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SUMMARY:PFN -Libretto Magazine Seeking Submissions on the Theme of "Healing"
DESCRIPTION:For Issue 10\, with the theme Healing\, Libretto Magazine is pleased to announce its call for submissions. Libretto Magazine seeks unique works with strong sense of empathy\, introspection\, and courage; works that are evocative and that possess the capacity to redefine perception. This is to encourage diverse voices to share their experiences\, opinions\, and insights on healing-related issues. Contributors are also allowed to explore the theme in a manner that defies convention. \nSend in your experiences and desires\, your vulnerability and hope\, as well as your dreams and despair in relation to the theme. We want voice. We want artistry. We want heart. The selection process is set to be thoroughly rigorous\, therefore\, endeavor to submit only your best work of art. \nSUBMISSION GUIDELINES: \n\nLibretto Magazine welcomes all genres of literature from different parts of the world. We publish poetry\, fiction\, creative non-fiction\, short stories\, and essay/memoirs.\n\n\nEntries must be a single work of art\, not be more than (2\,500 words for creative fiction and nonfiction); (1\,200-1\,500 words for short stories and essays/memoirs). For poetry\, we like 3-5 poems in not more than 10 pages. All entries are to be in a MS word document\, single-spaced and in standard Times New Roman 12pt. Font. The document must be saved with the title of the submission for easy identification.\nOnly send unpublished work.\nWe do not accept multiple submissions please.\nIf your work is accepted elsewhere\, please inform us immediately (We want to say congrats!).\nSubmission must be properly edited\, and sent through our submission portal\, but the editorial team reserves the right to edit your work if there is any need.\nLeave a brief note in the body of the submission box with a proposed title of your work and category\, Upload your submission\, cover letter\, country\, Author’s Name\, Author’s Email\, Author’s Bio\, & Author’s Picture.\nAll submissions are to be made via Submission portal: https://librettong.com/submission-guidelines.\nYou may also send links to your Twitter account\, Facebook page\, Instagram page\, LinkedIn page\, and/or website to help fans better find you from your published works.\nSubmissions that ignore these guidelines (or parts of these guidelines) will likely be declined immediately.\nYou retain the copyrights to your work. However\, we do require that you credit Libretto Magazine as the original publisher of the work if accepted by our editors.\nExcept on rare occasions\, we do not remove pieces that have been published on our site.\nFor literary event\, enquiries\, queries\, support\, book & e-book publishing contact us at publishing@librettong.com
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-libretto-magazine-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-of-healing/
LOCATION:Libretto Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:N - Five Minutes Contest for Fall 2023.  Theme: "Away"
DESCRIPTION:100 words about 5 minutes of your life\, on the theme of AWAY. Interpret any way you’d like. Submit up to five entries. \nSend us your 100-word piece about five minutes in your life and we’ll consider it for publication. Guidelines: \n• Piece should be 100 words\, formatted as one paragraph. Not 99. Not 101. Title\, which is not part of 100 words\, should be 15 characters maximum\, including spaces. \n• There should be one identifiable moment (approx. five minutes) that’s the crux of the piece. \n• We don’t publish:\n—retellings of dreams\n—retellings of things you imagined\n—retellings of things you saw without any reference to you/your response (we want you in the piece!)\n—erotic memoir\n—pieces containing graphic violence\n—pieces from the perspective of abusers\n—poetry or fiction\, though we are interested in poetic prose and memoir masquerading as fiction\n—pieces which overtly promote a theological or political ideology\n—pieces in which you tell us someone else’s memory as told to you\n—pieces that contain hate speech\n—slurs. \n• Each piece should be formatted without line breaks;\none block of text\, not multiple\, short paragraphs. \n• -We are receiving many (beautiful) submissions about the last time a writer saw a beloved person\, about putting a pet to sleep\, and about the quiet moments in the morning before the day starts. Due to the high number of submissions on these themes\, these pieces are less likely to receive acceptances. We challenge you to take risks with your voice\, your structure\, your chronology … anything that might set your piece apart. \nA panel of contest readers will read/score pieces. The top ten pieces will be sent to Contest Judge Karen Zey who will choose the winner as well as two runners-up. All top ten pieces will run in Five Minutes. \nThe winner will receive 2/5 the contest entry fees\, or $2 per entry. If 2 people enter\, the fees will add up to $10 and the winner will receive $4. If 100 people enter\, that amount will be $500 and the winner will receive $200. [Boring explainer: Submittable keeps $.99 per $5 entry. Five Minutes keeps $2.01 per entry. Winner wins $2 per entry.] \nPlease read Five Minutes’ guidelines for our regular submissions\, which apply here\, except you MAY submit even if you have pieces upcoming in Five Minutes\, and you may submit up to five times. We will return your entry and request a re-format if guidelines haven’t been followed. \nThe contest runs October 1-31; our regular submissions portal will open again on November 1.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/n-five-minutes-contest-for-fall-2023-theme-away/
LOCATION:Five Minutes
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to Mid-Level Management Literary Magazine (MIDLVLMAG) Theme: "Dress Code"
DESCRIPTION:DRESS CODE is the clothing we wear\, the image we present\, the requirements set before us by corporations in the pursuit of uniformity and consistency. \nDRESS CODE is personal\, intimate\, a klaxon / clarion call to let others know who we are. \nDRESS CODE is the compromise we make to put food on the table\, the morals we sacrifice to fit in\, the opportunities we take to get ahead. \nDRESS CODE is our innermost self as expression\, as art\, as code\, as signal\, as call and response. \nDRESS CODE is ubiquitous camouflage\, overt isms\, the way it’s always been. \nSimultaneous Submissions:\nYes! Just let us know if you’ve got your work out to other publications so we don’t step on any toes in the process. \nPayments:\nMIDLVLMAG is volunteer run and free-to-read. Because of this\, we are not currently in a position to pay contributors. \nSubmission Criteria:\nMIDLVLMAG publishes short/flash fiction\, poetry\, prose\, and CNF/essays. \nSend your submissions to info@midlvlmag.com \n\nYour submission email must include the following in the subject line: \nMIDLVLMAG – SUBMISSION – [CURRENT SUBMISSION THEME] – [STYLE OF WRITING] i.e. MIDLVLMAG – SUBMISSION – Snacks – Flash Fiction   \nIf you’re submitting multiple styles of writing\, you will need to send them as separate emails. \nYour submission must be included as an attachment (Word / Google .DOC .DOCX file types). \nYour submission must include a header with the following information: \nYour name – title of piece – MIDLVLMAG – submission theme – form of writing i.e. (Henry Krinkle – hot dogs: a discourse – MIDLVLMAG – Snacks – CNF) \n\nPlease include an author bio with your submission email. Tell us about your managerial experience\, your time in the trenches of the stock room\, the unspoken dignity in slinging fast food to make ends meet. Feel free to include any of your social media accounts so all the managers out there can follow you! \nSuggested Word Counts\n(unless otherwise stated for a specific issue):\nPoetry: Send up to three poems at a time. No word count limits. \nShort Fiction / Essays / CNF: 1500-3000 words. \nFlash Fiction / Prose: 500 – 1000 words.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-mid-level-management-literary-magazine-midlvlmag-theme-dress-code/
LOCATION:Mid-Level Management Literary Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PF - EcoTheo Review Seeking Submissions on the Theme of Friendship
DESCRIPTION:We consider submissions of poetry and prose that explores questions of ecology and spirituality from within and outside all religious traditions. We are delighted by compelling stories and bewitching poems that reflect our values of curiosity\, justice\, and community. We consider all submissions for publication on our website and/or in our quarterly print issues. \nWINTER 2024 Theme: FRIENDSHIP \nAristotle said that friendship is one soul abiding in two bodies\, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge referred to it as a sheltering tree. Friendship transcends species; think of companion plantings\, where fennel and dill cheer each other on; or your favorite winsome image of chimpanzees and tigers loafing and inviting their souls. For our winter issue\, EcoTheo Review seeks fiction\, essays\, and poems that explore the tenderness\, sustenance\, vicissitudes\, and surprises of our friendships. We want to know about your human and more-than-human besties\, the trees and critters that have been with you through thick and thin. From October 15th-31st we look forward to considering your work! \nEcoTheo Review appreciates the trust involved in our relationships with authors and readers. We know how difficult it can be to share work\, especially of a sensitive nature. If the work you are sending us depicts traumatic events\, whether personal or historical in nature\, we invite you to consider including a Content Warning for our editors. Should we choose to publish such work\, we want to demonstrate care for our readers as well\, and our Publication Contract will include an opportunity for you to offer a Content Warning. These will be included when we publish the work\, online and/or in print\, as well as when we share the work through our social media accounts. We are grateful for the opportunity to consider your work. \nPlease allow at least 3 months while we review your submission. Our editors are all volunteers\, with other work\, family\, and creative commitments. We appreciate your patience as we give all submissions the consideration they deserve. We do not accept previously published work\, but we do accept simultaneous submissions. Please notify us promptly if your work is accepted elsewhere. \nPoetry\nPoets must limit submissions to two per calendar year. Each submission may not include more than 3 poems and may not exceed 10 pages total. Poets who exceed the number of submissions per year\, the number of poems per submission\, or the number of pages per submission will be rejected. \n\nSubmit poems as a single file.\nAll efforts are made to preserve formatting.\nAllow 3 months before querying on the status of your work.\n\nProse\nWe welcome works of fiction and creative nonfiction of up to 5\,000 words. \nOur Ecology Editor Michelle Kim Hall is particularly interested in essays\, book reviews\, and interviews drawn from the fields of ecology.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pf-ecotheo-review-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-of-friendship/
LOCATION:EcoTheo Review
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Open Minds Quarterly Seeking Submissions on the Theme of "Identity"
DESCRIPTION:The theme for Winter 2024 is: Identity \nHow has your experience with mental health challenges\, mental illness\, madness\, and/or neurodivergence shaped your identity? How do other identities intersect with your experience? Have mental health challenges\, mental illness\, madness\, and/or neurodivergence affected the way you see yourself? What about others? Do you feel your identity is understood by others? What would you like to tell them about it? We want to here all about how identity affects your lived experiences. \nWe encourage you to consider this theme and incorporate it into your work. Pieces that follow the theme will have a much higher chance of being selected for this issue than pieces that don’t follow the theme. \nNonfiction\, reviews\,  and letters\, should relate specifically to experiences of madness or mental health challenges. Poetry\, fiction\, or visual art submissions do not need to focus on madness/mental health\, but we may prioritize pieces that fit our mandate and this issue’s theme. \nWe focus on publishing contributors with lived experience and work based on first-hand experience. We do not publish work that tells other people’s stories for them or tells second-hand stories about them. \nOpen Minds Quarterly is a literary journal that features explorations of life in a mad world. We welcome writing and art from people with lived experience of what is variously called mental health challenges\, mental illness\, madness\, and neurodiversity. We strive to promote these voices and perspectives by publishing work based on first-hand lived experience. \nYou may submit to ONE of these categories per submission period: \n\nNonfiction: 1 piece limit\, 3000 word maximum.\nFiction: 1 piece limit\, 3000 word maximum.\nPoetry: 4 piece limit\, 96 lines maximum per poem (this includes stanza breaks\, but not the title).
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-open-minds-quarterly-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-of-identity/
LOCATION:Open Minds Quarterly
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - The First Line Literary Journal Seeking Submissions with the First Line: "It Was the Farthest North They Had Ever Been"
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. \nSubmission Guidelines\n \n\n\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. \nAll Submissions: Writers should include a two- to three-sentence biography of themselves that we can use in the journal should your story or poem 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. \n\n\n\n\nNotification: We don’t make decisions about submissions until after each issue closes. We typically send notices four to five 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\, $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-literary-journal-seeking-submissions-with-the-first-line-it-was-the-farthest-north-they-had-ever-been/
LOCATION:The First Line
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:F - Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2024
DESCRIPTION:The 2024 Prize is open for submissions until 1 November 2023.\n\n\nThe prize is free to enter and open to any citizen of a Commonwealth country aged 18 and over. It is awarded for the best piece of unpublished short fiction (2\,000–5\,000 words). \nSubmissions should be made via the online entry form which is available from the link below. The eligibility and entry guidelines can be found here. \nThe international judging panel will select a shortlist of around twenty stories\, from which five regional winners are chosen. One of the regional winners is then selected as the overall winner\, who receives £5\,000. The regional winners will receive £2\,500. All five regional winning stories will be published on Granta. \nThe prize is only open to short fiction\, but it can be in any fiction genre–science fiction\, speculative fiction\, historical fiction\, crime\, romance\, literary fiction–and you may write about any subject you wish. \nFor any inquiries regarding the prize\, please email: creatives@commonwealthfoundation.com
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-commonwealth-short-story-prize-2024/
LOCATION:Commonwealth Foundation
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:PFN - The Hunger: A Journal Seeking Submissions that are Collaborations
DESCRIPTION:What we hunger for:\nThe Hunger publishes visceral writing. The theme of “hunger” is not confined only to food\, but hungers and thirsts of all kinds: the craving for connection\, the human need to be filled or emptied\, the devastating desires that define our most alive moments. Hungers can be sexual\, romantic\, familial\, individualistic\, spiritual\, creative\, sorrowful\, conflicted\, humanistic\, and/or existential. \nWe are excited by the lyrical\, the experimental\, the strange\, the uncomfortable\, the vulnerable\, and just plain\, motherfucking honesty. Send us work that bleeds. We want to be devoured. \nWe nominate for Best of the Net and aim to widely promote our contributors’ work. We strive to create a writing community that is founded on principles of inclusion and diversity\, and gives a platform to a wide range of voices. We encourage all people\, regardless of race\, gender identity\, faith\, sexual orientation\, or political affiliation to submit. \nFeed us:\nFiction (up to 5\,000 words)\nPoetry (3-5 poems\, in one document)\nNonfiction (up to 5\,000 words) \nThe Hunger began as a collaboration between two best friends. Now\, as we prepare to publish its final issue\, we want to honor the spirit of our inception by inviting submissions of literary collaborations of all kinds: poems\, stories\, essays\, hybrid work\, and everything in between. The collaborative aspect can take whatever shape makes sense for the creation of the work; the only rule is that the piece(s) must be created by 2 or more people working together. \nThe submission window is open Sept 15 – Nov 1. The final issue will be published in December 2023. \nEach selected contributor will receive a token compensation of $20\, to be paid via Paypal\, Cashapp\, or Venmo.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-the-hunger-a-journal-seeking-submissions-that-are-collaborations/
LOCATION:The Hunger
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:N - MAYDAY Creative Nonfiction Prize. Theme: "Changing My Mind"
DESCRIPTION:Submission Guidelines:  \n\nManuscripts should be a single Word or PDF document. Please use the title of your essay as your document name.\nIn your cover letter\, please include your name\, contact information\, a brief third-person bio.\nSimultaneous submissions are permitted. Please let us know immediately if your manuscript is accepted elsewhere while under our consideration.\nAll rights revert to the author after publication.\n\nPrizes \nFirst\, second\, and third place winners in each category will receive publication\, promotion\, and the following cash prizes: \n\nFirst place: $500\nSecond place: $250\nThird Place: $100\n\nThe MAYDAY Creative Nonfiction Prize \n\nSubmit an essay that responds to the theme “Changing My Mind\,” which might refer to trying to change the minds of others\, something you changed your mind about\, or a subject you wish you could look at differently. Editors would especially love to see humor in your piece.\nEssays should be 5\,000 words or less and previously unpublished.\nPlease double-space your manuscript.\nNo guest judge; winners will be selected by the editors.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/n-mayday-creative-nonfiction-prize-theme-changing-my-mind/
LOCATION:Mayday Magazine
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:F - MAYDAY Short Fiction Prize.  Theme: "Endings"
DESCRIPTION:Submission Guidelines:  \n\nMust be under 1\,500 words\nManuscripts should be a Word or PDF document. Please use the title of your story as your document name.\nIn your cover letter\, please include your name\, contact information\, a brief third-person bio.\nSimultaneous submissions are permitted. Please let us know immediately if your manuscript is accepted elsewhere while under our consideration.\nAll rights revert to the author after publication.\n\nPrizes \nFirst\, second\, and third place winners in each category will receive publication\, promotion\, and the following cash prizes: \n\nFirst place: $500\nSecond place: $250\nThird Place: $100\n\n\nThe MAYDAY Short Fiction Prize\n\nSubmit a story that responds to or somehow reflects the theme “Endings.”\nSubmissions should be 1\,500 words or less and previously unpublished.\nPlease double-space your manuscript.\nOur guest judge will be Alissa Hattman\, author of the novel Sift. Her writing has appeared in The Rumpus\, Carve\, The Gravity of the Thing\, Propeller\, Big Other\, Shirley Magazine\, MAYDAY\, and elsewhere. She holds an MFA in Fiction from Pacific University and a MA in English Literature from Portland State University. Alissa has worked as a fiction editor\, book reviewer\, zine librarian\, writing group facilitator\, and teacher. She lives in the Pacific Northwest.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-mayday-short-fiction-prize-theme-endings/
LOCATION:Mayday Magazine
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to The Talon Review
DESCRIPTION:GUIDELINES:\n\n\nAll submissions should be double spaced in 12 point Times New Roman font\, manuscript format\, and submitted as .docx files (unless specified otherwise*). \n\n\nInclude a short bio no longer than 250 words in the third person. This could be who you are\, where you’re from\, what you like to do\, or where you’ve been published before. If you have a connection to Jacksonville\, FL\, please mention it. \n\n\nYou may submit up to four works. Simultaneous submissions are fine\, but let us know immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere. We require first publishing rights as well as the option to anthologize. \n\n\nFICTION & CREATIVE NONFICTION\n\n\nSubmissions should not exceed 3000 words and cannot be excerpts from novels or larger works. \n\n\nPOETRY\n\n\nSubmissions should not exceed six pages. \n\n\nSubmissions should be single-spaced.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-the-talon-review/
LOCATION:The Talon Review
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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UID:2952-1699171200-1699203600@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:PFN - Thin Air Magazine's Fourth Annual Bird in Your Hands Prize
DESCRIPTION:We are excited to announce the fourth annual Bird in Your Hands Prize: a contest that centers and celebrates BIPOC voices. This is a no-fee contest accepting poetry\, fiction\, and nonfiction in any form under 500 words. The winner of the contest will be awarded $500\, published in Issue 30 of Thin Air Magazine\, and interviewed for Thin Air Online. The winner and runners-up will also be invited to read their work at the Northern Arizona Book Festival held in April 2024. First and second runners-up will be awarded an honorarium. The deadline for submission is 11:59pm (MST) on Sunday\, November 5\, 2023. \nFirst and second runners-up will also be awarded an honorarium. \nThis contest is open to new\, upcoming\, and established BIPOC writers alike. Simultaneous submissions are allowed\, and we carry no expectations for the content or tone of submissions. All submitted works must be previously unpublished. \nFormatting Specifications:\nPlease use Times New Roman\, 12pt.\, double-spaced\, 1 inch margins for all submissions except poetry\, which should remain single-spaced.\nPlease include page numbers and a word count at the top of your manuscript.\nPlease do not put your name in your manuscript.\nIf unique formatting is critical to the submission\, you may upload it as is (but please note that we may have to collaborate to translate your formatting onto the physical restraints of our pages).
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-thin-air-magazines-fourth-annual-bird-in-your-hands-prize/
LOCATION:Thin Air Magazine
CATEGORIES:Contest
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UID:3048-1699171200-1699203600@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:P - Call for Submissions to Speckled Trout Review.  Theme: "For the Ages"
DESCRIPTION:Submission Guidelines\n\n\nCall for submissions: Fall 2023 (5.2) (print issue) For the Ages\nSubmission window: Opens September 5\, closing November 5\, or until filled. \nSpeckled Trout Review has chosen For the Ages as its theme for Fall 2023 (5.2) issue. We’ve all heard the phrase\, “that’s one for the ages\,” which suggests a strange\, extraordinary\, fantastical\, or confounding event\, situation\, or tale that astounds and leaves us amazed. \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 2023 (5.2) print issue. Poets can paste up to 4 poems pertaining to the theme\, 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 the above e-mail address.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-call-for-submissions-to-speckled-trout-review-theme-for-the-ages/
LOCATION:Speckled Trout Review
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
ORGANIZER;CN="Speckled Trout Review":MAILTO:speckledtroutreview@hotmail.com.
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UID:3050-1699257600-1699290000@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:PFN - Fathom Magazine Seeking Submissions on the Theme of Patience
DESCRIPTION:Want to write for Fathom? We’d love to hear from you. First\, it’s best if you become familiar with the type of content we publish. Then\, read our style guide for a checklist of what we are looking for in your writing. \nAt Fathom we publish articles\, personal essays\, profiles\, interviews\, book reviews\, Bible exposition\, theological and/or historical analysis\, poetry\, and short stories. The work we prefer often utilizes personal narrative to communicate the deeper aspects of the Christian faith and to draw our readers into the nuance surrounding an idea. We love writing that examines the unexplored angle and delivers a well-told story. \nWe suggest familiarizing yourself with our publication before submitting your work. Scanning through past issues of Fathom will give you an idea of the tone\, voice\, and approach we tend to take. And looking through our most recent issues will show you what our contributors have recently covered and how you can add to — not repeat — the ideas already in our publication. \nOur audience is made up of thoughtful\, curious Christians who desire to craft a multi-faceted life of faith. They typically want to engage their minds\, connect with artful expression\, and consider a new perspective or experience. \nWe aim to publish pieces that challenge our audience’s expectations\, enthrall our readers with a story\, and put together strands of thinking our readers haven’t thought to combine. We want to give all people who make their way to Fathom a reason to engage their minds and their emotions. \nSpecs\nOur standard articles fall between 1\,000 and 1\,600 words. Short stories should be at least 3\,000 words. Poems vary in length and style. \nIn the case of poetry\, please send the completed poem.  Poems vary in length and style.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-fathom-magazine-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-of-patience/
LOCATION:Fathom Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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UID:2743-1699776000-1699808400@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:F - Call for Submissions\, Nov. 6-12: The Fabulist Flash
DESCRIPTION:The Fabulist Flash\, a new flash-fiction project from The Fabulist Words & Art\, welcomes submissions from November 6-12 for fantastical and speculative writings of up to 1\,000 words. \nThe Fabulist Flash will debut in 2024\, and run in parallel to our current short-fiction programming. See below for program details. \nWord Count & Rate\n• We’re offering a flat fee of $100 for stories of up to 1\,000 words (the equivalent of an SFWA-qualifying rate of $0.10/word)\, payable upon contracted acceptance. \n• Going above the word count is fine if you need a little headroom to take the story home\, but it’s in your interest to keep it tight\, as the flat fee is firm. \n• You can review our flash-fiction contract here. \nWhat We’re Looking For\n• Fantastical and speculative fiction\, including science fiction\, fantasy\, horror\, myth\, fairy-story\, magic realism\, literary fabulism\, and genre/subgenre remixes. \n• Evocative and intriguing scenes\, settings\, places. \n• Clear\, efficacious writing that doesn’t shy away from the poetry within prose. \n• Wide-ranging human (or sentient) experiences that we care about\, or at least feel. \n• Yeah: Odysseys\, revelation\, transformation\, dilemma/struggle\, fluid dualities. \n• Nah: Grimdark\, military\, cops\, vengeance\, power trips. \n• Exploded/deconstructed cliches of any of the foregoing … \nIf you’re not sure where your story lands in these various target zones — just send us your best. Great work will shine through. \nPlease Think Twice\, We’ve Really Seen Quite Enough Of\n• Zombies\, zombie apocalypse\, teen vampire/werewolf romance\, cute Cthulhu/nice baby Elder God\, etc. \n• Splatter/gore/brutality \n• Virtual-reality visitations with the beloved deceased \n• Mundane fantasies of revenge\, sex\, financial and business success\, etc. \n• “Another Friday Night at the Elftown Police Station” — or really anything that takes fantastical archetypes or plot devices and makes them vernacular or silly: drinking hard liquor and shit-talking with a primal entity (Death\, Cupid\, Santa\, Time)\, for example\, or an all-powerful god with an ordinary mortal name and ordinary mortal foibles (“Bob\, creator of the Universe\, woke up one Sunday with a headache”). Maybe you ARE the next Neil Gaiman — but probably not? \n• “And then she/he/they woke up” (which includes not just it-was-all-a-dream but also we’re-all-living-in-a-giant-simulation) \n• Suicide and self-harm (we realize this stuff is real and we write to deal with it\, just saying that successfully deploying it as a trope in the fantastical fiction we run is very\, very difficult to pull off) \nThat said … surprise us. If you feel you’ve written a truly original\, compelling take on any of these genre cliches\, we’re glad to check it out. \nPlease No\n• We are not open to AI/LLM-generated text. \n• No misogyny\, sexism\, racism\, bigotry\, hate\, etc. (view our nondiscrimination statement). \n• Previously unpublished works only — no reprints \nTo Submit\n• Check back on this page from Nov. 6-12\, or on our main Submittable portal\, for a live submissions button that will take you to our Submittable intake form. \n• Shunn format or at least double-spaced is great. \n• Please anonymize your submission! There must be no identifying details on your manuscript. Fear not — your contact info will be collected as part of the intake process\, and your cover letter will not be visible to our slush readers.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-call-for-submissions-nov-6-12-the-fabulist-flash/
LOCATION:Fabulist Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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UID:3095-1700006400-1700006400@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:P - Enchanted Garden Haiku Journal Seeking Submissions on the Theme of "Secret Santa"
DESCRIPTION:Enchanted Garden is a haiku journal created for haiku lovers\, beginners or experienced\, is open and free to anyone to submit their work\, in accordance with the haiku spirit. No racism or politics. \nHaiku is a moment\, that moment of inspiration when others are preocupied by the city rush but you stop for a while to admire a bourgeon almost opened or enjoy a bird song. Enchanted Garden is a tree under which you sit to read a book\, a table where you can sit and enjoy your cup of tea and a place to share your love for haiku with other poets. \nIssue 5: Secret Santa \nTheme: a gift you received or shared this year \nSubmit between: 1 – 15 November \nPublishing date: 1 December
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-enchanted-garden-haiku-journal-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-of-secret-santa/
LOCATION:Enchanted Garden Haiku Journal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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UID:3069-1700035200-1700067600@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:PFN - The BeZine Seeking Submissions on the Theme of "A Life of the Spirit: Caring for Self and World"
DESCRIPTION:HOW TO SUBMIT\nWe accept previously published work. You must have the copyright\, though. Please include prior public information and any relevant link if the publication is online. We want to promote other sites that publish our contributors and will include the link with your work. \nWe accept work that has been posted on social media. Do not provide links to social media posts. Simply note that the work appeared and on which platform. \nBy submitting work to The BeZine\, you are confirming that you own and hold the rights to the work and that you grant us the right to publish on the blog or in the BeZine if your submission is accepted. \n\nOnly email submissions will be read.\nProse\, poetry\, and hybrid: please submit as a word processing file attachment (Word\, Pages\, Open Document\, or RTF — NOT PDF\, NOT GOOGLE DOC).\nWork must be submitted in English and properly edited. Submissions in other languages are encouraged but please forward with a high-quality English translation.\nProse submissions should be limited to no more than 2\,000 words in an attached file (Word\, Pages\, Open Document\, or RTF — NOT PDF\, NOT GOOGLE DOC).\n\nFlash fiction or nonfiction (750 words or fewer) is welcome\, as are short stories (750–2\,000 words)\, essays (2\,000)\, and hybrid prose (up to 2\,000 words).\nWork under 1\,500 words will receive preference\, as we are an online journal.\nSend a query for prose over 2\,000 words that tells us why you think it belongs in The BeZine.\n\n\nPoetry submissions should be no more than three poems and total no more than 180 lines (i.e.\, 1 poem = 180 lines\, 2 poems = 180 lines\, 3 poems = 180 lines\, maximum) in an attached file (Word\, Pages\, Open Document\, or RTF — NOT PDF\, NOT GOOGLE DOC).\n\nWe prefer stanza or section breaks in longer poetry.\n\n\nWe may make editorial suggestions for submitted work before we accept it.\n\nCheck your work carefully before submitting. We may on occasion send work we like back to the writer for copyediting.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-the-bezine-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-of-a-life-of-the-spirit-caring-for-self-and-world/
LOCATION:The BeZine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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UID:3074-1700035200-1700067600@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:PFN - evOke: witchcraft + paganism + lifestyle Magazine Seeking Submissions on the Theme of "Art and Music"
DESCRIPTION:ev0ke is dedicated to supporting and promoting witchcraft and Paganism. We want to see them represented more\, both in the real world and in fiction\, so \nev0ke is dedicated to supporting and promoting witchcraft and Paganism. We want to see them represented more\, both in the real world and in fiction\, so we publish essays\, short stories and poetry. \nWould you like to join ev0ke? We are interested in Pagan\, polytheist\, and witchypoetry\nshort fiction\nessays \nJust email us at ev0kepublication@gmail.com. We pay $5 for accepted submissions\, as well as a free one year subscription to ev0ke! \nContributors to ev0ke receive an honorarium of $5 and a free one year subscription to ev0ke. We hope to increase that payment in the future. If you would like to submit something for our consideration please reach out to us at ev0kepublication@gmail.com. \nPlease note: at this time\, ev0ke is NOT accepting AI generated submissions. All submissions must be solely the creation of the contributor/s. \nPlease note: ev0ke is open to rolling submissions from the first to the fifteenth (1-15) of each month. Please consider submitting close to the deadline\, as submissions sent months in advance might get lost. \nDecember: Art and Music (deadline 15 November 2023)\nEv0king the Question: What is your favorite artistic depiction (painting\, mosaic\, statue\, et cetera) of a Deity or group of Deities? What is your favorite piece of music about a holy day or a Deity/Deities?
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-evoke-witchcraft-paganism-lifestyle-magazine-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-of-art-and-music/
LOCATION:ev0ke Publication
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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UID:3085-1700035200-1700067600@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:P - Songs of Eretz Poetry Review Seeking Submissions on: "Winter Solstice"
DESCRIPTION:What We Publish:  We publish quality poetry of any genre and length congruent with our themes\, including traditional poems\, form poems\, prose poems\, and narrative poems. We also consider extraordinarily good poems that are incompatible with our themes (general submissions). \nWhat We Pay:  We pay a semi-professional rate of seven dollars per poem. \nHOW TO SUBMIT \nFailure to follow these simple guidelines will result in your submission being discarded or returned to you unread! \n\nPlease resist the urge to include anything with your submission that we do not specifically request\, especially your bio (we like to read as blindly as possible)\, credits (we treat the novice and the experienced equally)\, or explanatory notes (if you believe your poem requires an explanation\, please revise it until it doesn’t).\n\n\nSubmit up to THREE poems to:  \n\nSubmissions@SongsOfEretz.com \nThere is no fee to submit. \n\n Your Subject Lineshould be formatted as follows:  [Poetry Submission][Title][Oiet’s Last Name]\n If you are submitting more than one poem\, each should appear in a separate email\, and each email should include a separate cover letter.  If your poem has multiple numbered sections\, each section will “count” as ONE poem.  If your poem contains more than three sections\, query first.\nYour poem(s) must appear in the body of your email(s).  WE DO NOT ACCEPT ATTACHMENTS FOR POETRY.  If your poem needs to be presented in an attachment due to special formatting\, query first.\nInclude a cover letter in the body of your email(s) with answers to the following questions\n\n(and remember NOT to include a biography at this process stage): \n– Is yours a simultaneous submission or not?  We DO accept them. \n– How did you discover Songs of Eretz? \n– How would you like us to indicate your name if we publish your work (ie: your byline\, for example\, “By Sammie Smith”)?  NOTE:  We do NOT accept work composed by a collaboration of poets or artists. \n– What is your contact information?  Include at least your city & state.  Include your country if you reside outside of the United States.  It is strongly recommended that you include your phone number as well\, in case we need last-minute input from you (this has happened). \n– Would you like to be added to our Email List? \nAgain – Do NOT include a biography at this process stage. \n\n Reprint Policy:We DO NOT accept previously published work.\n\n\n Simultaneous Submissions Policy:We accept sim subs.\n Multiple Submissions Policy: Please wait until after your poem(s) is/are published in or rejected by Songs of Eretz before sending more.\n\n\n Response Time: Please query if you have not received at least a preliminary response in twenty-onecalendar days.  We no longer offer editorial feedback.\n\n\n Rights To Your Poetry: If your work is accepted and you agree to join the ranks of the other fine poets who have been published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review\,your work will appear in the quarterly issue for which it was submitted. In exchange\, you will grant Songs of Eretz the first worldwide publication rights\, first worldwide electronic rights\, non-exclusive archival rights in perpetuity\, non-exclusive anthology rights in perpetuity\, and exclusive reprint rights in perpetuity.\n\nAll other rights will revert to you upon publication\, but we would appreciate the courtesy of allowing Songs of Eretz an exclusive for a few months if that is not too much trouble. \n\n12. Acknowledgement:We expect to be acknowledged as the venue of the firstpublication should you reprint your work.\n\n\nPublished Format:  Editors make an effort to format a poem as it is submitted\,  such as a concrete poem or other special formats. However\, due to format limitations on Blogger\, editors have the right to publish any poem aligned left\, right\, or centered.\n\nQueries:  Use Editor@SongsOfEretz.com for queries.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-songs-of-eretz-poetry-review-seeking-submissions-on-winter-solstice/
LOCATION:Songs of Eretz Poetry Review
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PN - RFD Magazine Seeking Submissions on "Queer Iconography/Icons"
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URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pn-rfd-magazine-seeking-submissions-on-queer-iconography-icons/
LOCATION:RFD Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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UID:3106-1700035200-1700067600@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:PN - Autofocus Journal Call for Submissions.  Theme: "Correspondences"
DESCRIPTION:For our Jan 2024 issue\, the theme is CORRESPONDENCES. \nWe want work in the form of letters (or emails\, texts\, other exchanges). Self-correspondences are great too (notes\, journals\, diaries\, etc.). \nWe’d consider some interviews–with writers or non-writers. \nWe like the idea of book-review-as-correspondence\, if that book review is done with a certain degree of self-reflexivity. We also like essays about essays. \nWork that blends or braids or threads any of these forms into a larger essay or poem (or whatever) are totally welcome. Encouraged\, even. \nBasically\, if you wrote something that seems in some way like a correspondence\, we’d like to see it. \nPlease send one piece up to 4\,000-ish words. \nCollaborations welcome (also encouraged). \nSimultaneous submissions expected. Unpublished work only please.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pn-autofocus-journal-call-for-submissions-theme-correspondences/
LOCATION:Autofocus Journal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PF - Call for Submissions to WayWords Literary Journal.  Theme: "Cozy"
DESCRIPTION:Issue 13\n\nTheme: \n\nCozy\nEditor’s tip: as the weather cools\, warm up with a good book\, don your favorite sweater\, get comfortable\, and relax.  \nFiction prose or poetry\nUp to 5\,000 words or 15 lines each \n​ \n\nSUBMISSIONS GUIDELINES\n\n\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. Each call includes the same general submissions information listed below. Check the individual page for information on rights\, simultaneous submissions\, and previously published works. \nThe Writer’s Workout accepts .doc\, .docx\, and .odt \nLive\, unlocked Google Docs or Microsoft Word links are accepted via email. Set your document permissions to “anyone with the link can [comment or edit]” so we can collect it. We will not request access and we are not responsible for locked docs. \nAll submissions accepted via email (submissions [at] writersworkout [dot] net) and Dropbox. \nMost submissions also accepted via Duosuma\, where linked.  \nSome calls accept simultaneous submissions or previously published works. Please check the associated page for details. \nRights vary by call; please check the associated page for details. \nIf you have questions about the submission guidelines that are not answered here\, please contact us.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pf-call-for-submissions-to-waywords-literary-journal-theme-cozy/
LOCATION:WayWords Literary Journal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Persimmon Tree Short Takes Seeking Submissions on "What I Like/What I Dislike"
DESCRIPTION:Short Takes\nShort Takes are usually short prose pieces\, fiction or non-fiction (250-500 words)\, but can also be topical poetry\, sometimes even drawings or photography. We’re especially interested in hearing about your experiences\, but you can include your thoughts\, dreams\, ideas and opinions. Humor and irony are always appreciated! \nWINTER ISSUE – publication date: December 15\, 2023Please read and follow these instructions carefully. We regret that we cannot accept any submission that does not follow the guidelines as to what should be sent\, when it should be sent\, and to whom it should be sent. \nTopic for the winter issue: What I Like/What I Dislike \nWhat we are looking for:\nSusan Sontag compiled these lists of her likes and dislikes:\n\nThings I like: fires\, Venice\, tequila\, sunsets\, babies\, silent films\, heights\, coarse salt\, top hats\, large longhaired dogs\, ship models\, cinnamon\, goose down quilts\, pocket watches\, the smell of newly mown grass\, linen\, Bach\, Louis XIII furniture\, sushi\, microscopes\, large rooms\, boots\, drinking water\, maple sugar candy. \nThings I dislike: sleeping in an apartment alone\, cold weather\, couples\, football games\, swimming\, anchovies\, mustaches\, cats\, umbrellas\, being photographed\, the taste of licorice\, washing my hair (or having it washed)\, wearing a wristwatch\, giving a lecture\, cigars\, writing letters\, taking showers\, Robert Frost\, German food. \n\nSend us your list. Use the same format. Like hers\, make the entries short\, specific\, to the point. You can include anything you want – anything you do truly like or dislike – except\, like her\, no family\, no spouses or partners\, no children\, and especially\, no grandchildren. \nSubmissions accepted: November 10\, 2023\, to November 20\, 2023\n(Please do not submit earlier or later than those dates.) \nSubmissions should be in a Word document; be sure your name\, address\, and email address are in the document. Email it to publisher@persimmontree.org. The subject line the email should read “Short Takes.” \nInclude a headshot and short (no more than 50 words) bio in the email. \nYou must be subscribed to submit; click here to subscribe. Submissions and subscriptions are free.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-persimmon-tree-short-takes-seeking-submissions-on-what-i-like-what-i-dislike/
LOCATION:Persimmon Tree
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:F - Intrepidus Ink Seeking Submissions in the Theme: "Undaunted & Overcoming"
DESCRIPTION:Our stories are gutsy. An alarmingly individual spirit defines us. Achievement-oriented. Tales of those who struggle\, risk everything\, lose everything\, gain it back—and overcome. Confidence. Emotion. Our words fearlessly and unapologetically fascinate. Our process is challenging. Competitive. At least two editors give a story the “thumbs up” for publication.A story must speak to us\, exemplify our aesthetic\, and potentially delight readers. A tall order. \nWe explore intrepid culture: our stories feature danger elements\, struggle\, emotion\, and OVERCOMING. Our stories are intrepid first and not subordinated to other themes. We love odd\, quirky\, experimental stories\, and humor. \nA tip: if we’ve declined your submissions multiple times\, please don’t give up! Keep trying. But also\, read our published stories to clarify what we mean by intrepid culture. \nGo for the Gutsy! \nSubmission Guidelines for Flash Fiction and Short Stories:\n\nFlash Fiction 300 – 1\,000 words; Short Stories 1\,500 – 2\,500 words (firm). \nUnpublished Work Only: Story cannot be published anywhere online or publicly\, including social media\, community writing sites\, or personal blogs\, nor may work be retitled from said sites. (We mean it.)\nSimultaneous Submissions: Yes.\nMultiple Submissions: No. Send one story; wait for a response\, send another.\nReprints: No.\nFormat: William Shunn Modern Manuscript Format.\nResponse Time: Varies\, but we’ll do our best to decide quickly!\nPayment for Accepted Stories: $.02/word for flash fiction 300 – 1\,000 words. $30 flat rate for short stories 1\,500 – 2\,500 words. Author signs an agreement upon story acceptance; Intrepidus Inc\, LLC pays upon publication.\nRights: Author grants Intrepidus Ink first worldwide electronic rights\, including one-month exclusive rights and non-exclusive archival rights for the magazine’s lifetime (online) in which the Work is published. Author retains copyright of the Work.\nPlease feel free to share your acceptance on social media after signing your contract.\nEditing: We edit and proofread all work before publication.\nRejection Policy: A rejected story will remain rejected; please don’t resubmit.\nFlash Fiction\, Short Stories\, Author Bios\, Photos\, Interviews\, and Advertisements: Will be published online and on social media\, including any or all of the following: intrepidusink.com\, Twitter\, Instagram\, Pinterest\, Facebook\, or Tiktok.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-intrepidus-ink-seeking-submissions-in-the-theme-undaunted-overcoming/
LOCATION:Intrepidus Ink
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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UID:3224-1701072000-1701104400@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to The Stinging Fly
DESCRIPTION:Guidelines:\n\n\nWork must be previously unpublished and not under consideration elsewhere. \n\n\nOnly work submitted through our Submittable account will be considered. Submittable is free to use\, and there is no fee to submit your work to us. \n\n\nWe currently accept submissions in the following four categories: short fiction; novel extracts; non-fiction; poetry. Writers may only submit work to us under one category per submission period. Graphic fiction and non-fiction submissions are welcome. \n\n\nYour work should always be just as long (or as short) as it needs to be. If you are sending us a novel extract\, please don’t send us your full novel! Just a chapter or a section or a story-length passage will suffice\, so long as it can be enjoyed as a standalone piece. \n\n\nFor general poetry submissions\, you may send up to 3 poems. Your poems should be submitted together in one single file. \n\n\nFeatured Poets: In each issue we publish a number of poems (usually 5 or 6) by a poet who is working seriously towards a first collection. To be considered\, you should already have had work published in several other journals and magazines. We welcome poets who have previously had poems appear in The Stinging Fly. Please send 6-8 previously unpublished poems together in a single file. If we want to see more\, we will get back to you. If submitting for the Featured Poet slot\, there’s no need to make a separate general poetry submission. We will also consider individual poems within your Featured Poet submission for publication.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-the-singing-fly/
LOCATION:The Stinging Fly
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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UID:3378-1701072000-1701104400@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to Rough Cut Press. Theme: "Withhold"
DESCRIPTION:Submit Your Work\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe seek experimental work of all genres by writers from the LGBTQIA community. We do not define or gatekeep what it means to be a queer writer: if you think your work belongs here\, then it belongs here. To get a sense of what we publish please read some of our former issues. We don’t know what we like until we see it. Each month we announce a different theme\, but don’t worry if the work you submit doesn’t quite fit: we often build issues and themes around work that takes us by surprise. \nWe seek personal\, political\, precise\, raw\, lyrical\, critical\, and experimental work; the stuff only you can write. Our readers are interested in interrogating systematic inequality\, sex\, sexuality\, gender\, phobias\, what it means to be an activist\, and what it means to create magic. We’re here to build a platform for a multiplicity of voices to converge\, and to compensate all contributing artists from day one. \nSimultaneous submissions are encouraged; we ask that you notify us if your work is accepted elsewhere. Written submissions are limited to 650 words. Please leave your name off of the submission itself and send one piece per submission\, in PDF format. We do not charge a submission fee or a subscription fee; we offer all published artists a $25 honorarium as compensation.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-rough-cut-press-theme-withhold/
LOCATION:Rough Cut Press
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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UID:3182-1701244800-1701277200@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:P - Call for Submissions to Free the Verse Poetry Magazine.  Theme: "Hot Water"
DESCRIPTION:We are now accepting submissions for our winter issue. While the theme and title of this issue is ‘Hot Water’ we encourage you to interpret it creatively. \nOur favourite poems are the unexpected kind. We love free verse poems that take familiar situations and turn them on their head\, using unusual metaphors and drawing parallels no one else would see. Poems with a sense of place and story are always welcome\, as are experimental pieces. You can read our latest issue\, Do You Smell Burning\, to get a sense of the poetry we publish. \nThe deadline for this issue is November 29th\, 2023. Please read our general submission guidelines below before sending us your work: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease submit up to 3 poems per issue\, in one submission. \n\n\n‘Hot Water’ is the title of the issue\, and therefore should not be the title of your poem. \n\n\nYour work must be original and unpublished\, either in print on online. We will accept work that has appeared on your personal website or equivalent. \n\n\nPlease include a brief third-person bio with your submission\, up to a maximum of 50 words. You are welcome to include details of previous publications\, but this will have no impact on whether your poems will be selected for our magazine. \n\n\nAt this time\, we only accept poems written in English. You are welcome to include words and phrases from other languages. \n\n\nIt is free to submit your work. At present we do not offer compensation to our authors. If your work is accepted for publication\, it will be published in our digital magazine. \n\n\nWe accept simultaneous submissions. If one of your poems is accepted for publication elsewhere\, please let us know immediately via our contact page. \n\n\nYou must be over 18 years old to submit.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-call-for-submissions-to-free-the-verse-poetry-magazine-theme-hot-water/
LOCATION:Free the Verse Poetry Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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UID:3246-1701302400-1701388799@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:PFN - Black Fox Prize: Rhapsody of Regret
DESCRIPTION:Black Fox is accepting submissions for its ninth writing prize. The theme for this round is “Rhapsody of Regret.” We are open to loose interpretations of the theme in any genre\, as always. \nWhat lies underneath the weight of regret? \nSo often\, regrets are reminders of roads not taken\, words left unsaid\, and chances not taken. They echo in the deepest parts of our minds\, insisting on what might have been. Whether fiction\, creative nonfiction\, or poetry\, we’re looking for work that uncovers the multifaceted nature of regrets. What emotions\, lessons\, and transformations emerge in retrospect? \nPlease submit your strongest fiction\, nonfiction\, or poetry\, and we will choose one winner that we feel interprets the theme best. The prize is $300 and publication in the Winter 2024 issue. All submissions are considered for publication in the Winter 2024 issue. The contest entry fee is $12\, and submissions must be submitted before midnight (EST) on November 30\, 2023. \nPlease make sure your manuscript is double-spaced with 12-point font. Submissions should be no more than 5\,000 words. For poetry\, send up to three poems in the same document. For flash fiction\, send up to two stories in the same document. Author’s name and page number should appear in the top right-hand corner of every page. We also ask that you specify the category/genre of your work in the cover letter. Submissions are accepted through our submission manager\, found here. \nPlease DO NOT submit work that isn’t ready. Take your time and polish your work to the best of your ability before sending it in. No changes can be made to your submission after we receive it. \nWe will select a winner by the end of January 2024\, and each entrant will receive a response to their submission. \n***Writers\, please note that entry fees are non-refundable\, and payment to winners is awarded via PayPal. We reserve the right to extend the contest deadline if necessary.*** \nThe Black Fox team looks forward to reading your wonderful submissions!
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-black-fox-prize-rhapsody-of-regret/
LOCATION:Black Fox Literary Magazine
CATEGORIES:Contest
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UID:2959-1701331200-1701363600@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:F - The Hudson Review Short Story Contest
DESCRIPTION:Guidelines:\n\nOpen to writers never before published in The Hudson Review.\n10\,000 word limit.\nNo simultaneous submissions.\nNo previously published work.\nSubmit online or by mail (enclose SASE) to 33 W. 67th St.\, New York\, NY 10023.\nNo submission fee.\n\nFirst prize: $1000.\nSecond and third prizes: $500.\n\nWinning stories will be published in The Hudson Review. All submissions will be considered for publication and payment at our regular rates.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-the-hudson-review-short-story-contest/
LOCATION:The Hudson Review
CATEGORIES:Contest
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UID:2963-1701331200-1701363600@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:F - The ServiceScape Short Story Award 2023
DESCRIPTION:Terms and Conditions\n\nAll submitted entries must be original\, unpublished works of short fiction or nonfiction\, up to 5\,000 words in length. The winner retains full rights to his or her submitted piece. We require only that the winning short story be published online first in a permanent blog post on the ServiceScape.com site. The winner retains all other copyright\, publishing\, and reprint rights and ownership of the story. He or she retains the right to publish his or her work elsewhere and at any time without restriction after the competition is over\, as long as the winning short story can remain published on the ServiceScape.com blog as well.\nIn order to qualify as a contest participant\, a person must successfully submit the application form below and must be at least 18 years old. ServiceScape is not responsible for any situation that constitutes an application form submission failure\, including technical malfunctions experienced by the form submitter or by ServiceScape. ServiceScape employees and/or their immediate family and household members are not eligible to be contest participants. There is no purchase necessary to enter. Void where prohibited by law.\nEach contest participant can enter only once.\nContest participants’ application form submissions must be written in English.\nThe contest starts on December 1\, 2022 EST and ends on November 30\, 2023 EST.\nContest participants will be judged on their quality of writing. All decisions are final. Non-winning entries will be discarded after the winner has been chosen and the contest participants will retain all the rights to their submitted work.\nThe potential winner will be notified via email in December 2023. The potential winner must send a headshot photograph within 10 days of the prize notification. The potential winner must also sign and return an affidavit of eligibility\, a liability release\, and a publicity release (where legal) within 10 days of the prize notification. If the potential winner does not deliver these required items within the specified time period or if the potential winner cannot be contacted for any reason\, the prize will be forfeited and an alternate potential winner will be selected. If all required items are delivered within 10 days of the prize notification\, the potential winner will be considered the winner of the contest.\nThe winner of the contest will be awarded $1\,000.00 USD\, payable by check and mailed within 4 weeks. The prize is non-transferable. All federal\, state\, and local taxes imposed on the acceptance of a prize are solely the responsibility of the winner. The winner’s name\, headshot photograph\, and writing will be featured within the ServiceScape blog soon thereafter.\nServiceScape Incorporated reserves the right to modify or terminate this contest at any time without prior notice.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-the-servicescape-short-story-award-2023/
LOCATION:ServiceScape
CATEGORIES:Contest
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