRONIC\nPOSTAL\nREPRINTS\nSIMULTANEOUS\nMEDIA\n\n\n\n\n OK\n No\n No\n OK\nText format submissions\n\n\n\n\n\nAlways check guidelines for details and restrictions. If you aren’t familiar with these terms\, see our  glossary.\n* We do not know the time and/or timezone\, so we cannot be more precise. Submit early to avoid disappointment.\n\n\n\n\n\nNonfiction OPEN\n\nWe accept creative nonfiction related to the theme of the issue. 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. \n\nDates:\n\nOpen to nonfiction submissions through 01 February 2022* (approx. 36 days from now).1\n\nAudience:\nOpen to a broad Audience. Excluding: Children.\nStyles:\nOpen to all/most Styles\, including: Humorous\, Literary\, Mainstream\, Personal.\nTopics:\nOpen to all/most Topics\, including: Other (May vary).\nTheme(s): Frontiers\nTypes/Lengths:\n\n\n\n\nTYPE\nLENGTH DETAILS\n\n\n\n\nEssay Essay\nUp to 3\,000 words.\n\n\nNarrative Nonfiction Narrative Nonfiction\nUp to 3\,000 words.\n\n\n\n\nPayscale:\nWe list broad pay categories rather than payment specifics. Check with the publisher for details.\n\n\n\n\n\nNo monetary payment No monetary payment.\n\n\n\n\nSubmissions:\n\n\n\n\nELECTRONIC\nPOSTAL\nREPRINTS\nSIMULTANEOUS\nMEDIA\n\n\n\n\n OK\n No\n No\n OK\nText format submissions\n\n\n\n\n\nAlways check guidelines for details and restrictions. If you aren’t familiar with these terms\, see our  glossary.\n* We do not know the time and/or timezone\, so we cannot be more precise. Submit early to avoid disappointment.\n\n\n\n\n\nPoetry OPEN\n\nWe 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. \n\nDates:\n\nOpen to poetry submissions through 01 February 2022* (approx. 36 days from now).1\n\nAudience:\nOpen to a broad Audience. Excluding: Children.\nGenres:\n\n\n\n\nGENRE\nSUBGENRES\n\n\n\n\nGeneral General\n\n\n\nOpen to all/most Genres Open to all/most Genres\nExcluding: Erotica.\n\n\n\n\nPoetry Forms:\nOpen to all/most Forms.\nStyles:\nOpen to all/most Styles\, including: Humorous\, Literary\, Mainstream\, Realist.\nTopics:\nOpen to all/most Topics\, including: Other (May vary).\nTheme(s): Frontiers\nTypes/Lengths:\n\n\n\n\nTYPE\nLENGTH DETAILS\n\n\n\n\nPoem Poem\nNo line limits known; Up to 3 pieces.\n\n\n\n\nPayscale:\nWe list broad pay categories rather than payment specifics. Check with the publisher for details.\n\n\n\n\n\nNo monetary payment No monetary payment.\n\n\n\n\nSubmissions:\n\n\n\n\nELECTRONIC\nPOSTAL\nREPRINTS\nSIMULTANEOUS\nMEDIA\n\n\n\n\n OK\n No\n No\n OK\nText format submissions\n\n\n\n\n\nAlways check guidelines for details and restrictions. If you aren’t familiar with these terms\, see our  glossary.\n* We do not know the time and/or timezone\, so we cannot be more precise. Submit early to avoid disappointment.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-halfway-down-the-stairs-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-on-the-road/
LOCATION:Halfway Down the Stairs
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - About Place Journal Seeking Submisins on: Shaping Destiny: Election Season\, Before\, During and After
DESCRIPTION:Shaping Destiny: Election Season\, Before\, During and After\nThe election is upon us. We have been watching how rights have been taken away and how so many things that meant progress are being attacked and reversed. The inequitable economy is looming\, evidenced by daily suffering from food and housing insecurity. \nMany issues improved over the last 80 years\, but are now in danger. Civil and reproductive rights\, an awareness of colonialism\, the development of gender-positive norms all came into existence\, only to be attacked. More recently\, the college campuses have erupted in support of Palestinians and against the genocide in Gaza. The support for Palestine is a sharp break from the past and will continue in spite of intense repression. \nThis election will have consequences. Sharp divisions in society could get worse with feared consequences arising. The threat of authoritarianism is very real and creates a world of reaction\, which promises to drag society back before the days of the civil rights movement and the counterculture\, and to result in even more widespread incarceration of both immigrants and others. Any efforts to address climate change and protect the non-human will likely disappear. \nNow\, before the election\, we are called upon to expose the attacks and show ways that we remain strong. There is no doubt that things would get much worse under another Trump presidency. Biden also makes it harder with the support for Israel and other disappointments. How these play out is rich ground for your insights about how we can get through the next months. We expect that the submissions will reflect such tension. \nAfter the election there will be work\, however the election goes. The fight to regain lost rights is a powerful voice\, as we see in moves to reverse limits on and criminalize reproductive freedom in critical states. The campus encampments will not vanish\, police violence will continue to see local and national exposure and resistance. Immigration and concomitant conflicts will continue. Indigenous people still cry out for freedom and sovereignty. The land needs protection and love\, as do all its creatures\, of which humans are only a small part. Art is a force for all this. \nBlack Earth Institute is committed to a worldview that integrates social justice with a commitment to protecting the environment and engaging with these issues through spiritual practice and creative art. We encourage contributors to explore how matters of the spirit and environmental thinking influence their observations about the coming election. \nShaping Destiny is looking for your work reflecting the pre-election\, election\, and post-election periods. We are looking for poetry and prose (creative nonfiction\, fiction\, and flash essays).
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-about-place-journal-seeking-submisins-on-shaping-destiny-election-season-before-during-and-after/
LOCATION:About Place Journal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to PRISM international. Theme: Spells
DESCRIPTION:GENERAL SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:\nSubmissions must be made through Submittable. We do not accept submissions via email or mail\, except from incarcerated writers. For all other submitters\, we charge a $3.00 reading fee per submission. Writers for whom the $3.00 fee is prohibitive are welcome to submit using the Inclusive Access option on Submittable. \nSubmissions should be typed\, double-spaced\, and paginated. Please specify the genre of your submission in your cover letter. All submissions should be set in Times New Roman\, 12-point font. \nInclude in your cover letter your full contact information (including your email address) and a bio of 50 words or fewer that makes reference to where you live. \nWe accept simultaneous submissions\, and we ask that you let us know if your piece is accepted elsewhere\, OR withdraw it from our Submittable. We purchase first North American serial rights and pay $40 per printed page for prose and $45 per printed page for poetry. Contributors also receive two copies of the issue in which their work appears. \nWe encourage submissions from Indigenous writers\, writers of colour\, writers with disabilities\, LGBTQQIP2SAA+ writers\, and writers from other intersectional and marginalized groups\, including low-income earners. If you identify as one or more of the above and would like to let us know\, please mention it in your cover letter. \n\nPROSE GUIDELINES\n\n\nWe accept fiction\, creative non-fiction\, and literary essays. We do not publish rhetorical\, academic\, or strictly journalistic non-fiction.\n\n\nOur preferred length for submissions is 4\,000 words or less. We have a limited page count and aim to feature a variety of voices.\n\nSubmit only one piece at a time\, unless you are submitting flash fiction or non-fiction (under 1\,000 words)\, in which case you may submit up to three pieces in a single document. Please wait to hear back before submitting again.\n\nIf you have any questions about these guidelines or a piece you’ve already submitted\, please email Sierra Louie at prism.prose@ubc.ca. \n\nPOETRY GUIDELINES\n\n\nSubmit up to four poems\, to a maximum of six pages. Do NOT submit six one-page poems.\n\n\nWe welcome cross-genre and interdisciplinary poetry and poetics.\n\n\nIn your cover letter\, please specify the number of poems you are submitting and list the titles of the poems.\n\n\nPoetry submissions should be typed and single-spaced. If you would like to submit poems with alternate spacing\, please mention it in your cover letter and submit a PDF instead of a Word document.\n\n\nIf you have any questions about these guidelines or a piece you’ve already submitted\, please email Ayda Niknami at prism.poetry@ubc.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-prism-international-theme-spells/
LOCATION:PRISM international
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Snowflake Magazine Seeking Submission for the Sapphic/Achillian Issue
DESCRIPTION:The Sapphic/Achillian Issue\n\n\n\n\nSnowflake magazine is looking for submissions of poetry\, essays and flash fiction from self-identifying queer creators. Being queer already often sits outside the norm\, so we encourage your pieces to do the same – really think outside the box! \n​For the safety of our editors\, submissions without detailed trigger warnings will be rejected outright.\nThe submission itself should either be made by or involve an artist who identifies as LGBTQ+ (or both!). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease read the relevant submission guidelines before you submit.Click here to open them in a new window.\n\n\nOften it is easy to assume that the majority of the LGBTQ+ community is mostly just the Ls and Gs\, but that isn’t the case\, and is not the primary focus of this issue.  \nSapphic\, and its MLM equivalent Achillian\, seeks to understand and explore the idea of same-sex/gender relationships among cis and trans people. We want to hear from the gay transmascs or the cishet couple that became a lesbian relationship. We want to hear from the polyamorous bisexual with a same-sex partner\, or non-binary people vibing hard together in their puddle of genderfluid. We want to hear from the girls\, the guuurls\, the butches\, the fags\, femmes\, twinks\, DINKs\, dykes and bears. The aros\, aces and the greys. \nWhatever your gender identity or sexual preferences\, put the ‘same’ in same sex/gender and show us in writing and poetry how you homo your sexuality. \n\n\nHave you read the Illiad and stories of Achilles? What are your thoughts on the different historic interpretations of Achilles and Patroclus’ relationship?  \n\n\nHow do you feel about the famous fragments of Sappho’s writing “someone will remember us I say even in another time”? \n\n\nWhat is your first experience of finding someone the same sex or gender as you attractive? \n\n\nWhat are some quintessential examples of gay/lesbian culture? Including specifically gay transmasc or lesbian transfemme culture? \n\n\nDo you identify as ‘T4T’? Why do you think many transpeople do? \n\n\nHave you ever been in an opposite gender relationship\, and how did it compare to a same gender one? \n\n\nWhat stereotypes of queer culture do you personally identify with or find hilarious? i.e Transfemme tech geeks\, transmascs with pet rats and septum rings\, bisexuals with cuffed jeans and rolled up sleeves\, lesbians moving in together after a week of dating and adopting 100 rescue dogs etc \n\n\nHave you ever been in love with your best friend and realized you were gay/lesbian because of it? \n\n\nWhat movie or fictional character was your “queer awakening”? \n\n\nWhat makes a man/woman/person beautiful to you? \n\n\nWhat does gay/lesbian domesticity look like to you? \n\n\nHow does it feel as someone who is outside the gender binary to have a self described gay/lesbian person fall for/ be attracted to you? \n\n\nFlagging: what rituals\, secret languages and social queues have we evolved over the years to flirt and signal to each other discreetly. \n\n\n“When I’m with a woman it’s lesbian\, when I’m with a man it’s gay” how does this description of non-binary attraction feel to you? Does it resonate with your own experiences? \n\n\nWhat examples of gay and lesbian solidarity do you love throughout history? Eg “cocksuckers for muffdivers”\, LGSM\, and lesbians caring for aids victims. \n\n\nHow does it feel to grow up having to “translate ” the romances we see in popular media to suit us. \n\n\nThe Bechdel-Wallace test was originally a comic about being able to imagine female characters as lesbians. Why has this meaning often been overlooked? How does this change your views on it if you didn’t know this before? Do you have a personal equivalent for creating your own queer headcanons? \n\n\nDescribe your perfect day with your significant other. \n\n\nHave you ever had a waiter choose which of you to assign as “the man” in the relationship by giving them the bill when out on a date? How did it feel? \n\n\nWhat historical examples do you know of gay and lesbian couples teaming up for security and fake heterosexuality\, beards and frocks? \n\n\nWhat are your thoughts or experiences of gay and lesbian couples teaming up for sperm donations/ surrogacy? \n\n\nAs a trans person do you feel welcome in gendered gay/lesbian spaces such as bars\, saunas\, support and social groups? What are your experiences of this? \n\n\nThe experience of a “straight” couple having to redefine their relationship with their own sexuality when one transitions is not so rare. Have you experienced this?
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-snowflake-magazine-seeking-submission-for-the-sapphic-achillian-issue/
LOCATION:Snowflake Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - The First Line Seeking Submissions that begin: "When she was eight\, Alice Henderson briefly held the world record for filling her mouth with marbles."
DESCRIPTION:The purpose of The First Line is to jump start the imagination–to help writers break through the block that is the blank page. Each issue contains short stories that stem from a common first line; it also provides a forum for discussing favorite first lines in literature. The First Line is an exercise in creativity for writers and a chance for readers to see how many different directions we can take when we start from the same place. \nWe love that writers around the world are inspired by our first lines\, and we know that not every story will be sent to us. However\, we ask that you do not submit stories starting with our first lines to other journals (or post them online on public sites) until we’ve notified you as to our decision (usually four weeks after the deadline). When the entire premise of the publication revolves around one sentence\, we don’t want it to look as if we stole that sentence from another writer. If you have questions\, feel free to drop us a line. \nAlso\, we understand that writers may add our first line to a story they are currently working on or have already completed\, and that’s cool. But please do not add our first line to a previously published story and submit it to us. We do not accept previously published stories\, even if they have been repurposed for our first lines. And\, just to be clear\, we do not accept simultaneous submissions. \nOne more thing while I’ve got you here: Writers compete against one another for magazine space\, so\, technically\, every literary magazine is running a contest. There are\, however\, literary magazines that run traditional contests\, where they charge entry fees and rank the winners. We do not – nor will we ever – charge a submission fee\, nor do we rank our stories in order of importance. Occasionally\, we run contests to help come up with new first lines\, or we run fun\, gimmicky competitions for free stuff\, but the actual journal is not a contest in the traditional sense. \nFiction: All stories must be written with the first line provided. The line cannot be altered in any way\, unless otherwise noted by the editors. The story should be between 300 and 5\,000 words (this is more like a guideline and not a hard-and-fast rule; going over or under the word count won’t get your story tossed from the slush pile). The sentences can be found on the home page of The First Line’s website\, as well as in the prior issue. Note: We are open to all genres. We try to make TFL as eclectic as possible. \nPoetry: We do accept poetry\, though rarely. We have no restrictions on form or line count\, but all poems must begin with the first line provided. The line cannot be altered in any way. \nNon-Fiction: 500-800 word critical essays about your favorite first line from a literary work.The First Line is an exercise in creativity for writers and a chance for readers to see how many different directions we can take when we start from the same place. \nAll Submissions: Writers should include a two- to three-sentence biography of themselves that we can use in the journal should your story\, poem\, or essay be accepted. \nMultiple Submissions: We don’t mind if you want to submit multiple submissions for the same issue. However\, it is unlikely we will use more than one of your stories or poems in the same issue. \nSubmissions: We prefer you send manuscripts via email to submission (@) thefirstline (dot) com. We accept stories in MS Word or Word Perfect format (we prefer attachments). Please do not send pdf versions of your story or links to Google docs. Make sure your name and contact information\, as well as your bio\, are part of the attachment. Stories also can be sent to The First Line‘s post office box. No manuscripts will be returned without an accompanying SASE with sufficient return postage. \n\n\nNotification: We don’t make decisions about submissions until after each issue closes. We typically send notices four weeks after the issue’s deadline to everyone who submitted. You can also check the website’s home page for each issue’s production status. \n\n\n\n\nPayment: We pay on publication: $25.00 – $50.00 for fiction\, $5.00 – $10.00 for poetry\, and $25.00 for nonfiction (all U.S. dollars). We also send you a copy of the issue in which your piece appears. You’ll receive your money and issue at the same time. \n\n\n\n\n\nNote to our international writers: Postage cost for sending author copies overseas is a little high\, so we are reducing international author payment by the amount it would cost to send one author copy overseas. However\, if you would like to receive an electronic version of the issue (PDF) instead of a hard copy\, author payment will not change.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-the-first-line-when-she-was-eight-alice-henderson-briefly-held-the-world-record-for-filling-her-mouth-with-marbles/
LOCATION:The First Line
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Ki Seeking Submissions about: Sound and Silence
DESCRIPTION:Submissions for Issue 3 are now open! \nFor Issue 3\, we are thinking about sound and silence. Sound could be taken in the literal sense\, as auditory sensory input\, soundscapes\, sound art—it could also mean the sound of drones\, auditory weaponry and sonic-psychological warfare. On the other hand\, sound and silence implies dissent\, the eruption and censure of the protest or the riot. We are especially excited to welcome submissions that engage this conceptual territory\, loosely defined. \nA far from comprehensive list of possibilities: soundness\, sounding out\, sounding off\, having a voice and hearing voices (cf. Moten and Harney)\, sounding like\, resonance\, dissonance\, dissent\, silence\, silencing\, awkward silence\, noises\, musical genres and their relationship to writing (eg. punk and zines)\, not-language\, negation\, auditory excrescence. \nThis issue would especially welcome multimedia work that makes use of our online format\, e.g. animated work\, soundscapes\, ambient sound art\, and noise poetry\, notation systems\, scores\, and translation/transposition. \n\nPlease note that while we celebrate creative work in all its infinite forms\, we are unlikely to publish pieces that adhere strictly to the conventions of one particular genre(e.g. fiction and poetry that does not engage critical\, political\, or theoretical thought and practice). \nSubmission Guidelines\n\nProse submissions—fiction\, nonfiction\, reviews\, etc.—should be 1\,500 words or less. If you have citational material\, this will not factor into the word count. Please send only one prose submission at a time. \nPoetry submissions should comprise no more than 5 poems in a single document. We encourage sending a .pdf in order to preserve formatting. \nSimultaneous submissions are welcome; please notify us should any work submitted be accepted for publication elsewhere.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-ki-seeking-submissions-about-sound-and-silence/
LOCATION:Ki
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:F -  The CRAFT Literaray First Chapters Contest 2024
DESCRIPTION:Isn’t the start of something new incredibly\, deliciously exciting? Here at CRAFT\, we want to share in that excitement by reading the first chapter(s) of your novel in progress. We long to immerse ourselves in novels over the summer\, and what could be more thrilling than sampling the newest work out there? For the 2024 First Chapters Contest\, we’re eager to read your first 5\,000 words. \nSubmissions are open June 1 to August 4\, 2024. Guest Judge Kimberly King Parsons will choose three winning excerpts from fifteen anonymized entries. Learn more in our guidelines below! \n\n\n\nGUIDELINES:\n\n\n\nThe First Chapters Contest is open to all fiction writers; CRAFT is a market for adult literary fiction.\n\n\nInternational submissions are welcome. Work must be written primarily in English\, but some code-switching/meshing is warmly welcomed.\n\n\nPlease send excerpts of book-length fiction only—please submit the first chapter or chapters* of your unpublished novels/novellas. Your novel need not be completely written.\n\n\nPlease do not submit short stories or nonfiction essays.\n\n\nPlease adhere to the 5\,000 word count maximum*.\n\n\nWe review adult literary fiction\, but are open to a variety of genres and styles\, as long as you show excellence in your craft.\n\n\nSubmit previously unpublished work only—we do NOT review reprints or partial reprints for contests (including any form of self-publishing such as on blogs\, personal websites\, social media\, et cetera.). Reprints will be automatically disqualified.\n\n\nWe allow simultaneous submissions—writers\, please notify us and withdraw your excerpt if your work is accepted elsewhere.\n\n\nWe allow multiple submissions—please submit each excerpt as a separate submission accompanied by an entry fee.\n\n\nPlease note the $20 entry fee per submission.\n\n\nKindly double-space your submission and use Times New Roman 12. (Feel free to contact us directly if you need to change these formatting requirements for better accessibility.)\n\n\nPlease include a brief cover letter with your publication history (if applicable)\, and a summary of your book-length project. Also include any necessary content warnings\, in consideration of our reading team.\n\n\nWe do not require anonymous submissions\, but the guest judge will read the shortlist anonymized.\n\n\nWriters from historically marginalized groups will be able to submit for FREE until we reach fifty free submissions. This free category will close when we reach capacity. No additional fee waivers will be granted.\n\n\nWe do not discriminate on the basis of age\, ancestry\, disability\, family status\, gender identity or expression\, national origin\, race\, religion\, sex or sexual orientation\, or for any other reason.\n\n\nAdditionally\, we do not tolerate discrimination in the writing we consider for publication: work we find discriminatory on any of the bases stated here will be declined without complete review.\n\nAny AI-generated work submitted to this contest will be immediately disqualified.\nUnless you’ve already secured the necessary permissions\, please do not include quoted song lyrics in your submitted work.\nAny work that does not adhere to these guidelines will be automatically disqualified.\n\nArtful Editor is offering every entrant a 10% discount for query services—they will critique and edit your query letter\, synopsis\, and first fifty pages. Coupon code provided upon contest entry.\n\n\n\n*Your entry may include more than your first chapter\, up to 5\,000 words total\, but should contain complete sections—please do not leave us hanging midparagraph just to maximize word count—and must be the first chapter(s) of your book-length project\, as if you were querying agents or publishing houses.\n\n\n\nAWARDS:\n\n\n\nFirst place will receive $2\,000 and a full manuscript critique of the novel or novella\, up to 100K words\, by Artful Editor.\n\n\nSecond and third place will receive $500 and $300\, respectively.\n\n\nFirst\, second\, and third place will receive an agent query workshop by Annalise Errico of Ladderbird Literary Agency—Annalise will offer feedback on the first 5\,000 words of the project\, the summary\, and a query letter.\n\n\nThe top three excerpts will be published in CRAFT\, each with an introduction by Guest Judge Kimberly King Parsons.\n\n\nEach publication will include an author’s note (craft essay) written by each of the three winning writers.\n\n\n\n\nFINE PRINT:\n\n\n\nFriends\, family\, and associates of the guest judge are not eligible for consideration for the award.\n\n\nOur collaboration with editorial professionals and agents in the judging and awarding of our contests does not imply an endorsement or recognition from their agencies\, houses\, presses\, universities\, et cetera.\n\n\nCheck out our 2023 winners for examples of the type of work we seek.\n\n\nAs we only consider unpublished writing\, and will publish the winning excerpts in December 2024\, anything under contract to publish prior to March 2025 should not be entered.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-the-craft-literaray-first-chapters-contest-2024/
LOCATION:First Chapters Contest
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:F - Call for Submissions to Stone's Throw. Theme: Sports
DESCRIPTION:Baseball is winding down\, football is starting up. Basketball players are at camp\, and hockey players are on ice. Meanwhile\, Uncle Nicky can’t stay away from the track. That’s right\, this month\, we want stories about sports. About the dreams involved. About the gambling. About the competition. About the broken bones. If it involves sports and it’s noir\, we’ll see you at the finish line. \nStone’s Throw will open for submissions from the first of every month. We’re looking for all the same dark fiction\, crime and noir as our usual submissions\, but with a target length between 1\,000 and 2\,000 words\, and aligned with the monthly submissions prompt (see below). We’ll read through the best\, choose the one story that shines brightest\, and publish it online the following month\, paying $25 per accepted story. \nAfter a year\, we’ll collect all twelve stories into a Stone’s Throw Anthology\, to be published alongside our other print issues. \nPLEASE NOTE: Contributors are asked to limit submissions to one written work per open call and we’re only publishing one accepted story per author per calendar year over at Stone’s Throw\, since the year’s stories will be collected in a standalone anthology at the end of the year. \nAnd from the Department of Things We Never Thought We’d Have to Say Department: Anyone found to be submitting a story that uses AI or language modeling software will have their story instantly rejected; they will be banned for life from submitting to any other RHP open calls; and they will be the object of open public ridicule and scorn. Come on\, people — let’s not contribute to the eventual subjugation of humankind by the machines\, okay?
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-call-for-submissions-to-stones-throw-theme-sports/
LOCATION:Stone’s Throw
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Moss Piglet Zine Seeking Submissions on: The 1970s
DESCRIPTION:Submissions of Stories\, Essays & Poems\nEach month\, we provide a new theme to inspire artists and authors to create their work. Our theme for September  is The 1970s. Who were you in this decade? An adult\, a teen\, a child\, or just a glimmer in someone’s eye?  \nPlease send text submissions in .doc\, .docx or PDF formats to info@krazines.com. \nAs our publication is digest-sized\, we prefer short poems and prose pieces.  Your stories and essays may go up to 1\,000 words\, but anything beyond that total won’t be considered. \nYou may provide multiple submissions\, but don’t go crazy. Someone has to read all of the stuff that comes across our desk. \nWe’re OK with simultaneous submissions and previously published work. Just cite the place where your writing has previously appeared. \nIf you have a fancy title like Poet Laureate\, Writer-In-Residence\, or you have been knighted by a King or Queen\, we’d be happy to include that information in our publication. \nYou retain all rights to your work. \nWhen in doubt or you just want to say hello\, contact us. info@krazines.com.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-moss-piglet-zine-seeking-submissions-on-the-1970s/
LOCATION:Moss Piglet Zine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PF - Written Tales Chapbooks Volume XVI Theme: Summer
DESCRIPTION:Submissions Open — WT Chapbook Vol. XVI\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nAs the sun blazes in the sky and the days stretch longer\, we invite you to dive into the spirit of summer. This is your chance to capture the warmth\, the energy\, and the experiences that come alive during these sun-drenched months. Whether it’s a nostalgic short story about childhood summers\, a heartfelt poem that captures the beauty of a sunset\, an adventurous piece of flash fiction or a true story set on a summer road trip\, we want to see how summer inspires you. \nLet your creativity bask in the light of this season. Paint us a picture of the endless possibilities that summer brings\, evoke the emotions tied to long\, lazy days\, and engage our readers with your vivid and passionate portrayals of summer. \nWe’re eager to see where your creativity takes you in this sunlit journey. Let your words bring the heat and magic of summer to life. \nGuidelines\n\nOne (1) submission per entry with no more than four (4) total submissions. Submission with more than one entry per form will not be accepted.\nShort stories cannot be over 1500 words max.\nAll work submitted must be original and written by you\, the author. We seek unpublished work for our chapbooks.\nNo A.I. derived work allowed of any kind. It must be written by you\, and you alone.\nEntries with basic spelling or grammar errors will be rejected. Please double-check your work before submitting.\nSubmissions not properly formatted will be rejected. Please add paragraph breaks before submitting.\nPlease include your name or pen name\, bio\, and website in the form below as we list it in the “Writers Bio” section. Bio should be written in the third person. If bio is missing\, we will not consider your submission for publication.\nAll selected authors for the Chapbook will receive a copy of the e-book edition via a download link.\nAny author we select for publication is offered a coupon for 30% off our subscriptions.  This include access to all content on writtentales.substack.com including past\, current and future e-ChapBooks.\nYou must read and agree to the disclaimer below to submit your work.\nTo read the complete details of our guidelines\, please click submission guidelines. \nWritten Tales magazine is self-funded; we are not able to pay for submission at this time. Please keep checking back as we update our guidelines often. To learn more about the magazine\, please read our about page. \nSelected work will appear on our website with a chance to be featured in our Written Tales Chapbook. They’re available to paid subscribers in multiple digital formats. Those authors selected for the Chapbook will receive a free digital copy.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pf-written-tales-chapbooks-volume-xvi-theme-summer/
LOCATION:Written Tales Chapbooks
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Parcham Online Seeking Submissions on the Theme of Music
DESCRIPTION:Your mother’s heartbeat when you’re still inside her womb. The unmistakable coo of a koel\, a song sparrow’s irresistible spring song\, a cardinal’s earnest tweets — each a symphony so sweet to wake up to that\, to paraphrase one of Rabindranath Tagore’s songs\, it makes the very sleep it breaks\, coveted. \nSnatches of a keertan from a gurdwara\, azaan from a mosque\, bells ringing in a temple\, organ playing in a church\, the music of prayer bowls and gongs… \nMusic\, perhaps the most inscrutable\, yet the most intimate of all aesthetic forms. Ancient yet immediate\, an ally for celebrations\, a therapy for sorrow\, a vehicle to voice dissent\, a lullaby to fall asleep to. \nFor all its therapeutic power\, music can and has been used to sinister effects. In Germany\, during the Nazi regime\, German composer Richard Wagner’s music was used not only to glorify Nazism\, but would even be played during acts of torture in concentration camps as a tool for psychological torment for jews. In 1994\, during the Rwandan genocide\, radio stations broadcast music with lyrics that encouraged Hutus to commit violence against Tutsis. In more recent times in India\, H-Pop or Hindutva Pop\, a genre of music that uses nationalistic and religiously charged lyrics and seeks to establish the supremacy of Hindus by normalising Islamophobia. \nBut then you also have musical warriors of the other — the good\, the empowering — kind. The Concert for Bangladesh saw musicians like Ravi Shankar\, Ali Akbar Khan\, George Harrison\, Ringo Starr\, Eric Clapton and Bob Dylan performing in a pioneering charity event held in 1971-72 to raise funds for Bengali refugees displaced during the Bangladesh Liberation War. Between the 1920s and the 1960s\, Paul Robeson used the power of his baritone to literally give a voice to the oppressed the world over. In India\, from Dalit rappers to independent musicians writing and performing songs to protest controversial bills like the CAA and NRC\, rivers of music continue to flow through and bringing to life\, the human condition. \nWhat happens to musical traditions when people and entire communities migrate — willingly or not — migrate? Palestinians\, Rohingyas\, Romas…What is lost? What remains? What metamorphoses? \nIn this issue of Parcham\, we’re seeking to follow your journeys with music. Share with us the ways in which music moves you. Possible themes might include\, but are in no way limited to: \nMusic for the spirit\nMusic as politics \nMusic from the margins -- the musical practices of marginalized communities\nMusic as performance -- concert memories (as a performer or listener\, etc.) \nNature's music\nMusical discoveries (what happened when you heard a new kind of music for the first time and fell in love with it?)\nMusic beyond borders -- the ways in which music transcends the boundaries of time and space.\nWe are looking for POEMS/ SHORT STORIES (Originally in English or in Translation)\, Non-Fiction/ Personal Essays) that deal with Music in any form but not restricted to the sub-themes listed above. Please send in a maximum of 3 poems for the poetry section. The Non-Fiction submission and Personal Essays should be no more than 2000 words. To the authors of the original short fiction and translators of short stories we request you choose/write stories that highlight the theme of the issue.\nPoetry: Please send in your previously unpublished poems (not more than 3) in a single MS Word document at parchamonline@gmail.com with the subject line Poetry Submission. Please ensure your name is on every submission attachment you send in for clarities sake.\n\nFor Fiction/ Short Stories: Please keep in mind that short stories should be not more than 4\,000 words and should address the theme that this issue will showcase. Send in the short story to parchamonline@gmail.com with the subject line Short Story
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-parcham-online-music/
LOCATION:Parcham Online
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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