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Stories can be serious or humorous, or both. We can't wait to read all the heartwarming, inspirational, and hysterical stories you have about your cats.

Dream: A succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep? A reverie? A wild or vain fancy?

Our theme is REBIRTH, RE-EMERGENCE, REAWAKENING (just like a Cicada).   We encourage all genres and creative non-fiction submissions.

Delve into the complex layers of desire where the pursuit and attainment of what we yearn for create their own distinct trials and moments of reckoning.

We are here anticipating your revelations of the universe. How is it speaking to you? Scaring you? Lend us your divining wisdom.

We are looking to experience, witness, or understand the twisty circuits of the psyche, the gesture that makes all the difference, or the thing of consequence you can't explain.

Yutori: a Japanese concept of spaciousness that refers to slowing down to simply breathe and savour life.

For those who weren't alive yet and/or watching movies in the mid 1980s, that means the magazine is running a video game issue. We want to hear about anything game related, from the C64 to the N64 and into the present. Esports! Tron! Minecraft! We dare you to write something interesting about Pong.

Whilst the editors live in the United States, poets are more than welcome to write and submit political poems about where they are in the world.

We seek to present poetry, essays, and short stories that are compelling and in someway represent an aspect of the super present.

We are devoted to the exploration of the quest for meaning as it is expressed in the world’s myths, symbols, and religious traditions

In January we’re looking for your stories about what you would have done if you were being honest with yourself. We are looking for your raw honest words, even if they are harsh, even if they paint you in a bad light. Even if they hurt. 

Throw together some unwieldy words that refuse capture and submit the soft down of your tender moments to us. 

This month, we want stories about overindulgence. Opulence. Living beyond your means. Whether that's money, drugs, generosity, or viciousness, we want stories about people who overdo it, and what happens when they realize they’re in a hole they can’t hope to fill.

The connection to the theme can be interpreted freely and does not need to be obvious, so we encourage you to keep it curious!

Our winter anthology focuses on themes of tradition, cycles of life – the light and the dark, and the need for human connection. We want your cozy holiday memories. The power of a winter storm. The sparkling beauty of a frozen landscape.

Although the essay holds the central role at DPA, we are open to other genres, including experimental, poetry and flash non-fiction, as long as there is a first-person point of view.