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SUMMARY:PFN - The Inquisitive Eater: New School Food Seeking Submissions for the Fall Issue on the Theme: Eat the Rich
DESCRIPTION:Submissions\n\n\nThe theme of the Fall 2025 issue of The Inquisitive Eater\, is EAT THE RICH. Dismantle the recipes of social dynamics. \nThis issue is centered on the relationship between food and capital. We are looking for submissions that complicate and subvert conventional understandings of food and class. Submissions may inspect consumption\, excess\, cannibalism\, accessibility\, privilege. We encourage all artists to interpret and play with the theme as they see fit. \n\nPoetry: Up to four poems may be submitted for consideration. Please send as a .doc\,.docx\, or .pdf file.\nFiction: Please submit one fiction piece at a time. Ideally each fiction submission will fall under 4\,000 words.  Please send as a .doc\,.docx\, or .pdf file.\nNonfiction/Essay:  Please submit one nonfiction piece at a time. Ideally each nonfiction submission will fall under 4\,000 words. Please send as a .doc\,.docx\, or .pdf file.\n\nDeadline for Submissions: August 30th.  \nOnly previously unpublished work will be considered for publication. Simultaneous submissions are welcome\, but let us know if your work gets picked up elsewhere. Please wait for a response on your current submission’s status before submitting again. Submissions are accepted and managed through our Submittable page: inquisitiveeater.submittable.com
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LOCATION:The Inquisitive Eater
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to époque press é-zine. Theme: Freedom
DESCRIPTION:our é-thos: époque press  was founded in October 2017 with the aim of publishing great literary titles by authors from diverse backgrounds who may have been overlooked by the large global publishing houses. As part of this we also set up an online arts magazine\, our é-zine\, with the aim of connecting artists working in different mediums\, in the hope it would stir the wider pot of creativity. \nSubmissions are now open for the upcoming é-zine on the theme of Freedom – what does Freedom mean to you? Submissions will close on 30th August 2025. \nwritten wordWe are open for submissions of poetry\, short stories and short essays. Please submit your work in an attachment to the email as a MS Word Document. Please accompany your submission with a short bio of no more than 100 words telling us a little bit about yourself\, the motivation behind your work and how it aligns to the theme. This can be attached as a separate MS Word Document or within the text of the email. Please email submissions@epoquepress.com and in the subject header state ‘ezine submission’\, name of theme and your name.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-epoque-press-e-zine-theme-freedom/
LOCATION:époque press é-zine
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SUMMARY:N - Estudios de Filosofía Seeking Submissions on: The open borders of pragmatism
DESCRIPTION:CFP: The open borders of pragmatism\nThree figures of classical pragmatism are usually recognized: Charles S. Peirce\, William James and John Dewey; however\, pragmatism is not restricted to them or to that period and place (late nineteenth century in the United States of North America). Thanks to the impulse given by these three classic pragmatists\, among whom it would also be necessary to include thinkers such as Jane Addams\, this philosophical tradition has spread to other parts of the world thanks to its great plurality and valuation of experience. This is why pragmatism has not been limited to the discussion of the issues raised by its founders\, but has managed to articulate itself with different philosophical aspects and branches of knowledge\, such as education\, art\, semiotics\, biology\, ethics\, politics\, logic\, ecology or mathematics\, among others\, and promises to offer us more possibilities of conversation to illuminate our present and future. This issue aims to make visible all these possible conversations and encounters from philosophy with other inter- and transdisciplinary perspectives. Proposals may be related\, but not limited\, to the following topics: \n● Under-recognized pragmatist authors \n● Applications of pragmatism in different fields such as logic\, mathematics\, epistemology\, ethics\, politics\, gender studies\, feminism\, education\, ecology\, theories of cognition\, sports\, etc. \n● Contemporary critiques and debates on pragmatism \n● New interpretations\, challenges and perspectives of pragmatism. \n● Conversations of pragmatism with other philosophical trends or traditions. \nDeadline: August 30th\, 2025. Publication date: June 30th\, 2026 \n\nSubmission Preparation Checklist\nAs part of the submission process\, authors are required to check off their submission’s compliance with all of the following items\, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines. \n\nThe submission has not been previously published or sent to another journal. Otherwise an explanation has been provided in the “Comments to the Editor”.\nThe file is sent in Microsoft Word 2003-2010 format or docx.\nThe author/s has/have provided web addresses (URLs) for references consulted from the internet.\nThe text has spacing 1.5 points\, the font size is between 11 and 12 points\, italics are used instead underlined (except internet sites URL)\, and all figures and tables are within the text and not at the end of the manuscript.\nThe text accords with stylistic and bibliographic requirements specified in the Author Guidelines. In particular\, the references follow the APA style.\nThe author’s name and affiliation\, and any other information that could reveal her/his identity\, should be removed from the manuscript.\nThe author has a PhD or a Master degree.\nIn the OJS system: the author must submit a file with a brief intellectual biography\, with the following information: name and surname; completed institutional affiliation (university\, faculty\, research group); studies (degrees obtained\, institution); recently published books and articles; areas of expertise; e-mail and ORCID.\nThe text was not generated exclusively by an artificial intelligence. The journal accepts the use of AIs for editing and improving submitted texts\, but they must not be exclusively generated by an AI.\n\n\n\nAuthor Guidelines\nAuthors are required to register on the Estudios de Filosofía website before beginning the submission process. If you are already registered as an author\, just log in to submit your paper through five steps. Be sure to comply with the manuscript preparation guide as shown below\, and also read the copyright notice.\n\nEstudios de Filosofía has adopted the APA Style (Seventh Edition) as the standard citation system for our papers. Helpful information may be found in APA Reference Style.\n\nThere is no publishing or article processing charge (APC).\n\nThe journal cannot consider more than one paper at a time from any one author\, whether as the author or as co-author. So\, until a final decision to publish or reject has been made on one paper\, its author(s) will not be eligible to submit another paper for consideration.\n\nThe journal only accepts manuscripts from authors who have a Ph.D. or master degree.\n\nIntroduction\nAll manuscripts will undergo an initial review with an anti-plagiarism tool. Once confirmed with the anti-plagiarism report that the text meets the originality requirements\, it will be submitted for initial review by the Journal Editor and the Editorial Committee to determine that it is appropriate to the journal’s theme\, scope\, objective\, and editorial guidelines. If the anti-plagiarism percentage reaches 30% self-reference\, the text will be rejected.\n\nArtificial intelligence (AI) can be used in order to improve the readability of the texts\, but in no case to produce manuscripts. AI can produce content that is incorrect\, false\, biased\, or even appropriate original work from another author without proper citation. Without pretending to ignore technological advances\, this journal reiterates its commitment to the production of new knowledge\, the authenticity of documents submitted to editorial processes\, academic curatorship\, integrity\, and ethics in research and publication. Thus\, Estudios de Filosofía will reject articles in which the indiscriminate use of AI is detected.\nOnce the manuscript is accepted for editorial consideration by the journal\, it will undergo double-blind peer review to determine its potential publication. The author might be required to review the manuscript before publication\, yet the right to refuse publication of articles is restricted to the editor or the director. All manuscripts must be submitted in MS Word 2003-2010 or .docx. The following information is suggested as a guide for organizing your submission.\n\n\nAll authors must attach\, in addition to the paper\, a message for the editor with a brief biography\, including their studies\, their institutional affiliation\, and their lines of work and research.
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CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call or Submissions to DOG TEETH lit mag Issue #5. Theme: Vessel
DESCRIPTION:SUBMIT YOUR STRANGE HERE! Our theme for this issue is VESSEL\, so send us your form\, your function\, your container\, your contained; body and constraints and sacred objects and holdings-of-things. EIC likes overspilling\, the meeting of human and animal\, objects that are precious to you\, and general creaturely vibes. We are currently accepting poetry\, creative non-fiction\, short essays\, and micro fiction. We are unfortunately unable to pay contributors\, but know we are as excited as you are to publish your art! Expect to hear back within two weeks after the deadline closing; if you haven’t heard back within this time frame\, give us a nudge via email at dogteethlitmag@gmail.com. DEADLINE: AUGUST 30TH.\n\n\n\nGUIDELINES\nWe do accept simultaneous submissions\, but be sure to let us know if your work is accepted elsewhere and that publication does not allow simultaneous publication\, so we can send you congratulations and withdraw it from DOG TEETH! We accept previously published works ONLY if the place of previous publication was on a personal blog/site/social media. Please submit as a Word Document\, PDF\, or Google Doc. Please only submit once per issue (as in\, if your submission(s) is rejected\, please wait until the following issue to submit). Submissions will only be accepted if they adhere to the theme and guidelines provided here. DO NOT SEND US A.I.-GENERATED WORKS: any piece(s) created using generative A.I. will be automatically rejected and will result in the sender being definitively blacklisted from this publication. This policy is not negotiable.\nPOETRY Submit no more than three poems\, each poem not to exceed 60 lines in length. Submit all poems in the same document\, with each poem on a separate page\, and each poem titled.CREATIVE NON-FICTION Submit no more than two original pieces\, each piece not to exceed 1500 words in length. Submit all pieces in the same document\, with each piece on a separate page\, and each piece titled. \n\n\n\nSHORT ESSAYS Submit no more than one original work\, each piece not to exceed 1500 words in length. Submit all pieces in the same document\, with each piece on a separate page\, and each piece titled. \nMICRO FICTION Submit no more than two original works\, each piece not to exceed 800 words in length. Submit all pieces in the same document\, with each piece on a separate page\, and each piece titled. \n\n\nINCLUSIVITY\nDOG TEETH loves the visceral and fucked-up parts of this life\, but as a queer-led and inclusive mag dedicated to uplifting marginalised voices we have a ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY for transphobia\, homophobia\, racism\, antisemitism\, misogyny\, ableism or other violence against marginalised communities. We welcome sensitive topics and adult material\, but please be mindful and include content warnings. No graphic depictions of sexual assault will be accepted.\n\nRIGHTS\nIf accepted by DOG TEETH\, you grant us first electronic rights and non-exclusive archival rights. All submissions remain the intellectual property of the artist. Rights revert back to the author upon publication. Authors retain copyright and will always be credited.\n\nGOOD LUCK!
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-or-submissions-to-dog-teeth-lit-mag-issue-5-theme-vessel/
LOCATION:DOG TEETH lit mag
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:F - Timeless Reflections Magazine Seeking Short Stories on the Theme: A Valued Inheritance
DESCRIPTION:What do you consider a valued inheritance? It could be an object of sentimental value\, a lesson from a loved one\, a characteristic passed down through generations\, a spiritual blessing or gift\, or even something else you consider valuable. \nWe are looking for short stories about anything that has had a meaningful impact on you\, which a valued person or relationship has passed down. Be creative and thoughtful. Please send us your best work! \n\n\n\nTimeless Reflections is published semiannually\, in spring and fall\, online and in print. We accept most genres except erotica and horror. Simultaneous submissions are considered if we are notified of the work being accepted by another publication. Reprints are considered with disclosure of previous publications. \nBy submitting\, the author who has his or her written work selected for the magazine agrees that he/she is the original creator of the work and that he/she holds the copyright to the work. The author agrees that Timeless Reflections/Diamante Lavendar is granted usage of the work for display\, promotion\, marketing\, email newsletters\, press releases\, and for use in Timeless Reflections Magazine and on the Timeless Reflections/Diamante Lavendar website and social media accounts.  The author’s name will be displayed with the written work.  The work and author’s name will also be archived on this site and will be available for public view.  The author maintains all copyrights of the work. The work will not be resold\, copied\, exchanged or downloaded from this site.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-timeless-reflections-magazine-seeking-short-stories-on-the-theme-a-valued-inheritance/
LOCATION:Timeless Reflections Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Submit to 3Elements Literary Review using the Elements: Cherry Tree\, Surveillance\, Menu
DESCRIPTION:The three elements for the current submission period are: Cherry Tree\, Surveillance\, Menu.\nDue August 31\, 2025\, for our fall issue\, no. 48.\n\n\nWhat does 3Elements enjoy reading?\nWe appreciate good writing in any genre. We especially like edgy writing that offers insight into darkness. We prefer character-driven stories as opposed to plot-driven ones. We relish a piece with a great deal of heart and more than a little bit of Truth (note the capital “T”). We want to read a story that makes us feel edified or philosophical or amused or creeped out or angry or melancholy or inspired or\, best yet\, all of these things together. \n  \nWe find stories that include gratuitous violence distasteful. Sexism\, racism\, or other forms of intolerance are intolerable to us. That said\, you can certainly reveal a character through his/her prejudices; just don’t use a story to perpetuate negative stereotypes or ignorance. The world is already bursting with both. \n  \nUsing the elements\n3Elements Literary Review  is a themed literary journal\, and all THREE elements (the specific words\, Cherry Tree\, Surveillance\, Menu) given for the submission period must be included in your story or poem for your work to be considered for publication. NO EXCEPTIONS WHATSOEVER. \n  \nYour story or poem doesn’t have to be about the three elements or even revolve around them; simply use your imagination to create whatever you want. You can use any form of the words/elements for the given submission period. For example\, if the elements are: Flash\, Whimsy\, and Seizure; we would accept the usage of Flashed\, Whimsical\, and Seizures. \n  \nHow to submit your work\nWe will only accept previously unpublished (including digital/online content) work submitted to us through Submittable. You can easily submit material to us from our Submit page. Any work that is sent to us as an attachment\, or in the body of an email\, through our ‘Contact’ page\, or any other way outside of Submittable will automatically be declined. \n  \nLength\nThere is no minimum word count\, but please keep your fiction and nonfiction submissions under 3\,500 words. Poetry must be under two typed pages. \n  \nBio\nIf you’re accepted for publication in 3Elements Literary Review\, we\, as well as the readers of our publication will naturally want to know a little more about you\, as well as your writing background\, so providing us with a bio is very helpful!
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-submit-to-3elements-literary-review-using-the-elements-cherry-tree-surveillance-menu/
LOCATION:3Elements Literary Review
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Ivo Review Seeking Submissions on the Theme of: Connections
DESCRIPTION:How to Submit \nFor poetry and flash or micro-fiction\, please submit up to five (5) pieces of up to 100 lines for poetry. We consider micro-fiction to be up to 350 words\, and flash to be 351 – 1000 words. \nFor longer works of fiction\, non-fiction\, or dramatic works please send up to two (2) pieces of up to 3000 words. \nFor dramatic works\, we consider works that would be able to produced as a 10 minute play or shorter. We love long dramatic monologues\, but will also consider ensemble pieces. \nSend submissions to editorivoreview@gmail.com. The subject line should be the THEME of the issue for which you are submitting work and the CATEGORY of the submission. (Example: LOST – POETRY)  Please include a short cover letter with a short author’s bio in the body of the e-mail and attach submissions in a single .docx attachment. \nSubmissions that do not follow these simple guidelines will not be read. \nCurrently we are reading for Issue One: CONNECTIONS until August 31st\, 2025. \n  \nWhat We Look For \nWe are looking for prose\, poetry\, fiction\, non-fiction\, hybrid works\, and dramatic works from emerging and established writers from around the world\, particularly writers from historically underrepresented communities. We love the concept of narrative – we want to read storytellers telling stories in whatever form that takes for you. \nWorks should be primarily in English. \nWe consider simultaneous submissions but if a work is accepted elsewhere please let us know. We will be thrilled for you! We consider reprints but please indicate the original publication so that it can be credited – with a link to the work if possible so that we can also link to that publication. \nWe will not consider AI generated work.  At this time we are also not considering translations. \n  \nRights and Expectations  \nYou retain all rights to your work. By submitting work to Ivo Review you are granting us the non-exclusive rights to publish your work in our online issues and to continue the display of that work on the online site. You are confirming that you are the author of the submitted work and that you retain the rights to submit it for publication. Works published online in Ivo Review will be considered for future anthologies\, and authors will be contacted for permission and with information about payment if we are interested in using your work again in that way.  We will promote your work\, but we will never attempt to sell your work or to include it in any publication other than the issue in which it was originally published without your permission. \nIf a piece has not been previously published before Ivo Review\, please credit us in any future publications. \nAt this time\, we are not a paying market – though we do hope to be able to correct that soon. We do have every intention of nominating for Pushcart and other prizes including Best Small Fictions\, Best Microfiction\, and Best of the Net. \nOur anticipated response time is currently four weeks or less\, but we are a very small operation and so cannot promise that it will not take us a bit longer. If you have not heard from us after six weeks\, please feel free to contact us for an update. We will not take it personally!
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-ivo-review-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-of-connections/
LOCATION:Ivo Review
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to NonBinary Review Issue #42: Erased from history
DESCRIPTION:History\, as the old saying goes\, is written by the winners. This means that in most histories\, the stories are about discovery and conquest rather than plunder and genocide. It also means that some of those losers of history have been forgotten – erased by the cultures that overran them. Historical erasure isn’t limited to countries or cultures. Underrepresented societal groups – those denigrated by the dominant culture – are often left out of histories\, their contributions to society\, including their arts\, inventions\, and scientific discoveries\, are either attributed to others\, or left out entirely. \nWe are looking for stories of people or things that have been erased from history\, the mechanism by which that erasure is effected\, or the consequence of erasure. We want the story of the lizard people that originally colonized earth\, leading to the widespread theory that many world leaders are lizard people. The reason why Atlantis was erased from history and relegated to myth. The fact that gravity was invented by an illiterate Burmese restaurant owner in 1146CE. \nWe are NOT looking for dry factual histories (no term papers\, please)\, personal screeds or jeremiads\, or the life and personal stories of individuals from an erased group (for instance\, the story of your grandfather who was killed in the Holocaust). These stories are important\, but not the focus of this issue. \nIMPORTANT NOTICE\nZoetic Press does not accept AI generated content. If our editors judge that your content is AI-generated\, it will be declined. \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. \nIf your work was accepted for Issue #38: Rituals or Issue #39: Mistaken Identity\, we’re sorry\, but we cannot accept your work at this time (see our general guidelines.) \nWe have different teams evaluating poetry\, prose\, and art. If you submit to the wrong genre\, your submission will be declined. \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.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-nonbinary-review-issue-42-erased-from-history/
LOCATION:NonBinary Review
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - Contemporary Verse 2 (CV2) Seeking Works for their 50th Anniversary from Previously Unpublished Poets Only
DESCRIPTION:*Update: Aug 1st\, 2025* \nDue to the overwhelming response to this special submissions form\, we’ve now filled all the available space we had in our 2025 issues for poems submitted to this form. Any poems submitted after August 1st\, or submitted before August 1st but still awaiting a response\, will now be considered for our winter 2026 issue\, which will come out in January 2026. \nThank you for your understanding\, and for your submissions! \n— \nAs part of CV2’s 50th Anniversary celebrations\, we’re pleased to offer this special submissions form\, open exclusively to those whose poetry has never before been published in print\, and whose poetry (at the time of submission) has not been accepted for publication in any other print formats. \nOver its 50-year history\, CV2 has had the privilege of providing dozens of writers with their first print publications\, and this year\, as we celebrate this milestone anniversary for the magazine\, we hope to support a fresh wave of emerging poets in the same way. \nSubmissions to this exclusive portal are free of charge (for both Canadians and non-Canadians)\, and the poems submitted will be treated like any other submission to the magazine\, in that each one will be read and carefully considered by our editorial team. Submitters to this exclusive portal will receive a response to their submissions within three months of submission\, and\, if accepted\, their work will appear in a 2025 issue of CV2 Magazine\, so as to be part of our 50th Anniversary celebrations this year. \nIf your poetry has previously been published online\, but never in print\, you are welcome to submit (bearing in mind that the specific poem(s) you submit must not previously have been published in any format). While those who have previously published in print writing in genres other than poetry are welcome to submit\, priority will be given to those who are entirely unpublished\, depending on the number of submissions received and the space available in our 2025 issues. \nSubmitters must confirm in their cover letter that they A) Have never had their poetry published in print\, and B) That\, at the time of submission\, their work has not been accepted for publication by any other print outlets. See below for full submission guidelines. \nNB: This submission portal is for writers whose poetry has never before been published in print\, and whose poetry (at the time of submission) has not been accepted for publication in any other print formats\, only. All submitters who do not qualify under these terms are invited to submit to our General Submissions forms\, also open now. \nSubmissions to this exclusive portal are free of charge (for both Canadians and non-Canadians)\, and the poems submitted will be treated like any other submission to the magazine\, in that each one will be read and carefully considered by our editorial team. \nSubmitters to this exclusive portal will receive a response to their submissions within three months of submission\, and\, if accepted\, their work will appear in a 2025 issue of CV2 Magazine\, so as to be part of our 50th Anniversary celebrations this year. \nWhile those who have previously published writing in genres other than poetry are welcome to submit\, priority will be given to those who are entirely unpublished\, depending on the number of submissions received and the space available in our 2025 issues. \nSee below for full submission guidelines. We look forward to reading your work! \n  \nFull Submission Guidelines: \nContemporary Verse 2 only accepts one submission per submitter at a time (submissions to our two annual contests\, the 2-Day Poem Contest and the Foster Poetry Prize\, do not count). \nAny submissions that do not follow correct guidelines or do not include full contact information will not be considered for publication and will not receive a reply. \nCV2 welcomes submissions of original\, previously-unpublished work. By submitting to this portal you are confirming that the work submitted is entirely your own (not including translations) and has not previously been published in any format. \nYou may submit no more than 5 poems\, to a maximum of 6 pages. \nCV2 welcomes poetry submissions in French\, as well as translation projects\, including both French to English and English to French. \nCV2 accepts translations of works in any language. \nIf submitting a translation\, please include in your cover letter permissions and a bio from the original artist\, and a citation of the original source of the work. \neg: “Title of Poem.” Title of Collection. Publisher\, Year of Publication. \nPlease upload your submission as a single attachment of a Microsoft Word\, TXT or RTF (rich text format) document.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-contemporary-verse-2-cv2-seeking-works-from-previously-unpublished-poets-only-for-the-50th-anniversary/
LOCATION:Contemporary Verse 2 (CV2)
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SUMMARY:P - The Monthly Tricycle Haiku Challenge: Perseids
DESCRIPTION:Illustrations by Jing Li\nAt seventeen syllables\, haiku is the shortest poem in world literature. It is now also the most popular form of poetry in the world\, written in nearly every language. And yet\, as haiku has spread internationally\, one of the most important aspects of the tradition has largely been lost—the community of poets. \nIn Europe and the United States\, haiku is often regarded as the domain of literary elites\, but this is not the case in Japan\, where haiku is deeply rooted in communal activity. Millions of amateur Japanese poets belong to haiku groups (clubs\, really)\, which are sponsored by different “schools” of haiku\, each with its own magazine. Most daily and weekly newspapers carry a haiku column featuring poems submitted by their subscribers\, sometimes on the front page. \nTo help bring back this social dimension\, we are inviting our readers to participate in the monthly Tricycle Haiku Challenge. Each month\, moderator Clark Strand will select three poems to be published online\, one of which will appear with a brief commentary. Each quarter\, one of these poems also will appear in the print magazine alongside an extended commentary. In this way\, we can begin to follow the seasons together—spring\, summer\, fall\, and winter—and share the joy of haiku together as a community. \nRequirements: \nAnyone can submit haiku to the monthly challenge using the form below. To be considered for publication\, your haiku must: \n\nBe written in three lines of 5\, 7\, and 5 syllables:\nGetting the syllables of a haiku to sit naturally inside of its seventeen-syllable form is the primary challenge. Each haiku is a word problem in search of a satisfying seventeen-syllable solution.\nContain the “season word” assigned for that month:\nA haiku isn’t only a word problem. To the seventeen syllables the poet must add a turn of thought that results in more than seventeen syllables of meaning—along with a word that refers to one of the four seasons. How the poet uses “season words” like autumn sun or dew will typically determine the effectiveness of the poem.\n\nPart of the reason haiku appeals to so many people is that its rules are simple and easy to follow\, yet it can take a lifetime to master them. Ten million people currently write haiku in Japanese. There is no reason why millions can’t write haiku in English\, too\, provided they agree on the basics. The turn of thought you add to that simple formula of 5-7-5 syllables with a season word is entirely up to you. \nSubmissions close on the last day of the month at 11:59 pm ET\, and the results will be posted the week after. Monthly submissions are anonymized and the winning poems are selected in a blind process. \nTo learn more about the history and principles of haiku\, check out Clark Strand’s online course with Tricycle\, “Learn to Write Haiku: Mastering the Ancient Art of Serious Play.” \n\nThis Month’s Season Word:\nSubmit as many haiku as you please using the submission form at the bottom of our home page. Just be sure to include this month’s season word. \nSummer season word: “Perseids” \nperseid shower\nmaybe the dark does require\nan extra dipper \nSubmit as many haiku as you please on the season word “Perseids.” Your poems must be written in three lines of 5\, 7\, and 5 syllables\, respectively\, and should focus on a single moment of time happening now. \nBe straightforward in your description and try to limit your subject matter. Haiku are nearly always better when they don’t have too many ideas or images. So make your focus the season word* and try to stay close to that. \n*REMEMBER: To qualify for the challenge\, your haiku must be written in 5-7-5 syllables and include the word “Perseids.” \nHaiku Tip: Learn What to Say When Someone Tells You\, “That’s Not a Haiku!”\nThose who submit Formal Haiku to the English language specialty magazines (i.e.\, those devoted to haiku and related forms) are often told by the editors of those magazines\, “That’s not a haiku!” Sometimes an editor will suggest a revision\, removing up to half of the poem’s 17 syllables to get something shorter. In the process\, they will often also remove the season word. \nHow did it come to this? The answer could fill a book. But the long and short of it (pun intended) is this: If you regard haiku as a poetic form\, you can agree with others about what a haiku is and turn your attention to writing good poetry in that form. If you regard haiku as a free verse poem\, the spirit or techniques of which are its defining feature\, you will be stuck arguing endlessly about what a haiku “is” or “is not.” English language haiku poets have wasted over a century doing exactly that. Like the sonnet\, the haiku form is a vessel to be filled with whatever the poet has to say. That is how it functions in Japanese literature and how Japanese poets have always understood it. If we render our thoughts in 5-7-5 syllables and manage to include a season word\, we have written a haiku. What remains to decide is whether what we have said is worth saying and how well we have said it—not whether our poem is a haiku or not. \nAnd so\, the next time a haiku specialist tells you that your poem is “not a haiku\,” ask them to tell you what a haiku is. But don’t let them go on and on. If they can’t explain it simply\, in a way that a six-year-old could understand\, they will never get there. You’d be better off starting a magazine of your own. \nA note on the Perseids: About this spectacular annual event\, season word editor Becka Chester writes: “Considered the best meteor show of the year by NASA\, the Perseids begin in mid-July and peak in mid-August. Prime time for their viewing is just before dawn\, with scattered sightings occurring from 10 pm onward. It is best to view them far from bright city lights. \n“The showers occur yearly as the Earth passes through a cloud of dust particles from a comet called 109P/Swift-Tuttle. The comet’s particles become heated as they hit our atmosphere and appear as bright streaks across the heavens. \n“The Perseid shower was named because the meteors seemed to originate from the constellation Perseus.” \nNote that this year the Perseids will peak just before dawn on Wednesday\, August 13th \, when you can view up to 100 meteors per hour under optimal conditions. \n\nJune’s Winning Poem:\nSummer season word: “Summer Lake” \nthe heads of swimmers\nthe only things not swallowed\nby the summer lake \n— Marcia Burton \nIllustration by Jing Li\nYou can find the honorable mentions\, additional commentary\, and June’s haiku tips here.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-the-monthly-tricycle-haiku-challenge-perseids/
LOCATION:The Monthly Tricycle Haiku Challenge
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - Red Wolf Journal Seeking Submissions for the "Recovering Greenness" Anthology
DESCRIPTION:submission guidelines\n  \n\n\nRecovering Greenness: An Anthology of Poems \n \nWe invite poem submissions on the theme of “Recovering Greenness”. Submit your new previously unpublished poems to: redwolfeditions@gmail.com. A selection of your poems will appear on this site first before the PDF release in October 2025. \nSubmit to redwolfeditions@gmail.com. \nPublication date: first week October 2025 \nEditorial here
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-red-wolf-journal-seeking-submissions-for-the-recovering-greenness-anthology/
LOCATION:Recovering Greenness Anthology
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to Etymology Press. Theme: Sonder
DESCRIPTION:Etymology is the study of the origin and history of words. \nHere\, we know words are not inanimate. They live\, they evolve\, and they change. More so\, words have the power to live in us\, evolve us\, and create change in our communities. Let us do this work together. Let’s tell the stories of our community\, together\, one word at a time. \n\n\n\nEach issue\, we publish five pieces in print. Up to three honorable mentions (or multimedia work) may be published on our website along with each issue. If we publish you this month or even if we don’t\, please\, keep submitting. We want to see your work over and over and over again. \nWe look for work that is creative\, grounded in concrete images\, and playful. (Note: playful doesn’t equal light. We want your horror\, your heartbreak\, and your fury. We just want it delivered in interesting\, surprising ways that remind us why we fell in love with language to begin with.) \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSeptember\nSubmission Deadline: August 31 \nSubmission Guidelines \n  \n\n\nThe Online IssueHow to submit:\n\n\n  \n\n\nEmail submissions as an attachment to etymologypress@gmail.com\nAttachments should be in document format\, not PDF.\nSubject your email “Submission for *word* / *Genre*” For example: “Submission for Genus / Poetry”\nPlease include a short author bio in the body of the email. 50-150 words.\nSimultaneous submissions are welcome\, but please contact ASAP if work is to be published elsewhere.\nWe are happy to publish reprints\, so long as the author notifies us of previous publications so that we can give proper credit.\n\n\n  \nPoetry\nWe look for poetry that has a strong sense of voice and is rooted in imagery. We love playful poetry\, fresh language\, and metaphors that haunt our dreams. \nPoetry submissions should include 3-5 poems. \n  \n\n\nNarratives\nWe look for narratives (true or fictional) that have a strong sense of voice and are rooted in concrete images. All genres welcome. Graphic Narrative and other experimental forms are encouraged. \nStories should be between 500-5\,000 words. \nStories should be double spaced\, 12pt\, Times New Roman font. \n\n\n 
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-bad-lilies-seeking-poetry-submissions-for-the-month-of-august-no-theme/
LOCATION:Etymology Press
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SUMMARY:P - Drawn to the Light Press Seeking Submissions on the Theme of Magic.
DESCRIPTION:Submissions Issue 16 October 2025\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\nThe submission period for issue 16\, October 2025\, opens on Sunday\, 27th July and closes on Sunday\, 31st August\, at midnight. \nThe theme for this issue is ‘Magic’. \nSend no more than 3 previously unpublished poems using Times New Roman 12 and single spacing. Include a short bio of 50 words or less\, and written in the third person. \nEntrants must be 18 and over. \nSend all entries to orla.a.fay@gmail.com
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LOCATION:Drawn to the Light Press
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SUMMARY:PN - Call for Submissions to Tiny Spoon: a bite-size experimental literary magazine. Theme: Translation/Transference
DESCRIPTION:Submissions\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSubmissions are now open through the end of August!\n\nWe view the theme // Translation // Transference // as a space for opening portals\, to lift the underbelly of deep meaning which swims below the surface and haunts the layers of each word. To translate is to: transition: expose: excavate: interpret: converse: mediate through an artistic rendering: to build a fresh\, new dewy consciousness. Let your language levitate. Let linguistics lavish the tongue through time and space. \nThis is a conversation among all of us–  \nWhat is the act of transfer? What is the act of translation? \nWhat is being transferred\, between or among what entities? \nDoes translation exist beyond a linguistic veil? \nWhat is gained or lost within this act? What is the transformation? \nHow is meaning shaped\, deconstructed\, reconstructed\, hidden\, or obliterated through acts of translation?  \nWe think of ways in which translation opens meaning that would be otherwise unavailable – yet what nuances can be lost – or what meaning can be lost or repressed? What truths can it reveal or bury? What deception can run wild? How do we claim or reclaim this space? \nWe welcome your translation of translation – what does this mean to you? Does the translation arrive word by word? Word to action? Entity to image? As always\, we welcome a broad\, experimental interpretation of this theme. \nWe want your hybrid concoctions\, works opposed to normative\, your open interpretation\, diving into an echo creation which uproots expectation\, cracks wide open the transmuting space that is communication. Expand upon our vast consciousness that which is expression\, comprehension\, and understanding\, then fold it upon itself and send it down stream. \n\nWhat We Look For:\nHere at Tiny Spoon\, we are especially interested in experimental work\, although not exclusively. If you’ve had trouble finding a home for your work because it doesn’t fit into generally recognized categories\, chances are your home is right here with us. \nWe seek work that pushes the boundaries of conventional genres; work that is daring\, experimental\, innovative\, quirky\, thoughtful\, vulnerable\, electric\, eccentric. In other words\, your inner workings expanded and exposed\, raw and immediate; your fragile soul parted at the seams into our bound paper glossary of tiny wonder. Your voice is beautiful\, edgy\, infinite\, and unique\, and we want to raise it. \nWe look forward to reading your work! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSUBMIT\n\n\nSubmissions are now open for Issue 14. \nPlease use this form to submit your work. \nPieces submitted via email or not following guidelines will not be accepted. \n\n\n\nGuidelines:\n\nFormat text: sent as .doc\, .docx\, .rtf\, or .pdf\nArt: .jpeg or .tif\nPlease label the file “Last Name_Title of Work”\nLength per piece: 1\,000 words max\nFont: 12 pt Garamond or a similar font\nUp to three pieces per submission. Any additional work after the first three will not be reviewed. Please refrain from inserting text submissions directly into the body of the email.\nPlease limit to one submission per issue.\nSimultaneous submissions allowed. Please let us know if it is published elsewhere.\n\n  \n\nSubmissions are free!\nPlease provide a one sentence bio about yourself.\nCover letters are not required\, but you may send one if you’d like. We won’t show preference based on this.\nYou will maintain the rights to your work; if it is published elsewhere or in a collection\, we simply ask that you give us credit for first publication.\nSubmitted work will be considered for our print and/or online blog\, which allows us to accept more submissions since print space is limited.\n\n  \n\nPlease note\, that due to ensure the consistency and respect the time of our small and dedicated team\, we ask that all submissions submitted to this call are in their final form upon submission. We’re aware small edits may arise in the proofing of the issue if your piece is accepted.\nIf the submission call is still open\, you may however\, please submit the revised piece using the official form and note that it is a revision.\nWe are a small staff of three. Tiny Spoon has lots of love that goes into production. That said\, it can take around 6 months for an issue to come to fruition. Please do not email us to inquire about the status of the piece (unless you are letting us know it has been accepted elsewhere). We we email you with results of the issue. Please do keep in contact over social media and newsletters to see where we might be in the process or what else we having going on! We appreciate your patience and understanding!\n\n\n\n\nUpon submitting to Tiny Spoon\, we will add you to our monthly newsletter to be sure you are updated on all the latest information regarding submission calls and reading processes so you are always aware of the status of your work. Generally\, it takes us 3-6 months to read through our submissions. Please use the newsletter and social media to gauge where we might be in the process in lieu of individual emails–we will always let you know as soon as we have made our final decisions! \n\nContributor Compensation\nFor our contributors in the United States\, we send a complimentary copy of the issue in which they appear. \nIf outside of the US\, due to budgeting costs\, instead of a physical copy\, we provide a digital/printable version of the magazine.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pn-call-for-submissions-to-tiny-spoon-a-bite-size-experimental-literary-magazine-theme-translation-transference/
LOCATION:Tiny Spoon
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SUMMARY:PFN - Prosetrics: The Literary Magazine Seeking Submissions on the Theme of: Whelve
DESCRIPTION:“Theme for September 2025: Whelve”\nThe given theme is about: \n\n\n\nTo whelve is to bury\, to cover\, to hide—a quiet act of protection or forgetting.\nAutumn whelves the world: leaves fall\, roots retreat\, and silence settles in.\nThis fall\, we seek work that explores what lies beneath; stories hidden\, memories preserved\, emotions wrapped in metaphor. Whelve what needs shelter. Unearth what won’t stay buried.\nWe are looking for work that embodies the act of whelving—the quiet burying\, the gentle covering\, the things hidden just beneath the surface. Autumn is a season of holding in\, of golden beauty edged with retreat. Send us your best pieces that speak to fall’s glow and the hush that follows\, stories and poems that explore what we protect\, what we bury\, and what refuses to stay hidden.\n\nNOTE: All the work\, whether depicting the realities\, secrets and mysteries of life or the beauty of nature in fall\, should be written\, drawn\, or painted in a way that the setting of it gives the vibe of fall whether tragic or happy\, gloomy or colorful.\n\n\n\nYour work should be based around the given theme and its elements. \n  \nCompile everything for written submissions into one MS Word Document with the.doc or .docx extension\nAny and every submission that does not comply with these guidelines will be automatically rejected. \nWe do not accept work previously published on social media or in another publication print or online. \nWe do not accept submissions that are formatted in an overly stylized manner \nNOTE: Our query response time via email is 3 business days. Our submission response time is anywhere between 7-12 working days. \n  \nSubmission Guide for Prose/Poetry:\n\n\n\n\n\nIf Submitting\nMinimum\nMaximum\nInstructions\n\n\nLonger Poems\n1\n3\nNo more than 35 lines\n\n\nHaiku/Senryu\n3\n5\nTitles are optional\n\n\nShort Story\n(Fic/Non Fic)\n1\n2\nNo more than 3000 words per story\n\n\nEssay\n1\n1\nNo more than 2000 words\n\n\nProse\n1\n2\nNo more than 500 words per prose\n\n\n\n\n\nE-Mail Format for Prose\, Story\, Essay or Poetry:\n\nSubject: Submission for September ’25\nDescription: Your short introduction and your attachments to your email\nAttachments: MS Word Submission Document; pictures\, if any\, accompanying your written work\nKindly send everything in ONE email. If you forget to attach something in the main email\, mention it in the next email that you send. If you are sending all the elements of the submission in different/multiple emails deliberately\, your submission will be rejected.\nDO NOT embed any pictures within the Word document. Attach them to the email as separate attachments.\n\nNOTE:\nIf your subject is not as mentioned above\, your email will land in the wrong folder and we may not find it in time. Make sure it is labeled as mentioned.\nNo other form of submission except MS Word Document\, such as PDFs or other file formats\, will be considered\nWe are not accepting or including writer’s or poet’s self-portraits or logos for identity this time.\nPlease Note:\n\n\n\nKindly follow all of the given guidelines for your submissions to be considered.\nThere will not be second chances\, so make sure your work is spell-checked and grammar-checked properly the first time.\nYour submissions will not be considered if they are not according to the theme\, whether it be poetry\, prose\, photography\, or art.\nIf you’ve sent the same submissions to other journals or magazines and they get accepted before our acceptance/rejection/publication\, notify us immediately.\nNo AI-generated submissions will be accepted or considered for publication.\nAvoid fanciful\, difficult-to-understand language. Make sure your written pieces are easily understandable by the reader.\nNothing sexual\, political\, religious\, or racially offensive will be entertained.\nNo simultaneous or multiple submissions will be accepted to replace or change the first submission after the first submission has been rejected or accepted.\nSubmissions with grammatical or spelling errors or that do not fall within the parameters of the given guidelines will be automatically rejected. Please make sure you check your bio and submissions for any errors before emailing them to us.\n\n\nCompilation Format for an MS-Word Document:\n\nA clear\, concise\, third-person bio in 50 words or less.\nClear titles for poems and prose. The magazine theme as a title is not acceptable.\nYour poems\, prose\, or stories that you want to send for publication.\nSocial media information for your primary Instagram\, Facebook\, or Twitter accounts\, as well as your primary poetry\, photography\, or art website No Discord\, TikTok\, Wattpad\, Pinterest\, YouTube\, Inkitt\, Emails or any other profiles will be accepted.\nCompile everything except for photos\, if any\, into one Microsoft Word with the.doc or .docx extension\n\nNOTE: No other form of submission\, such as PDFs or other file formats\, will be considered
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LOCATION:Prosetrics: The Literary Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Lunch Ticket Seeking Submission for Issue 28
DESCRIPTION:Please read these guidelines thoroughly before submitting to Lunch Ticket. Submissions that do not adhere to our guidelines will not be considered.\nPoetry Submission Guidelines: \n\nPlease submit to Lunch Ticket only once per submission reading period (regardless of genre).\nIf your work has been published in Lunch Ticket\, please skip one submission reading period before submitting again.\nAll submissions at Lunch Ticket are read anonymously in the first round. We only read pieces that have all identifying information removed. Make sure no identifying information exists in the document title\, submission title\, or the work itself. Identifying information (such as names and bios) can only be included in the cover letter\, and not in any attached files or the submission title.\nWe allow simultaneous submissions. Please indicate in your cover letter that this is a simultaneous submission\, and if your piece is accepted elsewhere\, you must notify us immediately.\nWe do not accept previously published work (this includes work published in personal blogs or social media).\nWe do not accept AI-generated work.\nSubmitters must be 18 years of age or older.\nAll submitters are added to our bi-monthly newsletter email subscriber list.\n\nWe look forward to sampling your work! \nPoetry: \n\nSubmit up to 3 poems per cycle. Submit all poems in the same document.\nWe recognize that poetry often calls for its own particular formatting. When in doubt\, use 12-pt Times New Roman font.\n\nFiction:\n\nAll prose must be double-spaced in 12-pt Times New Roman font.\nSubmissions should not exceed 3\,500 words (source text not included in the word count).\nIf your piece is 750 words and under\, please submit it to the Flash Prose category.\n\nFlash Prose:\n\nAll prose must be double-spaced in 12-pt Times New Roman font.\nSubmit one flash piece per cycle. We only accept prose that is 750 words or less. (If your piece is 751 to 3\,500 words\, please submit it to Creative Nonfiction or Fiction.)\n\nCreative Nonfiction:\n\nAll prose must be double-spaced in 12-pt Times New Roman font.\nSubmissions should not exceed 3\,500 words (source text not included in the word count).\nIf your piece is 750 words and under\, please submit it to the Flash Prose category.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-lunch-ticket-seeking-submission-for-issue-28/
LOCATION:Lunch Ticket
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - Submission Window #8 Open for Wildfire Words
DESCRIPTION:As usual\, we are looking for writing on your own choice of theme that grabs our attention\, pulls our heart strings\, leaves us open-mouthed or holding our breath\, makes us think\, make us laugh or cry\, and/or is strikingly original. In short\, poems or flash-fiction that excite us enough to share them with wildfire words readers. During this submission window\, each writer may make one submission as a single file containing a maximum of 3 items — poems and/or prose. Each item can be in any form\, but no longer than 50 lines or 300 words\, including title\, stanza breaks\, dedication or footnotes. For all submissions to Wildfire Words\, we choose only content that follows our inclusivity policy of respect for all writers\, regardless of their background\, beliefs\, ethnicity\, identity. \nWe encourage you to make an audio recording of each item on your phone or computer and submit it with your text or on its own without your text. Publishing audio is our speciality\, because it amplifies the strength and meaning of your writing. If you prefer to join one of our online recording sessions to submit\, click on this link. \nYou are also invited to supply a biography of yourself in no more than 60 words\, If any of your work is published\, your writing “bio” will be\, too. \nTo submit your text and bio (with or without audio) please click on this link. \nTo submit audio after submitting text and bio\, click on this link. \nSubmitted writing must be your own original work\, in English\, and unpublished in print or online\, including your own website. Where an original writer teams up with a translator into English\, we will consider publishing the work\, provided biographies of both writer and translator are provided. \nIf your work is published in wildfire words ezine\, it will be on a non-exclusive basis for at least one year. The copyright remains yours for all poems\, flash\, bios\, and audio recordings you submit for publication. \nHow we decide which poems to publish \nOur decisions on whether to publish an item are not anonymous. We see the writer’s bio with the text. Published authors have generally set a quality benchmark which we can use to gauge their new work. The work of writers with little or no published work is assessed on quality and potential. In such cases\, we may contact the writer to suggest some tweaks that would make us keen to share the work on Wildfire Words. \nWe do not charge for submissions — or for feedback\, if we choose to offer it on work not accepted on first review. Our publishing service is non-profit-making\, created with a love of sharing creative writing and social and personal growth it produces. Donations to support Wildfire Words’ sustainability are welcome\, but voluntary. A donation does not affect whether we publish a submission. \nWe aim to include writers worldwide. We respect all people and their well-being\, beliefs\, individuality\, and free speech\, and expect the same from writers. We’ll publish any work that adds fresh creative spice to this feature. We’ll evaluate your jewel\, whether it’s a cut and polished dazzler or a rough stone with interesting lustre.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-submission-window-8-open-for-wildfire-words/
LOCATION:Wildfire Words
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to Solstitia: A Fiction Fans Magazine. TheTheme: Dragon Hoards
DESCRIPTION:Theme (“Dragon Hoards”) is not a strict requirement. The theme is preferred but not strictly enforced. \nAll genres welcome\, genre blending encouraged. We do not accept AI-generated content. \nPlease send only one work per submission. \nWe accept all genres (yes\, even literary fiction) and all submission types (fiction\, non fiction\, poetry). Word count 10\,000 or less preferred. \nSimultaneous submissions welcome\, but please withdraw your piece from Solstitia if you accept publication elsewhere. If the submission has been previously published\, please include the date and publication it appeared in. \nThere is no submission fee. \nAny previously published works should not have been published in the 24 months leading up to this issue’s publication date (since December 2023). If the submission has been previously published\, please include the date and publication it appeared in. \nPoetry may include multiple works per submission. Please send no more than three poems per submission. Each piece should be titled individually and start on a new page of the document. \nMaximum 3 submissions to Solstitia per author per issue. One file of 3 poems is considered one submission for this limit. \nWe reserve the right to make minor edits prior to publication. \nIf accepted: \n1. You will receive a $50 token acceptance award. \n2. You retain all rights to the piece\, but you are giving Solstitia permission to publish it in this issue of Solstitia\, for as long as the issue is available to purchase (which may be in perpetuity). \n3. Solstitia does not require a period of exclusivity after publication\, but you confirm that your piece has not/will not be published in the 24 months leading up to the release of this issue \n4. You will receive one PDF or EPUB copy of the magazine when it is released. \n5. Solstitia/Fiction Fans may make small edits to the piece for grammar or typos. \n6. Solstitia/Fiction Fans may use quotes from the piece on social media to promote the magazine
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-solstitia-a-fiction-fans-magazine-thetheme-dragon-hoards/
LOCATION:Solstitia
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Open Call to IHRAM Publishes. Theme: Enduring Voices: Life with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses
DESCRIPTION:Shining a light on life with disabilities and invisible illnesses\, this edition raises awareness of the societal attitudes and injustices faced by the disabled community. It explores the impact on identity\, memory\, and sexuality while advocating for understanding and inclusivity. \nWe are eager to publish firsthand experiences by those living with a disability\, reflections of the author’s personal experiences with societal justices towards illnesses\, and the after-effects of discrimination on an author’s identity and sexuality. We encourage submissions from all over the world\, regardless of gender or identity. \nMagazine Themes: Disability awareness\, invisible illnesses\, societal attitudes\, identity\, memory\, and sexuality\, and the intersection of societal attitudes with an author’s lived experiences. \nSubmission Guidelines:\nBefore submitting\, please review the following guidelines\, including (1) IHRAM’s accepted media\, required supplemental information\, and quarterly magazine themes. We are only accepting pieces which align with our annual themes at this time. Thank you! \nWe are interested in reviewing and publishing the following for the 2025 quarterly magazine: \n\n\nPoetry \n\n\nShort stories (2500 words or less) \n\n\nEssay (2500 words or less) \n  \nPlease submit your poetry\, short story\, essay\, or artwork to submit@humanrightsartmovement.org along with the following required information: \n\n\nYour full name and/or pen name. \n\n\nYour country of residence. \n\n\nA brief third-person bio (roughly 100 words). If your bio includes references of your past work\, feel free to provide links! \n\n\nA brief foreword to your piece (between 300-500 words)\, explaining your inspiration for creating it\, background information\, explanation of key characters\, and any other key insight for the reader. \n*If your piece is accepted\, we will request a high-resolution author photograph. However\, authors are not required to provide photographs of themselves and are always welcome to decline\, should they wish to remain anonymous. \n\n\nIHRAM Press pays $50 per accepted written piece.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-open-call-to-ihram-publishes-theme-enduring-voices-life-with-disabilities-and-chronic-illnesses/
LOCATION:IHRAM Publishes
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PN - Paddler Press Seeking Submissions on the Theme of: Faith
DESCRIPTION:1 to 5 poems in either .docx or PDF or in the body of the email. 1 to 3 pieces of art (high res jpeg with specs: size\, media). Include a short 3rd-person bio. Name your attachment last name – submission type (e.g. Robertson – Poetry). \nSend it to: paddler@canoeideas.ca. \n\n\nPoetry and CNF \nWe’d love to read your work. Please keep CNF to under 1000 words or so\, but we’re easy. \n\nSubmission Guidelines Full Version \n(Pour yourself a coffee and find a comfortable chair.)\nSubmission guidelines are pretty straightforward. Please read\, Especially #2. \n\nPlease submit up to five original poems in one .docx or PDF file attached to your email. NEW: If your work requires no specific formatting (e.g. tabs or spacing)\, feel free to include it in the body of your email. We are looking for poems that are not overly long\, and would also enjoy and encourage micro-poetry. If you’re not sure\, send it along anyway. Simultaneous submissions are fine\, but let us know if your work is picked up elsewhere (and huge congratulations!). Poems should be previously unpublished. Poems appearing on your personal blog or social media are fine\, though we’d love to be able to share brand new works with the world. Include a third-person bio of 100 words or so. Limit your recent publications to two or three. Include social media handles if you’d like. Overly long lists of publications will be edited. Send your work to paddler@canoeideas.ca.\nPlease use last name – submission type as the subject and the name of your document. This makes finding your work in our downloads folder much easier. It’s not a deal-breaker\, but having your last name on the doc helps.\n\nI will do my very best to get back to you as soon as I can. If you don’t hear from me within a month after submitting\, give me a shout. Life gets busy and this isn’t my regular gig. \nUnfortunately\, due to prohibitive costs\, we are unable to provide complimentary copies to contributors. Printed copies will be offered at cost\, should contributors choose. Shipping costs with Canada Post have increased recently. Obviously not good news\, but nothing we can do. Sections of poems may also be published online. \nAll rights to poems will return to you after publication. All future use will be credited to the author. If your poem is published (say\, in an anthology or your own collection) please credit us as the original publisher. \nDon’t bother sending any work of a sexual nature or that promotes any kind of hate. It will be deleted. Any work that requires a content warning or trigger warning will not fit in with this publication. We encourage writers at any stage of their journey to submit. Never been published before? Hit us up. Got a publication resume that is pages long? Well done\, and let’s add to it. \nWork by any writer who is known to be abusive towards editors (and\, well\, anyone) will have their submissions deleted. We’re not interested in AI generated work.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pn-paddler-press-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-of-faith/
LOCATION:Paddler Press
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:N - Call for Submissions to HerStry. Theme: Homesick
DESCRIPTION:Whether you are away at camp\, starting college for the first time\, or a grown adult simply missing the way things used to be\, we’ve all felt homesick at one time or another. Tell us your stories of home. You can write about nostalgic summer days\, but also about wishing for a home you never had. Or the home you want to make. Home is a complicated subject\, let’s dig in. \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 around 3\,000 words.\nDocuments should be double spaced\, 12Pt font with 1 inch margins and in an easy to read font. Submissions not following these guidelines are subject to disqualification. Our editors read a lot of work\, please have mercy on our eyes.\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\nSubmissions fee: $3\n 
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/n-call-for-submissions-to-herstry-theme-homesick/
LOCATION:HerStry
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SUMMARY:PN - Special Call for TAB: The Journal of Poetry & Poetics. The Theme: Life\, Liberty\, and the Pursuit of Happiness
DESCRIPTION:What We’re Looking For (please read carefully)\nThe 14th volume of Tab Journal coincides with the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and the founding of the United States based on equal and universal inalienable rights that include life\, liberty\, and the pursuit of happiness. Through this special call\, Tab Journal encourages poets to reconsider Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration and Thomas Paine’s preceding Common Sense that had popularized these concepts. Tab Journal is interested in work that recasts these documents’ words and principles in light of our mutual pledge to each other\, past and current threats to our inalienable rights\, and the anniversary of this nation’s founding. \nTab Journal invites submission of text selected directly from these founding source documents that can be rendered as a poem. This special call builds on Tracy K. Smith’s poem “Declaration.” As such\, the composition process should not reduce the document to merely an abstract of itself. Rather\, as Smith said of her own process\, the new poem should use “fragments of this founding document to say this other thing that [the words] seem very intent upon saying to me now.” Surprise us! \nSource Texts\nTo compose a submission\, the poet must use either Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence\, Thomas Paine’s Common Sense\, or both. Each is available online (or as a printed booklet through a bookseller or the National Archives). No other text should be used. \nDeclaration of Independence \nhttps://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript \nhttps://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/guides/M-654.pdf \nhttps://docs.house.gov/meetings/GO/GO00/20220929/115171/HHRG-117-GO00-20220929-SD010.pdf \nCommon Sense \nhttps://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/gdc/gdcscd/00/53/89/51/17/1/00538951171/00538951171.pdf \nhttps://www.sjsu.edu/people/ruma.chopra/courses/H174_MW_F12/s1/Wk7_A.pdf \nhttps://loveman.sdsu.edu/docs/1776ThomasPaine.pdf \nHow to Respond to This Special Call\nComposing the Poem\nSelection of the poem’s text can be done by redaction\, erasure\, covering\, lifting\, or other methods. For this project\, we are interested in submissions that draw from the source text itself\, not with the method of text selection or the visual format the submission takes. One can work digitally to redact\, leaving the evidence of the pre-existing text. Or words and phrases can be physically covered with correction tape or marker or can be cut out with scissors and taped onto a page—then scanned or photographed. Or one can type selected text into a new file\, without regard to the spacing and sequence of the source. \nWhile the poet selects and sequences the poem’s text\, Tab Journal will (re)design the accepted contributions as a reading experience. Building on Tab Journal’s long-standing exploration of relationships between language\, reading\, and design\, this project depends on collaboration\, trust\, and innovation across founding father\, poet\, editor\, and designer. The poem may look very different in its published form than in the submission. To see past issues of our issues\, visit the Archives. \nSubmitting the Poem\nTo reduce barriers for potential contributors and with the support of Chapman University\, Tab Journal never charges a submission fee. \nBecause this special issue is intended to thoughtfully put poems into conversation with each other and will be individually designed by the Creative Director\, we request that you refrain from simultaneous submissions. All editorial decisions will be made by the end of 2025. \nSubmit 1-3 poems. A variety of file types are acceptable for this call. \nTab Journal uses Submittable.  The portal starts with a short eligibility form to ensure that Tab Journal does not consider previously published work\, individuals with a current or recent affiliation with Chapman University\, or work by individuals under the age of 18. In addition\, the main submission form  includes three demographic questions to help us understand how our policies shape the submissions pool; “I prefer not to answer” is an option for each question. The form also invites submitters to share their social media handles. \nA short cover letter with a biographical note of no more than 75 words is required. A brief explanation of the composition method can be included in the cover letter. \nTab Journal allows for a variety of file types\, including .docx\, .pdf\, and .jpeg. Don’t forget to upload the file! In addition\, in the file itself\, please 1) include attribution of the specific version of the source text(s)\, and\, unless it’s straightforward redaction\, 2) indicate which words were where in the source text(s)\, particularly if the word order has been altered. We want to encourage various selection methods but also want to understand the poem text’s relationship to the source text. That will allow the Creative Director to check source phrasing or clustering as she considers design options. \nIf you are experiencing challenges with the submission form or require assistance\, please contact the staff using the Contact form on the website; if you don’t get response within two weeks\, you are welcome to contact the Editor at her Chapman University email. \nImportant Dates\nEditorial Decisions: December 20\, 2025 or sooner \nPublication/Exhibition: National Poetry Month\, April 2026 \nAcceptance of Work\nFrom the submitted work\, approximately ten pieces will be chosen for publication. Smith said of her process\, “it seemed less like I was making these really deliberate choices and more like I was hearing a logic that was gathering force.” And that’s what we’ll look for: 1) a new logic emerging out of the old language\, 2) “another line of reasoning beneath the surface\,” and 3) the poetry of the language. We’re looking for innovation in individual pieces\, variety of meaning across pieces\, and poetic effect of the words in the individual pieces and across the issue. \nPoems will not be selected based on their visual representation\, as Tab Journal will design how the words are ultimately rendered. Each poem will be rendered with a distinct design determined by the Creative Director. \nThe author of accepted work will grant permission to Tab Journal design and publish the work. Tab Journal will hold First North American Serial Rights\, after which copyright for the text (but not the design) reverts to the author. In any subsequent publications of the poem’s text\, the author will acknowledge first publication by Tab Journal. Tab Journal will retain the right to republish and exhibit the works we design using various formats and to submit to additional outlets\, such as Best of the Net. Any subsequent publication will include attribution of the poet. \nAs part of removing barriers for readers\, contributors whose poem is selected will submit an audio file of the poem read aloud by the poet\, or Tab Journal will create an audio version. Do not include audio in the submission. \nPending budget approval\, each contributor will be paid $75 after completing the forms required by Chapman University. We are confident that we will be able to pay contributors\, and we understand that a contributor may decline publication if we don’t offer payment. \nIssue Publication\nAll poems accepted for publication will appear online in Tab Journal in early 2026. The Creative Director and Editor will redesign each accepted poem specifically for this issue. \nWe also plan to design and exhibit the poems in an art installation at Chapman University and host a public reading from the “Life\, Liberty\, and Pursuit of Happiness” issue. \nNote that we have not applied for NEA funding under the current federal administration.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pn-special-call-for-tab-the-journal-of-poetry-poetics-the-theme-life-liberty-and-the-pursuit-of-happiness/
LOCATION:TAB: The Journal of Poetry & Poetics
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:N - Dorothy Parker's Ashes Seeking Submissions on the Theme of: Noise
DESCRIPTION:Submissions are restricted to women and gender non-conforming people.\nSubmit.\nPlease submit first-person essays* anytime before the deadline prior to publication date. Please be advised that we reserve the right to edit\, though all edits will be sent to writer before publication for approval. Please feel free to include a suggested title and art but we reserve the right to change the title and choose the art. We do consider previously published essays\, taking into consideration venue\, date\, etc. \nAlthough 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. \nAll rights are non-exclusive. We do not currently offer payment. We accept no responsibility for anything from libel to hurt feelings. As Anne Lamott says\, “You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them\, they should’ve behaved better.” \nPreferred length. 500 to 2000 words. \nPlease send submissions along with a short bio pasted directly into your email to: info@dorothyparkersashes.com We ask for this to avoid potentially malware-laden attachments. Unless your formatting is a specific design element of your piece\, format should be single space with no paragraph indentation and one extra space between paragraphs.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/n-dorothy-parkers-ashes-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-of-noise-2/
LOCATION:Dorothy Parker’s Ashes
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Submissions for The Muleskinner Journal Issue 15 are Open. The Theme is Tension
DESCRIPTION:Submission Guidelines\nWe don’t mean to stress you out\, but our theme for Journal 15 is Tension.\nIt’s the elephant in the room. It’s the lion tamer’s head in the lion’s mouth.\nBUT\, on the bright side\,\nit’s also the engine that drives the drama\, the abracadabra that makes the magic\, and the need that creates the invention. \nFor Journal 15\, we want tension.\nWe knock on your door and request that emotion come out and play. We pound on your door and demand the truth.\nWe want the rubber band taut. We want resistance. We want your focus on the gap between where you are and where you want to be\, the longing for home\, or the need to get away.\nSend us the revelations\, conversations\, and adaptations that spring up. We want to explore tension channeled forward\, from the drainage ditch to the river\, to the waves and the ocean\, to good things hard earned.\nWe want the bad tension too. Ease our tension with yours. Ease your tension by screaming at us. Turn up the heat. Don’t give us a break.\nWe’ll keep this fury fast. \nWe’ll close submissions on Labor Day\, September 1\, a fitting day to refocus your attention. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat we are looking for…\nMuleskinner Journal accepts previously unpublished work only. Please use the following word counts to select a category to submit. Submit in only one category. Send no more than one submission per issue. \n\n\nPoetry: Any length or form. (1-3 pieces) \n\n\nFlash or Micro Fiction: max. 1000 words each (1-3 pieces) \n\n\nShort Story/excerpts from longer (previously unpublished) work: (max. 3000 words) Please include word count on first page \n\n\nCreative Nonfiction: (max. 3000 words) Please include word count on first page \n\n\nWe look for writing of all kinds that uses skill\, wit\, and determination to deliver the goods.  We accept and publish poetry\, short fiction\, flash fiction\, micro-fiction\, short scripts\, excerpts from longer works\, memoir\, criticism\, craft essays\, artwork\, journalism\, and shopping lists. \nWe don’t care who you are\, as long as you are the author of what you submit.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-submissions-for-the-muleskinner-journal-issue-15-are-open-the-theme-is-tension/
LOCATION:The Muleskinner Journal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Capture This Anthology Seeking Submissions on the Theme: "Snapshot of a Life"
DESCRIPTION:Capture This\nAn anthology about capturing a slice of people’s lives. \nIn this first-ever anthology\, Capture This will take a look at a snapshot of someone’s life\, whether it’s the daily routine of an accountant\, the ignition of a love story between two paranormal beings\, the first day as an intergalaxy spy named Phoebe\, or the day a life changed for the better–or worse. \nCompensation\nAll contributors will receive a complimentary digital PDF of the completed anthology.  Additionally\, you will receive a list of interview questions regarding your accepted piece(s) and writing career\, which will be published on the Linton Press website. \nRights\nBy submitting to Capture This\, you agree to the following terms: \n\nWe are requesting First Publication Rights for Capture This\, which means we will be the first to publish your piece.  That said\, copyright will remain with the author\, and you retain full rights after publication.\nAdditionally\, there is no exclusivity period following the publication of Capture This\, meaning that the author can republish or reprint the accepted piece any time after the initial appearance in this anthology.\nIf your work is accepted\, you grant us the non-exclusive right to include it in the anthology\, Capture This\, which will be commercially distributed and sold in paperback and eBook formats through various vendors\, such as Amazon and Indigo.  That said\, any further use in other formats or media\, such as promotional materials\, requires separate permission.\nSubsequent publications in collections\, magazines\, anthologies\, etc.\, must acknowledge their first appearance in the Capture This anthology.\n\nGeneral Guidelines\n\nPlease send your submissions to publisher@lintonpress.ca with the email subject heading being [Artist’s Name]\, [Category]’s Submission.  For example\, “Linton Press\, Poetry Submission.”  For multiple submissions\, please have them in individual Word documents in the same email.\nIn the email\, the submitter must include a bio of no more than 100 words\, and it must be how they would like to see it in the anthology.  Additionally\, the submitter must include their name or pseudonym with their work.\nWe are not seeking simultaneous submissions.  If someplace else is considering your piece(s)\, we will not consider them.\nAll submissions must be in 12-point font.\nSubmissions must also be formatted as you would like to see them in the anthology.\n\nSubmissions that do not follow the guidelines will not be considered. \nPoetry\nCapture This accepts unpublished works in English\, including translations into English.  We also consider prose poetry in this category. \n\nSubmissions must not exceed a total of five (5) poems or a total of 1\,500 words.\nEach poetry piece must be in an individual Word document\, and the document itself must be titled “Author’s name\, Title of Work.”  For example\, “Linton Press\, Hope Is Not Lost.”\nWe are not accepting concrete/visual poems.\n\nShort Story\nCapture This accepts unpublished works in English\, including translations into English. \n\nThe submission must not exceed one (1) short story not exceeding 5\,000 words.\nThe short story must be in a Word document\, and the document itself must be titled “Author’s name\, Title of Work.”  For example\, “Linton Press\, Hope Is Not Lost.”\n\nCreative NonFiction\nCapture This accepts unpublished works in English\, including translations into English. \n\nThe submission must not exceed one (1) prose piece not exceeding 5\,000 words.\nThe creative nonfiction piece must be in a Word document\, and the document itself must be titled “Author’s name\, Title of Work.”  For example\, “Linton Press\, Hope Is Not Lost.”\n\nSubmitting to Capture This is your agreement to the guidelines\, compensation\, and rights.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-capture-this-anthology-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-snapshot-of-a-life/
LOCATION:Capture This Anthology
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - Open Call for Red Door Magazine Issue #41. Theme: Rebel Lexicon
DESCRIPTION:Our theme for this upcoming edition is ‘Rebel Lexicon’. \nOur themes are always open to far-fetched interpretations and are not limited to a narrow definition. Don’t hold back\, surprise us by submitting your finest work! \nPLEASE READ CAREFULLY: \nPlease submit only once during each submission period.\nPoetry entries can include up to 3 poems (up to 50 lines each) and up to 6 pages.\nPlease use 12-point\, single-spaced\, Times New Roman font.\nUpload doc or docx documents only.\nInclude a cover letter with a short third-person bio (maximum 75 words). \n  \n  \nSubmissions fee: $3
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-open-call-for-red-door-magazine-issue-41-theme-rebel-lexicon/
LOCATION:Red Door Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - Hold Fast to Dreams Poetry Competition 2025 – Theme: Dreams
DESCRIPTION:Hold Fast to Dreams Poetry Competition 2025\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLangston Hughes wrote\, \nHold fast to dreams\nFor if dreams die\nLife is a broken-winged bird\nThat cannot fly. \nEntries are now invited to the ‘Hold Fast to Dreams Poetry Competition 2025’. 10 shortlisted poems will appear in Drawn to the Light Press Issue 16 and the overall winner will receive a cash prize. Please send a single poem of no more than 40 lines (excluding the title) as an attachment to dreamspoetrycomp@gmail.com \nPlease ensure that your name is not included on the attached poem. \nName and contact details\, along with the title of your entry and the PayPal reference number for your entry should be included in the body of the email. \nPoems must be previously unpublished. \nThe competition closes on Sunday\, 7th September at midnight. \nPoems must be on the theme of ‘dreams’ and we look forward to your interpretations. The judge of the competition is editor Orla Fay. There is a €10 entry fee. \n10 shortlisted poems will be announced on Sunday 21st September. \nThe winning poems from 2024 can be read in the archived issue 13. Archive 8 – 15 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\nSingle poem entry\n\n\n€10.00
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-hold-fast-to-dreams-poetry-competition-2025-theme-dreams/
LOCATION:Hold Fast to Dreams Poetry Competition
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:F - Call for Submissions to Liars' League on the Theme of: Haunted & Hunted
DESCRIPTION:Spooky season is here\, so it’s time for tales of ghosts\, hunters & ghost-hunters\, stalkers & predators\, sinister treasure-hunts & haunted houses – take the theme & RUN with it! As ever\, we’re looking for unpublished short fiction of 800-2000 words\, & will consider flash fiction\, short stories & even novel extracts (so long as they can stand alone). Please see full guidelines here\, then send to liars@liarsleague.com\n  \nWHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR\, IN SHORT:\n– New fiction\, i.e. unpublished (print/web/audio)\n– Stories which are on-theme\n– Anonymised (no name on the document)\n– Word count: STRICTLY 800-2000\n– Send to: liars@liarsleague.com \n\nStories must be \n1. Unpublished (in print or online)\, unbroadcast\, and not a prizewinner in any previous competition. \n2. Between 800-2000 words long. \n3. Submitted to liars@liarsleague.com by 11.59pm (UK time) of the deadline day for the theme in question. Deadlines and monthly themes can be found here. \n4. Submitted as an MS Word (.doc\, .docx) or .rtf document\, ideally with 1.5 or double spacing. NO PDFs PLEASE. \n5. Attached to an email which has the story title\, the month of the event and the theme in the subject header: e.g. Love Story\, February\, He & She. Please put your name at the bottom of your email but NOT on your story\, as we prefer to judge anonymously. \n6. A prose short story. This means no poetry\, no scripts\, no non-fiction. We’ll look at novel extracts\, but only if they work as stand-alone pieces. \n7. ON-THEME. This means that there should be a traceable link to the theme\, or that the theme should be invoked or interpreted as a central part of the story. Simply featuring a bar called “Duck & Dive” if that’s the theme is not enough; but make your main character a dodgy dealer in stolen goods\, and we’ll be interested. \nWriters must be \n1. Willing to have their name and the text of their story up on this site if they win. \n2. Willing to be paid for their work in kind. Unfortunately\, Liars’ League does not currently pay contributors in $ or £. However\, if your story is chosen\, you will benefit from the following: \n– Publication of your story on this site: it will also be considered for future print anthologies published by our partners Arachne Press \n– Free drinks all night (if you are able to attend the event). Teetotallers will be fed. \n– A reading of your work by a professional actor (CLICK HERE to see a blog post on what that’s like\, written by five-time winning author Mike Clarke) \n– An MP3 and a link to a YouTube video recording of the reading \n– SUBMITTING FROM ABROAD? If you *cannot* attend the event\, due to living abroad or some other obstacle\, we will send you a free book to thank you for your contribution\, as drinks are rather messy to post. You can choose your favourite title from our selection of four anthologies (one award-winning!)\, or any book by any of our authors. \nIMPORTANT: By submitting your work to Liars’ League you are giving us permission to add your email address to our mailing list – this means we can inform you of the winning stories and send updates\, links to our latest stories\, and competition and submission opportunities approximately monthly. If you want to be removed from our mailing list you can email us at any time with Unsubscribe in the subject line. We’ll never share your data with anyone else – promise. \nSubmission of your work also gives us permission to upload the text and an audio and video recording of your story (if successful) onto our website\, YouTube channel and podcast so that everyone can enjoy it. If this is an issue just email and we’re happy to discuss. \nAnd finally … \n1. Please submit no more than ONE story per theme. This is for reading-time reasons. \n2. Please don’t resubmit any story we have previously rejected unless we ask you to\, however much it has changed. \n3. Please don’t be discouraged. We really want to see your work – so send it in! For some further thoughts on what works for the League see this article by Liars’ League regular Niall Boyce
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-call-for-submissions-to-liars-league-on-the-theme-of-haunted-hunted/
LOCATION:Liars’ League
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - Frontier Poetry's 2025 Myths & Fables Prize. Theme: Myths & Fables
DESCRIPTION:The 2025 Myths & Fables Prize\nIn our continued celebration of imagination\, storytelling\, and the power of archetype\, Frontier Poetry is thrilled to announce the Myths & Fables Prize. In her poem “Circe’s Power\,” Louise Glück invokes the voice of the sorceress: “I never turned anyone into a pig. / Some people are pigs; I make them / look like pigs.” With chilling clarity\, she peels back the veil of fantasy to reveal something deeply human—desire\, illusion\, transformation. These ancient tales\, passed down through firelight and ink\, still echo in our modern hearts. \nWe invite you to lend your voice to this lineage. The 2025 Myths & Fables Prize seeks poems that engage with mythological figures\, cultural lore\, personal legends\, and reimagined fairy tales. Whether you’re unearthing stories from your heritage\, wrestling with gods and monsters\, or crafting your own fable from the smoke of memory—send us work that is fearless\, lyrical\, and rich in poetic craft. \nWe welcome traditional retellings and radical departures. Invented myths\, fractured fairy tales\, elegies for forgotten heroes\, or whispered epics—let your poetry become the spell. \nFrontier Poetry warmly encourages submissions from poets of all identities\, cultural backgrounds\, and traditions. We are especially interested in work that explores underrepresented mythologies and stories not often given space in the Western literary canon. \nGuest judge Jennifer Chang will select the winners. The first-place winner will receive $3000 and publication. The second- and third-place winners will receive $300 and $200\, respectively\, along with publication. All finalists will be considered for paid publication in New Voices. \nLet the myths rise. \nFurther reading for inspiration can be found here: \n\nCirce’s Power by Louise Gluck\nFable for a Genome by Heather Green\nThe Uncursing of the Medusa by Ola Faleti\nRefusing Eurydice by Ladan Osman\nAt Ithaca by Hilda Doolittle (H.D)\nconjuring by Xiao Yue Shan\n\n  \nWhat Chang Is Looking For:\nI admire most the poems that invite me to feel and think something new. Startling\, yet precise language moves me. Whatever expands my imagination\, suddenly alters the weather (emotional\,  meteorological)\, stops time\, and/or brings me closer to a truth\, I welcome. I am open to and curious about all aesthetics. I love the sentence and I love the line and I love when the two are in collusion. Poems are composed of fragments\, and it is the poem that invokes what’s been left out or lost that can break me open in the best\, most devastating way. \nGuidelines:\n\nSubmissions are open to all poets\, regardless of publication history.\nSend us only your best\, polished work—unpublished poems only\, please.\nAs part of our dedication to the pursuit of a more inclusive publishing world\, we are offering a free submission window for poets from historically marginalized groups at the beginning of the contest until we reach our cap of fifty. NOTE: SUBMISSION CAP HAS BEEN MET.\nPlease do not include any identifying information in the body of your document.\nWe accept simultaneous submissions\, but please notify us if your work is accepted elsewhere.\nWe ask for no more than three poems (five pages) per submission. Please submit all your poems in ONE document. We have no particular aesthetic or formal requirements and consider all styles of poetry.\nEach entry requires a submission fee of $20.\nMultiple submissions (of up to three poems apiece) are allowed\, but each requires a separate entry fee.\nPlease include a brief cover letter with your publication history and personal bio. Also include any content warnings in consideration of our reading staff.\nWork generated by AI will be automatically disqualified.\nSubmissions are open internationally\, to any poet writing primarily in English. Some code-switching/meshing is very welcome.\nPlease do not submit work if you have a close relationship with the guest judge.\nIf you have any questions\, please visit our FAQ page. If you don’t find the answer to your question\, email us: contact (at ) frontierpoetry (dot) com.\nThe deadline is September 7th\, 2025. We plan to announce winners and finalists in Fall 2025.\n\nEditorial Feedback Option:\nThis option costs $59 and will provide you with two pages of detailed and actionable feedback on your submission\, including suggestions for future submissions. The $149 option will provide you with three letters from three different editors. Our guest editors are paid a significant portion of the fee and all are astute and professional poets. Please allow eight to ten weeks after the contest closes to receive your feedback. \n  \nEntry fee: $20
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-frontier-poetrys-2025-myths-fables-prize-theme-myths-fables/
LOCATION:Frontier Poetry Myths & Fables Prize
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:FN - The Masters Review Summer Short Story Award for New Writers
DESCRIPTION:The Summer Short Story Award for New Writers returns! Since 2016\, our Short Story Award has connected emerging writers with some of the industry’s top literary agents. Past winners include Nana Nkweti\, Nick Fuller Googins\, Sanjena Sathian\, and more\, several of whom earned representation from one of our partnered agents as a result of this contest. \nWe’re looking for spectacular stories—up to 6\,000 words\, fiction or creative nonfiction—that only you can tell. This year’s guest judge is Jennine Capó Crucet\, a recipient of the 2025 Joyce Carol Oates Prize and author of Say Hello to My Little Friend and other works. Our contest runs from July 1 to September 7\, 2025\, and is open to any writer who has not published a novel or memoir with a major press. The first-place winner of this contest\, selected by our guest judge\, will receive a $3\,000 grand prize\, along with online publication. Second- and third-place finalists will receive $300 and $200 respectively\, along with online publication. \nHere’s what Jennine Capó Crucet is looking for: I’m so excited to be judging this contest\, and I think I’m looking for a story that’s charged with a similar excitement\, one that asserts itself from the very first paragraph\, doing so through a careful attention to language and to voice. And setting: I tend to fall in love with stories that have a strong sense of the world its characters inhabit. I also love stories that use humor to break my heart\, though please don’t consider humor a requirement for that: I’m hoping to find a story that’ll stand the test of time and be just as heartbreaking a hundred years from now. \nSubmission Guidelines\n\nThe first-place winner receives $3\,000\, online publication\, and agency review.\nThe second- and third-place finalists receive cash prizes ($300/$200)\, online publication\, and agency review.\nSubmissions of fiction or nonfiction must be under 6\,000 words.\nSubmitted work must be previously unpublished. This includes personal blogs\, social media accounts\, and other websites. Previously published work will be automatically disqualified.\nThe entry fee is $20.\nSimultaneous and multiple submissions are allowed\, though each submission requires a $20 entry fee.\nWriters from historically marginalized or underrepresented groups are invited to submit for free until we reach fifty submissions in this category. NOTE: SUBMISSION CAP HAS BEEN MET.\nIf your submission is accepted elsewhere\, please withdraw your submission on Submittable\, or contact us otherwise to let us know the piece is no longer available.\nWe do not require anonymous submissions for this contest\, but the guest judge will read the shortlist anonymously.\nThis contest is for emerging writers only. Writers with single-author book-length work published or under contract with a major press are ineligible. We are interested in providing a platform to new writers; authors with books published by indie presses are welcome to submit unpublished work\, as are self-published authors.\nInternational submissions are allowed\, provided the work is written primarily in English.\nNo translations\, please.\nAll submissions must be double-spaced with one-inch page margins and use 12pt Times New Roman or Garamond font.\nThe contest’s deadline is 11:59pm PDT on September 7\, 2025.\nAll entries are also considered for publication in New Voices.\nEvery submission will receive a response by the end of December 2025. The winners will be announced by the end of January 2026.\nAI-generated submissions will be automatically disqualified.\nFriends\, family\, and associates of the guest judge are not eligible for this award. Consider submitting to the winter contest instead!\n\n  \nEntry fee: $20\n 
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/fn-the-masters-review-summer-short-story-award-for-new-writers/
LOCATION:The Masters Review
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