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P=Poetry, N=Nonfiction, F=Fiction
There may be a sense of “be careful what you wish for”. Or is the good news a trace of hope in a bleak time? Perhaps those elements of our lives for which we should be grateful?
We are looking for work that is sensitive, thought-provoking, intelligent, and humorous. We encourage artistic expression that portrays depth in characterization & ideas and exhibits a nuanced perspective of the mundane.
Send us your long-sighted, large-hearted, reverent/irreverent calls to arms.
Parabola is a quarterly journal devoted to the exploration of the quest for meaning as it is expressed in the world’s myths, symbols, and religious traditions, with particular emphasis on the […]
The premise (target theme) must be an integral part of the plot, not necessarily the central theme but not merely incidental.
Beyond the elegance of Parisian boulevards and the echoes of its sporting legends, this theme is a canvas for narratives that intertwine personal glory with universal aspirations.
We're looking for poems and essays dedicated to those who write among us, to those who breathe in our same present.
We’re looking for stories about being stuck and finding a way out. About being kicked in the teeth and moving on despite everything. Resilience and resistance and the courage to keep moving.
Burst into creativity and delve into the inner depths of your being. Masquerade through dreams, nightmares, and everything in between. Do you dare to dream?
A twice-yearly zine that celebrates all things genre.
Worlds, experiences, thoughts, and events cast in a new and distinct light. A perspective that only the individual could conjure. We want a peek behind the curtain, to see how the poet sees.
For this contest, write a creative, compelling, well-crafted story between 1,000 and 5,000 words long in which some kind of vehicle plays an important role.
What is the joy of the hybrid gesture? Where does it live? And how does hybridizing create that secret third thing?
Dreams and realities, ambitions & imaginings. Submit your very best work to us (this goes double if you're female, as only about 1/3 of our submissions come from women): we really want to read your stories!
Agent on a SECRET mission? Inexperienced climber ASPIRES to conquer Mount Everest? An UNSTOPPABLE space alien? We have no idea, but you will. Hit us with your best and most brilliant original fiction.
Loss of common land, public access to nature, and environmental management are all specific interpretations of this theme we’d particularly like to see.
This theme is not limited to just flowers, but botany as a whole. What does it mean when we have a hollowed-out pumpkin stuffed with daylillies on our front porch? Whatever the answer, we’re looking forward to it!
We call contributors to conceive of the West beyond its conventional and colonialized framework. What happens when the dam breaks, when waters flow along their pre-colonial course and stewardship is returned to the original caretakers of the land? There are many ways to deconstruct a dam, an archetype, to unearth histories long-buried in sand or alpine forest. The West is multiple and many.
For this issue we're looking for stories about feisty felines, mercurial moggies and big wild cats.
How can poetry be located in place, object or function? This might be rooted in memory and nostalgia, or a constant present association that you have with the world. A poem can so often be masked in the material world, taking on the disguise of the accidental, functional, or instructive to do so.