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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.
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LOCATION:Moss Puppy Magazine
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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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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.
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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.
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LOCATION:The Woolf
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SUMMARY:PFN - The Calendula Review: A Journal of Narrative Medicine Seeking Submissions on the Theme of: Dormancy
DESCRIPTION:Submission Guidelines\n\n\nThe theme for Issue 5 is Dormancy: \nAs we approach these cooler months\, we invite you to send us work that reflects on states of dormancy\, whether they be chosen\, given\, natural\, unnatural\, imposed—stories of time spent resting\, sleeping\, going under; the experiences of liminal states of consciousness\, or unconsciousness. We invite you to explore the seasons through their ability to direct us into\, and out of states of action; the longer nights; the way the earth changes—how it buries itself\, and its creatures\, in survival-slumber; the way our bodies and minds adapt; what ails us\, what gives us hope. Please feel free to interpret the theme in as many ways as it brings meaning to you. \n\nPlease read this page carefully as it shares important information on submission guidelines and terms. Please also read through the HIPAA identifiers as we abide by those for all work. We look forward to reading/viewing your pieces! \n​ \nWe receive submissions through TCRSubmissions@cnsu.edu only\, and have two reading periods per year (spring and fall). Fall issues are themed\, spring issues are not. We ask for your best previously unpublished prose\, poetry\, and hybrid work in the realm of Narrative Medicine when we are open. We ask that if your work was accepted in a previous issue\, that you skip a submission period and wait till the next one before submitting again. If you sent us work that was not accepted\, you may submit new pieces for consideration. You are welcome to send any questions via the contact form\, however\, any work sent outside reading periods\, or using the contact form\, will not be read.  \n​ \nPoetry: We accept up to 5 poems in whichever format you see fit\, but no more than five pages in all; Times New Roman\, 12 pt. font in a Word file. If you have specific formatting for your poem or you have embedded text within an image\, please state this in the description of your submission (you may send us a PDF for reference if this applies). We are open to hybrid poetry pieces that include visual and written elements. \nProse: We accept prose submissions (both fiction and creative nonfiction) of up to 3000 words. Please double-space your work and use Times New Roman\, 12 pt. font. Please send your piece in Word format. We accept up to three pieces of Flash at once as long as the culminating word count is under 3000 words. Please put all pieces in one document with clear titles for each.​ \n\nGeneral guidelines: \n\n\nEach fall issue has a presiding theme. Spring issues are not themed. If the issue is themed\, priority will be given to work that meets that theme. \n\n\nThough we are fairly flexible on how this is interpreted\, please reflect on whether your work fits within the genre of Narrative Medicine before submitting. For a clear description of what Narrative Medicine is\, please visit the Home page and read past issues.  \n\n\nPlease ensure that you include a bio of 100 words or less at the foot of your document\, and a short cover letter in the body of your email with your submission. \n\n\nYou may submit in only one category\, and once per submission period. \n\n\nWe do not currently charge a fee for submissions and we cannot pay contributors at this time. \n\n\nOur turnaround time is roughly two months. \n\n\nCurrently\, we can only accept submissions written in English\, or that are translated to English. Please reach out if you have questions about this regarding any specific pieces. Quotes or small sections used for dialog or poetic effect are fine. \n\n\nWe will immediately refuse anything that contains hateful\, extremely or gratuitously graphic\, or harmful language or ideas. \n\n\nWe do not currently offer feedback.  \n\n\nWe do not currently publish book reviews. \n\n\nPlease do not submit previously published work\, or work you have sent us before.  \n\n\nIf your work was accepted for the most recent published issue\, please do not submit to the following issue; we ask that you wait for the next one. \n\n\nSimultaneous submissions are okay\, but please immediately withdraw\, or let us know if your work has been accepted elsewhere. \n\n\nPlease proof read your work for errors. We will not edit extensively for publication. Work that contains excessive errors will be rejected. \n\n\nThe Author retains rights to all work upon publication\, but we do ask that if the work is published elsewhere afterward\, you credit The Calendula Review as the initial publisher. \n\n\nPlease be sure to adhere to HIPAA guidelines on identifiers. \n\n\nPlease title your submission as outlined below. \n\n\nWe do not accept anything written in part\, or in full\, by AI. Please do not submit anything written by AI. \n\n\n​ \nSubmissions should be emailed to TCRSubmissions@cnsu.edu during the open period only\, and with the subject line: GENRE_NAME_TITLE OF WORK. For example: POETRY SUBMISSION_WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE_SONNET 18. Please include a short cover letter in the body of the email\, and an attach your work in Word format or similar. Please also remember to insert a short bio of 100 words or less at the end of your Word document so we have everything in one place; make sure your name and email address are clearly stated in the document with a word count in the top right corner. Please note that once you’ve sent your work\, you should get an auto response saying your work has been received. If you do not see this after a couple of minutes\, check your “outbox” or “sent” folder to make sure your message went out. \n\n​By submitting their work\, the Author agrees to the terms laid out in these guidelines. If accepted\, a contract for the piece including these terms will be offered to the Author. \n​ \nPlease be sure to adhere to HIPAA guidelines on identifiers when submitting any kind of work. This is especially pertinent for work in the realm of narrative medicine. For a list of identifiers and information on HIPAA compliance\, please go here.
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LOCATION:The Calendula Review
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - The Medley Seeking Submissions on the Theme: Laal
DESCRIPTION:Issue #11 : Laal\n\nWrite to us what laal invokes for you. \nConcept Note\nLaal (लाल) translates to the colour Red. But red is\, and never was\, just a colour. From a whimsical midnight thought\, it unfolds into symbols\, diverging meanings and layers. It transcends the visual and enters abstraction\, shows us multitudes – fear\, love\, shame\, dignity\, trauma\, grief\, and guilt. A colour shaped like an infinitely layered cake: the deeper you cut\, the more it reveals. From the faint pinks of a sun dipping below the skyline to the darkest shade of dried blood\, Laal is never still. \nTraditionally\, Laal is romanticised as the colour of love\, passion\, and chemistry. Of burning connections – Of the rose pressed between pages after a first date\, left to decay with time – Of the spilt wine of heartbreak on the wooden floors of a house once shared. But what happens when that love rots? When it’s rejected? Lost? When it turns on you? When it begins to haunt? \nIt is also the colour of dignity – both claimed and stripped. The Sindoor\, worn in the parting of a woman’s hair. For some a choice\, for others\, a mark of sacrifice\, of compulsion. The color of the bridal gown\, of the bride bound to a man when her heart belonged to a woman. Of being promised a fairytale and receiving silence instead. It is the colour of quiet oppression\, of stories swallowed\, of identities forced to fold inwards. \nLaal stains in other ways too; blemishes in the memory of a war survivor\, who sees flashes of Laal every time their eyes shut\, on bodies that carry histories never recorded. Blood that dried but never really disappeared. \nLet this colour bleed into every form\, every voice\, every memory. Let it remain untamed. The Medley waits for your submissions on Laal. \nYou can send your entries to themedley.ostraca@gmail.com. \n  \nGeneral Guidelines\nPROSE / ESSAYS : Only 2 pieces at a time\, 2500 words maximum\nPOETRY : Only 3 pieces at a time\, no word limit \n\nProse and poetry should ideally be directly pasted in the body of the email. If your work requires special formatting\, you may send it as an attachment\, preferably in the form of a word document. PDF files are also acceptable.\nAll submissions have to be accompanied by a short third-person bio of no more than 100 words\, along with a headshot/photograph of the submitter as an attachment.\nThe category of your work – fiction\, non-fiction\, poetry – has to be mentioned in the subject of the submission email. Also\, state whether your submission is themed or non-themed.\nWe allow only for previously unpublished works. We are open to simultaneous submissions (so long as you classify them as such and immediately let us know if they’re accepted elsewhere).\nThe Medley requires First Serial Rights and all archival rights. All rights revert back to the author upon publication.\nIf your work appears elsewhere in print or online\, please give due credit to The Medley as the place where your work first appeared.\nFor any queries\, you can email us at themedley.ostraca@gmail.com. We try to respond to submissions within 4-8 weeks of receiving them. If you do not hear from us till then\, you can drop us an email at the above-mentioned address.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-the-medley-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-laal/
LOCATION:The Medley
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to Friends Journal on the Theme: Indigenous People and Friends
DESCRIPTION:The history of Quaker relations with Indigenous peoples is full of contradictions. William Penn famously negotiated the Treaty of Shackamaxon with the Lenape when he arrived in their territory (what is now known as Pennsylvania)\, but 55 years later his sons famously cheated them out of huge tracts of lands. There are stories of Friends organizing food aid\, but then part of the starvation was due to the mass deaths caused by diseases Friends brought. Friends opened boarding and day schools for Native American children\, but then ran them with a patronizing zeal that cut students off from their families\, culture\, language\, and spirituality. \nIn January 2026 we’re looking at Indigenous Peoples and Friends\, both the history and current relations. \nWe’d like to center Indigenous perspectives for this issue\, but we realize that even this brings up complicated identities: how much Native ancestry does one need to qualify? What kind of cultural background suffices? I hope a lot of personal storytelling explains the nuances of identity. \nWe’d also like to lift up the various choices Indigenous peoples and Indigenous Friends have made. There are majority-Native Quaker meetings\, both individual congregations and yearly meetings\, which have adopted but also adapted the colonizer’s Christianity. Other Indigenous Friends have sought to maintain and reclaim Native spiritualities\, and of course there are those who fall along the various points in the theological spectrums of worldwide Quakerism. We’d like to know what kind of powerful resources you’ve found in your own tradition and also what oversights and corrections might be needed. \nFriends Journal is also seeking out voices from outside the United States for this and all issues. Friends in regions such as Latin America and Africa are welcome to share their stories. \nFast Facts \n\nFeatures run 1200-2500 words.\nQuestions? Email editors@friendsjournal.org\nLearn more general information at Friendsjournal.org/submissions.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-friends-journal-on-the-theme-indigenous-people-and-friends/
LOCATION:Friends Journal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:F - Rat Bag Lit Seeking Microfiction/Drabbles on the Theme: Funerary Raccoons
DESCRIPTION:Submit to Rat Bag Lit \nStarting with our launch of October 15th\, we publish a new microfiction or drabble piece Monday through Friday on the Rat Bag Lit substack. Stories are available for free for 4 weeks\, before switching to a subscriber-only archive. \nA Drabble is exactly 100 words\, no more\, no less\, with a maximum 15 word title. \nThis month’s theme is: Funerary Raccoons \nRats and raccoons go together like… well\, something. We all like trash. Also\, funerals. Probably? We don’t know what it means either. We want to read your spin on the theme. Do with it what you will. Open genre. \nYou can submit 2 pieces\, if you’d like. If your submission has been declined\, you are welcome to try again. \nNo cool-down period after publication – we’d be happy to read more of your work! \nWe will select a maximum of 13 pieces for digital publication in November/December – pays $1. \nNo reprintses genres and blurs the lines between literary and genre. Work that keeps us up at night\, stories that make us laugh\, and the strangest dreams that pop out of your odd little noggin. Bold ideas\, tight prose\, snappy dialogue\, speculative elements. Something we haven’t seen and\, hell\, maybe something we’ll wish we hadn’t. Mysterious\, haunted mansions\, crackling campfires\, electric space stations\, lonely abandoned farmhouses. That story that you hold close to your heart but has been rejected a billion times\, but you keep sending it out because you believe in it\, damnit? Yeah. Send us that one. \n\n\n  \n  \nRat Bag Lit\nFiction that crosses genres and blurs the lines between literary and genre. Work that keeps us up at night\, stories that make us laugh\, and the strangest dreams that pop out of your odd little noggin. Bold ideas\, tight prose\, snappy dialogue\, speculative elements. Something we haven’t seen and\, hell\, maybe something we’ll wish we hadn’t. Mysterious\, haunted mansions\, crackling campfires\, electric space stations\, lonely abandoned farmhouses. That story that you hold close to your heart but has been rejected a billion times\, but you keep sending it out because you believe in it\, damnit? Yeah. Send us that one. \nYes to aliens\, alternate worlds\, apocalyptic game shows\, bigfoot\, blue collar\, cats\, cemeteries\, coming-of-age\, cosmic\, cryptids\, cults\, cursed objects\, dark\, dating fails\, dystopian\, elder millennials\, embarrassing moments\, female narrators\, food service\, gen x\, ghosts\, girl power\, gothic\, grim reapers\, grumpy unicorns\, fairytale revamps\, found family\, haunted mansions\, hidden worlds\, horror\, humor\, liminal spaces\, mermaids\, modern-day wizards\, mythology revamps\, occult\, ordinary people finding portals\, paranormal\, post-apocalyptic\, sad robots\, secret societies\, squishy soft science fiction\, shitty roommates\, snark\, social commentary\, silly\, steampunk\, stoners\, swapped gender roles\, supernatural\, talking animals with bad attitudes\, teenagers\, time travel\, tongue-in-cheek\, underdogs\, unreliable narrators\, urban fantasy\, weirdos\, witchcraft \nProbably no to action / adventure\, all vibes no story\, boring stories\, children’s stories\, celebrities\, cliches\, cozy\, dead wife/husband/parent/partner\, emotional manipulation\, espionage\, excessively purple prose\, hate of any kind\, historical fiction\, humor that denigrates\, kids with cancer\, military fiction\, modern politics\, mystery\, political satire\, rage bait\, religious fanaticism\, sappy romance\, sword & sorcery\, thriller\, tired tropes\, tragedy\, werewolves\, vampires\, zombies \nWe don’t want: \nNo AI-generated stories. If it didn’t come from the depths of your own weird brain\, we don’t want to read it. We will not consider stories written\, co-written\, created\, or assisted by AI and machine-learning languages such as ChatGPT. We do not use AI-generated images. \nNo hate speech. We aren’t interested in your bigotry\, homophobia\, racism\, sexism\, or transphobia\, or anything along those lines. \nNo fan fiction. We won’t publish anything that violates someone else’s copyright. We’d prefer you come up with your own characters and worlds. The exception to this being mythological fiction\, in which case\, make it modern and interesting as you breathe new life into old (public domain) tales. \nNo hard-core erotica. I mean\, if you send us something hot\, we’ll read it\, but if you make Ratty blush\, we probably can’t publish it. That being said\, we are not prudes. If you can walk the line without crossing it\, by all means\, send it in if you think it fits our vibe. \nNo hard-core violence and gore. We don’t want to read it\, even with a trigger warning. Keep it off-page please. \nDON’T SELF REJECT \nIf you love your story and think it fits our vibes\, why not take a shot and send it our way? Worst case if you’ll get another rejection to add to your pile\, and maybe we’ll love it. \nWe encourage submissions from traditionally unrepresented and/or marginalized writers. \nOur readers would appreciate if you would please include any relevant content warnings at the top of your manuscript.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-rat-bag-lit-seeking-microfiction-drabbles-on-the-theme-funerary-raccoons/
LOCATION:Rat Bag Lit
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Panorama: The Journal of Travel\, Place\, and Nature Seeking Submissions on: Encounters
DESCRIPTION:We publish contemporary\, literary-themed travel works of nonfiction\, fiction\, and poetry. We are looking for exquisite\, rich\, surprising work capable of unbinding readers from their expectations and routines. Make us get lost on a journey in your hometown. Be the verbal cartographer of your own exile. Bring us the fictional realities of characters who take us places we can’t go on our own. Offer us poetry that leaves us stranded in the natural world. Most of all\, write evocative\, experiential\, descriptive prose that takes our readers with you\, and confirms our belief in the power of place. We have a particular interest in travel memoir\, real or imagined\, but we invite memoir with an edge. This is not the place for traditional travel memoir: give us something different. \n\n\n\n\nGuidance\n\n\n\n\nWe require a cover letter for all submissions\, with certain information provided [introduction\, background\, publication history\, social handles]. We also ask that all submitted work be sent as a Word Doc attachment\, double-spaced\, with page numbers. We are unable to accept work within emails\, or sent as PDFs. We regret that due to the number of submissions we receive\, submissions that do not meet our guidelines are declined. For more on our guidelines\, read our FAQs and Submissions page. All emails should be sent to the section editor as indicated\, and titled as requested. By following our guidelines\, you can help us accept your work more quickly. Thank you. \nDue to the number of submissions we receive\, and our goal of publishing as many writers as possible\, writers may only submit or query one work per issue. If your submission or query is declined for an issue\, and the submission call is still open\, you can submit another work or query again to that issue. Please submit all work via Submittable. \n\n\n\n\nPoetry:\nWe seek poetry with a diversity of style\, voice\, and form. 1-2 pages. Please send completed works to Senior Poetry Editors David Ishaya Osu and Devi Laskar and Poetry Editor Amanda White through the form below. Include a short bio and introduction to your work in your cover letter or submission document(s). If you provide poems as individual\, editable Word documents rather than protected PDFs\, that would be much appreciated. Clarifying questions can be sent to poetryeditor@panoramajournal.org\, title email Encounters/Poetry. \nFiction:\nTravel fiction: we seek works of fiction that reimagine ENCOUNTERS. Fictional works must include a journey to a place. Hybrid works (a blending of fiction and nonfiction) will be considered as well as experimental works. We are open to science fiction submissions for this issue as well as earth-land sea-air fantastical journeys of any kind\, as long as they are travelogue style and modelled on traditional journeys. Take that wherever it leads. 1500-3000 words. Please send completed works to Guest Fiction Editor Mehreen Ahmed through the form below. Include a short bio and introduction to your work in your cover letter or submission document(s). Clarifying questions can be sent to fictioneditor@panoramajournal.org\, and title email Encounters/Travel Fiction. \nFlash fiction: we seek short works of fiction or hybrid works for the Flash Fiction section. Pieces must be between 150 and 300 words\, after edits. Make every word count. For the ENCOUNTERS issue\, we are looking for place-based stories that start in one direction and then find themselves going in another due to a singular encounter with a place\, a person\, a moment\, or a thunderbolt of experience. Science fiction and experimental works are welcome. Preference will be given to those pieces that present a strong sense of detail and place and a fleshed-out narrative. Submit your work to Flash Editor Paula Read via the form below. Include a short bio and introduction to your work in your cover letter or submission document(s). Clarifying questions can be sent to flasheditor@panoramajournal.org with the title Encounters/Travel Flash. \nNonfiction:\nTravel memoir: we invite submissions of nonfiction travel memoirs\, 1\,500 to 6\,000 words in length\, with a strong and cohesive narrative arc. For this issue\, we seek accounts of meaningful encounters—with people\, places\, or animals—that have altered your perspective or understanding of the world. We are particularly interested in work that reflects mutual exchange\, where transformation is not one-sided but shared. We encourage narratives that move beyond surface description to explore the deeper connections and insights that arise from genuine engagement with unfamiliar environments. Please send completed works to Nonfiction Editors Kerry Beth Neville\, Samuel Autman\, and Joelle Renstrom through the form below. Include a short bio and introduction to your work in your cover letter or submission document(s). Clarifying questions can be sent to travelmemoir@panoramajournal.org\, title email Encounters/Travel Memoir. \nDecolonising travel: for this issue\, we seek essays\, audio stories\, narrative maps\, comics\, graphs\, and other forms that reimagine what it means to encounter—and be encountered by—people\, places\, and cultures while travelling. We’re interested in stories that move beyond the colonial gaze of “discovery” to explore mutual recognition\, unexpected intimacy\, and the complex negotiations of identity that occur when bodies\, histories\, and worldviews intersect. We want writing that examines encounters as sites of both vulnerability and power—moments where travellers must reckon with their own assumptions and the ways they are perceived and received. Stories that explore what happens when the encounter changes the traveller as much as\, or more than\, the place being visited. Of particular interest: encounters that reveal hidden histories or challenge dominant narratives about place; meetings that complicate simple categories of insider/outsider\, local/foreign\, host/guest; moments of recognition across difference; and stories that interrogate how race\, gender\, class\, and citizenship shape who gets to encounter whom\, and on what terms. As always\, we prioritise voices from the global majority and other marginalised voices. Please send completed works (preferably 1\,000-3\,000 words) to Decolonising Travel Editor Faith Adiele through the form below. Include a short bio and introduction to the work in your cover letter or submission document(s). Clarifying questions can be sent to decolonisingtravel@panoramajournal.org\, title email Encounters/Decolonising Travel. \nGeneral and speculative nonfiction: we seek all forms of nonfiction writing. For ENCOUNTERS\, we are particularly interested in the crossing-over that travel provides\, whether in the aspect of the journey or the destination. Share your literal or metaphorical journey. 1500-6000 words. Please send completed works to Nonfiction Editors Sarge Lacuesta\, Tolu Daniel\, and Tanya Ward Goodman through the form below. Include a short bio and introduction to your work in your cover letter or submission document(s). Clarifying questions can be sent to nonfictioneditor@panoramajournal.org\, title email Encounters/Nonfiction \nNew nature writing is a genre-fluid form that encompasses memoir/travel/and nature writing with an especial foregrounding of the challenges of the Climate Crisis. It is a form that loves to transgress borders. We would be delighted to receive writing with an ethical dimension and ecological awareness that encourages the reader to mindfully negotiate the shared landscapes of the human and more-than-human. 1500-3000 words. Below your title include a 50-word ‘taster’ paragraph that captures the essence of the piece in italics. Think of this as the carny pitch to hook curious passersby. What will they experience inside? Please send completed works to the New Nature Writing Editor\, Dr Kevan Manwaring through the form below. Include a short bio and introduction to your work in your cover letter or submission document(s). Clarifying questions can be sent to newnaturewriting@panoramajournal.org\, title email: Encounters/New Nature Writing. \nTravel flash: we seek short works of travel memoir and nonfiction for the Travel Flash section. Pieces must be between 150 and 300 words\, after edits\, so keep it tight. For the ENCOUNTERS issue\, we are looking for place-based/travel pieces that explore the unexpected\, the uncomfortable\, the unplanned\, the detours that take a traveller to people\, places\, meetings\, confrontations and resolutions that mark a revelatory fork in the road. Preference will be given to those pieces that present a strong sense of detail and place and a fleshed-out narrative. Submit your work to Flash Editor Paula Read via the form below. Include a short bio and introduction to your work in your cover letter or submission document(s). Clarifying questions can be sent to flasheditor@panoramajournal.org with the title Encounters/Travel Flash. \nEaten: Eaten is Panorama’s take on blending gastronomy with travel. For this section\, we are specifically looking for nonfiction pieces which explore a specific meal eaten while travelling\, or a particular dish and its history as connected to travel. Personal narrative is encouraged and these are primarily experiential essays\, although other approaches might be relevant in some works. We are especially interested in global and diverse perspectives for this section. Eaten requires self-awareness\, a lack of exoticism\, and an openness to sharing an experience\, culture\, or tradition\, paired with travel. These in-depth glimpses inside place through food offer something fresh to our readers. In your Submission\, please include the food you are writing about and be specific about the way it is associated to either your own travel or travel in a historical context. Word length is from 1500-3000 words. All submissions via the form below. Clarifying questions can be sent to eaten@panoramajournal.org\, title email: Encounters/Eaten. \nStreetview: we seek views from your own street\, your neighbourhood\, your town\, or village. Travelling is more than visiting another place – it can happen anywhere\, even close to home. Give us a sense of place of somewhere close to you\, in essays that take familiar surroundings and everyday experiences\, and transform them into something momentous\, poignant\, and universal. Pieces run from 1500 words to 2000 words. All submissions via the form below. Clarifying questions can be sent to streetview@panoramajournal.org\, title email: Encounters/Streetview.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-panorama-the-journal-of-travel-place-and-nature-seeking-submissions-on-encounters/
LOCATION:Panorama Journal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:F - Blink-Ink Seeking Submissions on the Theme: Museum
DESCRIPTION:Blink-Ink \nMuseum \nIn the beginning\, a museum was a temple of the muses\, whose songs inspire the arts and sciences. Today\, a museum collects\, preserves\, studies and displays wonders and marvels. Do you like museums? What kind\, and what if you ran it? \nWho might visit there\, or is that not encouraged? \nVisit a museum––can you hear the muses singing? \nSend us your best stories of approximately fifty words about museums in the body of an email to: blinkinkinfo@gmail.com. Submissions are open September 1st\, 2025 through October 15th\, 2025. No attachments\, poetry\, bios\, or AI generated content please. \nSend your best stories of approximately 50 words in the body of an email to blinkinkinfo@gmail.com. No attachments or bios please. We love poetry but do not publish it. \n\n\n\n\nWhat we love most is writing that has found that preternatural detail of thought or thing that cracks the story open and allows it to matter or to reveal a truth. \nNearly all of our issues are themed and guidelines specific to the current theme along with opening and closing dates for submissions to those issues will appear here on our website\, on our Facebook page and in New Pages and Duotrope. \nWe want your best\, original and unpublished work and will consider up to four stories at any one time. We do reply personally to every submission and every query. We aim to treat you right. \nSometimes we wish to make small changes in a piece we want to publish but will never do that without consulting you— with one exception: If you have offset the final line of a piece for no good reason\, we will put it back in the body of the piece where it belongs. \nThank you one and all
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-blink-ink-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-museum/
LOCATION:Blink-Ink
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Open Call to Cosmic Daffodil Journal. The Theme: The Body Archive
DESCRIPTION:We carry what’s been carved into us—scars\, secrets\, the strange souvenirs of survival. For our upcoming issue\, we want stories\, poems\, and hybrids that unearth the horror of embodiment. Think haunted anatomy\, sentient scars\, inherited monstrosity. Is your skin a map or a mask? Show us where it hurts\, and how it changes you. \nImportant Guidelines \n\nMicrosoft Word Documents are no longer supported. Please use Google Doc links or PDFs.\nPlease keep in mind word counts: 300-600 words for flash-fiction and non-fiction\, 1000 words for short-story submissions.\nSubmissions that do not follow the theme (listed above) will get an automatic rejection.\nSubmission Withdrawals: Please do not send these to the CDJ email; it might get missed. Do so via Duosuma instead.\nCheck out our FAQ page if you have a question; it might be listed there. If not\, do email us and we will do our best to assist you.\n\n  \npoetry\nPoetry in any form or style. Your poetry submission may contain up to three to five (3-5) poems\, may be submitted as one file\, run fewer than 10 pages in length\, and must be unpublished. Please start each poem on a new page on your document. Title your poems OR specify ‘Untitled’ at the top of the document. Simultaneous submissions are welcomed so long as you withdraw them when accepted elsewhere. \nFlash Fiction\nFlash fiction (a.k.a. microfiction\, short-short story\, sudden fiction\, etc.) submissions should aim for a word count of 300-600 words or less per piece. You may submit up to two (2) pieces per issue\, may be submitted as one file\, should run fewer than 5 pages in length\, and must be unpublished. Add page numbers to your document. Simultaneous submissions are welcomed so long as you withdraw them when accepted elsewhere. \nflash Non-fiction\nFlash nonfiction submissions should aim for a word count of 300-600 words or less per piece. You may submit up to two (2) pieces per issue\, may be submitted as one file\, should run fewer than 5 pages in length\, and must be unpublished. Add page numbers to your document. Simultaneous submissions are welcomed so long as you withdraw them when accepted elsewhere. \nShort story\nThe submission should aim for a word count of 1000 words or less. You may submit up to one (1) piece per issue\, may be submitted as one file\, should run fewer than 5 pages in length (double-spaced)\, and must be unpublished. Add page numbers to your document. Simultaneous submissions are welcome so long as you withdraw them when accepted elsewhere. \nGeneral guidelines\nCosmic Daffodil Journal currently focuses on submissions that follow a theme titled THE BODY ARCHIVE. Submissions that do not follow the theme will NOT be considered. \nPlease submit your written content as a PDF (preferred) or a Microsoft Word attachment (.doc or .docx). 12-point Times New Roman is preferred. If submitting several pieces (e.g. poems)\, include them all in one document. \n\nCover Letter Guidelines \n\n\nInclude a cover letter with the following information: \n\n\nName (as you would like printed) \n\n\nEmail address \n\n\nThird-person bio (50 words max) (anything longer will be cut off) \n\n\nAuthor website and any social media links – optional \n\n\n\n\n\nPlease send all submissions through our Duosuma page. Title submissions with the chosen category followed by your name (I.E.\, FICTION – ROWAN SERVAZIO). \n\nWe do not accept any work that condones racist\, misogynistic\, or anti-LGBTQIA+ narratives. \n\nWe do not accept any work that is A.I. generated; any submission that is found to be created from A.I. will be immediately rejected and the submitter will be banned from submitting to Cosmic Daffodil Journal for the foreseeable future. \n\nAuthors and artists can submit once per submission period. If interested in submitting again\, please wait until the next submission period opens. \n\nIf you need to withdraw a submission\, please do so from Duosuma. We no longer accept email withdrawals\, effective June 30th 2025.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-open-call-to-cosmic-daffodil-journal-the-theme-the-body-archive/
LOCATION:Cosmic Daffodil Journal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:F - Writing Magazine Competition Theme: Travel Tales
DESCRIPTION:Take your reader on a journey in this month’s competition for short fiction that in some way involves travel\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\n\n\nPrices\n\n\n\nStandard Rate\n£ 7.50\n\n\n\n\nSubscriber/Member Rate\n£ 6.00\n\n\n\n\nLog in\nYou must be a registered user of our site and be logged in to enter this competition.\nBy entering this competition\, you are agreeing to our standard competition terms and any specific terms for this draw. \n\n\n\nTerms & Conditions\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.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-writing-magazine-competition-theme-travel-tales/
LOCATION:Writing Magazine Competitions
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:P - Call for Submissions to Rattle on the Theme: Tribute to Rebels
DESCRIPTION:Our Spring 2026 issue will be dedicated to literary rebels—those poets who run counter to the literary mainstream. What that means is up to you. We want to hear from poets who publish in non-traditional ways\, who hold unusual beliefs\, who write what isn’t popular\, or feel that they don’t fit in. If you’ve been shunned or canceled by the establishment\, this is a chance to tell your story. The poems may be any length or subject\, but should be rebellious in some way. We no longer publish essays\, but always include a contributor notes section\, where we ask in this case why you consider yourself a rebel. \nSubmit up to four previously uncurated poems (or four pages of very short poems) at the same time\, either in a single file or up to four files. Do not include your name or contact info within the file(s) content. \n  \nOverview:\n\nRattle does not accept work that has been previously curated\, in print or online—poems may be self-published on social media\, blogs\, or message boards\, but cannot have been published in books\, magazines\, or similar collections open to the public. We want to be the first publisher to highlight the poems\, but never want to discourage anyone from sharing their poems themselves. For more on this\, read “Uncurated: The Case for a New Term of Art.”\nRattle does not accept work that has been predominantly generated by artificial intelligence. Poetry is a tool for expanding the human spirit\, which means poems should be written by humans. It is possible to use A.I. toward that aim in some cases\, so if used A.I. to assist in the writing process\, please explain in the notes to your submission.\nSimultaneous submissions are encouraged.\nContributors to the print magazine receive $200 and a complimentary one-year subscription. Poems for “Online” categories receive $100.\nAll submissions are automatically considered for the annual Neil Postman Award for Metaphor\, a $2\,000 prize judged by the editors.\nSeparate from general and themed (and always free) submissions\, we also offer the annual $15\,000 Rattle Poetry Prize and the Rattle Chapbook Prize—for each of those\, a submission fee of $30 includes a one-year subscription to the magazine.\n\nVERY IMPORTANT:\n\nSubmissions cannot be revised after submission. Note that typos and minor changes never affect our decisions—proofreading is what editors are for. If you’ve made a significant mistake\, use the internal messaging system to send a new file as an attachment.\nTo withdraw a single poem from a submission of multiple poems\, just log in\, click on the submission\, and send a message to let us know which you’d like removed. Do not withdraw the entire submission—if you do\, the submission will no longer be active and we won’t see it.\nDon’t include any contact information in the file(s) that you submit. Your name and contact info will be included in the Submittable fields\, and this will make it easier for us to read fairly.\n\nFor more detailed information about rights\, rules\, privacy\, and payments for publication\, see our full guidelines. \nNOTE: Please don’t query to ask if we have a reply to your submission yet. If the status says “received” or “in-progress\,” then it’s received and in-progress. We always go as fast as we can\, but we’re only human and the submission flow waxes and wanes\, so response times vary considerably.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-call-for-submissions-to-rattle-on-the-theme-tribute-to-rebels/
LOCATION:Rattle
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Global City Review Inviting Submissions to Issue 26: Impermanence of Home
DESCRIPTION:Submissions \nThe designated theme for forthcoming Issue 26 is: Impermanence of Home. \nIn All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes\, Maya Angelou writes: “The ache for home lives in all of us. The safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.” For many of us\, however\, there is no home to return to. Or what was once home has become unrecognizable. As we barrel further into the 21st Century\, the precarity of refuge  comes into sharper focus. Environmental catastrophe\, political and economic upheaval\, the enduring vestiges of colonialism\, rapidly evolving digital realities and the normalization of violence\, dispossession\, and psychic unrest all contribute to its disappearance. \nGlobal City Review is now accepting submissions for our 26th issue\, titled Impermanence of Home. This issue  invites contributors to consider the emotional\, political\, and physical dimensions of home in flux. We’re interested in stories\, essays\, poems\, and interviews that explore how sanctuary—whether a person\, place\, memory\, language\, or idea—can be lost\, reshaped\, reimagined\, or even fabricated. \nWe’re especially interested in work that addresses displacement and alienation in their many forms. Potential areas of focus include: \n\nEnvironmental collapse and ecological change\nForced migration\, exile\, and statelessness\nCensorship\, surveillance\, and the erosion of free expression\nHousing insecurity\, gentrification\, and urban dislocation\nCultural memory\, ancestral loss\, and intergenerational rupture\nDigital disorientation\, AI fatigue\, and virtual estrangement\nImagined or speculative forms of refuge\n\nWriters are encouraged to engage with both real and imagined geographies of impermanence. \nWe publish:\nshort fiction\, creative nonfiction\, and memoir (up to 15 double spaced pages)\npoetry (up to 5 poems; please format and submit as a single document)\ninterviews and essays (up to 15 double spaced pages)\nWe accept simultaneous submission. If your work is accepted elsewhere\, we ask you inform us immediately.\nNo multiple submissions. Please only send one submission per reading period.\nWe publish original\, previously unpublished work. \nFormat:\nAll manuscripts must be double spaced and numbered.\nTo be included on the first page of your submission:\nyour name;\ncontact information;\ngenre;\nword count; and\none to three sentences about how the work speaks to the designated theme of the forthcoming issue.\nWe accept .doc\, .docx\, and google doc formats. \nUpon acceptance of submissions\, GCR acquires the standard first serial publication rights. Each issue will be archived online indefinitely\, but both print and online rights revert to authors upon publication. \nWe strive to respond to your work in a timely manner. If you have not received notification within three months of submitting\, please contact us.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-global-city-review-inviting-submissions-to-issue-26-impermanence-of-home/
LOCATION:Global City Review
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:FN - Call for Submissions to The Markaz Review. Theme: Nationality
DESCRIPTION:TMR 55 • Nationality • November 2025\n\n\nNationality is a red-hot issue. The masked men and women of ICE in the US cast their net wide\, from Hispanic Americans and undocumented Venezuelan migrants to Irish tourists who overstay their visas\, and send them to decrepit detention centers in America’s MAGA-loving south. In Europe\, too\, nationality is a defining issue. The small boats filled with Kurds\, Sudanese\, Afghans\, and others arrive along the UK coast during a summer of far-right riots in front of asylum seekers hotels. Where people come from and their nationalities have become a defining issue of a world in crisis where people on the move refuse to stop fleeing conflict\, civil war\, drought\, and poverty. \nWhen it comes to securing equal rights for all the people in a land\, nationalism is an abject failure as Mahmoud Darwish writes in his poem “Passport”: \nAll the hearts of the people are my identity \nSo take away my passport! \nMore than half the Palestinians in the world remain stateless\, and the Palestinians citizens of Israel do not enjoy the same rights as their Jewish counterparts. Their nationalism means inbuilt discrimination and lower life expectancies. \nAccording to the Merriam Webster dictionary\, the five aspects of nationalism include national character\, loyalty and devotion to a nation; national status and membership to a particular nation; political independence or existence as a separate nation; and people with a common origin\, tradition\, and language and capable of forming or actually constituting a nation-state or an ethnic group\, an element in a larger unit. However\, the synonyms for nationality widen and enrich the word’s possibilities: ethnicity\, race\, family\, clan\, and kindred\, to name a few. In the age of social media threatening\, nationality no longer strictly refers to a country\, it could mean religion\, identity\, or pure and simple guilt by association as seen by rightwing conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer’s successful campaign to stop badly wounded and starving Gazan children from receiving medical treatment in the US. \nNationality is the theme of The Markaz Review’s monthly 55\, for November. The issue will explore in creative nonfiction\, short stories\, interviews\, and poetry the vagaries of nationalism\, citizenship lost and found\, what it means to have more than one national identity or passport\, and to have none. So\, who\, what\, where is your tribe? \nQuery the editors: editor@themarkaz.org \nPlease use DUOSUMA for submissions.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/fn-call-for-submissions-to-the-markaz-review-theme-nationality/
LOCATION:The Markaz Review
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Rooted Literary Magazine Seeking Submissions on the Theme of: Rites
DESCRIPTION:☾ Rite ☽\n\n\n\n\nRites follow us through every stage of our lives. They appear as ceremonies\, festivals\, gatherings\, or private traditions—moments that connect us to ourselves\, to others\, and to something larger. \nWe mark rites of passage when we blow out birthday candles\, earn our driver’s license\, or endure heartbreak for the first time. Funerary rites help us say goodbye to those we’ve lost. Marital rites bind people together\, though they can be broken as swiftly as they are spoken. \nBut rites are not always comforting. Some are born of blood\, secrecy\, or sacrifice and are violent in nature as they bind us in ways we do not always choose. History is steeped in rituals of exclusion and control; rites are used to preserve power as much as they are used to celebrate life. \nFor October\, we invite you to explore Rite in all its forms: sacred or secular\, celebratory or unsettling\, personal or collective. What happens when a rite is denied\, disrupted\, or transformed? Explore the power that rituals hold over us when the candles burn low and we think no one is watching. \n\n\n\n\nWe accept pieces from each category to be featured in a special Halloween Anthology in the following categories:\n\n\nPoetry\nFiction\nNonfiction (Essays\, Reviews)\nCreative Nonfiction\n\n\nFormatting Guidelines\n\n\nFlash Fiction: 1000 words or less\nShort Stories: 5000 words or less\nPoetry: Up to 3 poems (2 pages max)\n\nNonfiction: 2000 words or less\n\nAll written work should be submitted as a PDF\, Word\, .docx\n\n\nAll submissions must be original and unpublished.\n\n\nOther Restrictions\n\n\nSimultaneous submissions are welcome\, but please let us know if it is accepted elsewhere by emailing info@stayrootedent.com\nAny work created entirely\, in part by\, or with the assistance of AI will be rejected.\nAll submitters must be 18 years or older at the time of submission.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPublication Rights\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFirst Electronic Publication Rights: You grant Rooted Literary Magazine exclusive rights to publish your work online for the first time\, whether in text\, image\, video\, or audio form. \n\n\n\n\nArchival Rights: After publication\, we may keep your work archived on our platform indefinitely. \nNon-Exclusive Rights: Following the initial publication\, you are free to submit the work elsewhere or republish it. \nPromotional Rights: We may use your work for promotional purposes (e.g.\, social media\, newsletters\, and website promotions) during and after publication\, with proper credit given. \nCompensation: Accepted contributors for digital anthologies will be paid a one-time stipend of $10. Accepted contributors for print anthologies will receive a free physical copy of the print Anthologies upon release.* \nAnthology/Compilation Rights: If Rooted Literary Magazine decides to create an anthology or print collection\, you grant Rooted the right to include your work\, with proper compensation to be discussed at that time. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAll are welcome here. Tell us your truths. Show us what it means to be rooted. 
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-rooted-literary-magazine-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-of-rites/
LOCATION:Rooted Literary Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to Metonym Literary Journal. Theme: Redemption
DESCRIPTION:Spring 2026 Issue Theme: Redemption \nRedemption is to be lost and then found\, to forgive when wronged. It is the flowers that bloom on old battlefields\, the sunrises after a night of silent tears. At some point\, we all need redemption. A chance to begin again. A new beginning allows us to rewrite our story and make a different ending. Redemption not only atones for the wrongs of the past but brings renewal to the present and fuels the fire of the future. Everyone deserves a second chance\, but that chance is not always freely given. How does redemption affect the human experience– or does it not? \nThis year at Metonym\, our staff deliberately chose redemption as our theme because it is a concept that touches all people\, for better or worse. Join us as we explore the nuances of this theme in our Spring 2026 edition. \nSubmissions must be previously unpublished work. Simultaneous submissions will be considered as long as we are notified immediately if the piece is accepted elsewhere. Work that will be considered from an author includes: \n\n1-4 poems on the same submission\, each under two pages long\nFiction or creative non-fiction up to 1\,500 words\n\nThough your name will be attributed to your work when published\, Metonym editors review each piece as a blind submission. Please do not include any identifying information in your manuscript\, including within the file name or anywhere on the document. Works containing personal identifying information (including\, but not limited to: names\, phone numbers\, emails\, or physical addresses) will be disqualified.  \nWith the current surge of Artificial Intelligence being implemented in future technology\, Metonym does not accept works that are AI generated\, whether it be art or manuscript. We believe that the best work comes from original\, authentic pieces that speak from the artist themselves. Any submissions that are AI generated will result in disqualification. \nSubmissions close October 19th\, 2025 at 11:59pm\, PST \nOur current response time varies and will be longer if your work is under serious consideration\, but acceptance and rejection notifications will generally be sent out by the end of December each calendar year. Please be patient! We are a small\, hard-working staff and we want to give every piece the time it deserves. \nIf you are accepted\, we will send you a free copy of the finished journal in Spring.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-metonym-literary-journal-theme-redemption/
LOCATION:Metonym Literary Journal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to Thin Air Magazine. Theme: Systems
DESCRIPTION:Theme: SYSTEMS. In the act of living\, we are all part of numerous interconnected  systems. In issue 32\, we are interested in work that reflects on the  systems we unearth around us. These can be found everywhere\, in our  communities\, our relationships\, our governments or politicians\, in  systems of oppression or injustice\, systems of support\, in ecosystems\,  within class systems\, our human bodies\, or systems of data and  technology. These are just a sample of some systems we are part of.  Living as we are\, we are interwoven and defined by the systems we  support\, fight against\, and ponder about. \nOften by writing you are reflecting on a system or part of the world  that matters to you. For issue 32\, we’re interested in art that pushes  at the systems that we are part of\, willing or unwilling\, and remarks on  the world around us. As Thin Air continues to grow\, we invite you to  submit your pieces that engage with your theme: Systems. \nIf you have already submitted a piece\, don’t worry! All art interacts with systems through the process of its creation alone. \nSubmitting comes with a $3.00 reading fee. In an effort to minimize barriers and encourage work from marginalized writers\, we will wave this fee upon request at our discretion. \nPlease review our general and genre-specific guidelines below: \n\nWe accept fiction and nonfiction up to 3\,000 words.\nWe accept up to three poems in one document totaling five or fewer pages.\nWe only consider unpublished work. Please do not submit material previously published in anthologies\, chapbooks\, online\, or on personal websites (including FB\, Twitter/X\, Insta\, Flickr\, blogs\, etc.)\nWe accept simultaneous submissions. If any part of your submission is selected for publication elsewhere\, please notify us immediately using Submittable.\nIn an effort to encourage submissions from both established and emerging writers with diverse voices\, we read all submissions blind. Do not include any identifying information within your submission.\nThin Air Magazine does not accept work from anyone affiliated with Northern Arizona University within the last 7 years.\nThin Air Magazine aims to respond to your submission within 3-5 months. If you submit April-August\, know that we likely won’t be able to respond until September when school is back in session. We appreciate your patience! Our staff is a volunteer-graduate-student-run magazine and we strive to read every submission carefully before making a decision.\n\nFormatting Specifications: \n\nPlease use Times New Roman\, 12pt.\, double-spaced\, 1 inch margins for all submissions except poetry\, which should remain single-spaced.\nINCLUDE page numbers and a word count at the top of your manuscript.\nDO NOT INCLUDE your name/identifiers in your manuscript.\nIf the unique format of your submission is critical to the piece\, please feel free to keep your unique formatting.\nNote that we may have to alter format for printing due to physical restraints and requirements.\n\nCopyright: We ask for first North American serial rights for work published in Thin Air Magazine. Copyright is retained by the author at all times. \n\nPoetry\nFormatting: Please send us up to three poems in one document totaling five or fewer pages. Poems that contain visuals or art are welcome as long as you own the copyrights.  We may accept poems without accepting the art.\nPlease use fonts like Times New Roman/Calibri/Arial\, 12pt.\, 1 inch margins.  INCLUDE page numbers at the top of your manuscript. DO NOT INCLUDE your name/identifiers in your manuscript.  If the unique format of your submission is critical to the piece\, please feel free to keep your unique formatting. \nAesthetic Statement: At Thin Air Magazine\, we seek poetry that opens up new experiences we can empathize with\, a thread of connection that pulls you in. We applaud artists unafraid to dive into painful memories and showcase how we grow as humans. Our upcoming theme\, Systems\, explores the impacts of our systems\, and how those may reflect on us\, our bodies\, our relationships\, our environment\, our pasts\, our futures. We believe poetry is a love language and a dagger that holds clarity\, relatability\, a playful spirit\, and tackles feelings of what is hardest to put into words. \nFiction and Nonfiction\nFormatting: We accept fiction up to 3\,000 words. We will consider novel excerpts as long as they can stand alone. Stories that contain visuals or art are welcome as long as you own the copyrights.  We may accept stories without accepting the art.\nPlease use fonts like Times New Roman/Calibri/Arial\, 12pt.\, double spaced\, 1 inch margins.  INCLUDE page numbers and a word count at the top of your manuscript.  DO NOT INCLUDE your name/identifiers in your manuscript.  If the unique format of your submission is critical to the piece\, please feel free to keep your unique formatting. \nAesthetic Statement: In light of recent change throughout the world\, Thin Air is looking for pieces about what brings us together and pushes us apart. Often by writing you are reflecting on a system or part of the world that matters to you. For issue 32\, we’re interested in art that pushes at the systems that we are part of\, willing or unwilling\, and remarks on the world around us. \n  \nSubmission Expectations \nThin Air has a responsibility to build a safe\, diverse community for contributors and readers alike. We have no tolerance for writing that is racist\, sexist\, homophobic\, transphobic\, ableist\, body shaming\, Islamophobic\, anti-semitic\, or in any other way cruel. Your writing may\, and in fact is encouraged to\, grapple productively with these subjects. Do not send us unchecked bigotry or hate speech. \nAccountability \nThin Air is not and will never be perfect\, but that doesn’t mean we won’t try. We strive to be an active voice for universal equity\, and we commit to using our position in the literary world to uplift historically underrepresented voices and fight for the decolonization of literary magazines. If you notice we have missed the mark on anything\, no matter how small\, please reach out to us at thinairlitmag@gmail.com. We thank you for your help on our path to becoming our best selves. \n  \nSubmission fee: $3
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-thin-air-magazine-theme-systems/
LOCATION:Thin Air Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - Waltham Forest Poetry Competition 2025 Theme: Weather
DESCRIPTION:Rules\nPoems must be 40 lines maximum\, not including the title. \nSend no more than 6 poems in total. \nEntrants should pay for entry (either by Eventbrite\, cheque or directly into our bank account)\, then email or post their poems. \nPoems should be on the theme of WEATHER (or WHETHER) – we’ll leave it to you how you interpret the theme. \nThe judge will read all poems entered into the competition. The judge’s decision is final and neither the judge nor anyone associated with the running of the competition will enter into any correspondence. \nPoems are judged anonymously\, so please don’t put your name or any identifying information on your poems. \nUnder no circumstances can alterations be made to poems once entered. \nNo one associated with the running of the competition is eligible to enter. \nPoems must be typed\, in English\, and the original work of the entrant. Poems generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI) will not be be accepted. \nPoems must not be previously published or self-published (including online)\, broadcast\, accepted for publication elsewhere\, or the translated work of another poet. If your poem is currently appearing on your social media pages\, please delete it before submitting it to our competition. \nSimultaneous submissions are NOT accepted. Please don’t send us your poems if you have already sent them to another competition or publication and you’re waiting for the result. \nDue to the sheer volume of entries\, only successful entrants will be notified. Details of the full winners list will be announced publicly on our website after the awards ceremony in December 2025. \n  \n\nMain prize: 1st £400\, 2nd £200\, 3rd £100.\nWaltham Forest prize (sponsored by The Stow Brothers): 1st £50\, 2nd £30\, and 3rd £20.\n\n  \n\nHow to enter\n\nThe easiest way for Adults to pay is via our EVENTBRITE page.\nThen put all your poems in one document\, making sure your name is nowhere on the document and email your entry to poetrycompetition@yahoo.com with COMPETITION in the subject line. (We accept Word\, odt\, or pdf documents).\nType FUNNY in the top right hand corner of each poem that you wish to be considered for the FUNNIEST POEM prize. There’s no additional fee.\nInclude in the body of the email:\n\n\nyour name\nyour address\ntitle/s of your poem/s\nadd ‘LOCAL’ if you live\, work or study in the borough of Waltham Forest\nadd ‘YOUNG POET’ if you’re under 18\n\nIf paying by cheque\, address your envelope to Waltham Forest Poetry Competition\, 82 Somers Road\, London E17 6RS. Entries to the Adult competition should be accompanied by a cheque payable to ‘Forest Poets’. We can’t accept debit/credit card payment. Please enclose a stamped\, self-addressed envelope if you would like confirmation that we have received your poems. On a separate piece of paper from the poem/s\, enter your name\, address\, daytime contact number and email (if you have one)\, and the poem title/s. This will ensure that poems are judged anonymously. Please don’t use staples on your manuscripts and don’t put any identifying details on the poems. \nYou can also pay directly into our bank account – please use reference WFPoetryComp. \nAccount Name: Forest Poets\nAccount Number: 51602934\nSort Code: 40-02-02 \nIf required (e.g. for sending money from outside the UK)\, the IBAN and BIC/SWIFT codes are as follows: \nIBAN GB11HBUK40020251602934 \nBIC/SWIFT HBUKGB4105P \nAny questions? Email poetrycompetition@yahoo.com \n  \nEntry fee: 1st poem £3\, subsequent poems in the same submission £1
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-waltham-forest-poetry-competition-2025-theme-weather-or-whether/
LOCATION:Waltham Forest Poetry Competition
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:PFN - Fruitslice: A Queer Quarterly Seeking Submissions on the Theme: "Kill the part that cringes"
DESCRIPTION:THIS ISSUE’S THEME IS: \nKILL THE\nPART THAT\nCRINGES\nThere’s something tender about watching someone care too much\, try too hard\, or feel too deeply in public. We have been trained to recoil from unguarded enthusiasm and protect ourselves from secondhand embarrassment by maintaining distance from anything genuine without the protective layer of irony. \nCringe is almost always the collision between authentic human emotion and our collective agreement to pretend we don’t have feelings. It’s sincerity without armor. “That’s so cringe” has become our cultural shorthand for dismissing anything that dares to take itself seriously\, honestly\, emotionally\, or without shame. \nThe fear of looking foolish silences us through preemptive shame. The cringe-opticon is always watching! Every genuine emotion is subject to screenshots and viral mockery. We’re trapped in a hall of mirrors where every genuine impulse reflects back as embarrassment. In this “vulnerability economy\,” where openness itself can be a kind of performance\, how do we tell the difference between authenticity and its simulation? \nThis is our collective fear of being fully human in front of others and the result is a flattening of human expression into whatever narrow band won’t get you ratio’d on Twitter. AI is becoming the ultimate “cringe-crutch\,” promising to save us from the beautiful humiliation of being human and getting it wrong. \nIt takes real bravery to love something unironically\, to care without constantly reassuring everyone that you’re not that invested\, actually. \nThe spaces we’ve been taught to find embarrassing are often where real community happens. Chosen family forms around shared willingness to be uncool together. Connection requires risk and change is built on failure. The regime profits from our inaction and apathy. Sincerity disrupts power structures built on cynicism and revolution runs on vulnerability. The most radical act might be caring publicly\, obviously\, without apology. \nCringe culture and its reactionary ideologies have long normalized the humiliation of marginalized communities by downplaying the ritual harassment and abuse of Black and Brown\, Trans*\, Queer\, Disabled\, and Fat people. Who gets to be “cringe\,” and who gets to be “authentic\,” has never been evenly distributed. Reclaiming vulnerability is also reclaiming power. \nFor this issue\, we’re looking for stories that reclaim vulnerability as strength\, embrace embarrassment\, abandon assimilation\, and examine the root of your cringing. Show us what it means to love something unironically and to risk sincerity in a world that rewards cynicism. Send us your earnest manifestos and overwrought love letters\, your genuine enthusiasm\, your unabashed obsessions\, and your unironic joys. Share the feelings you thought were too earnest. \nHow do we “kill the part that cringes” so the part that loves can finally breathe? \n\nFruitslice Submission Guidelines\nAbout Us\nFruitslice exclusively showcases work created by members of the LGBTQIA+ community. This commitment to providing a dedicated space where Queer voices are centered is fundamental to our mission. While we maintain this policy\, we respect that identity is personal and nuanced; we trust contributors to determine whether they align with our community focus. \nWhat We’re Looking For\n\nTheme: All work must engage with our current theme. Themes change for each issue and are open to interpretation. Please double-check our current theme before submitting.\nEditorial Focus: We welcome a wide range of creative work. For detailed information about the types of content we’re most excited to receive\, please visit our FAQ section. We especially encourage submissions beyond poetry.\nWord Limit: We ask that submitters keep written pieces under 1500 words.\n\nNew this cycle: For fiction submissions only\, we will now accept pieces up to 2250 words. (Please note: This is the only exception to our standard word limit.)\n\n\nMediums: We accept all printable mediums. If you’re unsure whether your piece fits\, feel free to submit.\nNo AI Submissions: We do not accept any AI-generated or AI-assisted work. For more information about this policy\, please visit our FAQ section.\n\nSubmission Rules\n\nMultiple Submissions:\n\nAuthors may submit up to three pieces per genre\, but each piece must be submitted separately.\n\nFor example: If you’re submitting three standalone poems (not part of a series)\, you should fill out three individual submission forms—one for each poem.\n\n\nMultiple pieces in one form will be considered as a series.\n\n\nCover Letters are encouraged but not necessary. We appreciate hearing how your work connects to our theme.\nProofreading: Please thoroughly proofread your work. Submissions with numerous errors risk rejection as we have limited editing resources.\n\nFormat Requirements\nFor All Submissions\n\nFile Naming: LastNameFirstName_PieceTitle\n\nWritten Work\n\nFormat: .doc or .docx only (NO PDFs)\n\nIf you are submitting poetry or other written work in which the exact form or shape of the words is integral to the piece\, and you’re worried that a .doc or .docx file will ruin the formatting\, you are welcome to include a PDF as a visual reference. However\, you must still submit a .doc or .docx file alongside it.\n\n\n12pt font\, double-spaced for prose\nInclude a note about how your piece relates to the theme in the Submission Form or in a cover letter\n\nEditorial Process\n\nNotification: We confirm receipt immediately.\nReview Process: Our team reviews submissions on a rolling basis.\nResponse Timeline: First round of responses are typically sent within two days of the submission deadline.\nFinal Decisions: Communicated no later than six weeks before publication.\nTotal Timeline: From submission deadline to publication takes about three months.\n\nAdditional Information\n\nCompliance: Submissions that disregard these guidelines may be automatically rejected.\nQuestions? Please check our FAQ section first. If you need more help\, email us at submissions@thefruitslice.com.\n\nThank you for considering Fruitslice as a platform for your work!
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-fruitslice-a-queer-quarterly-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-kill-the-part-that-cringes/
LOCATION:Fruitslice: A Queer Quarterly
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - Zen Peacemakers Seeking Haiku Submissions on the Theme of: Deer\, elk or moose
DESCRIPTION:November Haiku Submissions Open\n\n\n\n\nSubmit up to 3 haiku by October 25th \n\n\n\n\nTHEME: deer\, elk or moose\n  \n\n\nHaiku Submission Guidelines\n\n\n\n\nHaiku poetry originated in Japan and was perfected by the great haiku masters: Matsuo Basho\, Yosa Buson\, Masaoka Shiki\, Kobayashi Issa and Chiyojo. Today haiku is an art form that is practiced internationally\, and in the spirit of promoting global peace and contemplative artistic expression\, Zen Peacemaker’s showcases three haiku a month on this page. \n\n\n\n\n\nHaiku sent must be based on the monthly theme. By submitting\, you acknowledge all work is original\, unpublished\, and not under consideration elsewhere (i.e.\, no simultaneous submissions please). We consider poems on the internet (e.g.\, Facebook\, Twitter\, Instagram\, blogs) to be previously published.\nBy sending their haiku\, authors agree to its publication on our website and social media.\nWe will consider both free form haiku and haiku written using the traditional syllable count of 5-7-5.\nDue to the volume of submissions\, we can only contact poets whose haiku will be showcased.\nHaiku submitted before the 25th of the month will be considered to be showcased the following month. Submissions are judged anonymously.\n\n“Go to the pine if you want to learn about the pine\, or to the bamboo if you want to learn about the bamboo. And in doing so\, you must leave your subjective preoccupation with yourself.” – Matsuo Basho (1644-1694)
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/zen-peacemakers-deer-elk-or-moose/
LOCATION:Zen Peacemakers
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Rowayat: A Literary Journal Seeking Works Exploring the Theme: Forged Kinship
DESCRIPTION:Issue 13: Forged Kinship\n\n  \n“…kinship is not rooted in the abstract\, but in concrete realities—when naming\, speaking\, and surviving are rights denied across borders.”\n~ June \nIn a world where belonging is fractured and ties are continually redefined\, kinship is something we create for ourselves —through endurance and what we imagine together\, through moments\, memory\, and mutual care. For Issue 13 of Rowayat\, we invite work that explores how bonds are forged\, mended\, or broken when identity and memory are threatened or erased. \nWe welcome submissions that might:\n-trace ancestry\, memory\, and voice\n-reveal solidarity across borders\n-witness resilience amidst displacement and violence\n– imagine new forms of belonging\n– reflect on repair and re-creation \nSend us poetry\, fiction\, essays\, and hybrid forms that engage these ideas. Surprise us with work that stretches the meaning of kinship—personal or collective\, intimate or cosmic—while staying true to the urgency of our times. \n  \n\nSubmission Categories :\nFiction: scripts/short stories/novel excerpts (1500 – 10\,000 words) \nPoetry (three poems or two flash fiction) \nCNF/Nonfiction: \n– All forms of essays\, memoirs\, travel literature\, author interviews\, and book reviews. (1500 – 3000 words) \n– Writing Central (writing tips\, translation advice\, or creative writing lessons). (1500 – 3000 words)
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-rowayat-a-literary-journal-seeking-works-exploring-the-theme-forged-kinship/
LOCATION:Rowayat: A Literary Journal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - The Suburban Review Invites Submissions on the Theme: Untrue
DESCRIPTION:alt\n\n\n\nSUBMISSIONS OPEN\n\n\n\n\nHow far can we stretch the truth? The Suburban Review is putting up a front for issue #40: UNTRUE. \nIn a time of fake news and counterfeits\, scammers and artificial intelligence\, tell us how you’re sifting through the layers of conceit. Send us your most suspicious stories\, fallacious arguments\, and prose that teeters between fact and fiction. \nWhat have you been covering up? Which appearances are deceiving? Is there something that rings false? We’re itching for unreliable characters\, fabricated worlds\, and deceptive turns of phrase. Is it time to come clean\, or will you be keeping up the poker face? Trick us with your best fibs—we dare you. \nSubmissions are open until 5:00 p.m. (AEDT) 26th of October 2025. \nWe allow simultaneous submissions. If it’s been accepted elsewhere just email us at submissions@thesuburbanreview.com with ‘Withdrawing submission’ as your subject line. \nWe only allow one submission per person (that means you need to choose if you want to submit fiction\, non-fiction\, poetry\, comics\, or art). To submit poetry (that’s a maximum of 3 poems)\, make sure all the poems are in a single document. Please review our submission guidelines below! \n  \nSubmission Guidelines\nThe Suburban Review accepts previously unpublished work. We allow simultaneous submissions. If it’s been accepted elsewhere just email us at submissions@thesuburbanreview.com with ‘Withdrawing submission’ as your subject line. We only allow one submission per person (that means you need to choose if you want to submit fiction\, non-fiction\, poetry\, comics\, or art). To submit multiple poems (that’s a maximum of 3 poems)\, make sure they are in a single document. If we have previously published your work\, we ask that you wait 12 months before submitting again. \nYou do not need to be a subscriber to submit. However\, if you are not already a subscriber\, your rate will be less the cost of an annual subscription (which means a whole year of fabulous TSR content for you to enjoy!) \nFICTION \n2000-2500 words—no more than that! (payment $450)\n1000-2000 words (payment $375)\n500-1000 words (payment $300) \nCREATIVE NON-FICTION \n1250-2000 words—no more than that! (payment $400) \nPOETRY \nSuite of three poems—no more than that! (payment $550)\nOne poem over 30 lines (payment $375)\nOne poem under 30 lines (payment $300)
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-the-suburban-review-invites-submissions-on-the-theme-untrue/
LOCATION:The Suburban Review
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Submissions Open for Prosetrics: The Literary Magazine's Halloween Special: Nocturnia
DESCRIPTION:Theme: “Nocturnia” – A Halloween Descent into the Liminal\nThis Halloween\, we invite you to journey into Nocturnia — a world caught between shadow and moonlight\, where reality bends\, the strange feels familiar\, and the familiar turns strange. We’re looking for pieces that embody the spirit of Nocturnia: eerie\, elegant\, unsettling\, or uncanny. This is not just horror — it’s the haunting echo in a quiet room\, the bittersweet memory that resurfaces at midnight\, the beauty in the grotesque. \nWhat fits Nocturnia?\nGothic shadows and quiet dread\nSupernatural whispers and spectral beauty\nWitches\, ghosts\, monsters — reimagined or raw\nAutumnal decay and rituals lost to time\nLiminal spaces: doorways\, dreams\, forests\, forgotten towns\nThe mask behind the mask \nNOTE: All works\, whether unveiling life’s hidden truths\, exploring personal mysteries\, or celebrating beauty in unexpected places\, should feel as though they exist within the world of Nocturnia. Whether your piece is tragic or joyful\, vibrant or grim\, it should carry the essence of Nocturnia: haunting\, surreal\, introspective\, and touched by the strange. \nSubmission Limit for This Special Edition\nAs Nocturnia is a curated Halloween special\, we will be accepting a maximum of 30 written pieces (poetry and prose combined)\, 2 Essays and only 5 Short Stories. We encourage you to send your most striking\, immersive work. \nSubmission Guide for Prose/Poetry:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf Submitting\nMinimum\nMaximum\nInstructions\n\n\nLonger Poems\n1\n3\nNo more than 35 lines\n\n\nHaiku/Senryu\n3\n5\nTitles are optional\n\n\nShort Story\n(Fiction Only)\n1\n2\nNo more than 3000 words per story\n\n\nEssay\n1\n1\nNo more than 2000 words\n\n\nProse\n1\n2\nNo more than 700 words per prose\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nCompilation Format for an MS-Word Document:\n\nA clear\, concise\, third-person bio in 50 words or less.\nClear titles for poems and prose. The magazine theme as a title is not acceptable.\nYour poems\, prose\, or stories that you want to send for publication.\nSocial media information for your primary Instagram\, Facebook\, or Twitter accounts\, as well as your primary poetry\, photography\, or art website No Discord\, TikTok\, Wattpad\, Pinterest\, YouTube\, Inkitt\, Emails or any other profiles will be accepted.\nCompile everything except for photos\, if any\, into one Microsoft Word with the.doc or .docx extension\n\nNOTE: No other form of submission\, such as PDFs or other file formats\, will be considered\n\nE-Mail Format for Prose\, Story\, Essay or Poetry:\n\nSubject: Submission for Nocturnia ’25\nDescription: Your short introduction and your attachments to your email\nAttachments: MS Word Submission Document; pictures\, if any\, accompanying your written work\nKindly send everything in ONE email. If you forget to attach something in the main email\, mention it in the next email that you send. If you are sending all the elements of the submission in different/multiple emails deliberately\, your submission will be rejected.\nDO NOT embed any pictures within the Word document. Attach them to the email as separate attachments.\n\nNOTE:\nIf your subject is not as mentioned above\, your email will land in the wrong folder and we may not find it in time. Make sure it is labeled as mentioned.\nNo other form of submission except MS Word Document\, such as PDFs or other file formats\, will be considered\nWe are not accepting or including writer’s or poet’s self-portraits or logos for identity this time. \nNOTE:\nIf your subject is not as mentioned above\, your email will land in the wrong folder and we may not find it in time. Make sure it is labeled as mentioned.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-submissions-open-for-prosetrics-the-literary-magazines-halloween-special-nocturnia/
LOCATION:Prosetrics: The Literary Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Tension-filled Submissions for Tension Literary's Chaos Issue
DESCRIPTION:Submission Guidelines:\nIssue IV: Chaos submissions are open from September 15 to October 31\, 2025. This issue is not themed. Send us your best tension-filled poetry\, fiction\, and nonfiction. \nAll submissions should be emailed to editor@tensionliterary.com with the genre (poetry\, fiction\, nonfiction) in the subject line. Include a cover letter and third person bio in the body of the email. Simultaneous submissions are fine\, but please be sure to tell us if your piece has been accepted elsewhere. Only previously unpublished pieces will be considered. \nSubmissions are free!\n​The reading fee is an optional and appreciated $5 donation toward the running of our site. \nFiction: Must be no longer than 6\,000 words. Please use Times New Roman 12 pt font\, double spaced. \nNonfiction: Must be no longer than 6\,000 words. Please use Times New Roman 12 pt font\, double spaced. \nPoetry: ​Must contain no more than five poems. Poems can be single spaced\, but please use Times New Roman 12 pt font.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-tension-filled-submissions-for-tension-literarys-chaos-issue/
LOCATION:Tension Literary
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to Etymology Press on the Theme: Assume
DESCRIPTION:Etymology is the study of the origin and history of words. \nHere\, we know words are not inanimate. They live\, they evolve\, and they change. More so\, words have the power to live in us\, evolve us\, and create change in our communities. Let us do this work together. Let’s tell the stories of our community\, together\, one word at a time. \n\n\nEach issue\, we publish five pieces in print. Up to three honorable mentions (or multimedia work) may be published on our website along with each issue. If we publish you this month or even if we don’t\, please\, keep submitting. We want to see your work over and over and over again. \nWe look for work that is creative\, grounded in concrete images\, and playful. (Note: playful doesn’t equal light. We want your horror\, your heartbreak\, and your fury. We just want it delivered in interesting\, surprising ways that remind us why we fell in love with language to begin with.) \n\nSubmission Guidelines\n\n\nHow to submit: \n\nEmail submissions as an attachment to etymologypress@gmail.com\nAttachments should be in document format\, not PDF.\nSubject your email “Submission for *word* / *Genre*” For example: “Submission for Genus / Poetry”\nPlease include a short author bio in the body of the email. 50-150 words.\nSimultaneous submissions are welcome\, but please contact ASAP if work is to be published elsewhere.\nWe are happy to publish reprints\, so long as the author notifies us of previous publications so that we can give proper credit.\n\nPoetry\nWe look for poetry that has a strong sense of voice and is rooted in imagery. We love playful poetry\, fresh language\, and metaphors that haunt our dreams. \nPoetry submissions should include 3-5 poems. \nNarratives\nWe look for narratives (true or fictional) that have a strong sense of voice and are rooted in concrete images. All genres welcome. Graphic Narrative and other experimental forms are encouraged. \nStories should be between 500-5\,000 words. \nStories should be double spaced\, 12pt\, Times New Roman font. \n\n 
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-etymology-press-on-the-theme-assume/
LOCATION:Etymology Press
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:F - Call for Submissions to Timeless Reflections Magazine. Theme: A Valued Inheritance
DESCRIPTION:Submission Form For Timeless Reflections Magazine\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease complete the form below\nCurrent Theme: A Valued Inheritance \nWhat do you consider a valued inheritance? It could be an object of sentimental value\, a lesson from a loved one\, a characteristic passed down through generations\, a spiritual blessing or gift\, or even something else you consider valuable. \nWe are looking for prose and short stories about anything that has had a meaningful impact on you\, which a valued person or relationship has passed down. Be creative and thoughtful. Please send us your best work! \nSubmissions are open until October 31. Thanks for stopping by! \n\n\n\n\n\n\nTimeless Reflections is published semiannually\, in spring and fall\, online and in print. We accept most genres except erotica and horror. Simultaneous submissions are considered if we are notified of the work being accepted by another publication. Reprints are considered with disclosure of previous publications.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-call-for-submissions-to-timeless-reflections-magazine-theme-a-valued-inheritance/
LOCATION:Timeless Reflections Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to Phylum Press Quarterly Journal. Theme: Corkscrew Willow
DESCRIPTION:About the Journal\nPhylum Press’ quarterly journal accepts submissions of poetry\, fiction\, and creative non-fiction of any subject. While we love to receive works that relate to each ISSUE’s theme\, we do not preference those submissions over others. \nEach year\, Phylum will choose 4 different species from a phylum within the natural world. These four species will be the names and inspiration for each ISSUE we publish during that year. \nWe pay $10 to all authors accepted in our journals. \nCurrent ISSUE: Corkscrew Willow\nCorkscrew Willow comes from the family of Magnoliophyta\, or more commonly known as “flowering plants.” They bear both flowers and fruits. Corkscrew Willow is a species of Willow Tree most noted for its twists and turns\, which can most notably be seen after leaf fall. \nAt Phylum Press\, the Corkscrew Willow symbolizes twists\, turns\, and anything unexpected that may fall into our laps. Embrace the new\, plant the seed\, care for it\, then see what happens! \nSubmission Rules\n\nFiction/Creative Non-Fiction: up to 5\,000 words\nPoetry: up to five pages\n\nSimultaneous submissions are allowed. Phylum Press is made up of writers just like you\, and we know how hard submitting can be. That being said\, please only submit your original\, unpublished work. \nHow to Submit\nPlease email submissions to phylumpress@gmail.com with: \n\nYour work attached as a PDF file.\n“SUBMISSION – [Last name\, Title]” as the subject line.\nThe category/genre of your piece.\nA 100 word author bio.\nConfirmation that the piece is your own work\, and you will inform us if it is published elsewhere.\n\nNOTE – If we think your work is not quite there\, we may offer you a conditional acceptance and request some edits. It is your right as an author to determine whether or not you want to take our suggestions\, but refusing may impact whether the piece is accepted for publication.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-phylum-press-quarterly-journal-theme-corkscrew-willow/
LOCATION:Phylum Press Quarterly Journal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Submissions are Open for Epistemic Literary on the Theme of: Integrity
DESCRIPTION:Theme: Integrity\n\n\n\n\nOne of the most important qualities we look for in others is Integrity. But what does that mean exactly? At its most literal level\, integrity is the state of being whole and undivided. I like to think of it in terms of being solid in three main ways: Reliable\, Honest\, Responsible. Being integrous can also mean having a strong sense of moral principles—undivided in a much different way. So why do we care about these traits? As humans\, like it or not\, we all depend on others. People with integrity tend to gain our trust and faith. And when people let us down\, especially those we trust the most\, it can be difficult to live with the disappointment. \nThe specifics: \nWindow: Submissions will be accepted Oct 1 – Oct 31\, 2025. Expected publication December 2025. Please submit a new form for each genre. \nGenre: \nPoetry\, including prose poems: One poem\, up to two pages – Read by Kristin. *Editors note: I have a strong preference for shorter\, free-verse works but I’d love for you to knock my socks off with longer\, metrical\, or rhyming works. \nFlash and MicroFiction: maximum three pieces up to a total of 1500 words – read by Melissa \nCreative Nonfiction (CNF): maximum two pieces up to 1k words each – read by Genalea \n(All final decisions are joint.) \nFormat: Please submit your work using our Google Form\, which will go live on the website when submissions open on June 15. Attach your file as a Doc or docx (If this is a problem submit how you need to and give us a heads up in your email)\, saved as “genre-last name” such as “Poetry-Houlihan.” No cover letter required; we will ask for a short third-person bio with website upon acceptance. \nSimultaneous submissions and previously published work are welcome; please note the original publication so we may give appropriate credit. Collaborations are welcome. \nAll submissions will receive a response prior to publication.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-submissions-are-open-for-epistemic-literary-on-the-theme-of-integrity/
LOCATION:Epistemic Literary
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - Submissions Open for the Reality Detonates Anthology.
DESCRIPTION:Poetry – Reality Detonates -Submissions Open submissions@realitydetonates.com\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReality doesn’t bend—it blows apart! \nCicada Song Press invites you to join the blast. Our upcoming poetry anthology\, Reality Detonates\, will gather voices that ask\, what happens when the ordinary combusts? \nEach entry must include the exact phrase\, “reality detonates\,” within the body of the poem. Make it sing. Make it roar. Make it linger like smoke. \nSubmissions are open from October 1st to October 31st. Send them to submissions@realitydetonates.com \nLaunch date is January 30\, 2026. Blow our minds. \n\n\nRead ALL requirements on this entire page CAREFULLY. \n\n\nPoems must be titled unless in a form traditionally not titled\, such as haiku\, tanka\, rictameter\, etc. Such poems will use the first line as the title. “Untitled” is an UNacceptable title. \n\n\nNo form of the words “reality” or “detonates” can be in the title. \n\n\nDo not format titles in all caps\, italics\, bold\, or underlined. \n\n\nIf you use a specific poetry form\, center the name of the form in lower case italics under the title. \n\n\nPoems must be original and unpublished. Appearance on personal website or blog is okay; appearance on social media is not okay. \n\n\nLength 2-50 lines; spaces between stanzas do not count. \n\n\nSubmit 1-2 poems in a single document in one submission. Do not include your name in the body of the document. Name document as follows (use legal name): RD LASTNAME FIRSTNAME Titles of Poems NUMBEROFPOEMS1or2 \n\n\nAttach document to an email. Send email with attachment to Faith Canright\, Editor\, at submissions@realitydetonates.com. Subject line should be (use legal name): RD LASTNAME FIRSTNAME Titles of Poems NUMBEROFPOEMS1or2 \n\n\nYou may not submit another set of poems in the same submission period. It will be deleted unread. \n\n\nIn body of email\, include your legal name\, pen name (if applicable)\, the statement that your poems are original and unpublished\, and the titles of your poems with number of lines each. \n\n\nSimultaneous submissions are okay as long as you email us immediately to withdraw any poems accepted elsewhere. Subject line of email: Reality Detonates WITHDRAWAL LASTNAME FIRSTNAME Title of Poem \n\n\nCompensation: Writers whose poems are accepted will receive a .pdf copy of the book electronically and will also be given the opportunity to buy physical copies at cost.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-submissions-open-for-the-reality-detonates-anthology-theme-reality-detonates/
LOCATION:Reality Detonates Anthology
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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