Events

For Volume 13, we’re rummaging through the discarded, the dirty, the overlooked. Show us the clutter, the chaos, the compost heap of human experience.

This issue will focus on the Met’s extensive Arms & Armor collection. Send us your poems about battle, armor, shields, masks, war (or fear of war), and anything else inspired by these extraordinary pieces. The poems should be based on works on display only, that a visitor could go and encounter in person.

Reaching up out of the dirt, what is born from beneath? Send us your take on dirt. 

Dogs have been a source of inspiration and companionship since the beginning of mankind. We would love to see how you have woven this topic into your writing and are open to your interpretation.

The word "freedom" connotes different definitions and bears different weights for each of us. We want to read literature and take in media that explore, challenge, reconsider, or explode that concept for you.

We exist in a world that often feels unfairly broken, but is yet so full of unexplainable and surprising beauty.
For this edition, play with the element of surprise, and 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.

Synchronicity is a term coined by Carl Jung that refers to “the simultaneous occurrence of events which appear significantly related but have no discernible causal connection.” This makes our focus eclectic, but we do have subjects that we favor.

At Novellum, our mission is to inspire readers and writers alike by showcasing thought-provoking fiction, poetry, and insightful features that spark creativity and conversation.

In 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.

All work submitted in this category will be considered for general publication even if not selected for the Presenting feature.

Enter fiction and narrative non-fiction themed around the natural world/the relationship between humans and nature

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. 

Where'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.

While 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.

How do you answer this question? Have you found a way to describe our beliefs that covers most if not all Quakers?

In what ways does innovation interact with and influence concepts–and realities–of nature, place, space, culture, and identity?

We’re looking specifically for feminist, experimental, visual work that queers chronology, cracks open clocks, haunts archives, and burns blueprints.