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SUMMARY:F - Raconteur Press Anthology Series Seeking Coffee Stories
DESCRIPTION:Coffee Stories Volume 2 \nBecause we KNOW how many of us drink the stuff—we’re going to need TWO volumes of this one. The perfect cuppa joe. The nectar of the gods. The safety liquid you hand your partner in the morning. We love the stuff\, and can’t get enough. But how did we FIND that flavorful bean? We invite our authors to visit our favorite coffee merchant\, King Harv’s Coffee\, and pick a variety from his amazing list. Then write a fantastical story about the detective work\, the journey\, the adventure of finding the oh-so-perfect plant. Don’t limit yourself to this planet! OR SF! Sword and Sorcery works too! \nFrom Dave at King Harv’s Coffee: It all began when we took over the dome at the old South Pole station for the use as a coffee greenhouse.  As you undoubtedly well know\, the coffee was banned from world trade to by that ridiculous Antarctic treaty\, and it became clear to us that coffee grown on alternate planets and celestial objects was the only thing that made economic sense. Shockingly this has never been reported on in the main stream media!\nContracts: 10/12/24\nPublication: 11/08/24 \nGuidelines for all our anthologies: \n5\,000 to 8\,000 words. Length and genre are negotiable\, as long as the story fits the concept\, and is entertaining. Any submission must be in Times New Roman (preferred\, but you can use Georgian or other readable font)\, 12PT\, double spaced\, with your name\, title of the story\, and your email on it. Name the file as [STORYTITLE]-[YOURLASTNAME]—[ANTHOLOGYTITLE]. Send it in a .docx format as an attachment—no links. \nRaconteur Press will hold the rights for one year after publication\, after one year the rights will revert to the author\, but we continue to pay you as long as the anthology is selling. Authors receive an equal percentage share of the proceeds from the anthology\, along with the Press\, our editors\, and administration. Yes\, you read that right. We don’t take 80% off the top and split the 20% left over between all the authors. We’re all in this together. This is why our anthologies are limited to ten stories. \nRaconteur Press uses Pubshare (pubshare.com) to distribute payments and handle tax forms for anthology authors\, so authors who contribute must have a free pubshare account. \nIMPORTANT: when you set up your Pubshare account you MUST choose the method by which you want to receive your royalties. There are currently two choices: PayPal at the beginning of each month\, or paper cheque each quarter. BE SURE that you have chosen a method of payment and input the required information. If you don’t Pubshare will hang on to your royalties until you choose and method of payment and input the required information. \nSubmit to: racpresssubmissions[at]gmail.com
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-raconteur-press-anthology-series-seeking-coffee-stories/
LOCATION:Raconteur Press Anthology Series
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to The Woolf. Theme: Animal
DESCRIPTION:Love\, fight\, fear\, hunt\, tame or release it into the wild – Animal is the prompt for Issue 7. Send us your most excellent (<2500 words)\, but please\, no cruelty to animals…and\, come to think of it\, no wolves. \nSubmission Guidelines \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\nCreative nonfiction <2500 words\nShort fiction <2500 words\nFlash fiction <100 words\, up to 3 pieces in one document\nMicrofiction <100 words\, up to 3 pieces in one document\nProse poetry <300 words\n\n\n\n\nRights and terms  \n\nBy submitting your work\, you grant us first electronic rights and non-exclusive archival rights. After first publication\, you retain ownership rights. If your work later appears elsewhere\, we’d love a credit for the first publication.\nSmall editorial adjustments to accepted submissions may be made in the name of clarity and flow. For more significant changes\, the author will be contacted. All other editorial decisions\, including art direction\, are the domain of The Woolf and final.\nWe reserve the right to remove contributions from the website without notice.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-the-woolf-theme-animal/
LOCATION:The Woolf
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SUMMARY:PF - The Allingham 2024 Poetry and Flash Fiction Competitions
DESCRIPTION:2024 POETRY AND FLASH FICTION COMPETITIONS\nThe Allingham Festival 2024 Flash Fiction and Poetry Competitions are now open! Entries will be accepted through Sunday\, September 29th. \nInternational entries are welcome! \nThe 2024 Allingham Festival will take place in Ballyshannon from November 6-10. Winning entries from past years are posted on the Allingham website – www.allinghamfestival.com \nThis year’s submission deadline is 29 September 2024 for both on-line and postal entries. \nFirst Prize in both Flash Fiction and Poetry is €300. Winners will be invited to read their winning entries at the Literary Lunch on Saturday 9 November. \nThe following rules are for the Allingham Poetry and Flash Fiction Competitions for adult writers who will be 18 or older by Wednesday\, 6 November 2024. The rules\, entry forms and deadlines for Allingham Children’s Art and Writing Competitions are listed separately on this website. \nTerms and Conditions for Allingham Poetry and Flash Fiction Competitions for adults:\n\n\nAll entries must be the original work of the entrant. Entrants must be 18 years old or older on or before 6 November 2024. \n\n\nAI-enhanced work is strongly discouraged. William Allingham spent a lifetime expressing himself in his own voice\, and you should\, too. \n\n\nEntries must not have been published elsewhere (online\, digital\, or in print) before 6 November 2024. Entries which are declared first-place winners in other writing competitions before 6 November 2024 will not be eligible. \n\n\nFirst-place winners of 2022 and 2023 Allingham Poetry or Flash Fiction competitions are not eligible to re-enter in 2024. \n\n\nMembers of the 2024 Allingham Festival Organising Committee and their immediate families are not eligible to enter the Poetry or Flash Fiction Competitions. \n\n\nAll entries must be written in English. \n\n\nEntries must be typed or printed using a standard font – see specifications below. Handwritten entries will not be considered. \n\n\nEntries can be submitted on-line or by post. The deadline for receipt of both postal and on-line entries is 23:59 on Sunday\, 29 September 2024. \n\n\nEach entrant may submit up to 5 poems\, maximum 40 lines per poem. \n\n\nEach entrant may submit up to 5 flash fiction pieces\, maximum 700 words each. \n\n\nJudges’ decisions are final. No correspondence will be entered into regarding the shortlist or the winners. Entries will not be returned. \n\nHOW TO ENTER\n\n\nSubmit online entries as doc\, docx\, or pdf files. Each entry – each poem or flash fiction piece – must be submitted as a separate file. Postal entries must be typed or printed on A4 pages. \n\n\nPage number format must include page number and total page count for each entry. Example: Page 1 of 3\, Page 2 of 3\, etc. \n\n\nFlash Fiction pieces must be submitted in 12 point Arial or Times New Roman font\, with 2 cm margins on A4 pages. Use 1.5 or double-spacing. Include title of entry and page number(s) on all pages. 700 words maximum. \n\n\nPoetry formatting\, including spacing\, is at the discretion of the author. Include title of each entry and page number(s) on all pages. 40 lines maximum. \n\n\nEntries must be accompanied by an application form. For online entries\, the entry form serves as an application form. For postal entries\, print an application form and include it with your entry or entries. \n\n\nInclude the title of your story or poem and its page number(s) on all pages\, but not your name or any other personal details. Personal information must appear only on the application form. \n\n\n\n\nENTRY FEES\nThe entry fee is €7 for each poem or flash fiction piece. \nPoetry and flash fiction competitions are separate\, and entries to the two competitions must be made separately. \nExample: if you wish to submit one piece of flash fiction and three poems\, fill out an entry form for the flash fiction and submit the entry along with the fee. Fill out a separate entry form for the three poems and send the form and the three poems along with the fee. \nPoems and flash fiction entries must be submitted in separate emails or in separate envelopes.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pf-the-allingham-2024-poetry-and-flash-fiction-competitions/
LOCATION:Allingham Festival 2024 Flash Fiction & Petry Competitions
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:P - The Passionfruit Poetry Prize 2024
DESCRIPTION:The theme is love – and it’s yours to interpret as broadly\, as interestingly\, and as tenuously as you wish. \n1ST PRIZE: £400\n2ND PRIZE: £75\n3RD PRIZE: £25\nThe judge will also select up to 15 additional poems to be published alongside the prizewinners in a special issue of The Passionfruit Review. \nABOUT THE JUDGE\nAaron Poochigian earned a PhD in Classics from the University of Minnesota and an MFA in Poetry from Columbia University. His latest collection\, American Divine\, winner of the Richard Wilbur Award\, came out in 2021. His work has appeared in Best American Poetry\, The Paris Review and POETRY. \nHe was also a contributor to Issue 5 of The Passionfruit Review. \nA NOTE FROM THE JUDGE\nLove\, love\, love—what better theme can there be? Love can expand outward into most anything and still be what it is. As Chaucer’s Madame Eglantine’s brooch pin says: Amor vincit omnia (Love conquers all). \nSUBMISSION GUIDELINES\n\nThe entry fee (per submission of up to 3 poems) is £4.\nSubmissions are open to all poets writing in English.\nPoems must be previously unpublished.\nStrong language is fine. Abusive or discriminatory language is not.\nSimultaneous submissions are welcome – just let us know promptly via the submissions manager if you need to withdraw any of your poems.\nPoems up to 40 lines – including spaces – will be considered. We consider longer poems as general submissions!\nThe review process will be kept strictly anonymous. Do not include any identifying information in your attached documents. Poets whose work is known by or recognisable to the judge will be disqualified.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-passionfruit-poetry-prize-2024/
LOCATION:Passionfruit Poetry Prize
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:F - Call for Submissions to Pure Slush Music Folio Series. Theme: Absent Basoonist
DESCRIPTION:The Absent Bassoonist Music Folio 4\n\n\nThe Absent Bassoonist is the 4th in Pure Slush’s Music series. \nHere is the set-up for the anthology … \nThe Quonsettville Community Orchestra is set to open the newly-rebuilt LaChute Cultural Center with a sparkling concert. \nThe concert on Saturday 18th June 2023\, will include the first public performance in 68 years of Dudley Donegal O’Day’s magnificent (and very underrated) Triple Bassoon Concerto (transcribed for two bassoons). \nBut on the night of the concert\, First Bassoonist Solomon Schweitzer never arrives. \nWhy? \nWe want to know what Solomon is doing instead of showing up to perform. \nWhat do you believe happened to Solomon? \nTo set the scene for the anthology\, click here for the story An Empty Chair. \nFor some simple facts about Solomon (so we’re all on the same page)\, click here. \nFor a map of Quonsettville\, where the action in The Absent Bassoonist is set\, click here. \nYour The Absent Bassoonist submission must be: \n\noriginal\, so previously unpublished online or in print (so that includes authors’ websites and blogs)\n150 word minimum limit for stories / maximum 1000 words. (That’s for each story: maximum number of stories you can submit is 3.)\nnot poetry (we are not seeking poetry)\nmust include mention of Solomon Schweitzer\, his whereabouts\, and his reason/s for not showing up to the concert.\nPLEASE NOTE: Solomon is not dead. Nor does he show up to play at the end of the concert. Nor does Bethany Thackeray know where he is nor was she involved in his non-appearance. Solomon and Bethany are not secret lovers or conspirators\, and she is genuine in her claim she does not know why he has not arrived for the performance\, nor does she know where he might be.\n\nPlease include the word BASSOON\, plus your name and the title of your submission\, and the word count. (Please note: word counts do not include titles or your name.) \nYou must be minimum 18 years of age to submit.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-call-for-submssions-to-pure-slush-music-folio-series-theme-absent-basoonist/
LOCATION:Pure Slush Music Folio Series
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PN - Chicken Soup for the Soul Series Seeking Cat Stories
DESCRIPTION:Cat Stories \nThe deadline for submissions is SEPTEMBER 30\, 2024. \nWe are thrilled to announce that we are now accepting stories for our cat topic book that is to be released in 2025. Because of the popularity of this topic\, we do a new cat book approximately every eighteen months so here is another chance for you to share a story or two about the member of your family who just happens to walk on four feet! \nCats have always been considered companions and playmates that brighten our days and enrich our lives. What would we do without them? They are also wonderful and amazing teachers. The lessons we learn from our feline friends come in all shapes and sizes\, just like they do. Tell us the new thing your feline friend has taught you. How smart she is or how she outsmarted you! How he made you smile. How she “rescued” you after you “rescued” her. How he brought your family closer together\, helped you find love\, inspired you to change something in your human life. How she rules the roost! Stories can be serious or humorous\, or both. We can’t wait to read all the heartwarming\, inspirational\, and hysterical stories you have about your cats. \n***Please note: If you submitted a story or poem for a previous cat book and we DID NOT publish it\, here is your chance to submit it to us again. If you submitted a story and we DID publish it in a previous cat book\, please do not submit it. We will not publish it again. \nHere are a few ideas but we know you will come up with more on your own: \n– How does your cat improve your life?\n– How does your cat warm your heart and make you smile?\n– How did your cat show kindness to a human or another animal?\n– How did your cat teach you to put things in perspective and not take yourself so seriously?\n– How did your cat teach you to forgive and move on?\n– How did your cat teach you to live in the present\, and BE present?\n– The crazy things your cat does\n– The crazy things you do for your cat\n– Has your cat demonstrated a surprising degree of empathy or comprehension of a situation?\n– How did your cat teach you about kindness?\n– Does your cat act a certain way with one family member and a different way with another?\n– Did your cat get lost and\, by some unexplainable miracle\, return home?\n– Has your cat ever done something extremely embarrassing?\n– How did your cat teach you about humor?\n– Did you train him\, or did he train you?\n– Who rescued who?\n– Learning about loyalty and unconditional love\n– My cat seems almost human and can understand the things I’m saying or feeling\n– Does she talk back to you?\n– How my cat picked me\n– How my therapy cat has made a difference\n– How my cat changed my family\n– Your work at a shelter or rescue organization and have great stories from there \nRecipe for a Winning Chicken Soup for the Soul Submission\nA Chicken Soup for the Soul story is an inspirational\, true story about ordinary people having extraordinary experiences. It is a story that opens the heart and rekindles the spirit. It is a simple piece that touches our readers and helps them discover basic principles they can use in their own lives. These stories are personal and often filled with emotion and drama. They are filled with vivid images created by using the five senses. In some stories\, the readers feel that they are actually in the scene with the people. \nChicken Soup for the Soul stories are written in the first person and have a beginning\, middle and an end. The stories often close with a punch\, creating emotion\, rather than simply talking about it. Chicken Soup for the Soul stories have heart\, but also something extra—an element that makes us all feel more hopeful\, more connected\, more thankful\, more passionate and better about life in general. A good story causes tears\, laughter\, goose bumps or any combination of these. \nThe most powerful stories are about people extending themselves\, or performing an act of love\, service or courage for another person. \nGuidelines for a Chicken Soup for the Soul story\n\nTell an exciting\, heartwarming or funny story about something that has happened to you or someone you know. Your story should be written in the first person and should be about yourself or someone close to you.\nTell your story in a way that will make the reader cry\, laugh\, get goose bumps or say “Wow!”\nThe story should start “in the action” and draw in the reader. Do not start your story with an introduction about what you are going to say\, or end with a concluding paragraph about what you just said.\nDon’t be afraid to speak from the heart. Many people tell personal stories for the first time in our books\, and they find it to be a cathartic and productive experience. We do let you use a pen name for your story if you do not want to use your real name.\nDon’t try fancy moves with tenses. Writing in the present tense about something that happened in the past rarely works.\nKeep your story to 1200 words or less. Tighten\, tighten\, tighten!\nYour story must be true. No fiction\, no creative writing.\n\nWhat a Chicken Soup for the Soul story IS NOT:\n\nA sermon\, an essay or eulogy.\nAn “as told to” story written by you for someone else. If you ghost-write a story for someone\, we thank you for helping that person share his or her story. That person’s name will be listed as the author and he or she can acknowledge your help in the bio section.\nA term paper\, thesis\, letter or journal entry.\nAbout politics or controversial issues.\nA biography or testimonial.\nA journalistic article about a third party that reads like a newspaper article.\n\nGuidelines for a Chicken Soup for the Soul poem\n\nWe love poems that tell a story. A Chicken Soup for the Soul poem does the same job as a story. The reader goes away having learned your story\, just through poetry instead of prose.\nWe do not publish poems that do not tell a story.\nWe also do not publish poems that seem overly focused on rhyming and read more like greeting cards.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pn-chicken-soup-for-the-soul-series-seeking-cat-stories-2/
LOCATION:Chicken Soup for the Soul Series
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to F(r)iction. Theme: Censored
DESCRIPTION:For this issue\, F(r)iction seeks to uncover the redacted with Censored! Let’s investigate the burning of books\, witches\, and bridges as we delve into all things sanitized. What are the secrets a family withholds about their past? What histories do we bury\, whitewash\, or blackout? What voices are lost to time\, imprisoned\, and expunged? Bring us stories\, poetry and creative nonfiction that wants to hide truths\, or protect others from them. Join us as we contemplate blacklists\, consider authoritarianism\, and debate the trade off between freedom and safety. Imagine an microchip in a person’s brain that keeps them from talking about certain things… and how it might go wrong. Ponder a dress code that erases identity completely. Or maybe the part of yourself you obscure to fit in. Question a person scouring their socials to delete their younger self for a job. Send us your writing that interrogates obfuscation\, from without\, and within. \nForm: \n\nShort stories: 1\,001 – 7\,500 words\nCreative nonfiction: up to 6\,500 words\nFlash fiction: (up to three pieces in the same document) up to 1\,000 words per piece\nPoetry: (up to five poems in the same document) up the three pages per poem\n\nOur Submission Guidelines \nWe accept work\, written in English\, from anywhere in the world—regardless of genre\, style\, or origin—and welcome speculative writing and experimental literature. \nWe read all submissions anonymously. Please include your name and contact information in your cover letter only and remove any identifying information from both the submitted manuscript and the file name as well. \nWe accept\, and encourage\, simultaneous submissions and only ask that you withdraw your piece(s) using Submittable upon acceptance elsewhere. \nThere is a small reading fee for general F(r)iction submissions ($2.50)\, but authors accepted will be awarded payment for their work. Our staff is almost entirely comprised of volunteers\, so this fee goes toward paying all the contributors who are printed in our beautiful pages. F(r)iction pays contributors $10 per final printed page\, plus two contributor copies. \nWe edit every piece accepted for publication; for this collaborative process we will pair you with one of our Senior Editors. All our editors have been trained to help guide the development of each piece to reach its fullest potential in keeping with the author’s vision. This does not mean we will take on a wild jumble of words and half-formed musings. But it does mean that we value your work and want to help each piece to be as unforgettable as possible. \nWe respond to every submission as quickly as possible\, usually within one or two months. \nOther notes:\n● All genres are welcome\, but especially those that celebrate the weird\, take risks with form and content\, and are driven by a strong\, unique voice.\n● All work must be previously unpublished. This means if your work has appeared in any print or online source (this includes personal blogs\, websites\, and social media pages)\, we cannot accept it.\n● No AI submissions: We currently do not accept work from artificial intelligence (“AI”) generators or similar.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-friction-theme-censored/
LOCATION:F(r)iction
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Didcot Writers Writing Competition. Theme: Contronyms
DESCRIPTION:Our current theme is: contronyms\nA contronym is a word that can mean two things\, which are opposites. We can dust a cake to add something to the surface\, or we can dust a shelf and remove something. Something can be held fast\, meaning it cannot move\, or it can be moving fast. A sanction can mean permission for something or punishment for something. See what contronyms you can come up with (feel free to google) and see what direction it takes your creative writing. \nDeadline for submissions: 30th September 2024 \nSubmission guidelines:\n\nSubmit your entry via the google form linked under ‘How to Submit’ below. Please note the entry fee for those who are not participants at our free online events.\nRespond to the theme/challenge/prompt. If you’ve got the perfect piece of work but it doesn’t fit the current challenge\, get in touch to suggest a theme for next time!\nThere is no lower word limit. The upper word limit (not including title) is 500 words.\nThere are no strict formatting requirements\, but nothing too weird please.\nPlease title your document with your entry title\, and also put the title at the top of the work. Do not include your name in the document as entries will be read anonymously. Full credit will be given to the author if the work is published.\nNo really bad swear words or explicit content\, please.\nSubmissions are welcomed from around the world\, but must be in English.\nWe don’t mind simultaneous submissions\, or if your entry has been published elsewhere in the past\, but please make sure your work is copyright cleared for it to be published online if chosen. (For example\, if you need to include the line ‘first published in…’ to comply with a former publisher’s terms\, let us know.)\nIf your work is selected as winner or ‘Reader’s Choice’ it will be published on our website. We reserve the right to make minor edits. We would like to leave your work on our site indefinitely\, but if you would like it removed after a minimum of 12 months online please get in touch.\nThere will be no monetary payments to authors for work accepted as this is a non-profit competition run by volunteers; there is a possibility your work may be included in a printed/ebook anthology in future – we will get in touch if we want to include your work.\nWe will keep your data in accordance with GDPR\, and use your email address only to contact you to announce the competition winners and let you know of new competition opportunities (maximum one email a month after the announcement of winners). You can unsubscribe at any time\, just email didcotwriters@gmail.com.\n\nHow to submit:\nIf you have not attended one of our events (online or otherwise) in the last 12 months you will need to pay a fee of £4 per entry. If you are unable to pay this fee\, all you have to do to receive a free entry is attend one of our events (there are lots of free events and many are online – see bit.ly/didcotwriters-calendar for dates\, and email didcotwriters@gmail.com for the links). \nPay the competition entry fee via PayPal here or via SumUp here (it’s the same price to you in both places\, but SumUp take less commission\, so we like them better). \nFor multiple entries: even for event participants only your first entry is free\, no matter how many events you have attended. So for second and subsequent entries to the same competition please pay the £4 fee using the link above. If you want to pay for multiple entries to the same competition you can do it as one transaction. \nSubmit your entry via the google form here (you will need to sign in). \nPlease make your document title the same as the title of your entry\, and include your title in your document (it’s not counted in the word count). All this saves us a headache later.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-didcot-writers-writing-competition-theme-contronyms/
LOCATION:Didcot Writers Writing Competition
CATEGORIES:Contest
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UID:5769-1727683200-1727715600@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:PFN - F(r)iction Seeking Submissions on the Theme of: Fame
DESCRIPTION:Join us on the Red Carpet for a notable (and maybe notorious) issue of F(r)iction! The Fame issue will explore all the fabulous\, fascinating\, and sometimes Faustian facets of rising in reputation and renown. Let’s questions the costs of social media stardom\, relish the heights of heroism\, and contemplate the most infamous of individuals and events. Fame might take the shape of a recognized discovery in science\, or in a string of high-profile crimes. It might be a potion that brings glory into a person’s life\, or a pursuit that ultimately brings their downfall. It might even be the short-lived legacy of a high school embarrassment\, or a testament to peaking during youth. Maybe an AI gains an audience and begins to question itself? Or a person’s worst moment is captured on video and broadcast to the world? We’re seeking your short stories\, poetry\, flash fiction\, and CNF that ponders the impacts of celebrity\, whether practical or fantastical. \nForm: \n\nShort stories: 1\,001 – 7\,500 words\nCreative nonfiction: up to 6\,500 words\nFlash fiction: (up to three pieces in the same document) up to 1\,000 words per piece\nPoetry: (up to five poems in the same document) up the three pages per poem\n\nWhat We Look For in Submissions \nOur editors have drafted up this fantastic page on our website to share what we look for in our submissions. We strongly recommend you read this and check out the examples before submitting to get an idea of our general publishing aesthetic. \nWe also highly recommend checking out a past issue of F(r)iction. We have several pieces available online\, but there’s nothing like holding a glossy\, full-color issue in your hands. You can check out all of our issues in our shop. \nOur Submission Guidelines \nWe accept work\, written in English\, from anywhere in the world—regardless of genre\, style\, or origin—and welcome speculative writing and experimental literature. \nWe read all submissions anonymously. Please include your name and contact information in your cover letter only and remove any identifying information from both the submitted manuscript and the file name as well. \nWe accept\, and encourage\, simultaneous submissions and only ask that you withdraw your piece(s) using Submittable upon acceptance elsewhere. \nThere is a small reading fee for general F(r)iction submissions ($2.50)\, but authors accepted will be awarded payment for their work. Our staff is almost entirely comprised of volunteers\, so this fee goes toward paying all the contributors who are printed in our beautiful pages. F(r)iction pays contributors $10 per final printed page\, plus two contributor copies. \nWe edit every piece accepted for publication; for this collaborative process we will pair you with one of our Senior Editors. All our editors have been trained to help guide the development of each piece to reach its fullest potential in keeping with the author’s vision. This does not mean we will take on a wild jumble of words and half-formed musings. But it does mean that we value your work and want to help each piece to be as unforgettable as possible. \nWe respond to every submission as quickly as possible\, usually within one or two months.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-friction-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-of-fame/
LOCATION:F(r)iction
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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CREATED:20240831T224709Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240831T224727Z
UID:5771-1727683200-1727715600@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:PFN  - Eastern Iowa Review Seeking Submissions on: Heaven/Sky
DESCRIPTION:Theme: Heaven/Sky \nWhat might you write about? How about …\nThe stars\, planets\, sun or moon.\nThe air we breathe.\nBarometric pressure.\nThe birds or flying insects\, lightning or clouds.\nSpiritual metaphor or how you see God (without getting “preachy”).\nThe universe & what may be beyond\, if anything. Is it endless or finite?\nThe color blue as it relates to the heavens.\nFlight.\nIs heaven real? (Tell us in a prose poem or lyric essay\, preferred.)\nSunrises or sunsets\, storms or hail or tornadoes\, hurricanes\, derechos\, etc.\nEMPs – will it happen? WHAT will happen?\nSolar flares? Will one end life on earth?\nOr a mix of several of the above\, allusions to these\, other literary devices where ideas about “heaven” or “sky” are involved.\nEtc.\, etc.\, etc.\nPlease use your boundless\, limitless\, imagination and give us a beautiful or startling or eerie prose poem\, lyric essay\, piece of creative nonfiction\, or short work of fiction (any genre) having to do with the heaven(s) / sky. Lyrical pieces are highly sought after. \n___ \nNo reprints\, please. And we’d prefer if it was your own work rather than something generated by a computer program. You know how silly that looks for a writer\, right? \nResponse time will vary from 1 day to 6 or 8 weeks\, rarely longer. Please don’t check on a submission if you haven’t heard back from us\, until at least 2 months since you submitted it\, though we doubt very much if it’ll take that long. And yes\, we do read what is sent — but often early on we’ll determine that a work simply isn’t for us\, and hence the quick turnaround. Usually the longer we keep it\, the more likely we’re considering it\, but then occasionally we’ll decide to grab it immediately\, so length of time in-progress isn’t really an indication of anything. \nSend only one piece of writing in this genre in this reading period until you hear back from us.  Feel free to send one piece in each genre at the same time. \nWe will likely publish pieces staggered over 2 or 3 months\, but then we might publish them all at once. Who knows? Be patient. And it really doesn’t help to ask us “when will this be published\,” because often we just don’t know. Our schedules differ and we’re busy people too\, and we’d rather not have to deal with emails that ask questions we don’t know the answers to. \nPlease send! We can’t wait to read your beautiful themed work. \nNonfiction: up to 5000 words. \nProse poetry: any number of lines. \nFiction: up to 1000 words. \nPROSE POETRY: According to our definition\, it is in paragraph form only\, no line breaks\, no slashes\, no block text\, tight wording (like poetry but in prose form). We are seeking prose poetry that fits this definition.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-eastern-iowa-review-seeking-submission-on-heaven-sky/
LOCATION:Eastern Iowa Review
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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CREATED:20240831T225706Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240831T225706Z
UID:5776-1727683200-1727715600@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:F - Call for Submissions to Necessary Fiction. Theme: Hunger
DESCRIPTION:Send us unpublished fiction or flash fiction\, not reprints\, up to 3\,000 words. Simultaneous submissions are fine. Do not send multiple submissions. We request that submitters wait 1 month after receiving a response before submitting a new piece to help us avoid back-ups in the queue. Please double space your submission. Use an unobtrusive font so we can focus on your story and not how difficult it is to read. \nHere are 10 things we’ve noticed about our broad aesthetic tendencies over the years: \n\nWe’re often fans of the absurd\, the off-kilter\, and the darkly comic.\nWe tend to fall for beautiful language or an unexpected phrase.\nWe’re interested in how a story gets told.\nWe prefer stories that are stories\, not static moments or a character’s memories lacking broader context.\nWe’re open to reading the slyly speculative\, the strange\, the uncanny\, and the weird.\nWe love when stories take a risk.\nWe rarely find body part humor all that funny.\nWe publish fiction; please don’t send us poems. We aren’t qualified for those.\nWe find that stories dependent upon very particular pop culture references sail right over our heads.\nWe especially encourage marginalized and traditionally underrepresented writers to submit\, though your piece does not have to encompass those themes.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-call-for-submissions-to-necessary-fiction-theme-hunger/
LOCATION:Necessary Fiction
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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UID:5779-1727683200-1727715600@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:F - WestWord Journal Seeking Submissions about: Identity
DESCRIPTION:Submission Guidelines\n\nAll submissions must be sent through Submittable and we cannot accept email submissions. Anything sent via email will not be read.\nPlease submit no more than one story per category in each submission period. If you are submitting to more than one category then each submission must be made separately and the submission fee paid each time.\nPlease use a legible\, easy-to-read font of 12pt or 14pt.\nAll submissions must be previously unpublished (never published in print or online\, including a personal blog) and in .doc\, .docx\, or .pdf format ONLY.\nSimultaneous submissions are fine but please withdraw your submission via Submittable if it is accepted elsewhere.\nOur submissions are open to all adult writers worldwide. All work must be written in English.\n\nPlease do not send us stories with racism\, sexism\, homophobia\, religious hatred or any other kind of bigotry and hate. Any sex must be relevant to the story. Do not send us graphic stories of rape\, incest\, child abuse\, bestiality\, or gratuitous violence. We won’t publish it and we do not want to read it.\nTo find out what kind of stories we like\, read our previous editions. \nAuthors will retain all rights and copyright to their works. WestWord requests one-time\, non-exclusive rights to publish your work. \nWORD COUNTS\n\nShort Stories: up to 3000 words\nFlash Fictions: up to 1000 words\nMicro Fictions: up to 350 words \n\nAuthor Payment\nFor each edition\, the writers we publish will share 50% of the submission fees received (after Submittable fees are deducted). All stories selected for an edition will receive the same payment no matter the length of the story. \nWe will also nominate stories for prizes (Best of the Net\, Best Small Fictions\, Best Microfictions\, etc.). \nWe charge a small submission fee (£5) in order to pay writers and cover our production\, design and admin costs. We understand that this will be unaffordable for some people so we have 4 free submissions available in each period. Contact us to get one. No need to provide any explanation or evidence\, just ask. They are first come\, first served so if you do need one\, best to get in touch as soon as the submission period opens.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-westword-journal-seeking-submissions-about-identity/
LOCATION:WestWord Journal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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UID:5783-1727683200-1727715600@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:PF - Audience Askew Literary Journal Seeking Submissions on the Theme of: Masks
DESCRIPTION:THEME: Masks. Submissions can relate to the theme in any way. \nDEETS: Submit 1-3 short stories (50-3k words) and/or 1-5 poems (2-80 lines\, including line breaks)\, and/or 1-5 images (we print in a square format\, so that shape works best but is not necessary). Please submit poetry\, literature\, and art as separate submissions. \nDEADLINE: 31 August 2024 \nREADING PERIOD: Decisions will be made June 2024 except for expedited submissions. \nPUBLICATION: 15 January 2025 \n* No sexism\, racism\, ageism\, ableism\, or any other isms; they can be touched on but not glorified; \n* It must be your own original work; NO AI-ASSISTED SUBMISSIONS.  \n* It must be previously unpublished (personal blogs\, websites\, Reddit\, etc. are okay); \n* It does not infringe on existing copyright material (this includes fan fiction); \n* Simultaneous submissions are okay\, if accepted elsewhere let us know ASAP; \n* We read submissions blind. Do not put any identifying information on your submission\, including the file name. \nContributors will receive a free digital copy of the magazine.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pf-audience-askew-literary-journal-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-of-masks/
LOCATION:Audience Askew Literary Journal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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UID:5788-1727683200-1727715600@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:PFN - Assignment Literary Magazine Seeking Submissions with the Theme of Erosion
DESCRIPTION:Submit to our winter 2024 issue “Erosion” today!\nAssignment Literary Magazine is seeking submissions of poetry\, short fiction or micro/flash fiction and non-fiction to be featured in our Winter 2024 Issue: Erosion. Erosion can be the process of breaking down\, of gradual destruction. It is usually silent\, constant\, and unavoidable. Relationships can erode\, carrying away trust and belonging\, just as stone can be worn smooth\, its debris dissolved and carried away with the tide. We are looking for fiction that represents this process. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe accept poetry\, fiction\, non-fiction\, micro/flash fiction\, or even any other literature that doesn’t quite fit any of those categories. We are excited to see the work you’re excited about\,\nWe do accept simultaneous submissions\, but in the event your work is accepted elsewhere (yay!) we ask you to please inform us as soon as possible.\nPlease only submit once per submission period; multiple submissions will generally not be considered\, although for work less than 300 words\, you may include multiple pieces in one submission. Please format your work so there is only one piece per page\,\nPlease place your genre in the title of your submission\,\nPlease include a third person biography with your submission no longer than 100 words.\nAll work must be original (no use of AI in its creation) and previously unpublished.\nWork must be proofread and ready for publication.\nPlease do not have your name or other identifying information on your submission.\nWe have no minimum for word count\, but we ask that you don’t exceed 3\,500 words (Submissions longer than 3\,500 words will not be considered) or up to 5 poems.\n\nIf your work is accepted\, you will be notified via Submittable by the end of October 2024 for publication on December 20\, 2024. There is no need to follow-up any sooner than October 31\, 2024. Thank you for trusting us with your work\, we hope to give it a home.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-assignment-literary-magazine-seeking-submissions-with-the-theme-of-erosion/
LOCATION:Assignment Literary Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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UID:5792-1727683200-1727715600@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to F(r)iction. Theme: Ocean
DESCRIPTION:Covering 71 percent of the Earth’s surface\, the ocean directly and constantly impacts our lives in ways we see and ways we don’t. From epic sea squalls and hurricanes and floods\, to quiet currents that maintain the weather and house thousands of creatures\, large and small\, the seas wield immense power over climate and the lives of humankind. Yet\, there’s so much we don’t know about the vast\, abyssal territories of darkness\, high pressure\, and incredible cold and heat that surround us\, impenetrable (or extremely dangerous) to landlubbers. In F(r)iction’s Ocean issue\, we seek stories\, poetry\, and nonfiction about underwater cities\, rising seas\, harrowing travels\, creation\, destruction\, thirst\, and whales. Give us space whales! Tell us about a galaxy of oceans contained in a holographic fishtank\, preach the gospel of Poseidon\, or win millions with the help of a chance-taking cephalopod. The opportunities for observant and original writing are as boundless as expansive as the briny deep. \nForm: \n\nShort stories: 1\,001 – 7\,500 words\nCreative nonfiction: up to 6\,500 words\nFlash fiction: (up to three pieces in the same document) up to 1\,000 words per piece\nPoetry: (up to five poems in the same document) up the three pages per poem\n\nOur Submission Guidelines \nWe accept work\, written in English\, from anywhere in the world—regardless of genre\, style\, or origin—and welcome speculative writing and experimental literature. \nWe read all submissions anonymously. Please include your name and contact information in your cover letter only and remove any identifying information from both the submitted manuscript and the file name as well. \nWe accept\, and encourage\, simultaneous submissions and only ask that you withdraw your piece(s) using Submittable upon acceptance elsewhere. \nThere is a small reading fee for general F(r)iction submissions ($2.50)\, but authors accepted will be awarded payment for their work. Our staff is almost entirely comprised of volunteers\, so this fee goes toward paying all the contributors who are printed in our beautiful pages. F(r)iction pays contributors $10 per final printed page\, plus two contributor copies. \nWe edit every piece accepted for publication; for this collaborative process we will pair you with one of our Senior Editors. All our editors have been trained to help guide the development of each piece to reach its fullest potential in keeping with the author’s vision. This does not mean we will take on a wild jumble of words and half-formed musings. But it does mean that we value your work and want to help each piece to be as unforgettable as possible. \nWe respond to every submission as quickly as possible\, usually within one or two months. \nOther notes:\n● All genres are welcome\, but especially those that celebrate the weird\, take risks with form and content\, and are driven by a strong\, unique voice.\n● All work must be previously unpublished. This means if your work has appeared in any print or online source (this includes personal blogs\, websites\, and social media pages)\, we cannot accept it.\n● No AI submissions: We currently do not accept work from artificial intelligence (“AI”) generators or similar.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-friction-theme-ocean/
LOCATION:F(r)iction
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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UID:5795-1727683200-1727715600@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:PFN - Stonecoast Review  Issue #22 Call for Submissions. Theme: Safety
DESCRIPTION:What do you think of when you hear the word “safety”? What does it mean to feel safe? What does it mean to be safe? \nThe word connotes different definitions and bears different weights for each of us. It manifests itself in unexpected ways and settings\, and remains absent or silenced in so many others. For all its idiosyncrasies\, a universal acknowledgement exists within this concept. Or does it? \nWe want to read literature and take in media that explore\, provoke\, challenge\, reconsider\, evoke\, or explode that concept for you. \nSubmission Guidelines\n\nSend submissions via Submittable only.\nPlease include a short cover letter and bio (50- and 100-word max.\, respectively).\nWe accept one prose submission\, one poetry submission (of up to three poems)\, or five pieces of visual art per author\, per submission cycle. Submissions that do not abide by these rules will not be considered for publication.\nYour work must be previously unpublished. (Stonecoast alumni may submit already published work for consideration as reprints.)\nWe encourage simultaneous submissions. However\, please withdraw your submission immediately if it’s accepted elsewhere. If you submit multiple poems and one is accepted at another publication\, please attach a note on Submittable identifying which poem is no longer available.\nPlease adhere to standard manuscript format: Double spaced\, 12 pt.\, Times New Roman font. Poetry may be single spaced. (If you tell us that diverging from these rules is integral to your piece\, we will consider it.)\nWhile we love to represent stories with raw\, emotional truth\, we ask that you refrain from submitting pieces featuring excessive sex\, violence\, assaults\, or suicide.\nWe will reject pieces determined to be written by the use of AI software.\n\nFiction. In accordance with the theme of safety\, the fiction editors are looking for stories that invite the reader to think about what it means to be safe\, how it feels when that safety is taken from us\, and what it means to write bravely rather than safely. We are looking for stories that push the boundaries of traditional fiction with regard to form and content. For consideration for Hybrid Publication: limit submissions to 2\,500 words or fewer. For consideration for General Publication: limit submissions to 5\,000 words or fewer. One submission per author\, per submission cycle. \nPopular/Genre Fiction. We are open to work that will make us rethink what “safety” means. We would love to see a piece of fantasy\, sci-fi\, speculative fiction\, decolonial science fiction by POC (Afrofuturism\, as one example)\, or other genres that is fun\, but invites us to question our set beliefs. For consideration for Hybrid Publication: limit submissions to 2\,500 words or fewer. For consideration for General Publication: limit submissions to 5\,000 words or fewer. One submission per author\, per submission cycle. \nCreative Nonfiction. We are looking for a diverse array of Creative Nonfiction works that engage with our mission and challenge the boundaries of conventional storytelling. We are interested in how writers explore safety across spaces and transformations\, as well as pieces that engage with narratives and worldviews outside of (or examining) mainstream discourses. We encourage experimentation with hybrid forms of essay and memoir and are particularly interested in works that are both relevant and personal. For consideration for Hybrid Publication: limit submissions to 2\,500 words or fewer. For consideration for General Publication: limit submissions to 5\,000 words or fewer. One submission per author\, per submission cycle. \nPoetry. The staff values attentiveness to language\, form\, and craft. We want poems that make us gasp and wonder and take us beyond ourselves. Send us your best work. Limit submissions to 3 poems\, with no more than 50 lines each. One submission per author\, per submission cycle\, of up to three poems. 
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-stonecoast-review-issue-22-call-for-submissions-theme-safety/
LOCATION:Stonecoast Review
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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UID:5799-1727683200-1727715600@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:PF - Hammond House Publishing International Literary Prize. Theme: Time
DESCRIPTION:Short Story\n\n\n1st Prize: £1000\n2nd Prize: £100 \n3rd Prize: £50\nWorldwide publication for all shortlisted entries.\n\nEnter ONE Short Story \n(1000 – 5000 words)\nPreferred format: Arial 12p 1.5 line spacing \nYour name must NOT appear anywhere on the manuscript itself\, as the contest is judged anonymously.\n\n \n\nPoetry\n\n\n1st Prize: £1000\n2nd Prize: £100 \n3rd Prize: £50\nWorldwide publication for all shortlisted entries.\n\nEnter ONE Poem \n(max. 40 lines)\nPreferred format: Arial 12p 1.5 line spacing \nYour name must NOT appear anywhere on the manuscript itself\, as the contest is judged anonymously.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pf-hammond-house-publishing-international-literary-prize-theme-time/
LOCATION:Hammond House Publishing International Literary Prize
CATEGORIES:Contest
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UID:5803-1727683200-1727715600@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:F - Flash Frontier: An Adventure in Short Fiction Seeking Submissions about: Time | Wā
DESCRIPTION:What we like\nWe are looking for variety and originality. Tickle us\, haunt us\, gobsmack us. Choose your words carefully and leave our readers wanting more. And do it in a small space. \nPlease submit only previously unpublished stories. If the work has appeared in any other print or electronic journal\, we consider it published. \nIf it has appeared on a writing workshop site\, we will consider it but please do let us know\, and we expect Flash Frontier to be credited with first publication if your work appears in our pages. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow to submit\n\nPlease submit your story to the editors in email: \n\n\nflashfrontier@gmail.com \n  \n\n\nPlease paste your work and your bio directly into the body of the email. \n\nIf your story requires unusual formatting let us know – the editors may ask for a different kind of document to confirm your formatting requirements. \nProvide a brief biographical sketch (approx. 60 words) about yourself – written in third person – that can be included on our Contributor page. You do not have to include your bio if you have submitted to us before. \n  \n\nSubmissions are due by the last day of the month for the following month’s issue.\nIssues are published during the last week of the month.\nRemember to count: 251 won’t be accepted.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-flash-frontier-an-adventure-in-short-fiction-seeking-submissions-about-time-wa/
LOCATION:Flash Frontier: An Adventure in Short Fiction
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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UID:5807-1727683200-1727715600@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:PFN -  Call for Submissions to The Ilanot Review. Theme: Translation and Transition
DESCRIPTION:Only one submission per reading period\, please! Multiple submissions (including submissions to multiple genres) will be automatically disqualified. \n\nWe will consider simultaneous submissions but ask that you retract your work immediately if it is accepted for publication elsewhere.\nIf your work appears in our current or previous issue\, we kindly ask that you refrain from submitting to our upcoming issue.\nPlease include a short bio (50-100 words) with your submission.\nWe welcome unpublished translations of original work\, provided the translator has obtained permission from the author. Please include a copy of the original work with your submission.\nWe welcome work that challenges conventions of form\, style\, and content.\nWe retain first serial rights to work published in The Ilanot Review. At the time of publication\, all rights revert back to the author. However\, The Ilanot Review retains the right to publish the piece(s) in any subsequent issue or anthology\, whether in print or online. Should you decide to republish the piece elsewhere\, we kindly ask that you cite The Ilanot Review as a place of previous publication.\n\nCategories: \n\nPoetry: Up to 5 poems\, not to exceed 7 pages. Please submit all work + bio in a single Word file\, with each poem beginning on a separate page. Please include your name and contact information on each page.\nFiction: One story up to 3\,000 words long or 1-3 works of flash/microfiction\, up to 500 words each. \nCreative Nonfiction: One essay up to 4\,000 words long or 1-3 works of flash/micro-CNF\, up to 500 words each
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-the-ilanot-review-theme-translation-and-transition/
LOCATION:The Ilanot Review
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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UID:5827-1727683200-1727715600@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:P - Call for Submissions to the engine(idling. Theme: Haunts & Hometowns
DESCRIPTION:Theme: Haunts & Hometowns\nCan we ever really go back home? Where do we belong? \nVibes: The editor is thinking about things like… the muted colors of dusk\, alley ways\, nostalgia pangs\, peeling paint\, dingy taverns\, dark cafes\, city stoops\, Schlitz Ice\, bonfires\, creeks\, vintage road maps\, overgrown lots\, park benches\, strained relationships\, yellow wallpaper\, row houses\, Andrew Wyeth’s Christina’s World\, street art\, regional dialects and slang\, squeaky screen doors\, brick-red\, sun-bleached Polaroids\, clap board\, kitchen scents\, mustard and avocado colored appliances\, tenement buildings\, door buzzers\, attic apartments\, stair wells\, wood paneling\, found families\, city gardens\, rose-tinted glasses\, generational trauma\, memory lanes\, secret hideouts\, abandoned farmhouses\, cellar doors\, chainlink fences\, and all things aged\, fading\, lost\, ambered\, and/or in disrepair. It can be spooky\, though this is not really what we’re after. \nFormat: Please use a standard font.  We will not be able to accommodate specialized formatting. Tabs and indents are okay\, however\, lots of white space\, shape poems\, or poems with specific spatial needs don’t translate well. \nIf your poem is more than a single page\, please indicate whether or not there is a stanza break at the page break. \nTo submit\, please email 1 – 4 poems and / or visual art pieces to the editor at engineidling@gmail.com. \nYou may send poems as a .docx attachment\, or copy / paste them into the body of the email. \nPlease send .jpegs for visual art submissions. \nYou can submit in one category or both categories in the same email. \nCover letters are appreciated but not necessary. At minimum\, include a short third person bio\, with your name (or pen name) as you would like it to appear in the issue. \nYour bio can list a handful of your previous publications\, and / or something interesting about yourself. A few lines will do.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-call-for-subssions-to-the-engineidling-theme-haunts-hometowns/
LOCATION:the engine(idling
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - Sundress Publications Call for Submissions for Anthology of Poetry by Sexual Assault Survivors
DESCRIPTION:Sundress Publications announces an open submission call for a new anthology of poetry written by sexual assault survivors. Submissions can but do not need to directly deal with sexual assault. We hope to both provide an avenue for publishing work about sexual assault\, as it can be challenging to find markets open to that topic\, and showcase the full\, vibrant lives survivors lead outside their trauma.\nContributors will be paid a small honorarium and receive a copy of the print anthology. This anthology will appear in a digital and print format. \nInterested writers and poets should submit up to (3) poems along with a short bio (max. 100 words)\, a preferred email address\, phone number\, and physical mailing address on this form by September 30\, 2024. \nSubmit your poems here. \nPreviously published work will be considered as long as you retain the right to reprint it and note where it first appeared. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable as long as they are noted as such and the author notifies the editor at anthology@sundresspublications.com that the work has been accepted elsewhere before notification of acceptance in the anthology. \nErin Elizabeth Smith will serve as the editor for this anthology. Erin Elizabeth Smith (she/her) is the Executive Director of Sundress Publications and the Sundress Academy for the Arts and a 2023 Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow. She is the author of three full-length collections of poetry\, most recently DOWN (SFASU 2020) and the founder of the Best of the Net Anthology. Her work has appeared in The Kenyon Review\, Guernica\, Ecotone\, Crab Orchard\, and Mid-American. Smith is a Distinguished Lecturer in the English Department at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. \nA special thanks to the Academy of American Poets whose grant made this anthology possible.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-sundress-publications-call-for-submissions-for-anthology-of-poetry-by-sexual-assault-survivors/
LOCATION:Sundress Publications Anthology of Poetry by Sexual Assault Survivors
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - Callout for Submissions to Issue 18 of Last Stanza Poetry Journal. Theme: Oops
DESCRIPTION:Callout for submissions to Issue 18 of Last Stanza Poetry Journal\n  \nThe theme for Last Stanza Poetry Journal Issue #18 is “Oops!” Brazilian J. Carlos [José Carlos de Brito e Cunha] will be the featured artist. \nThe deadline is September 30\, 2024. A single $100 award will be given for an outstanding poem. There is never a reading fee. An interview with the Editor’s Choice Award winner will be published in the same issue (optional). \nPoems can be any style\, but preferably non-rhyming. Submit up to three poems\, each no longer than 64 lines\, to laststanza@outlook.com as a single Word document or within the body of your email. There is no budget for author copies\, as proceeds are used to purchase copies for libraries. Published poems will be considered for a Pushcart Prize nomination. Authors retain all rights to their poems. Reprints are rarely accepted. If the poem has been previously published\, please credit the prior publication. \nLast Stanza Poetry Journal is published worldwide in ebook\, softcover\, and color-illustrated hardcover. It is available primarily from Amazon\, but some issues are also via these sites and others: Barnes & Noble\, Walmart\, Book Depository\, Blackwell\, and Powell’s. https://laststanzapoetry.blogspot.com/search/label/poetry%20submissions
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-callout-for-submissions-to-issue-18-of-last-stanza-poetry-journal-theme-oops/
LOCATION:Last Stanza Poetry Journal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - The Calendula Review: A Journal of Narrative Medicine.  Issue 3 Theme: Inhale/Exhale
DESCRIPTION:What is Narrative Medicine? \nNarrative medicine is a new area of study reclaiming the traditional interdisciplinary approach to patient care. Narrative medicine emphasizes understanding patients’ personal narratives to enhance empathy\, communication\, and healing. By integrating the humanities (art\, poetry\, writing\, and reflective practices) into medical education\, narrative medicine fosters a holistic understanding of illness and promotes a more compassionate approach to healthcare. The Calendula Review aims to highlight diverse work that serves to enlighten and embody the healthcare narrative\, directly and indirectly. We appreciate the voices of medical practitioners\, patients\, caregivers\, and anyone affected by\, or involved with\, illness or medicine in all its myriad forms. \nSubmission Guidelines\n\n\nThe theme for our November 2024 publication is “Inhale/Exhale.” \nWe carry the rhythm of breath in our bodies\, always–it is ever-present and at the same time\, finite and precious. At times\, we are viscerally conscious of it\, especially when we witness the first or last breath. We breathe with intention during illness\, loss\, or birthing\, to harness our minds\, our bodies\, retain the moment while moving through. Catching a breath in elation syncopates the cycle in other ways. The simple act of drawing and releasing air has such vital and disparate qualities–it enlightens the senses\, brings us in and out of our bodies\, informs our actions. And what of the times we need to learn new ways to breathe? What of that liminal space between the inhale and exhale? What resides there? What is it that transitions\, transforms\, reframes\, directs? Breath allows us the space to grieve\, accept\, be joyous\, irate\, or peaceful\, and it facilitates the process by which we move forward in the world–and do not. Inhale/Exhale holds space for a moment\, story\, or image in all of us. What is yours? \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. \nGeneral guidelines: \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\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\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​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​Please 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.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-the-calendula-review-a-journal-of-narrative-medicine-isee-3-theme-inhale-exhale/
LOCATION:The Calendula Review
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:FN - Fourteen Hills Seeking Submissions about: Local Legends and Hometown Horror
DESCRIPTION:As we are particularly interested in submissions from writers of color and writers from marginalized and underrepresented communities\, submissions to our Special Feature will be free to BIPOC\, LGBTQ+\, and other marginalized and underrepresented writers and artists for the remainder of the submission period.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSubmissions only accepted via Submittable \nTell us your experiences with local legends/myths or create your own hometown horrors! It can be from Bigfoot to Indigenous myths to any eldritch horror\, as long as its lore is tethered to the history of a town. \n\n\n\n\nFiction \nFiction submissions can be 1 short story or novel excerpt (maximum 25 pages\, though our sweet spot is 2\,000-4\,000 words) OR up to 3 flash fiction stories (maximum 1000 words each).  \n\n\n\n\nNonfiction\nCreative nonfiction submissions should be 1 piece of long-form creative nonfiction (maximum 25 pages\, though our sweet spot is 2\,000-4\,000 words) OR up to 3 flash/lyrical pieces (up to 1\,000 words each). \nSubmission file(s) must be in .doc\, .docx\, or .rtf format (Microsoft Word\, Open Office\, or Pages). \nCover letter section should include contact information\, a third-person author biography (3–5 sentences in length)\, and any other relevant information. \nIf you have questions about the status of your submission or subscription\, please contact us at hills@sfsu.edu. \nIf your submission is accepted for publication in the journal\, you will receive two free copies of the issue your work appears in and a year’s subscription. \n(*Submission fees are waived for current subscribers to Fourteen Hills. To support us as a subscriber\, please visit our Subscriptions page. If this fee poses a financial hardship\, please email us at hills@sfsu.edu.) \nWe are adamantly opposed to AI-generated submissions and reserve the right to reject any piece created with AI-assistance on sight.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/fn-fourteen-hills-seeking-submissions-about-local-legends-and-hometown-horror/
LOCATION:Fourteen Hills
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - Blue Bottle Journal Seeking Submissions. No Theme.
DESCRIPTION:Blue Bottle Journal is a Brisbane-based online publication seeking poetry that stings\, work that burns us long after reading. \nWe are largely interested in new\, emerging voices in the Australian poetry scene and abroad. Blue Bottle hopes to elevate marginalised voices including people of colour\, queer\, gender diverse\, emerging\, older and disabled poets. We are also open to work by established poets but will prioritise new names wherever possible. We hope to be a first or early publication for many ambitious poets\, young or old. \nWe are particularly interested in work that is emotional rather than esoteric\, for poems that pulse\, writhe\, and stick to our skin. A key focus of our catalogue to date has been based on the natural world\, animals and land through ecocritical lenses. We also go bananas for poems that can be easily paired online with a gripping visual/are alive with colour and tone. Feel free to dip into our archives for examples of work we love. \nGuidelines\nPlease email THREE POEMS MAX per submission round to bluebottlejournal@gmail.com ideally as a word doc rather than a pdf file. Please include a bio (50 words max) and your personal pronouns\, along with any social media handles in the body of your email\, so we have a general idea of who you are and how to promote you online. \nSubmissions are not anonymous\, so feel free to include your name in your submission. We aim to get back to you with a response within 4-6 weeks\, in some cases sooner and others longer\, depending on our intake volume. We pride ourselves on our speedy response times. \nAll submitted poems should be previously unpublished (including on social media/personal blogs). We’d also greatly appreciate you taking the courtesy to credit our journal if you decide to republish your work elsewhere in future (and congrats if you do!). \nPublished pieces will also go up online on a rolling basis as they are sent through. Please note: we’re happy to accept simultaneous submissions but please let us know as soon as possible if your work is accepted elsewhere (again\, congrats if it is!). \nPLEASE NOTE: We are very pleased to now open up our submissions to past Blue Bottle contributors. We’re entering a new era of the journal where we’re happy to hear from some familiar faces and continue building the strength of our poetry catalogue into the future. \nAlso please be mindful that as we are a small unfunded journal we are unable to pay contributors at this time. We’d love to explore paid opportunities for our poets in future and will continue to seek out funding options. \nWe greatly look forward to reading your work. Hit us where it hurts.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-blue-bottle-journal-seeking-submissions-no-theme/
LOCATION:Blue Bottle Journal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to Freefall Magazine
DESCRIPTION:SUBMISSIONS \nOpen Submissions June 1st to September 30th \nSUBMISSION GUIDELINES AND INFORMATION \nProse: Submit up to 4\,000 words. We accept short story and novel excerpts; non-fiction\, writing-related or general-audience topics; creative non-fiction; plays; and postcard stories. Payment is $10 per page in the magazine (to a maximum of $100) and one copy of the issue your piece is published in. \nPoetry: Submit 1-3 poems of any style. The length of any individual poem cannot exceed 6 pages. Payment is $25 per poem and one copy of the issue your piece is published in. \nAll payments are made upon publication. \nWe accept simultaneous submissions\, but please notify us if your piece is picked up by another magazine. We do not publish previously published works: online\, digital\, or print. Our response by email will take anywhere from 2 weeks to 6 months. \nPlease note: We buy First North American Serial Rights and First Digital Publication Rights only. After publication\, copyright reverts to the author. \nShort story and poetry submissions may also be considered for distribution in Calgary Public Library’s Short Story Dispenser. Pieces that meet the Library’s guidelines will be published in the Short Story Dispenser at least 3 months after appearing in FreeFall magazine. Stories will be considered if they are less than 1\,200 words\, contain suitable content for all ages\, and are written by authors with ties to Alberta. Authors will not receive further compensation for publishing in the Short Story Dispenser.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-freefall-magazine/
LOCATION:Freefall Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - Frosted Fire Fifth Annual Single Poem Competition. Theme: "The Beginning...of the End"
DESCRIPTION:Prizes: £350 1st prize £150 2nd £75 3rd plus 3 runner up prizes of £25 \nAnthology publication for up to 20 longlisted and prizewinning poets \nCompetition rules | Entry form \nYou can call it many things: a tipping point\, the eleventh hour\, climate change\, the bell for the last lap\, a general election\, a jury retiring to reach a verdict\, an amber traffic light\, a month’s notice\, someone asking for a divorce\, being rushed into hospital\, pushing a bell on a bus\, pulling a train communication cord\, losing your balance\, the start of the last chapter\, a final written warning\, a notice to quit\, being charged with murder\, passing the point of no return. Whatever you call it\, it’s The Beginning of the End. \nWe can’t wait to read your poem. \nOur judges will be open to all forms of poetry whether it be rhymed or blank\, light or serious\, structured or free. They consider content\, quality\, and originality before form. Entries are welcome from anywhere in the world\, and we hope that this\, our fifth annual single-poem competition will pass last year’s record number of countries from which competitors originated. \nThe judging team will read every entry\, and long-listed and short-listed entries will each be read by two judges. Our judges are Marilyn Timms and Katherine Parsons. \nAll entries presented to the judges are anonymous. Our entry system automatically sends only the actual poems to the judges. Details of author and payment details are stored separately\, filed under the title of each poem. The administration database is locked until judging is complete\, when the names of successful poets are discovered and linked with their poem titles. \n\n\n\nRules for The Beginning . . . of the End competition 2024\nClosing date: 30 September 2024 at 11.59 BST\n\nThe contest is open to all poets\, except those who act as volunteers for Wildfire Words/Frosted Fire or major prizewinners in the last two years of Frosted Fire/Wildfire Words competitions.\nAll poems must be entirely the entrant’s own\, unpublished work.\nInternational entrants are welcome\, but entries must be in English. Translations are not allowed\, unless the poet has translated their own poetry into English.\nYou may submit as many poems as you like\, in batches of up to 4 poems. Each poem should be a separate file\, and an entry fee must be paid for each.\nEach poem’s title should be at the top of the page\, and the file name of the poem must be the poem’s title.\nEach poem should be a separate file in Word or PDF\, and no longer than 50 lines\, including title and stanza break lines.\nDo not put any identification on the work. We will match your entry title to your email address after the anonymous judging is complete.\nTo maintain anonymous judging\, your entry must not contain a poem that might be recognized by any of the judges through workshops\, mentoring\, or public readings.\nSimultaneous submissions are accepted\, but an entry must be withdrawn in the event of it winning a prize or publication elsewhere. Entry fees are not refundable once an entry has been received.\nWork will not be returned\, so please keep a copy.\nWe are unable to give feedback on individual entries or on the results of the competition — the judges’ decisions are final.\nResults will be emailed by late October to all who entered\, and published on this website and social media.\nThe entry fee is £4 per poem or £12 for 4 — but on 10 September will rise to £5 per poem or £16 for 4.\nEntries must be paid for on the entry form\, and your entry file uploaded\, by the closing time of 11.59 pm on 30 September 2024. Our banking for credit or debit card payments is provided by PayPal\, but you do not need a PayPal account to pay by card.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-frosted-fire-fifth-annual-single-poem-competition-theme-the-beginning-of-the-end/
LOCATION:Frosted Fire Single Poem Competition
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:PFN - Open Call for Gutter Magazine
DESCRIPTION:GUIDELINES\nAll work must be previously unpublished in print or on-line.\nPlease save your work as ‘firstname_surname_prose’ or ‘firstname_surname_poetry’\nFile format and administrative details: \n• Work should be submitted in Word Documents only. In the case of concrete poetry or work with a visual element please submit as a Word document with an accompanying PDF. In the case of multiple poems\, please save and send them within a single word document – it makes our job much easier! \n• Put your name in the header of each page of your word document \n• Please include your name\, address\, postcode\, and word count (or line count in the case of poetry) on a title sheet \n• Save your work as ‘firstname_surname_prose’ or ‘firstname_surname_poetry’ and title your submission with your name as well \nQuantity of submission: \n• Up to a maximum of five poems totaling no more than 120 lines\, or one piece of prose up to 3000 words \nPlease include a 20 word bio for use in case of publication. \nSuccessful contributors will be paid a flat fee of £25 for work published in the mag\, regardless of length or style. You will also receive a complimentary copy of the issue. \n\n\nPoetry submissions can consist of up to three poems\, totalling no more than 100 lines. Please send all poems within a single text document. \n\n\nFiction and essay submissions can run to a maximum of 2500 words. Please only send one prose submission per issue. \n\n\nWork should be submitted as .docx or .rtf files. \n\n\nSubmit your work using the file name format: firstname_surname_fiction\, firstname_surn \n\n\nType your name and form (Fiction\, Essay or Poetry) on the first page of your submission. \n\n\nWe do not accept simultaneous submissions. \n\n\nAll submissions should be sent via our online portal.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-open-call-for-gutter-magazine/
LOCATION:Gutter Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Kenyon Review Seeking Submissions on the Theme of Visitation
DESCRIPTION:Submissions Information and Guidelines\nWith VISITATION we are looking for writing which captures an impermanent experience of presence. A visitation might be a knock at the door\, a funereal ritual\, a brush with the otherworldly\, a legal mandate\, an act of wrath\, a moment of union. Guest edited by Kenyon Review Fellow\, Jennifer Galvão\, this folio seeks to think about doors\, borders\, power\, incarceration\, and other institutions which divide or limit our time. \nWe invite work that broadly interprets these themes . When you submit\, you will have the option to identify your work for general submission or the themes. \nWe strongly encourage submitters to familiarize themselves with work previously published by The Kenyon Review. Subscriptions are available here\, and anyone can read up to five free pieces per month in our Archive. \nWe do not charge a reading fee for general submissions. \nWe consider previously unpublished: \n\nshort fiction and essays (up to 7\,500 words)\nflash fiction and essays (up to 3 pieces\, up to 1\,000 words each; please format and submit as a single document)\npoetry (up to 6 poems; please format and submit as a single document)\nexcerpts (up to 30 pages double-spaced) from larger works\n\nWe do consider translations in the categories and special folios and themes listed above. Please submit your translated work to its corresponding genre (fiction\, nonfiction\, poetry\, or the appropriate theme or folio). \nYou may submit to more than one genre. However\, please submit no more than one submission in a given genre (fiction\, nonfiction\, and poetry); multiple submissions in the same genre (including multiple submissions with different themes) will be disregarded. \nWe consider submissions on Submittable and do not consider paper submissions\, except from writers (such as those who are incarcerated) who do not have ready access to the internet. Paper submissions for the current submissions period must be postmarked by the current submission period’s deadline and must be accompanied by a self-addressed\, stamped envelope. Send hard copies to: SUBMISSIONS\, The Kenyon Review\, 102 W. Wiggin St.\, Gambier\, OH 43022 \nHere’s the link to our Submittable portal: https://thekenyonreview.submittable.com/submit \nWe do not accept revisions to submissions once the submission period is closed. Do not send new drafts unless requested to do so by an editor. \nSimultaneous submissions are permitted\, but please notify us immediately if the work has been accepted elsewhere. \nFor prose and drama submissions\, please withdraw your piece via Submittable. \nFor poetry and flash fiction/nonfiction submissions\, please use your Submittable account to add a note to your submission listing the titles of works no longer available for consideration. \nWe cannot consider additional work in the place of withdrawn work. \nWe read every submission\, and because we receive so many submissions per year\, response times will vary according to the volume of submissions. We aim to respond to all submissions within six months of receipt. Feel free to query us at kenyonreview@kenyon.edu for an update if after six months of submitting work you do not hear from us. Thank you in advance for your patience. \nAuthors will receive a contract upon acceptance and payment upon publication. Authors retain copyright to their work published in The Kenyon Review. \nSubmitting work to The Kenyon Review adds you to our mailing lists. You may unsubscribe from these lists at any time. \nPlease be sure to add kenyonreview@kenyon.edu to contacts so that you can receive correspondence from us about your submission. \nIf you are unable to submit because you have not verified your email address with Submittable and have not received a verification notification\, we recommend adding notifications@email.submittable.com to your safe-sender or contact list and attempting email verification again. The Submittable forms require email verification for security purposes. If you continue to experience issues\, we recommend you submit a Submittable support request; the support team usually respond quite quickly and can send you your individual verification link directly. \nWe pay $0.08 per published word of prose (minimum $80\, maximum $450) and $0.16 per published word of poetry (minimum $40\, maximum $200). \nWe generally follow the Chicago Manual of Style and Webster’s latest New Collegiate Dictionary. \nThank you for sharing your work with us!
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-kenyon-review-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-of-visitation/
LOCATION:Kenyon Review
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Lunch Ticket: Amuse Bouche Seeking Submissions on the Theme of Resistance and Liberation
DESCRIPTION:Lunch Ticket 26 Theme: “Resistance and Liberation”\nSince their founding\, Antioch University\, the Antioch MFA program\, and Lunch Ticket have centered the pursuit of social\, racial\, environmental\, gender\, and economic justice. As we watch the reversal of decades of social victories\, the suppression of dissent\, the use of indiscriminate violence\, and the rise of authoritarianism in the USA and around the world\, we at Lunch Ticket 26 feel compelled to address the theme of “Resistance and Liberation” for our upcoming issue. Lunch Ticket seeks to be a beacon and a home for stories\, essays\, and poems that highlight how people resist oppression and fight for collective liberation. \nAs Ursula K. LeGuin said\, “We will need writers who can remember freedom.” We are looking for high-quality writing that engages with the nuances and complexities of our times and isn’t afraid to tackle difficult subjects.  While we are prioritizing such voices\, we are also interested in reading your pieces even if they do not apply to our theme. As always\, we aim to center writers and artists who have been marginalized and underrepresented\, or historically misrepresented\, and feature work that plays with form and strives for a more just world. We are especially interested in writing from people directly engaged in resistance and liberation. Multilingual submissions are welcome in all genres. \n\n\n\n\n \nRalph & Rita in Sienna\, 36″x24″  \n\n\n\n\n\nAmuse-Bouche Guidelines:\n\nPlease submit to Lunch Ticket only once per submission reading period (regardless of genre).\nIf your work has been published in Lunch Ticket\, please skip one submission reading period before submitting again.\nAll submissions at Lunch Ticket are read anonymously in the first round. We only read pieces that have all identifying information removed. Make sure no identifying information exists in the document title\, submission title\, or the work itself. Identifying information (such as names and bios) can only be included in the cover letter\, and not in any attached files or the submission title.\nAll prose must be double-spaced in 12-pt Times New Roman font.\nSubmissions should not exceed 3\,500 words (source text not included in the word count).\nIf your piece is 750 words and under\, please choose the Flash Prose category when you indicate the genre of your submission below.\nSubmit up to 3 poems per submission reading period. Submit all poems in the same document.\nWe recognize that poetry often calls for its own particular formatting. When in doubt\, use 12-pt Times New Roman font.\nWe allow simultaneous submissions. Please indicate in your cover letter that this is a simultaneous submission\, and if your piece is accepted elsewhere\, you must notify us immediately.\nWe do not accept previously published work (this includes work published in personal blogs or social media).\nWe do not accept AI-generated work.\nSubmitters must be 18 years of age or older.\nAll submitters are added to our bi-monthly newsletter email subscriber list.\n\nWe look forward to sampling your work!
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-lunch-ticket-amuse-bouche-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-of-resistance-and-liberation/
LOCATION:Lunch Ticket: Amuse Bouche
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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