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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
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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
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:PF - Lines + Stars: A Journal of Poetry and Short Prose Seeking Submissions on the Theme: Signal
DESCRIPTION:Our summer/fall 2025 issue will focus on signals. Where do you see signals? Is a signal the same as a sign? Which do you heed and which do you ignore? Do they recur? What are the images\, instances\, energies\, and messages that guide our decision-making? \nDeadline: September 8\, 2025. \nSubmit one to five poems or one piece of short fiction less than 2\,000 words. \nPlease put all of your poems into the same document. Do not submit more than one group of poems or more than one short prose piece to this call. \nWe accept simultaneous submissions but ask that you notify us if your piece is accepted elsewhere. \n  \nSubmissions fee: $3
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pf-lines-stars-a-journal-of-poetry-and-short-prose-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-signal/
LOCATION:Lines + Stars
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Boudin: The Online Home of The McNeese Review Seeking Submissions for the Halloween Issue on the Theme of "The Ticking Clock"
DESCRIPTION:The Ticking Clock \n(Judge/Guest Editor: Abbie Skinner) \n  \nTick…Tick…Tick… \nThat’s the sound of your time running out to submit to our annual Halloween issue of Boo-din! Whether a clock\, metronome\, or infamous telltale heart\, the incessant reminder of precious seconds flying by locks readers into a state of suspension. This spooky season\, we are looking for your best horror and speculative stories\, creative nonfiction\, and poetry. In the spirit of Halloween\, Abbie Skinner will judge submissions and award the Skinner Prize to one winner. The prize includes top placement in the issue\, special mention of the prize\, a broadside\, and a social media post about the winning piece. \nAll submissions should include concepts of time as a significant plot point or symbol. We are looking for horror and speculative work\, but we will not accept anything overly graphic or violent. \nNo Fee! Fiction/CNF/hybrid submissions under 3\,000. You may submit up to three poems/microfictions (under 500 words). Please indicate the genre of your submission in your cover letter upon submission. Submissions are limited to four issues per calendar year. Previously unpublished work only\, please!
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-boudin-the-online-home-of-the-mcneese-review-seeking-submissions-for-the-halloween-issue-on-the-theme-of-the-ticking-clock/
LOCATION:Boudin: The Online Home of The McNeese Review
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to Dark Matter: Women Witnessing. Theme: Dreams and Visions
DESCRIPTION:Dark Matter: Women Witnessing publishes writing and visual art created in response to an age of massive species loss and ecological collapse. It is a home for dreams\, visions\, and communications with the nonhuman world\, especially those with messages for how we might begin to heal our broken relationship to the earth. We welcome writing in all forms and genres as well as artwork in all mediums. All poetry and fiction must be accompanied by notes bridging to the journal’s mission. Context and commentary are required for dreams\, visions\, and other communications. We welcome submissions by women and nonbinary writers and artists. \nDreams and Visions features dreams\, visions\, nightmares or communications with nonhuman beings that respond in some way to this era of escalating danger and darkness—and ideally provide clarity and/or guidance. Commentary is required. \nIn After•Words\, writers offer responses to books\, films\, artwork\, cultural events—not necessarily current ones—that they feel make an important contribution to our mission. Responses can be creative—the work may serve as a springboard for the writer’s own reflections—and they can be as brief or as long as they need to be\, within our 5\,000-word limit. \n\nSubmissions in French and German welcome; we will provide translation.\n5\,000 word limit\nSend as MS Word doc or\, for graphics\, send a Jpg file (up to 250ppi)\nSend your copy to: Editor@DarkMatterWomenWitnessing.com\n* Written materials should be sent as one document. *\n\nIf after looking through the current issue\, and reading the above submission guidelines\, you still have questions about what we publish or how to submit\, please click here.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-dark-matter-women-witnessing-theme-dreams-and-visions/
LOCATION:Dark Matter: Women Witnessing
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - The Twin Bill Seeking Submissions on the Theme: The World Series
DESCRIPTION:Submissions are open for Issue 21 until September 1\, publishing on Game One of the World Series. \nFiction \nWe are interested in short stories around 3\,000 words. Longer stories are possible\, but rarely is more better. \nWe are looking for writing that displays a strong personal style and a connection to the game of baseball. Most of all\, we are excited by stories that situate baseball in a broader context\, beyond the action of an individual game or at-bat. The more surprising connection to baseball\, the better. There is a $25 honorarium per short story. \nCreative Nonfiction \nCreative Nonfiction at The Twin Bill is a place for experimental writing on the modern game. We’re looking for contemporary storytellers who make us question our understanding of America’s pastime. \nThere are no formal requirements or word count. \nThere is a $15 honorarium per accepted piece. \nPoetry \nPlease send up to five poems per issue. There is a $10 honorarium per poem. \nGuidelines \nThere is a $3 submission fee. We will publish it online and in our print edition. Writers retain all rights to their work. Please send all written submissions as a Word doc along with a short bio and any social media you want us to plug. We are only interested in previously unpublished work. Simultaneous submissions are fine\, but please let us know if it is accepted elsewhere. Send any questions or ideas to scott@thetwinbill.com. We would love to hear from you.\nThe Twin Bill is a nonprofit organization with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. \n  \nSubmission fee:$3
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-the-twin-bill-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-the-world-series/
LOCATION:The Twin Bill
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to Fatal Flaw Literary Magazine. This Volume's Theme: Trash
DESCRIPTION:We welcome submissions from writers of all backgrounds – from the emerging and unpublished to the established – and especially encourage submissions from those who identify as persons of color\, multiracial\, indigenous\, LGBTQIA+\, disabled\, and anyone belonging to a community of underrepresented voices. \nGENERAL SUBMISSIONS FOR VOL. 13 ARE NOW OPEN!  \nSubmission period: June 13th to September 12th \nTheme: TRASH \nWhat’s worth keeping—and what do we throw away?\nWhat’s tossed aside\, but still clings to meaning? What gleams beneath the grime? What rot reveals something raw and real? \nFor Fatal Flaw Volume 13\, we’re rummaging through the discarded\, the dirty\, the overlooked. We seek submissions with the theme: TRASH. \nSend us stories that dig through the landfill of memory. Poems that salvage the sacred from the scraps. We want essays that wade into the messy middle—what society casts off\, what people erase\, what culture deems disposable. Show us the clutter\, the chaos\, the compost heap of human experience. \nWe want art that celebrates the beauty in broken things. Work that interrogates what we devalue—and why. Is it refuse or relic? Waste or warning? \nUnpack what’s been buried. Reclaim what’s been trashed. We’re looking for work that’s raw\, visceral\, and unafraid to get its hands dirty. \nWe eagerly await your beautifully ruined work. \n\nPlease only submit work that has not been previously published.\nFor Fiction and Nonfiction submissions\, we consider work between 1\,000 – 7\,000 words (though for exceptional work we’ll make exceptions). For Flash Fiction submissions\, we consider work between 100 – 1\,000 words. For Poetry submissions\, we consider up to 3 poems at a time (not to exceed 6 pages total. Please note that we rarely accept any poem longer than 2 pages.)\nPlease only submit one piece to one category during each submission period.\nWe aim to highlight as many new voices as possible. If you’ve been published with us before\, please wait at least one issue before submitting again.\nWhen formatting prose\, please double space\, use Times New Roman font and 1″ margins\, number your pages and include your name and the title of your work on the first page of the document. When formatting poetry\, please put all poems into one single-spaced document. Each poem should start on a new page with titles and lines left aligned (unless the poem involves special formatting\, in which case\, do your thing – we love seeing space on a page reenvisioned).\nIn your cover letter\, please include the word count of your piece\, your name\, the title of your work\, any relevant previous publications\, and any applicable social media links.\n\n  \nSubmissions fee: $3\n 
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-fatal-flaw-literary-magazine-this-volumes-theme-trash/
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SUMMARY:P - Metphrastics Seeking Poetry Inspired by Arms & Armor Artwork at the Met
DESCRIPTION:Submissions\nWe welcome submissions year-round responding to works in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s permanent collection and select past special exhibits – all areas\, including painting\, drawing\, sculpture\, photography\, costume\, musical instruments\, and the Met building itself. All styles are welcome from poets around the world. \nWe are now able to pay $10 per poem. \nPlease send up to three poems with a note about the work they reference to metphrastics@gmail.com. Please include a 2-3 line 3rd person bio. \nPlease note: we get a number of submissions about works in other museums\, and we get many that are simply not ekphrastic poems. Only ekphrastic poems about artwork at the Met will be considered. Please note the piece(s) in your cover letter. Thank you! \nCurrent Calls\nFall 2025 – Arms & Armor – window will close September 15\nThis issue will focus on the Met’s extensive Arms & Armor collection. Send us your poems about battle\, armor\, shields\, masks\, war (or fear of war)\, and anything else inspired by these extraordinary pieces. The poems should be based on works on display only\, that a visitor could go and encounter in person. Please put “Arms & Armor” in your email subject. \nTips\n\n\nPlease make sure your poems are about artwork at the Met. We prefer to feature poems about works currently on display. \n\n\nWhile we consider the quality of the poems first\, we do try to include a variety of source artworks. As you can see on our By Artwork page\, most poems we receive are about Modern & Contemporary\, as well as European Painting. If you see a region or genre we haven’t covered as widely\, you might take that as a prompt. For instance\, we don’t yet have any pieces on Arms & Armor\, Latin America\, Ancient America\, or Africa\, and we’re always looking for more Asian\, Islamic\, Ancient Near Eastern\, Ancient Egyptian\, Greek & Roman\, American\, Costume\, Cloisters and Medieval. \n\n\nWe look forward to reading your work!
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-metphrastics-seeking-poetry-inspired-by-arms-armor-artwork-at-the-met/
LOCATION:Metphrastics
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SUMMARY:F - Meow Meow Pow Pow Seeking Submissions on the Theme of: Dirt
DESCRIPTION:Buried below or whispers behind cupped hands. What is the dirt? Whether it is smudging up clothing or ruining reputations\, dirt is dusted and everywhere. When we’re respectful we call her Earth: the animistic deity and the force of creation. Reaching up out of the dirt\, what is born from beneath? Send us your take on dirt. \nThis is a special FLASH PROSE ONLY theme (sorry for the caps). Poets try your paws at some flash prose and prose writers send us your dirty dogs of flash. Two pieces of flash only and the length should be between 150 to 300. \nWe love surprising interpretations of our themes; we’re less keen on literal interpretations. That being said\, if we receive a piece that isn’t – in some way – reflective of the theme we’ll gnash our teeth and shake our fists at the heavens\, and then send you a wimpy rejection letter. Don’t make us do that – we hate that. If you are rejected\, please wait until the next theme to submit.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-meow-meow-pow-pow-seeking-submissions-on-the-them-of-dirt/
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to The Avenue: A Mid-Atlantic Literary Journal. Theme: Dogs
DESCRIPTION:The theme for the next edition of The Avenue will be Dogs. Dogs have been a source of inspiration and companionship since the beginning of mankind. We would love to see how you have woven this topic into your writing and are open to your interpretation. \nReading Period\nSubmissions will close on September 15th. We look forward to reading both prose and poetry\, just keep in mind we print in Black and White. \nSimultaneous vs. Multiple Submissions\nSimultaneous submissions to other journals are fine as long as they are identified as such and we are notified immediately upon acceptance elsewhere. Multiple genres within one submission is okay\, so long as the submission abides to the 5\,000 word limit\, described below. Please note: within multiple genre submissions\, the editors reserve the right to publish one genre over another. \nManuscript Guidelines\n\nDouble-spaced (poetry may be single-spaced) pages in either Word or PDF.\nNumbered pages.\nPlease use the following format for your submission: last name_title\nFiction and nonfiction: No more than 5\,000 words. Excerpts of longer works are welcome if self-contained.\nPoetry: Submit up to three poems in separate documents.\nCarefully copy-edit and proof your work. We’re not against a typo or two\, or even an occasion of their/they’re/there. However\, do the courtesy of proofing your work. We’re a small staff and copy-editing should be done as much as possible prior to submission.\nPlease be thematically sound. We have a theme and we want you to relate to it in some way. We want it to be inventive and creative\, but it can’t be tenuous.\nPlease strive to be inoffensive. We’re not against harsh language\, sexuality\, a depiction of the real world or offensive subject matter.\nUnsolicited criticism is not considered.\n\nRestrictions\nWe do not reprint previously published work. \n  \nSubmission fee: $3\n 
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-the-avenue-a-mid-atlantic-literary-journal-theme-dogs/
LOCATION:The Avenue Journal
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SUMMARY:PFN - Stonecoast Review Seeking Submissions on the Theme of: Freedom
DESCRIPTION:Fall 2025 – ISSUE #24 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!\nTheme: Freedom\nWe support the Stonecoast community’s goal to promote inclusivity\, equity\, and social justice through writing. \nWhat do you think of when you hear the word “freedom”? What does it mean to have freedom? How does it feel when it’s taken away? What is freedom when it infringes on someone else’s? \nThe word connotes different definitions and bears different weights for each of us. It manifests itself in unexpected ways and settings\, and remains absent or suppressed in so many others. \nWe want to read literature and take in media that explore\, challenge\, reconsider\, or explode that concept for you. \nSubmission Guidelines\n\nSend submissions via Submittable only.\nPlease include a short cover letter and bio (50- and 100-word max.\, respectively).\nWe accept one prose submission\, one poetry submission (of up to three poems)\, or five pieces of visual art per author\, per submission cycle. Submissions that do not abide by these rules will not be considered for publication.\nYour work must be previously unpublished. (Stonecoast alumni may submit already published work for consideration as reprints.)\nWe encourage simultaneous submissions. However\, please withdraw your submission immediately if it’s accepted elsewhere. If you submit multiple poems and one is accepted at another publication\, please attach a note on Submittable identifying which poem is no longer available.\nPlease adhere to standard manuscript format: Double spaced\, 12 pt.\, Times New Roman font. Poetry may be single spaced. (If you tell us that diverging from these rules is integral to your piece\, we will consider it.)\nWhile we love to represent stories with raw\, emotional truth\, we ask that you refrain from submitting pieces featuring excessive sex\, violence\, assaults\, or suicide. We also ask that you include trigger warnings when needed.\nWe will reject pieces determined to be written by the use of AI software.\n\nGenre Guidelines\nAs a reminder\, all pieces selected for publication will be featured online in June 2025. Due to page constraints\, only a few of these selected pieces will be featured in both the print and online Summer 2025 Issue. Please see below for word count limitations based on consideration for either Hybrid (Print + Online) or General (Online-only) publication formats. \nFiction. In accordance with the theme of freedom\, the fiction editors are looking for stories that invite the reader to think about what it means to have freedom\, how it feels when that freedom is taken from us\, and what it means to write from a place of freedom. We are looking for stories that push the boundaries of traditional fiction with regard to form and content. \n\nFor consideration for Hybrid Publication: limit submissions to 2\,500 words or fewer. \nFor consideration for Online-Only Publication: limit submissions to 5\,000 words or fewer. One submission per author\, per submission cycle.\n\nPopular/Genre Fiction. We are looking for popular fiction of all genres and storytelling traditions that engages with the theme of “freedom.” How do we define freedom? What does it mean to have it or be without it? \n\nFor consideration for Hybrid Publication: limit submissions to 2\,500 words or fewer. \nFor consideration for Online-Only Publication: limit submissions to 5\,000 words or fewer. One submission per author\, per submission cycle.\n\nCreative Nonfiction. We are looking for a diverse array of Creative Nonfiction works that engage with readers and challenge the boundaries of conventional storytelling. We are interested in how writers explore freedom both in their personal and public lives\, as well as pieces that engage with a variety of worldviews. We encourage experimentation with hybrid forms of essay and memoir and are particularly interested in works that are both socially-relevant and personal. \n\nFor consideration for Hybrid Publication: limit submissions to 2\,500 words or fewer. \nFor consideration for Online-Only Publication: limit submissions to 5\,000 words or fewer. One submission per author\, per submission cycle.\n\nPoetry. The staff values attentiveness to language\, form\, and craft.  We want poems that make us gasp and wonder and take us beyond ourselves. For this issue\, we especially want poems that explore\, challenge\, reconsider\, resist\, or reclaim the concept of freedom. Send us your best work.  \n\nOne submission per author\, per submission cycle\, of up to three poems. 
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-stonecoast-review-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-of-freedom/
LOCATION:Stonecoast Review
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SUMMARY:PFN - Solid Food Press Literary Journal Seeking Submissions on the Theme: Paradoxa
DESCRIPTION:Check out our About page to see what kind of work we’re looking for. We’re dedicated to realism and refuse to sugarcoat the reality of our fallen world\, but please keep explicit and graphic details as tasteful as possible. We’re not looking for shock value\, but for vulnerable and true human experience. Please see specific guidelines below\, and send all submissions to solidfoodpress@outlook.com with the appropriate subject line: ONLINE JOURNAL SUBMISSION\, or PRINT EDITION SUBMISSION. \nTheme: Paradoxa (Read the full theme essay on Substack!) \nWe exist as a paradoxical people who worship a paradoxical God in a paradoxical world. Jesus is both servant and King\, the most intimate friend and the Name Above All Names. We as his people can worship him wholeheartedly and still sin. We can love to the point of giving up our lives for strangers\, and yet we can also hate in some of the most destructive ways. We exist in a world that often feels unfairly broken\, but is yet so full of unexplainable and surprising beauty. \nFor this edition\, play with the element of surprise. Reflect on the remarkable. Or wrestle with the idea that two things can exist in tension at same time. Resolve it—or don’t! You have our attention either way. In both your work and the creative processes that form it\, rest in the fact that not everything needs to make sense at first glance. There is awe in a mystery—or story—slowly unfolded. There is an acute and deeply wonderful attention in and to the anomaly. \nSo please\, have fun with this theme! Let’s see the weird\, the strange\, the remarkable\, the impossible. Let us feel the weight of God’s glory in surprising places. \nIf your work is accepted\, you grant us first or second serial rights\, and then all rights revert back to you upon publication. We would like to be credited if your work is published here for the first time when/if you submit it again somewhere else. Simultaneous submissions are welcome\, but please let us know if your work has been accepted elsewhere. \nSolid Food’s reading period is roughly 4-6 weeks\, and only those accepted for publication will be notified. As much as we would love to offer feedback to all submissions\, it is just not feasible at this time. Thank you in advance for your patience and understanding! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPoetry\n\n\n\n\nPoems of any length are acceptable \n\n\nLimit submissions to four pieces \n\n\nSubmit in a single Word document* \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEssays and Articles\n\n\n\n\nWord count should be between 500-5000 \n\n\nLimit submission to one essay or article \n\n\nSubmit in a single Word document* \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProse\n\n\n\n\nWord count is flexible\, but please do not exceed 40 pages \n\n\nLimit submissions to one story \n\n\nSubmit in a single Word document*
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-solid-food-press-literary-journal-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-paradoxa/
LOCATION:Solid Food Press Literary Journal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - Ledbury Poetry Competition 2025
DESCRIPTION: Competition Entry Rules/Guidelines \nIf you have any questions or need assistance with the competition entry process please email sabeen.chaudhry@ledburypoetry.org.uk \n\nYou may enter up to 10 poems at any time.\nPoems must be received by the deadline\, Monday 15 September at 23:59 BST. Entries will not be accepted after the closing deadline.\nThe length of each poem must not exceed 40 lines. (This applies to the written lines of the poem. Titles\, epigraphs\, line spaces between stanzas and dedications are not counted as lines.)\nYou must be 18 years of age or over to enter.\nAll applications must be submitted online through the entry form on our home page.\nPlease submit each poem as a single PDF file. Each poem must be submitted as a separate document\, up to 10 documents can be attached to your application online.\nPlease include the title of your poem in the poem and name your file with the title of your poem.\nThe competitor’s name must NOT appear in the poems or in the document file name – names must be included on the entry form details only.\nAll entries must be the original work of the entrant and should not have been previously published\, broadcasted\, or accepted for publication by a magazine\, or have won competitions elsewhere.\nCopyright remains with the author\, but Ledbury Poetry reserves the right to have entries performed at the Festival\, on radio\, TV\, or stage\, published on the internet\, in an anthology or used for publicity purposes at any stage in the future.\nAn automated acknowledgement of the entry will be sent (please check Spam or Junk folders if you don’t see one).\nThe decision of the judge is final and no correspondence will be entered into.\nLedbury Poetry reserves the right to withhold prizes if such an action is justified.\nEntries not complying with competition rules will be disqualified.\nWinners and highly commended entries will be notified directly once the judging has been completed and details of the winners event in 2026 will be sent in due course.\nLedbury Poetry is a registered charity – Charity No. 1059465\n\n\n\n  \nWhat’s the prize? \n\nFirst Prize: £1000 cash and a week’s poetry course with Arvon\nSecond Prize: £500\nThird Prize: £250\nWinners will be invited to perform their work at Ledbury Poetry Festival 2026.\n\n  \nHow much is it to enter? \n\nEach entry costs £6.00\n\nThe first prize for the competition is £1\,000 cash and a week’s poetry course with Arvon. \nArvon is the UK’s leading creative writing charity with a wide range of residential and online writing courses. The winner will have one calendar year from the prize being announced to claim either a residential or online week of their choice. \n  \nEntry fee: £6.00\n 
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-ledbury-poetry-competition-2025/
LOCATION:Ledbury Poetry Competition
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to Synkroniciti Magazine. Theme: Patterns
DESCRIPTION:Submissions should be emailed to magazine@synkroniciti.com. Please place your name and the category of submission in the subject field of your e-mail. \nThe submission fee is $3. The categories of work we are seeking are outlined below\, along with submission guidelines for each category. You may submit more than one entry in one or more categories. We currently pay only artists winning the top prizes in our contests. We are working toward being able to pay sustainable honorariums to everyone. \nPending payment\, all submissions will receive a response shortly after our submission deadline. If your work is selected you will be asked for biographical information and we will work with you to make sure that your work is displayed in a way that makes you happy. If you are not already a subscriber\, you will receive the issue of Synkroniciti Magazine that features it for free. \nDon’t want to pay submission fees? Become a subscriber ($10 every six months/2 issues) and you will have unlimited free entries (as long as you are subscribed). \nIf your work is selected we request the right to publish it in both the e-book and the website archive of Synkroniciti Magazine. We accept simultaneous submissions and pre-published work (contingent upon the other parties involved allowing publication). \n\nPoetry Submission \n\n\nSend up to 5 poems in Word or pdf format. We prefer free verse and are more fond of visual poetry than formal rhyme schemes\, although rhyming does not disqualify your work. We will also consider poems in other languages with an English translation (poem and translation counts as one poem and both parts will be printed). The winner of our poetry contest will receive a $75 award and four free issues of the Magazine. Submissions should be emailed to magazine@synkroniciti.com. Please place your name and the category of submission in the subject field of your e-mail. \n\nShort Story Submission \n\n\nSend a short story in Word or pdf format. 4\,000 word maximum. Note that Flash Fiction now has a separate category below. Submissions should be emailed to magazine@synkroniciti.com. Please place your name and the category of submission in the subject field of your e-mail. \n\nFlash Submission (fiction or non-fiction) \n\n\nPlease submit a flash piece of 400 words or less in pdf or Word format. May be fiction or non-fiction. Submissions should be emailed to magazine@synkroniciti.com. Please place your name and the category of submission in the subject field of your e-mail. \n\nEssay or Memoir \n\n\nSend a single non-fiction work in Word or pdf format. 4\,000 word maximum. Submissions should be emailed to magazine@synkroniciti.com. Please place your name and the category of submission in the subject field of your e-mail. \n  \n\n\n\n\nSubmissions fee: $3\n 
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-synkroniciti-magazine-theme-patterns-2/
LOCATION:Synkroniciti Magazine
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SUMMARY:PFN - Novellum Magazine Seeking Submissions on the Theme: Holiday
DESCRIPTION:SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS\nFormatting: \n\n\nCover Page: Include the title of your work\, your contact information and a summary of your piece. \n\n\nFile Types: Submit your work in .odt\, .doc\, .docx\, or PDF format. \n\n\nFont: Use a standard\, easy-to-read font (e.g.\, Times New Roman\, 12-point). \n\n\nSpacing: Double-spaced for prose; single-spaced for poetry. \n\n\nMargins: 1-inch margins on all sides. \n\n\nLength: \n\n\nShort Stories: Up to 15\,000 words \n\n\nNovellas: 20\,000 to 40\,000 words \n\n\nNovel Excerpts: 2\,500 to 5\,000 words \n\n\nPoetry: (Any form or style) Up to 5 poems or 10 pages \n\n\nArticles: (Writing and editing tips\, feature stories\, Op-Eds\, and pop-culture stories) 1\,500 to 3\,000 words – See: Novellum Style Guide for our Editorial Standards \n\n\nOriginality: \nAt Novellum Magazine\, we are dedicated to showcasing authentic\, original voices. We only accept submissions that are original and unpublished\, ensuring that your work receives the exclusive attention it deserves. Your submissions must not be under consideration elsewhere\, as we value the unique opportunity to present fresh\, never-before-seen content to our audience. \nMoreover\, we firmly believe in the integrity of human creativity. Therefore\, we DO NOT \naccept any writing or artwork that has been created by artificial intelligence. Our mission \nis to celebrate the raw\, unfiltered talent of writers and artists who pour their heart and \nsoul into their work. \nQuality: \nWe seek polished\, well-crafted pieces with strong characters\, engaging plots\, and a \ndistinctive voice. Please ensure your work is free of grammatical errors and typos \nbefore submitting. \nThemes: \nWe are open to a wide range of themes and styles but favor pieces that offer unique \nperspectives and provoke thought. \nSUBMISSION PROCESS\nCover Letter: \nInclude a brief cover letter with your submission\, introducing yourself and your \nwork. Mention any previous publications or relevant experience. \nBio: \nProvide a short bio (100 words) written in the third person\, highlighting your \nachievements and background. \nResponse Time: \nWe strive to respond to submissions within 2-4 weeks. If you haven’t heard from us \nafter 6 weeks\, feel free to follow up at info@novellummagazine.com. \nRights: \nBy submitting to Novellum Magazine\, you agree to grant us first serial rights and non- \nexclusive reprint rights. Upon publication\, rights revert to the author\, with the \nunderstanding that we may include the work in any future anthologies or \npromotional materials. \nPayment: \nWe offer competitive rates based on the category and length of the submission. \nPayment details will be discussed upon acceptance of your work. \nContact Information: \nFor submissions and queries\, please contact us at: \nEmail: info@novellummagazine.com \nPlease review these guidelines carefully before submitting.  \nReady to share your voice with the world? Submit your work today and join the Novellum \nMagazine community! We look forward to reading your creations and potentially sharing them with our readers. Happy writing!
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LOCATION:Novellum Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - Call for Submissions to Zhagaram Literary Magazine. The Theme: Structures in Stone
DESCRIPTION:ISSUE 05: Structures in Stone \n\n\n“The Earth is littered with the ruins of Empires that believed they were eternal.” — Camille Paglia \n\n\nIn this issue\, we invite poets to explore the history residing within the walls of buildings—from temple gopurams and grand cathedrals to glorious minarets and forgotten fortresses. This can include explorations into monoliths\, statues and other sculptures as well. We want your examinations of the cracks in between stones\, the political weight carried by these physical spaces and their stories of oppression\, resistance and reclamation. What happens when a structure is built to last\, but the people it was meant to serve disappear? What stories do these walls say and most importantly\, who gets to tell their history? Tell us about the ruins of an ancient temple in your native land or about the first house your family built. Tell us about the house your family lost. \n\n\nWe would love to see poetry used as visual art\, as concrete poetry/calligrams\, as structures\, as collapses. Get as creative or traditional as you like. If you want to submit architectures of poems\, footnotes\, physical notes\, built structures\, folded sheets\, we’re all in. If you’re unable to fit your submission in the general submission form\, feel free to email us and we’ll find a way to accommodate your visual poems. Such poems will be highly prioritized since this is an architecture-inspired issue. We are also open to receiving architectural sketches\, project images as submissions. Visual art includes and is not limited to: collages\, digital art\, physical art\, foam projects\, wood based projects\, paper folding projects\, digital text based projects. These submissions can be sent via email in any format that is easy to send/publish. For any questions\, feel free to reach out to us. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease read about our mission and the current theme before submitting. \n\n\nSubmit up to 3 poems in a single document. Each poem should begin in a new page.  \n\n\nDocument name must be your name as you want it published. \n\n\nIf your poems have words from other languages\, please include their translations at the end of the page. \n\n\nProvide necessary context and required trigger warnings (asked in the Google Form). Asking for context might be a less common practice especially when blind reading of submissions is promoted as a solution for reducing bias. However\, as a literary magazine that publishes work rooted in culture\, it’s important for us to be aware of the cultural context the poem originates from. It is impossible for a single person (the editor) to be aware of cultural nuances from all around the world and a blatant dismissal of these nuances in pursuit of supposed literary merit is not the solution. Zhagaram promises to treat your poem\, and as an extension\, your heritage\, with care. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIDENTITY\n\n\nThough we’re open to submissions from writers from all around the world\, our ultimate goal is to amplify diverse and marginalised voices. If you are a writer who is a woman\, a Person of Colour\, belonging to any marginalised communities\, we emphatically encourage you to submit. We highly prioritise these submissions and would be honoured to publish your work.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n​ \n\n\n\n\nSubmissions through Google Forms only. Email submissions won’t be considered (exceptions: visual art submissions) \n\n\nWritten work must be primarily in English but can contain words and phrases from other languages. \n\n\nSimultaneous submissions are allowed. Please make sure you withdraw your work as soon as possible if your work is accepted before we could. \n\n\nResponse Time: 1 month \n\n\nPlease submit only once per submission period in one category. \n\n\nIf your submission has been accepted\, please submit again only after one year has passed. If your work was not accepted\, you’re free to submit again in the next submission period. \n\n\nAny form of plagiarism won’t be tolerated. We also do not appreciate work that promotes any form of hatred. \n\n\nIf you have any doubts regarding submissions\, please feel free to email us with the subject: QUERY \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED\n\n\nWe publish work that has been previously posted on the author’s social media or personal blog. However\, we request you take it down upon acceptance. Work previously published by other magazines will not be considered. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPUBLISHING RIGHTS\n\n\nAll rights belongs to the concerned contributor. We request for publication rights to print your work digitally and to promote it on social media. You may republish your work elsewhere as long as Zhagaram Literary is credited as the first publisher. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPAYMENT\n\n\nUnfortunately\, we are currently unable to pay our contributors but hope to change that soon. If you would like to help us in awarding more poets\, please consider buying one of our issues or spreading word about the magazine and our poems. Learn more here. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIMPORTANT TO NOTE\n\n\nZhagaram is run by a single editor and we hope to diversify our team as we keep growing. However\, as of now\, this means that our knowledge and understanding of the world and its cultures is very limited. This might lead to discrepancies in publishing and if any piece of work published by Zhagaram is ever found to have expressed problematic ideas and views\, we kindly reserve the right to take it down. 
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-call-for-submissions-to-zhagaram-literary-magazine-the-theme-structures-in-stone/
LOCATION:Zhagaram Literary Magazine
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SUMMARY:P - Poetry Northwest Seeking Submissions for: "Presenting" featuring poets whose work has never before been featured in a nationally distributed print journal
DESCRIPTION:Thank you for your interest in Poetry Northwest\, the region’s oldest literary magazine. After more than 60 years\, we remain committed to publishing the best in contemporary poetry\, especially work willing to take risks and push readers to the emotional and intellectual edge of what poetry makes possible. Our editor\, Keetje Kuipers\, recently spoke with Poets & Writers about her editorial vision for the magazine: \nI’m interested in accepting poems that I struggle with\, that I don’t understand\, that I might even fundamentally disagree with in terms of either their craft or simply the argument that they’re making about the state of the world. I’m excited to take those chances and to make myself uncomfortable and make readers a little uncomfortable. \nWe are also staunch advocates for our writers\, and poems published in our magazine often appear later in the pages of the Pushcart Prize and Best American anthologies. \nWe strive to go beyond encouraging submissions from diverse voices. Our mission to employ equitable editorial practices runs parallel to our mission to publish the most exciting poetry we can find. Take a look at a recent issue and you’ll see that we stand behind both these commitments. \nPresenting: Featuring Emerging Writers\nIf you are an emerging writer\, please consider submitting poems to Presenting\, a print feature in which Senior Editor Xavier Cavazos introduces readers to a poet whose work has never before been featured in a nationally distributed print journal. All work submitted in this category will be considered for general publication even if not selected for the Presenting feature. \nWe accept submissions online via Submittable only; work sent via mail will be recycled. Emailed submissions will go unread. \n  \n\nPlease submit no more than four poems at a time. Combine all poems into a single document and upload as a Word file. If you wish to submit a PDF\, please include it as a second file.\nOut of respect for our volunteer readers\, we request that you include a content warning if your work references or depicts personal or historical trauma (including violence\, genocide\, assault\, abuse\, etcetera). Please use the format “CW: ______” at the bottom of your cover letter.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-poetry-northwest-seeking-submissions-for-presenting-featuring-poets-whose-work-has-never-before-been-featured-in-a-nationally-distributed-print-journal/
LOCATION:Poetry Northwest
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:FN - Writing Magazine Competition. Theme: The Natural World
DESCRIPTION:Enter fiction and narrative non-fiction themed around the natural world/the relationship between humans and nature\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPrize\nThe winner will receive £200 and publication in Writing Magazine\, with £50 and publication on the website for the runner-up. \n  \nRules\n\nTerms & Condition\n\n\n\n1. Eligibility\nEntry is open to any writer and entries must be the original and unpublished work of the entrant which is not currently submitted for publication nor for any other competition or award. There is no limit to number of entries. Entrants retain copyright in their manuscripts. \n2. Entry Fees\nFee for each entry is £7.50 BUT ONLY £6 for subscribers to Writing Magazine. \n3. Manuscripts\nManuscripts can be uploaded in pdf\, doc\, docx\, odt\, rtf and txt formats on single pages of your file\, with a front page giving your name\, address\, daytime telephone number and email address.\nPoetry manuscripts – please layout your poems in single spacing with double spacing between stanzas\, on single pages of your file\, with a front page giving your name\, address\, daytime telephone number and email address. \n4. Competition Judging\nCompetition judges will be appointed by Writing Magazine and their decision will be final\, with no correspondence being entered into. \n5. Notification\nWinners will be notified within two months of closing date after which date unplaced entries may be submitted elsewhere. Winning entries may not be submitted elsewhere for twelve months after that date without permission of Writing Magazine who retain the right to publish winning entries in any form during those twelve months. \n\n\n\n  \nEntry fee: £7.50\n 
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/fn-writing-magazine-competition-theme-the-natural-world/
LOCATION:Writing Magazine Competitions
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PF - Tales Anthology Series Seeking Stories and Poems of "The Unknown"
DESCRIPTION:Tales from the Unknown\n\n\n ​ \nEditor’s Tip: From the abyss to the great beyond to the other side of the wall\, an unknown place is ripe for adventure. The unknown is so much more than a place\, too—we don’t know what we don’t know\, nor do we know why\, how\, or when. \n ​ \n\n\n\nEdited by Theresa Green \nTheresa is a co-founder of The Writer’s Workout\, a crime fiction writer\, and freelance editor and book coach at Premier Literary Services. premierliterary.com \nTheresa is looking for well-developed concepts\, inviting storytelling\, clear description\, and an occasional laugh to break the tension. Genre is yours to play with*. Pieces will be reviewed and writers contacted in the order received. If your work is declined\, you’re welcome to submit something new before the deadline. \n​ \n\n\n\nOPEN CALL\n\nThis anthology is OPEN to fiction and poetry through September 15. \n​ \n​ \n\n\n​ \nSubmissions \n​ \nSubmissions must be in English and include the required Title Information.  \nTry to keep your submission under… \n7\,500 words for fiction (1 per person) \n50 lines for poetry (2 per person) \n​ \nTimes New Roman or Arial\, size 10 or 12\, single spaced \nIndented paragraphs except for poetry \nEmpty margins on all four sides \nEmpty line for scene breaks \n​ \nTip: Keep your formatting simple!\nRemember\, you’re formatting for review\, not for publication. Don’t hide your gorgeous prose behind stylized asterisks and flourishes. \n\nPlease do not send artwork or creative nonfiction.  \n  \n\n\n​ \nTitle Information\n  \nEntries must include this Title Information in this order at the top of the document body\, aligned left:  \n​​ \nName or Pseudonym\, email \nEntry Title \nTales \nWord or Line Count  \n  \nIf your submission was previously published\, please cite your success below your word/line count.​ \n​ \nAccepted file types: .doc\, .docx\, .odt \nSubmit via email OR Dropbox OR Duosuma. \n\nLive\, unlocked Google Docs or Microsoft Word links are accepted via email (submissions [at] writersworkout.net). Set your document permissions to “anyone with the link” so we can download it. We will not request access and we are not responsible for locked docs. \n 
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pf-tales-anthology-series-seeking-stories-and-poems-of-the-unknown/
LOCATION:Tales Anthology Series
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:FN - Call for Submissions to Cowboy Jamboree Magazine. Theme: "Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked"
DESCRIPTION:​CALL FOR SUBS-CJ FALL 2025\n\nISSUE Theme: “Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked.” \nWhere’d it come from? It’s a James “Slim” Hand lyric from a song about sitting in a bar in the corner at a table by a jukebox. Interpret however you like. \nStory/CNF/Verse. Deadline: Sept 21. Submit to cowboyjamboree@gmail.com \n  \n[Purpose\, Style & Tastes] \nIt’s in the title. \nCOWBOY [kou-boi] (def.)\n1.  American plains animal herder who tends cows\n2.  one who is reckless or ignores risk\, i.e. “cowboy attitude”\n3.  tradesman with questionable or atypical practices\, i.e. “cowboy plumbing”\n4.  fast or careless driver on the highway\, i.e. “slow down\, cowboy”\n5.  slang for “outlaw” \nJAMBOREE  [jam-buh-ree] (def.)\n1.  a large celebration or party\, typically boisterous\n2.  a carousel of noisy merrymaking \nPLEASE NOTE: COWBOY JAMBOREE IS LBTQ+ INCLUSIVE; WE SUPPORT WOMEN’S RIGHTS; WE ARE POC INCLUSIVE; WE ARE SENSITIVE TO MENTAL HEALTH INCLUSIVITY. \nIf your fiction\, creative nonfiction\, vignette\, flash\, or photography jazzes with the above\, we’re probably gonna dig it.  Not everything we accept for publication looks the same.  That said\, words that describe stories we tend to like might include rural\, hardscrabbled\, rough-hewn\, pulpy\, noirish… and\, of course\, GRITTY. \nIn short\, we’re a Grit-Lit magazine focused on the rural working class and gritty realism. We are not a traditional western magazine.  Western stories we accept tend to stray from archetypes of females as damsels and cowboy gunslingin’ heroes. We’re generally not interested in historical western characters\, no matter how fictionalized.  We like stories that blend working class and literary language to explore characters and places that find themselves on the hardscrabble rather than heroic side of life. \nIn other words\, our cowboys are more likely to jump off a ’71 Ford Maverick than ride into a dusty town on a black steed. \nSome grit lit and rural authors we love and that inspire us are:  Larry Brown\, Harry Crews\, Donald Ray Pollock\, Willy Vlautin\, Denis Johnson\, Barry Hannah\, Brad Watson\, Breece D’J Pancake\, Bonnie Jo Campbell\, Dorothy Allison\, Bobbie Ann Mason\, Wiley Cash\, Erika T. Wurth\, and Sheldon Lee Compton.  Beyond that\, “classic” authors we dig vary and are certainly not contained to the following list\, but these are some :  Cormac McCarthy\, Larry McMurtry\, Sam Shepard\, Charles Portis\, Raymond Chandler\, Dashiell Hammett\, Flannery O’Connor\, William Faulkner\, John Steinbeck\, Kurt Vonnegut\, John Updike\, Raymond Carver\, Jim Harrison\, & Elmore Leonard.  \nWe’ve always got a soft spot for country western\, folk\, Americana or rural music.  If that finds its way into a piece\, we’re likely to be bias readers (don’t mean we’ll take it\, just\, you know\, it’ll tickle our fancy).  Terry Allen\, Townes van Zandt\, Hank Williams\, Mississippi John Hurt\, the Carter Family\, Nanci Griffith\, the Flatlanders\, Lyle Lovett\, Robert Earl King\, Old Crow Medicine Show\, Johnny Cash\, Dom Flemons\, Willie Nelson\, Steve Earle\, Gillian Welch\, Dwight Yoakam\, Justin Townes Earle\, John Prine\, Charley Crockett\, Colter Wall\, Tom Waits\, Waylon Jennings\, Merle Haggard\, Charlie Pride and Bob Dylan reign supreme here.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/fn-call-for-submissions-to-cowboy-jamboree-magazine-theme-hidden-behind-the-door-that-sorrow-locked/
LOCATION:Cowboy Jamboree Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - The 2025 Palette Poetry Prize
DESCRIPTION:The 2025 Palette Poetry Prize\njudged by Palette Poetry editors\n  \n\n\n\n\n\nAs seasons shift and as our team grows and transitions\, we at Palette invite you to submit your poetry to our 2025 Palette Poetry Prize! From July 21 to September 21\, we are seeking poems that celebrate the community we have by meditating on the role of the poet in this pivotal moment in time. We invite you to consider our mission statement: \n“When times are dark\, the world often turns to poets for insight and for language reanimated. Palette Poetry is here to paint our small part of the world with truth through poetry\, as imaginative\, eviscerating\, and provoking as truth can be.” \nWhat does it mean to be a beacon of light when times are dark? What keeps you afloat amidst unsurety? How do we as poets paint the truth in a world oversaturated with information? Is there a truth you can offer to the public? A truth you can offer to your private self? \nWinners will be selected by the Palette editors. The winner will be awarded $3\,000 and publication\, the first runner-up will receive $300 and publication\, and the second runner-up will receive $200 and publication. Finalists may also be considered for publication. \nWhether you are an established poet or have just picked up the pen yesterday\, we welcome you to join us in this reflection exercise. Send us your most innovative and exciting poetry. Send us poems that are grounding. Send us your truth. \nSubmission Guidelines: Please read carefully! \n\nSubmissions are open internationally\, to any poet writing in English—inclusion of other languages is welcome\, as long as the poem is largely written in English. At this time\, Palette does not accept translated work unless you are also the author of the original poem.\nYour submission must be no more than three poems and under ten pages. Please submit all your poems in ONE document. Please begin each poem on a new page and include each poem’s individual title.\nWe do accept multiple submissions (of one to three poems apiece)\, but each submission will include the $20 reading fee.\nWe accept simultaneous submissions—just please send us a note if your work is accepted for publication elsewhere.\nWe are only accepting unpublished work. If your poem has been published elsewhere\, even on a blog or on social media\, it is not eligible.\nWriters from historically marginalized groups are invited to submit for free until we reach the fifty free entries budgeted for this particular contest. (This category is now closed.)\nDO NOT INCLUDE your name or identifying information in the document OR submission title box.\nPlease include a brief cover letter in the cover letter box with your publication history\, if any. This text box is where you can include your name and/or bio! If you select the editorial feedback option\, this cover letter is also where you can name which poem you’d like feedback on. To safeguard our reading staff\, please include content warnings in the cover letter\, if applicable\, as well.\nPalette Poetry does not consider or review AI-generated work. Submissions utilizing AI tools will be automatically declined.\nReview our FAQ page for frequently asked questions.\nNOTE: If after submitting you notice an error in your submission\, please message us rather than withdrawing and resubmitting your submission. We can open it to editing once so you can correct the error.\nPalette Poetry does not accept AI-produced work.\nContest closes September 21\, 2025. Submitters will be notified of their submission status within twelve weeks of the contest closing date.\n\n\n\n\n  \nEntry fee: $20\n 
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-the-2025-palette-poetry-prize/
LOCATION:The 2025 Palette Poetry Prize
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:P - Litmag Subs are Open for the engine(idling. The theme is: The Urge
DESCRIPTION:… as in the many faces of “the feminine urge” — to cave-dwell or home-make\, towards tenderness or violence\, giddiness or belligerence\, nurturing or devouring\, and so on. \nWe’d like to explore a full spectrum of “the female experience\,” and especially showcase her inner world. What makes her tick? What’s behind the mask and under her skin? Which desires and urges are rarely spoken but always just below the surface? \nWhile this sub call does focus on women\, we welcome subs from everyone. We’re not here to make it weird or police identity. It’s your art we’re after. If your work is resonant\, heartfelt\, and challenging\, it can find a home here. \nIf you need a little kick-start\, here’s some things we’re thinking about: “feral women\,” the beauty privilege/tax\, girlhood and sisterhood\, frenemies and rivals\, Munch’s The Scream (1893)\, witchy sewing circles\, Angela Ball’s “Difficult Daughters\,” Kārlis Padegs’ Madonna with the Machine Gun (1932)\, Bernini’s The Ecstasy of St. Theresa (1652)\, Miss Daisy Fay Buchanan meets Candy Darling\, Millais’ Ophelia (1851–2)\, The Legend of Billie Jean (1985)\, PJ Harvey’s To Bring You My Love (1995)\, Fatal Attraction (1987)\, the daily schedule of a 1950’s housewife\, Guides to Female Etiquette and Dress\, shoulder pads and power suits and traveling pants\, Tori Amos’ Boys for Pele (1996)\, Jane Austen and the girls of gothic fiction\, the Wilson Sisters via The Virgin Suicides (1999)\, the trappings and joys of motherhood\, Sharp Objects (2018)\, Victorian hysteria\, the Dancing Plague of 1518\, Snapped (2004-)\, Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper (1892)\, Mary Toft in 1726\, Angela’s dance to Bauhaus’ Stigmata Martyr in 1988’s Night of the Demons [Video clip has a strobe effect]\, Walter Gramatté’s Tired Woman (1923)\, the art of Mary Cassatt and Artemisia Gentileschi and Ramon Casas\, Otto Dix’s The Nun (1914) … \nFeel free to get dark\, get complicated\, and say the quiet things aloud. \nWe are looking forward to reviewing your work! \nBe sure to include your address in your submission so that we can send you free swag as a thanks. We’ll send anywhere. For Issue 7 we are sending out art postcards that double as bookmarks. \n_______ \nIf you are able to do so\, we ask that you please report your submissions on Duotrope and / or Chill Subs. We are listed with both sites. \n  \nTo Submit\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo submit\, please email 1 – 4 poems to the editor at engineidling@gmail.com. \nYou may send poems as a .docx\, .pdf\, or copy / paste them into the body of the email. \n\n\n\n\nFormat\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFor written works\, please use a standard font.  We can accommodate some specialized formatting like white space using tabs and indents. However\, shape poems or poems with very specific spatial needs usually don’t work out. \nIf your poem is more than a single page\, please indicate whether or not there is a stanza break at the page break(s).  
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LOCATION:the engine(idling
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:N - Friends Journal Seeking Submissions on the Theme: What do we believe?
DESCRIPTION:Fast Facts \n\nFeatures run 1200-2500 words.\nQuestions? Email editors@friendsjournal.org\nLearn more general information at Friendsjournal.org/submissions.\n\nOne of the most googled searches about Friends is “What do Quakers believe?” It’s the theme of our upcoming December 2025 issue and a very reasonable question that is surprisingly hard to answer both simply and accurately. We try\, only to find ourselves devolving into history lessons or hedging our answers with weak phrases like “for me…” or “for my type of Friend…” Once upon a time\, not so long ago really\, a certain kind of confident Friend might give answers that applied to one’s own yearly meeting’s Quaker experience\, but in an age of instant communication and easy world travel\, it seems rather arrogant to claim any one of us can actually speak for the global diversity of Friends. \nOn the other hand\, is it its own kind of tyranny to demand we find commonalities? What’s wrong with having a subset of Friends that holds a clearly defined identity? The many schisms among Friends\, past and present\, attest to strong\, well-articulated beliefs that their adherents felt were essential to Quakerism as they understood it. \nQuakers began with a critique of creeds—those succinct\, easily memorized statements of faith that make most churches’ doctrine clear and tidy. What we believe has always been a slippery question\, made more so by divisions and conflict within our religious society. Is this history all that ties us together today? \nHow do you answer this question? Have you found a way to describe our beliefs that covers most if not all Quakers? Do you answer with classic principles of Quakerism or with the varied practices of actual Friends in your area? All of us have different influences. How do we know which are part of our Quaker identity and which aren’t? Is it even a question to ask? And how in all this do we take into account those Friends whose beliefs differ from our own?
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LOCATION:Friends Journal
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for The Fourth River's Spring 26 Print Issue. Theme: Innovation
DESCRIPTION: INNOVATION\nThis past June\, Chatham University’s MFA in Creative Writing Program held the inaugural run of the Fallingwater Residency in Nature & Place-Based Writing. The Residency is held in partnership with Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater\, a modern architectural masterpiece and UNESCO World Heritage site located just 60 miles east of Pittsburgh. \n  \nFrank Lloyd Wright was a pioneer of organic architecture who emphasized harmony between buildings and their natural surroundings. His designs pushed the boundaries of conventions and changed the landscape of architecture for generations to come. Wright’s legacy is one of beauty\, harmony\, and magnificence\, but most especially\, it is one of innovation. \n  \nIn honor of Frank Lloyd Wright and Chatham MFA’s new partnership with Fallingwater\, The Fourth River is seeking submissions for our spring 2026 print issue that illustrate the theme of Innovation. \n  \nFor this issue\, we welcome fiction\, nonfiction\, and poetry that engages innovative ways of relating to nature\, place\, and identity. We encourage work that utilizes the concept of change\, whether prompted by need\, natural process\, or simple curiosity. Bring a new spin on something old\, or a fresh perspective to something outdated. Build a new environment and put us in it. Whether rooted in realism\, speculation\, or history itself\, we want to see work that embodies the spirit of innovation. \n  \nHere’s a prompt to get the gears turning: \nIn what ways does innovation interact with and influence concepts–and realities–of nature\, place\, space\, culture\, and identity? \n  \nPlease send 3-5 poems or up to 4\,000 words of prose at a time. \nWe look forward to reading your work! \n  \nSubmission fee: $3\n 
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-the-fourth-rivers-spring-26-print-issue-theme-innovation/
LOCATION:The Fourth River
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - Gap Riot Press Asks: What does feminist time look like?
DESCRIPTION:Fuck It Up series Part One: Fuck with the Future\nWhat does feminist time look like?\nGap Riot Press is back\, a cute little mix of classic and brand new\, and we’re issuing a call for work that fucks with the future. We’re looking specifically for feminist\, experimental\, visual work that queers chronology\, cracks open clocks\, haunts archives\, and burns blueprints. We want chapbooks that challenge linearity and legibility and dream up new beautiful timelines where feminist\, anti-capitalist\, decolonial\, and liberatory futures are just possible … they’re downright inevitable! \nSend us your: \n\n\nSpeculative experiments in/with language and form \n\n\nRewritten histories\, haunted archives\, ancestral echoes \n\n\nMagical realism\, myth\, prophecy revisited \n\n\nRejections of capitalist normativity and productivity culture \n\n\nUtopias\, disruptions\, and futures made communal and tender \n\n\nAlso… this time we’re looking for short short chapbooks (absolute max 20 pages pls) that imagine and build in feminist time. For this season\, we are interested in work that fucks around with form; we want visual\, experimental\, and formally-innovative writing. Oh\, and one more thing: we’re publishing smaller runs and smaller seasons than ever\, so please keep that in mind when submitting. We’re interested in collaborating with you to make uniquely material and artistically-innovative works. We’re explicitly looking for things that think beyond the chapbook form and reimagine the future of small press publishing. \nPlease send your work to gapriotpress@gmail.com no later than September 26\, 2025.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-gap-riot-press-asks-what-does-feminist-time-look-like/
LOCATION:Gap Riot Press
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:Creative Writing Ink Short Story Competition 2025
DESCRIPTION:The Creative Writing Ink Short Story Competition 2025 is open for entries. \nThe deadline for receipt of all entries is September 30th at 4 pm (GMT). \nEntries will only be accepted through Submittable. \nEntries can be on any subject\, theme or genre. \nEntry fee: £12 per entry. You can submit multiple entries as long as each entry is paid for individually and includes a separate entry form. \nMaximum word count is 3\,000 words. \nAll entries are judged anonymously. Please do not include your name\, address\, phone number\, email\, website\, social media details\, etc. on the short story document or in the file name as this will result in disqualification. \nFormatting your short story: \nYour story must be written in English. A maximum of 3\,000 words. No minimum. Title not included in the word count. \nPlease submit a typed story in Arial or Times New Roman\, 12pt\, black. Double spaced. \nInclude a front page which details the title of story and the word count ONLY. The author’s name should not be included anywhere in the document or the file name. \nNo illustrations. \nSave as a Microsoft Word document (.doc or .docx). We also accept file types .rtf\, .pdf\, with the \nShort Story title as the file name. Please do not include the author’s name in the file name or it will be disqualified. \n  \nEntry fee: £12 per entry
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/creative-writing-ink-short-story-competition-2025/
LOCATION:Creative Writing Ink Annual Short Story Competition
CATEGORIES:Contest
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