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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 Submissions that do not abide by these rules will not be considered for publication.\nYour work must be previously unpublished.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
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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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
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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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!
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-novellum-magazine-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-holiday/
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
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250915T080000
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UID:7339-1757923200-1757955600@anovelapproach.ca
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250921T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250921T170000
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UID:7347-1758441600-1758474000@anovelapproach.ca
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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CREATED:20250905T214558Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250905T214558Z
UID:7351-1758441600-1758474000@anovelapproach.ca
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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CREATED:20250904T220812Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250904T221029Z
UID:7342-1758528000-1758560400@anovelapproach.ca
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).  
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-litmag-subs-are-open-for-the-engineidling-the-theme-is-the-urge/
LOCATION:the engine(idling
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250922T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250922T170000
DTSTAMP:20260418T152011
CREATED:20250910T205548Z
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UID:7356-1758528000-1758560400@anovelapproach.ca
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?
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/n-friends-journal-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-what-do-we-believe/
LOCATION:Friends Journal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250925T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250925T170000
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CREATED:20250910T211156Z
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UID:7358-1758787200-1758819600@anovelapproach.ca
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250926T080000
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CREATED:20250910T224434Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T224434Z
UID:7360-1758873600-1758906000@anovelapproach.ca
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250930T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250930T170000
DTSTAMP:20260418T152011
CREATED:20250827T160829Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250827T161037Z
UID:7275-1759219200-1759251600@anovelapproach.ca
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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DTSTAMP:20260418T152011
CREATED:20250911T170910Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T170910Z
UID:7364-1759219200-1759251600@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:F - The Writers College Short Story Competition. Theme: "All the things we didn't learn"
DESCRIPTION:Competition Rules\n\n\n\n\nWho Can Enter\nThis competition is designed to support beginner writers aged 16 and up from any country. We accept entries from writers who: \n\nHave never been published or\nHave been published fewer than four times in any genre (fiction or non-fiction)\, in any publication (paid or unpaid).\n\n\nIf you have had more than four pieces published\, you are not eligible to enter. \nNot eligible: \n\nJournalists\, copywriters\, web writers\, or content writers.\nWriters who have ever earned a living from writing\, even if it was decades ago.\n\n\nExceptions: \n\nUnpaid articles for community or workplace newsletters or blogs with a circulation of under 5\,000 do not count as published work.\n\n\nWhat to Submit\n\nStory length: Maximum 2\,000 words.\nWord count limit: If your story exceeds the word count by more than 50 words\, it will not be considered.\nTheme for 2025: All the things we didn’t learn.\n\nWriters are free to interpret the theme in any way they choose.\nThe exact phrase “All the things we didn’t learn” must appear somewhere in the story.\nWriters must create their own title.\n\n\nGenres accepted: All genres are welcome (literary\, horror\, sci-fi\, fantasy\, speculative fiction). However\, literary fiction tends to perform best with our judges.\n\nEntry Requirements\n\nOnly one story per entrant.\nEntries must be written in English.\nStories must be original and unpublished (including online).\nEntrants must have written the story 100% themselves.\n\n\nCompetition Timeline\n\nFree entry deadline: 30 June 2025 (midnight\, UTC).\nPaid entry period: After 30 June\, an £ 8.00 entry fee applies.\nFinal deadline: 30 September 2025.\nLonglist announcement: 31 October 2025.\nWinners announced: 15 November 2025 (published on our website).\n\n\nPrizes and Publication\n\nWinners will be notified by email and announced on our website.\nPrize money will be paid via electronic transfer or PayPal.\nWriters retain copyright but grant permission for their story to be published on our website and in an anthology.\n\n\nImportant Notes\n\nThe judges’ decision is final. No correspondence will be entered into.\nIf you do not receive an entry confirmation within three working days\, please re-send it. Your submission may have been lost in transit.\nNo generative AI (ChatGPT\, etc.) may be used. If a story appears to be AI-generated\, it will be disqualified\, and the author will be banned from future competitions.\nSubmission fees are non-refundable. Please ensure you wish to enter before submitting.\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow to Submit Your Entry\n\n\n\n\nWe only accept email submissions. Follow these steps to ensure your entry is correctly formatted and considered for judging. \n\nEmail Submission Guidelines\n\n\nCopy and paste your story into the body of the email AND attach it as a Word document (.doc or .docx).\nUse the subject line: The 2025 Writers’ College Short Story Competition.\nOnce you have paid the entry fee\, you will receive the submission email address.\n\n  \n\nEntry Requirements\n\n\nTitle your story uniquely – do not use the competition theme as your title.\nIn your email\, include:\n\nYour story’s title and your name (e.g. Once Upon a Time – by John Smith).\nThe following declaration:\n\n\n\n“I declare that this is my own work\, 100% unassisted by generative AI (such as ChatGPT etc.)\, and I have been published in a mainstream print or online publication fewer than four times.” \n\n\n\nYour word count.\n\n\n\n\nFormatting Guidelines\n\n\nDo not include your name anywhere in the story document – entries are judged blind.\nUse a readable font (Arial or Times New Roman\, size 12 or larger).\nLine spacing should be 1.5 or double.\nInstead of indenting paragraphs\, leave a clear line between them.\nIf a formatting detail is not specified here\, it means we’re flexible – story quality matters most.\nWinners will be required to provide valid proof of identity.\n\n\nMake sure your story has been edited and polished according to tips and guidelines provided on our college site under “Writing Resources”\, or on our webzine. Read these:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou will be directed to the Submissions page once your tranaction has been completed. Remember to make a note of your transaction number or proof of payment\, this is required when you make your submission. \n\n\n\n\n\n  \nEntry fee: £ 8.00\n 
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-the-writers-college-short-story-competition-theme-all-the-things-we-didnt-learn/
LOCATION:The Writers College Short Story Competition
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:F - Flash Frontier: An Adventure in Short Fiction Seeking Submissions on the Theme: Fish | Ngā Ika
DESCRIPTION:What we like\nWe are looking for variety and originality. Tickle us\, haunt us\, gobsmack us. Choose your words carefully and leave our readers wanting more. And do it in a small space. \nPlease submit only previously unpublished stories. If the work has appeared in any other print or electronic journal\, we consider it published. \nIf it has appeared on a writing workshop site\, we will consider it but please do let us know\, and we expect Flash Frontier to be credited with first publication if your work appears in our pages. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow to submit\n\nPlease submit your story to the editors in email: \n\n\nflashfrontier@gmail.com \n  \n\n\nPlease paste your work and your bio directly into the body of the email. \n\nIf your story requires unusual formatting let us know – the editors may ask for a different kind of document to confirm your formatting requirements. \nProvide a brief biographical sketch (approx. 60 words) about yourself – written in third person – that can be included on our Contributor page. You do not have to include your bio if you have submitted to us before. \n  \n\nSubmissions are due by the last day of the month for the following month’s issue.\nIssues are published during the last week of the month.\nRemember to count: 251 won’t be accepted.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-flash-frontier-an-adventure-in-short-fiction-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-fish-nga-ika/
LOCATION:Flash Frontier: An Adventure in Short Fiction
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:F - Call for Submissions to The Ecological Citizen. Theme: Feral Lines (Flash Fiction Only)
DESCRIPTION:Old longings nomadic leap\,\nChafing at custom’s chain;\nAgain from its brumal sleep\nWakens the ferine strain. \n— ‘Atavism’ by John Myers O’Hara \n\nStep over the edge and into the wilderness of Feral Lines\, an upcoming flash fiction collection from The Ecological Citizen. In these untamed reveries\, wolves roam free through expansive forests\, renewing rivers in their wake. Little green fingers transform into fists\, shattering concrete. Fences fall\, hedgerows billow\, and dams crumble. The land earns respite from the relentless grazing of industrial agriculture\, as wild herbivores regain their foothold. And humanity finally finds peace in the healing of planetary wounds. \nWith plot-driven narratives as lush and dynamic as the habitats they evoke\, Feral Lines is an invitation to hear the call of the Earth unshackled from human dominion. \nSubmit your most inspiring and powerful tales of nature’s rebounding in no more than 500 words (including the title) by 30 September 2025. Accepted stories will be published in February 2026 (within Vol 9 No 1 of The Ecological Citizen). \n\n\nHow to submit: The process is handled by email exchange. You can submit your story to ferallinesflash@gmail.com. Alternatively\, you can get in touch about submitting fiction using our contact form. \nImportant notes: We are seeking previously unpublished writing. There are no submission fees; but\, sadly\, we do not have any funds to pay for accepted stories. \n 
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-call-for-submissions-to-the-ecological-citizen-theme-feral-lines-flash-fiction-only/
LOCATION:The Ecological Citizen
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:FN - Call for Submissions to Plenitude Magazine. Theme: Genre Bender (Canadians Only)
DESCRIPTION:Submission Guidelines\n\n\n\nAll poetry\, prose (fiction\, creative nonfiction)\, and hybrid / genre bender entries must be submitted via our Submittable platform:\n\n \nEmailed submissions will not be considered. For book reviews\, see below. \nOur new Genre Bender category is only open to Canadian writers at this time. \nPlenitude Magazine is Canada’s only queer literary magazine. We aim to promote the growth and development of LGBTQ2S+ literature through online publication of poetry\, fiction\, creative nonfiction\, book reviews\, and interviews by both emerging and established LGBTQ2S+ writers. We especially encourage BIPOC\, trans\, and disabled writers to submit their work. \nWe define queer literature and arts as works created by LGBTQ2S+ people\, rather than works which feature queer content alone. \nWe are not interested in genre writing\, political essays\, or rants; that said\, we recognize that LGBTQ2S+ experiences are often inherently political\, and we invite submissions that explore this through creative writing. If you are interested in writing political essays or other critical analyses of interest to a queer literary readership\, please query the reviews editor at reviews(at)plenitudemagazine.ca. \nAll of our poetry\, prose\, and book reviews are open sourced\, free and available to read. We highly recommend reading examples of work in the genre you wish to submit to get a feel for our style. \n\nGenre Bender: Text-based submissions should be no longer than 2000 words\, and can include images in the body of the text. Genre-bending poems should be no longer than 5 pages long. Standalone literary images/photographs such as collages or cut-and-paste poems can be uploaded as .jpg or .png files.\nPoetry: Up to five pages of poetry\, single spaced\, in a 12-point font. Each poem should appear on a new page. Submit one file per submission with all poems in the same document.\nFiction: One story per submission\, double spaced\, paginated\, in a 12-point font\, maximum 5\,000 words.\nCreative Nonfiction: One piece per submission\, double spaced\, paginated\, in a 12-point font\, maximum 5\,000 words.\nBook Reviews: Query the reviews editor for reviews (up to 1000 words): reviews(at)plenitudemagazine.ca\nArticles: Query the reviews editor for articles (up to 3000 words): reviews(at)plenitudemagazine.ca\n\nA cover letter in the document you upload is not necessary. Instead\, please enter your name\, mailing address\, email address\, title of submission\, and a 50-word bio into the Cover Letter section of the form. Let us know if you self identify as BIPOC\, trans\, and/or disabled. \nPlease submit work only once per calendar year per genre. Multiple submissions in the same calendar year by the same writer will be rejected. \nSimultaneous submissions are allowed; however\, in the event your work is accepted elsewhere\, please let us know. We do not accept previously published work. \nWe aim for a response time anywhere from two to six months\, and up to nine months for prose. \n\nStarting May 1\, 2024\, writer fees will increase from $50 CAD to $60 CAD per poem\, and from $100 CAD to $125 CAD per prose contribution (fiction and creative nonfiction). Book reviews will continue to be paid at $100 CAD.\n\n\n\nGenre Bender submissions will be paid at $100 CAD upon acceptance.\n\nPlenitude Magazine buys first serial rights; copyright remains with the author/creator.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/fn-call-for-submissions-to-plenitude-magazine-theme-genre-bender-canadians-only/
LOCATION:Plenitude Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to Fourteen Hills. Theme: Hope is a Discipline
DESCRIPTION:Calling for submissions to Issue #32’s Special Feature “Hope Is a Discipline.” This year\, amidst the struggle our community faces in fighting back against oppression\, we have chosen the theme of our special feature in homage to Mariame Kaba’s work in transformative justice. We take the title of our special feature from Kaba’s documented interview in “Hope Is a Discipline\,” in which she reflects on wisdom once received from a nun regarding hope\, “The hope that she was talking about was this grounded hope that was practiced every day\, that people actually practiced all the time.” For our upcoming issue\, we want your poetry\, fiction\, non-fiction\, hybrid work that show us how you and or your community turn hope into an active practice. From culinary traditions that nourish the fire in your belly to essays on protest – show us what it means to you to make hope into a discipline. \n\n\n\n\nSubmission Guidelines:  \n\n\nAll written submissions must be in .doc or .docx file format (Microsoft Word or Open Office files) \n\n\nCover letter should include\, at minimum\, contact information and third-person bio (max 3-5 sentences) \n\n\nIf you have questions about the status of your submission\, please contact us at hills@sfsu.edu \n\n\nWriters and artists may submit only once\, in a single genre\, per submission period \n\n\nFor artwork: Please label each image with your last name and and in the order which you want us to view them. If your name is not attached to the exported ZIP files it is immensely difficult to keep track of and manage your valuable submissions. We want to see your work and give it the attention it deserves. In your cover letter\, please provide a image list with titles\, medium\, size\, and the year it was made. When submitting images\, all images must be 300 dpi at 8.5 by 11 inches. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf your submission is accepted for publication in the journal\, you will receive two free copies of the issue you’re featured in and a yearlong subscription to Fourteen Hills. \nWe accept simultaneous submissions; however\, please be sure to notify us immediately via Submittable should you need to withdraw submissions due to publication elsewhere. \nWe do not accept hard copy submissions. We are adamantly opposed to AI-generated submissions and reserve the right to reject any piece created with AI-assistance on sight.  \n\n\n\n\nSubmission file(s) must be in .doc\, .docx\, or .rtf format (Microsoft Word\, Open Office\, or Pages). Cover letter section should include contact information\, a third-person author biography (3–5 sentences in length)\, and any other relevant information. \nPoetry submissions can be up to 3 poems and a maximum of 7 pages total.  \nFiction submissions can be 1 short story or novel excerpt (maximum 20 pages or 6000 words\, though our sweet spot is 2\,000-4\,000 words) OR up to 3 flash fiction stories (maximum 1000 words each).  \nCreative nonfiction submissions should be 1 piece of long-form creative nonfiction (maximum 25 pages\, though our sweet spot is 2\,000-4\,000 words) OR up to 3 flash/lyrical pieces (up to 1\,000 words each). \nIf you have questions about the status of your submission or subscription\, please contact us at hills@sfsu.edu. \n  \nSubmission fee: $3\n 
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-fourteen-hills-theme-hope-is-a-discipline/
LOCATION:Fourteen Hills
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Pure Slush Great Cities Anthology Series Seeking Submissions. Theme: London
DESCRIPTION:London Great Cities Vol. 2\n\n\nSubmissions for London Great Cities Vol. 1 are NOW OPEN. \nWe are accepting submissions of poetry and prose (fiction and non-fiction) for London. (Submissions will close 30th September 2025.) \nYour submission must include London\, whether as a memory\, wishful thinking\, an anecdote\, the setting for your story or poem\, a place of importance\, or where you live or holiday … \nYour submission must also be: \n\noriginal\, so previously unpublished online or in print (so that includes authors’ websites and blogs)\n150 word minimum limit for fiction and non-fiction\, stories and essays / maximum 1000 words. (That’s for each story / essay: maximum number of prose pieces you can submit is 3.)\n80 word minimum limit for poetry / maximum 1000 words. (That’s for each poem: maximum number of poems you can submit is 5.)A good idea is to check out what we do and don’t like … and to find out more about this\, click here.\nIf you have any further questions\, please email edpureslush@live.com.au. \nTo SUBMIT\, click here. Please include the word LONDON\, plus your name and the title of your submission\, and the word count. (Please note: word counts do not include titles or your name.) \nPLEASE NOTE: if you are submitting more than one poem\, story or essay\, we really prefer they are all included on one document. So if you have 5 poems or 3 stories to submit\, please include them on one document\, and thus make one submission\, rather than 5 submissions (one for each poem) or 3 submissions (one for each story). \nIf you are new to Pure Slush\, please include a brief bio or profile of yourself.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-pure-slush-great-cities-anthology-series-seeking-submissions-theme-london/
LOCATION:Pure Slush Great Cities Anthology Series
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - The Passionfruit Poetry Prize is back for 2025. This year's Theme: Love
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nPassionfruit Poetry Prize 2025\n\n  \n\n\n\nThe theme is love – and it’s yours to interpret as broadly\, as interestingly\, and as tenuously as you wish.\n1st prize £600\n2nd prize £100\n3rd prize £60\n9 × COMMENDED POEMS £10 EACH\nAll prizewinning poems will also be published in a special issue of The Passionfruit Review. \nJudge: Amlanjyoti Goswami\nA Note from the judge\nLove doesn’t always have to be about roses and thorns.\nThere are other ways too.\nSometimes it comes with guns blazing.\nAt other times\, silently\, without calling attention.\nYou can also write about roses and thorns. \nSubmission Guidelines \n\nEntry fee: £4 for 1 poem\, £6 for 2\, or £7 for 3.\nPlease submit up to three poems in a single document.\nSubmissions are open to all poets writing in English.\nPoems must be previously unpublished.\nStrong language is fine – abusive or discriminatory language is not.\nSimultaneous submissions are welcome – just let us know promptly through the submissions manager if you need to withdraw any of your poems.\nPoems up to 40 lines – including spaces – will be considered (we consider longer poems as general submissions!)\nPlease do not include any identifying information on your attached document.\nAll unsuccessful entries will also be considered for future publication in The Passionfruit Review.\n\n  \n\nEntry fee: £4 for 1 poem\, £6 for 2\, or £7 for 3.\n 
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-the-passionfruit-poetry-prize-is-back-for-2025-this-years-theme-love/
LOCATION:Passionfruit Poetry Prize
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:P - Earth Amulet Poetry Prize. Theme: Nature
DESCRIPTION:Earth Amulet Poetry Prize™\n\n\nABOUT\nThe Earth Amulet Poetry Prize™ is an environmental poetry contest that invite poems rooted in the natural world—its landscapes\, elements\, and living beings. Submissions may explore themes centered on forests\, rivers\, oceans\, mountains\, deserts\, or other ecosystems; reflect on weather\, seasons\, and natural forces such as fire\, wind\, and rain; or engage with flora and fauna\, including trees\, flowers\, birds\, animals\, insects\, etc. \nWe’re looking for work that offers thoughtful engagement with nature—through observation\, reflection\, and a genuine connection with our environment\, that can also become a catalyst in countering environmental threats and the destruction caused by wars\, human greed\, lack of awareness\, and proper resources to protect our planet. \nSubmission Deadline : September 30\, 2025 \nResults of the Earth Amulet Poetry Prize will be announced within three months of the submission deadline\, through a press release and on social media platforms. Selected folios will be published in a print anthology. \nThe  Earth Amulet Poetry Prize offers the following \n\nWinner – $25 cash prize\, publication of a folio of poems\, Certificate of Excellence\, announcement in a press release and on social media\, and an electronic copy of the anthology.\nFinalist – $20 cash prize\, publication of a folio of poems\, Certificate of Distinction\, announcement in a press release and on social media\, and an electronic copy of the anthology.\nSemi-Finalist – $15 cash prize\, publication of a folio of poems\, Certificate of Merit\, announcement in a press release and on social media\, and an electronic copy of the anthology.\nHonorable Mentions – A number of outstanding individual poems will be selected from the pool of submissions for publication. Each poet will receive an electronic copy of the anthology and their name announced on social media. (No cash prize is offered for Honorable Mentions.)\n\nSubmit your work through Duotrope or send it directly to River Paw Press via email \nSubmission Guidelines\n\nLength: Submit 3–5 unpublished poems\, not exceeding a total of 6 pages\, along with an author bio in 100 words or less.\nEligibility: This is an international contest open to poets age 18 and older. Poems must be originally written in English. Translations from other languages are not eligible for submission.\nFormat: Submissions must be error-free\, typed in Times New Roman\, 12-point font\, single-spaced. Please submit your poetry folio in both DOC and PDF formats.\nSubmission Fee: $10.00 payable via PayPal to riverpawpress(at)gmail(dot)com. However\, if you are experiencing financial hardship\, we welcome your submission with a pay-what-you-can contribution. We recommend a minimum tip of $5.00\, sent to riverpawpress(at)gmail(dot)com via PayPal to help us cover administrative and operational costs and sustain our mission to support independent literary publishing. Please note that all submission fees and tips are non-refundable.\nDisqualification: Submissions that do not follow the guidelines or contain plagiarized content may be disqualified for consideration.\nSimultaneous Submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed\, but please notify us immediately if your poems are accepted elsewhere.\nJudging Process: All entries will be read and scored based on the following evaluation criteria:\nOriginality\, Craft\, Cohesion\, Emotional Resonance\, Insight\, Imagery & Language\, Structure & Flow\, Style & Tone\, and Lasting Impression.\nSubmission Method: Email your submission to: riverpawawards(at)gmail(dot)com. In the subject line\, please write: EAPP 2025 and Author’s Name\nSubmission Deadline: September 30\, 2025\n\n\n\n  \nEntry fee:$10\n 
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-earth-amulet-poetry-prize-theme-nature/
LOCATION:Earth Amulet Poetry Prize
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Didcot Writers Writing Competition. The Theme: Proximity
DESCRIPTION:Our quarterly themed competition has a 500-word limit. You can send prose\, script or poetry; fiction or non-fiction; a complete story or an extract of a longer work. \nSubmissions will be read anonymously\, and the Reader’s favourites published on this site. Want to be a Reader for a future theme? Get in touch via didcotwriters@gmail.com. \nWe aim to announce the winning pieces as soon as possible following the close of the competition\, but please bear with us – our current pattern is to process several competitions at once followed by a lag (it is what it is). A single winner and a handful of other ‘Reader’s Choice’ pieces will be published on this site shortly thereafter – usually a few weeks after the competition closes. Read work selected as ‘Reader’s Choice’ in previous competitions here. \nOur current theme is: Proximity\nYou could be close to your one true love\, your worst enemy\, your child\, or someone you didn’t realise was there at the time. You could be close to achieving something\, near to death\, close to a realisation or approaching the start of a whole new adventure. Whatever it is\, we look forward to reading your responses. \nDeadline for submissions: 30th September 2025 \nSubmission guidelines:\n\nSubmit your entry via the google form linked under ‘How to Submit’ below. Please note the entry fee for those who are not participants at our free online events.\nRespond to the theme/challenge/prompt. If you’ve got the perfect piece of work but it doesn’t fit the current challenge\, get in touch to suggest a theme for next time!\nThere is no lower word limit. The upper word limit (not including title) is 500 words.\nThere are no strict formatting requirements\, but nothing too weird please.\nPlease title your document with your entry title\, and also put the title at the top of the work. Do not include your name in the document as entries will be read anonymously. Full credit will be given to the author if the work is published.\nNo really bad swear words or explicit content\, please.\nSubmissions are welcomed from around the world\, but must be in English.\nWe don’t mind simultaneous submissions\, or if your entry has been published elsewhere in the past\, but please make sure your work is copyright cleared for it to be published online if chosen. (For example\, if you need to include the line ‘first published in…’ to comply with a former publisher’s terms\, let us know.)\nIf your work is selected as winner or ‘Reader’s Choice’ it will be published on our website. We reserve the right to make minor edits. We would like to leave your work on our site indefinitely\, but if you would like it removed after a minimum of 12 months online please get in touch.\nThere will be no monetary payments to authors for work accepted as this is a non-profit competition run by volunteers; there is a possibility your work may be included in a printed/ebook anthology in future – we will get in touch if we want to include your work.\nWe will keep your data in accordance with GDPR\, and use your email address only to contact you to announce the competition winners and let you know of new competition opportunities (maximum one email a month after the announcement of winners). You can unsubscribe at any time\, just email didcotwriters@gmail.com.\n\nHow to submit:\nIf you have not attended one of our events (online or otherwise) in the last 12 months you will need to pay a fee of £4 per entry. If you are unable to pay this fee\, all you have to do to receive a free entry is attend one of our events (there are lots of free events and many are online – see bit.ly/didcotwriters for further info\, or email didcotwriters@gmail.com). \nPay the competition entry fee via PayPal here or via SumUp here (it’s the same price to you in both places\, but SumUp take less commission\, so we like them better). \nFor multiple entries: even for event participants only your first entry is free\, no matter how many events you have attended. So for second and subsequent entries to the same competition please pay the £4 fee using the link above. If you want to pay for multiple entries to the same competition you can do it as one transaction. \nSubmit your entry via the google form here (you will need to sign in). \nPlease make your document title the same as the title of your entry\, and include your title in your document (it’s not counted in the word count). All this saves us a headache later. \nWant feedback on your work?\nIf you would like feedback on your work (that is\, a ‘track changes’ version to give corrections\, comments and suggestions) one of our team can provide this for an £8 fee. You can pay the fee here (this link takes you to our SumUp store\, let us know if you’d rather pay via PayPal or bank transfer)\, then email your work to didcotwriters@gmail.com. \nWe cannot guarantee that feedback will be given before the competition closes (please allow two weeks after payment is received\, and slightly longer during holiday periods)\, and we cannot guarantee that your story will be chosen as winner or ‘Reader’s Choice’ as a result of our feedback. But we aim to provide supportive and constructive comments\, letting you know what’s good about your work\, what our first response was as a ‘cold’ reader\, where simple improvements can be made\, and how you can make it shine!
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-didcot-writers-writing-competition-the-theme-proximity/
LOCATION:Didcot Writers Writing Competition
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:F - Humour Me Magazine Seeking Submissions on the Theme of: Autumn
DESCRIPTION:We are looking for your Autumn (that’s Fall\, to our American readers) themed short stories. As ever\, there is one main rule. It must make us laugh! Please see full details below. \nWord Count: 750 min to 1500 max \nSubmission dates: 18/08/25 to 01/10/25 \nPayment: £7.50 flat rate for accepted submissions \nThe Autumn/Fall issue will be published in our usual digital format on 18/10/25. \nHappy writing! \nSUBMISSION RULES \nPlease send all submissions attached to an email as a word/image document\, as well as a short bio. Bio can be sent as an attachment or in the email body. \nThe below paragraph ONLY applies if the submission is successful and the author is offered a publication contract (of which the below is an excerpt) : \nThe Author grants permission for the Publisher to include the Work in the digital publication Humour Me Magazine\, for publication in the English language throughout the world\, for an exclusive period of 1 year from the date of publication\, and a non-exclusive basis for as long as the magazine remains live. The Publisher reserves the right to include the Work in any future ‘best of’ compilations put forth by the Publisher\, in either digital or print format. The Author agrees not to publish or permit others to publish the Work in any form prior to its publication by Humour Me Magazine. \nWe are happy to accept all types of humour\, from sharp satire to slapstick. While humour is subjective\, we will not tolerate any form of bigotry or discrimination toward any ethnicity\, gender identity\, sexuality or disability. \nWe will not accept multiple submissions. \nWe will allow simultaneous subs\, please do just let us know if you have been accepted somewhere else in the meantime. \nWe will not accept submissions that have been previously published or displayed in any format\, anywhere. \nWe will not accept the use of AI (and if we think you use it\, we will send a Terminator to visit) \nWe will not respond to any submissions that do not meet the submission criteria. We also will not respond to rejection follow-up emails. \nWe reserve the right to edit submissions (for grammar\, punctuation\, etc) for publication. \nAll payments to be made via PayPal within the timeframe outlined in publication contracts. \nPlease send all submissions to: humourmemag@outlook.com
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-humour-me-magazine-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-of-autumn/
LOCATION:Humour Me Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to Moss Puppy Magazine. Theme: Echoed Howls
DESCRIPTION:Call For Submissions: Issue 9Theme: Echoed Howls\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis theme explores longing\, connection\, isolation\, and the unknown. It asks what it means to speak into the void – to call for someone who may not be there\, and to hear only yourself echoed back. It is about the tension between presence and absence\, between reaching out and being met with silence. A howl can be grief\, warning\, prayer\, or celebration – but always\, it is a reaching. Who do we become when we are unheard? What remains when sound fades\, and only the echo lingers? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVibe Words & Imagery: \n\n\nHowling wind \n\n\nMoonlight and distance \n\n\nForests at dusk \n\n\nEchoes in empty halls \n\n\nPrayers left unanswered \n\n\nWolves\, ghosts\, and starlight \n\n\nAbandoned radios \n\n\nStatic and fading signals \n\n\nCold cliffs \n\n\nFog \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThemes\, Tones\, and Angles: \n\n\nPrimal longing and emotional rawness \n\n\nRepetition and reverberation \n\n\nGrief and memory \n\n\nThe ache of solitude \n\n\nLiminal spaces: thresholds\, in-betweens\, the veil \n\n\nAncestral voices and distant songs \n\n\nThe search for belonging in silence \n\n\nAnimal instinct\, transformation\, shapeshifting \n\n\nOracles\, prophecies\, forgotten gods \n\n\nThe sound of reaching out… and what comes back \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGuidelines\n\n\nRestrictions: You must be 18+ to submit. Do not submit work that encourages or promotes hate (racism\, sexism\, homophobia\, transphobia\, fatphobia\, etc.). We do not accept AI-generated work. If your work is not accepted\, wait until the following submission period to submit again.  \nSimultaneous Submissions: Encouraged – just withdraw via email if it’s accepted elsewhere! \nPreviously Published: No – we ask for First North American serial rights and credit if placed elsewhere. Rights revert back to you after publication. \n\n\nPoetry\n\n\nPreferred Formatting:​ \n12 point font \nTimes New Roman \nsingle-spaced \nSubmit up to three poems separately using the appropriate Google Form. \nPoems can appear within one document\, but should be submitted separately for organizational purposes. \n\n\nProse\n\n\nPreferred Formatting:​ \n12 point font \nTimes New Roman \ndouble-spaced \nindented \nSubmit up to 3\,000 words of prose using the appropriate Google Form. \nProse can appear within one document\, but should be submitted separately for organizational purposes.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-moss-puppy-magazine-theme-echoed-howls/
LOCATION:Moss Puppy Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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UID:7402-1759996800-1760029200@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:PFN - Hedge Apple's 2025 Halloween Contest. Theme: The Witching Hour
DESCRIPTION:Our annual Halloween contest is now open! \n\nFor the Halloween contest\, PLEASE DON’T PUT ANY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION IN YOUR SUBMISSION FILE! \nCheck out www.hedgeapplemagazine.com for the contest flyer. \nSubmit fiction\, poetry\, and visual art having to do with Halloween or autumn. \nThis year’s theme is The Witching Hour” so if you can use that theme in a creative way\, even better! \nFiction should be no more than 1000 words. \nWinners will be published at www.hedgeapplemagazine.com the week of Halloween.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-hedge-apples-2025-halloween-contest-theme-the-witching-hour/
LOCATION:Hedge Apple
CATEGORIES:Contest
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UID:7409-1760083200-1760115600@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:PFN - Penumbra Online Seeking Submissions to: The Bestiary and Us
DESCRIPTION:The Bestiary and Us: A New Book of Beasts \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n​Most people have heard lions referred to as “the king of beasts\,” of a brave person described as lionhearted\, of a sly individual called a fox\, a loyal one termed doglike—comparisons that may seem obvious and natural. The global fans of the Harry Potter books and films will likely recall the image of the birdlike phoenix rising\, reborn from its own ashes. Some fewer of us may have heard it said that unicorns can be approached and captured only by a virgin or that a pelican may restore life to its offspring by feeding them with blood from its own breast. Such characterizations and myths—be they stereotypically prosaic or surprisingly exotic—spring from a common source: the medieval bestiary. These pictorial encyclopedias of the Middle Ages were colorful compendia of familiar animals as well as a variety of more fantastic creatures. Bestiaries featured imaginative artwork accompanied by written text describing each beast’s behavior and proclivities\, chronicling its place in the world.  More than just descriptive catalogs of wildlife\, however\, these medieval texts also offered readers lessons about the world around them illustrated through allegorical details connecting the various creatures to human life and activities. \nFollowing the lead of the anonymous Physiologus of the 2nd century\, Isidore of Seville organized his 7th century Etymologies by the categories of birds\, snakes\, and land and sea creatures. Bestiaries were second in popularity only to the Bible in the years between 1180 and 1300\, and they so powerfully impacted language and culture that the legends they tell persist until the present day: Aesop’s fables\, Jorge Luis Borges’ The Book of Imaginary Beings\, Fearsome Creatures of Florida by John Henry Fleming\, Pokéman\, and The Lion King are examples of bestiary-inspired works that remind us of the importance of medieval history and its enduring influences. Clearly the ties between humanity and the animals with whom we share both our world and often the closeness of our individual lives continue to stir imaginations today just as they did for people in the Middle Ages. \nFor any who feel inspired to write works which focus on animals\, Penumbra Online\, fall edition\, invites submissions. These may include poems\, short fiction or nonfiction\, and hybrid works offering some interpretation\, celebration\, critique\, or other creative exploration of the furry\, feathered\, hairless\, or scaly creatures who crawl\, run\, swim\, and soar over the earth—or perhaps exist only in the realm of mind and mythology—a modern bestiary. This special edition of Penumbra is dedicated to the beasts with whom we share our homes\, our world\, and our imaginative spaces. Help us build our literary and artistic menagerie by creating and submitting your poem or story to Penumbra for consideration. Each contributor may submit up to three poems\, short stories\, pieces of nonfiction or creative nonfiction\, or hybrid pieces in any combination. The deadline for submissions for the online fall edition is October 10th at midnight. We look forward to hearing from you! \n  \n\nSubmission Guidelines\nSubmissions are limited to a maximum of three items of poetry or prose in any combination. Each individual item must be submitted in a separate document. All submitted material must be original and not previously published. Works submitted simultaneously to Penumbra and to other journals are acceptable\, providing they are identified as such and Penumbra receives notification immediately upon their acceptance elsewhere.   \n\n\nPoetry\nWe’re not word-counters at Penumbra. But we like our poems relatively short—say\, between haiku length and about 150 lines or so. Falling outside these parameters won’t automatically disqualify a poem but may indeed strain our readers’ patience. \nOnly three submissions total are allowed. All submissions should be submitted individually. For example: if an author wishes to submit three pieces\, they should upload one piece per submission; submissions that include multiple pieces in one submission may not be considered. \nFiction\nA maximum of 1\,500 words total. Only three submissions total are allowed. All submissions should be submitted individually. For example: if an author wishes to submit three pieces\, they should upload one piece per submission; submissions that include multiple pieces in one submission may not be considered. \nNon-Fiction\nA maximum of 1\,500 words total. Only three submissions total are allowed. All submissions should be submitted individually. For example: if an author wishes to submit three pieces\, they should upload one piece per submission; submissions that include multiple pieces in one submission may not be considered.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-penumbra-online-seeking-submissions-to-the-bestiary-and-us/
LOCATION:Penumbra Online
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to The Woolf. Theme for Issue 9: Trouble
DESCRIPTION:You’re in. Stay out of. If it isn’t too much. Get in good. Trouble is the prompt for Issue 9. Send us your creative nonfiction (<2500 words)\, troubling or not\, but please\, no cruelty to animals…and\, come to think of it\, no wolves. \nThe important stuff  \n\nWe only accept original\, unpublished work. If your work has already appeared in The Woolf\, please wait two issues before submitting again.\nOnly work sent through the official submission platform will be considered.\nNo name or identifying information should appear on the piece you’re submitting (we review the work blind).\nSimultaneous submissions are encouraged\, but please withdraw your work pronto if it has been accepted elsewhere (and if so\, congrats!).\nSubmissions are and will remain free. While submitting\, you’re welcome to toss something into our tip jar to help us offset expenses – it’s always appreciated.\nWhile we can’t pay contributors at this time\, we promise to promote your pieces once the issue goes live and nominate the best work for international awards where we can. (In fact\, this micro from Issue 1 was selected for the Best Microfiction 2022 anthology.)\nDespite our name\, any reference to wolves or Virginia Woolf could raise our hackles – so proceed with caution.\nFinally\, please don’t send us work that makes us question our faith in this already fragile world – stuff that’s gratuitously sexual\, overly violent\, discriminatory\, vile or just kind of morally repugnant. And since we apparently have to spell this out: no animal cruelty.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWORD COUNTS  \n\nMicrofiction: <100 words (up to 3 pieces in one document)\nFlash fiction: <1000 words\nShort story: <2500 words\nCreative nonfiction: <2500 words\nProse poetry: <300 words\n\nRights and terms \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBy submitting your work\, you grant us first electronic rights and non-exclusive archival rights. After first publication\, you retain ownership rights. If your work later appears elsewhere\, we’d love a credit for the first publication.\nSmall editorial adjustments to accepted submissions may be made in the name of clarity and flow. For more significant changes\, the author will be contacted. All other editorial decisions\, including art direction\, are the domain of The Woolf and final.\nWe reserve the right to remove contributions from the website without notice.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-the-woolf-theme-for-issue-9-trouble/
LOCATION:The Woolf
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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