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SUMMARY:PFN - Cosmic Daffodil Journal Seeking Submissions on the Theme: Lost & Found
DESCRIPTION:LOST & FOUND \nExploring the emotional\, literal\, or metaphysical aspects of loss and discovery. It’s not just about objects\, but about memories\, identities\, places\, people\, time\, innocence\, hope\, even entire worlds. \nIt could range from urban ghost stories about misplaced things returning home to speculative futures where forgotten histories resurface. \n“Found” doesn’t necessarily mean resolution — it could be unsettling\, unexpected\, or bittersweet. \nSUBMISSION GUIDELINES: \nPlease include a biography of 50 words or less. Anything longer than 50 words will be cut off. \npoetry\nPoetry in any form or style. Your poetry submission may contain up to three to five (3-5) poems\, may be submitted as one file\, run fewer than 10 pages in length\, and must be unpublished. Please start each poem on a new page on your document. Title your poems OR specify ‘Untitled’ at the top of the document. Simultaneous submissions are welcomed so long as you withdraw them when accepted elsewhere. \nFlash Fiction\nFlash fiction (a.k.a. microfiction\, short-short story\, sudden fiction\, etc.) submissions should aim for a word count of 300-600 words or less per piece. You may submit up to two (2) pieces per issue\, may be submitted as one file\, should run fewer than 5 pages in length\, and must be unpublished. Add page numbers to your document. Simultaneous submissions are welcomed so long as you withdraw them when accepted elsewhere. \nflash Non-fiction\nFlash nonfiction submissions should aim for a word count of 300-600 words or less per piece. You may submit up to two (2) pieces per issue\, may be submitted as one file\, should run fewer than 5 pages in length\, and must be unpublished. Add page numbers to your document. Simultaneous submissions are welcomed so long as you withdraw them when accepted elsewhere. \nShort story\nThe submission should aim for a word count of 1000 words or less. You may submit up to one (1) piece per issue\, may be submitted as one file\, should run fewer than 5 pages in length (double-spaced)\, and must be unpublished. Add page numbers to your document. Simultaneous submissions are welcome so long as you withdraw them when accepted elsewhere. \nPDFs are preferred for reading poetry & flash fiction/nonfiction submissions. \nTHANK YOU!
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LOCATION:Cosmic Daffodil Journal
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to Synkroniciti Magazine on the Theme of: Dreams
DESCRIPTION:Submissions should be emailed to magazine@synkroniciti.com. Please place your name and the category of submission in the subject field of your e-mail. \nYou may submit more than one entry in one or more categories.  We are working toward being able to pay sustainable honorariums to everyone. \nPending payment\, all submissions will receive a response shortly after our submission deadline. If your work is selected you will be asked for biographical information and we will work with you to make sure that your work is displayed in a way that makes you happy. If you are not already a subscriber\, you will receive the issue of Synkroniciti Magazine that features it for free. \nDon’t want to pay submission fees? Become a subscriber ($10 every six months/2 issues) and you will have unlimited free entries (as long as you are subscribed). \nIf your work is selected we request the right to publish it in both the e-book and the website archive of Synkroniciti Magazine. We accept simultaneous submissions and pre-published work (contingent upon the other parties involved allowing publication). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPoetry Submission \n\n\nSend up to 5 poems in Word or pdf format. We prefer free verse and are more fond of visual poetry than formal rhyme schemes\, although rhyming does not disqualify your work. We will also consider poems in other languages with an English translation (poem and translation counts as one poem and both parts will be printed). The winner of our poetry contest will receive a $75 award and four free issues of the Magazine. Submissions should be emailed to magazine@synkroniciti.com. Please place your name and the category of submission in the subject field of your e-mail. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShort Story Submission \n\n\nSend a short story in Word or pdf format. 4\,000 word maximum. Note that Flash Fiction now has a separate category below. The winner of our short story contest will receive a $75 award and four free issues of the Magazine Submissions should be emailed to magazine@synkroniciti.com. Please place your name and the category of submission in the subject field of your e-mail. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFlash Fiction Submission \n\n\nPlease submit a flash fiction piece of 400 words or less in pdf or Word format. Submissions should be emailed to magazine@synkroniciti.com. Please place your name and the category of submission in the subject field of your e-mail. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEssay \n\n\nSend a single non-fiction work in Word or pdf format. 4\,000 word maximum. We are partial to narrative and descriptive essays and memoir\, but will consider expository\, definitive and argumentative essays as well. Submissions should be emailed to magazine@synkroniciti.com. Please place your name and the category of submission in the subject field of your e-mail. \n\n\n\n\n  \nSubmission fee: $3
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-synkroniciti-magazine-on-the-theme-of-dreams/
LOCATION:Synkroniciti Magazine
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SUMMARY:F - Blink-Ink Seeking Submissions for Issue #61 on the Theme of: Phones
DESCRIPTION:When Alice Cooper sang The telephone was ringing …. he established a real sense of urgency. Somebody had to deal with the phone! What happened? Now our devices natter away\, pulling us this way and that. \nHave a “work phone” and a “personal”\, maybe a “secret phone” for only certain people? We are interested in how all of this has changed us and our behaviors. Past\, present\, future––pretend\, or all too real. \nSend us your best stories of approximately fifty words about Phones in the body of an email to: blinkinkinfo@gmail.com. Submissions are open June 1st\, 2025 through July 15th\, 2025. No attachments\, poetry\, bios\, or AI generated content\, please. We love poetry but do not publish it. \nWhat we love most is writing that has found that preternatural detail of thought or thing that cracks the story open and allows it to matter or to reveal a truth. \nNearly all of our issues are themed and guidelines specific to the current theme along with opening and closing dates for submissions to those issues will appear here on our website\, on our Facebook page and in New Pages and Duotrope. \nWe want your best\, original and unpublished work and will consider up to four stories at any one time. We do reply personally to every submission and every query. We aim to treat you right. \nSometimes we wish to make small changes in a piece we want to publish but will never do that without consulting you— with one exception: If you have offset the final line of a piece for no good reason\, we will put it back in the body of the piece where it belongs. \nNo fees\, and quick-ish response.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-blink-ink-seeking-submissions-for-issue-61-on-the-theme-of-phones/
LOCATION:Blink-Ink
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SUMMARY:PFN - Mom Egg Review (MER) Seeking Submissions on Mother & Family for Issue 24
DESCRIPTION:We publish literary work on mothers\, mothering\, and motherhood\, in all its forms. You need not be a mother to submit\, as long as your piece is focused on motherhood.  \nMER 24 will be a themed issue. The theme is \nMER 24: Mother & Family \nOften\, as mothers\, we are the nuclei of families—of the legacies\, obligations\, and stories that orbit around us. Family of heritage\, family of birth\, family of choice\, our greater human family: our families can be sources of support\, of exhaustion\, of love\, of pain.  Our families can pass down to us lore or trauma. For MER 24\, we are exploring poems that address our role as mother in these unwieldy units\, how we embroider with and untangle these familial threads that can heal or hinder. Send us your poems\, your family recipes\, your generational myths\, your memories that you’ve borne\, your visions for the future. \nPlease read our print journal and online quarterly: http://merliterary.com \nWe publish poetry (up to 3 poems\, no more than 5 pages)\, and fiction\, creative prose/nonfiction\, and hybrid works (up to 1000 words) on mothering or motherhood. You need not be a mother to submit. Our calendar conforms to Eastern Time. \nSubmit work that has not been previously published online or in print. Simultaneous submissions are okay\, but please let us know promptly if your submission is accepted elsewhere\, by using your Submittable.com account to add a note to your submission telling us which titles are no longer available for consideration. \nSubmissions will be considered for the print issue and for MER Online on our website unless you specify that you are only submitting for one or the other. If you have previously submitted to MER online or print\, we request that you submit work other than that previously submitted. \nPLEASE NOTE: If your work was included in the Mom Egg Review Vol. 23\, please wait until next year to submit in the same genre to our print issue. You may submit in a different genre. If you submit work in the genre previously published\, it will be considered for online publication only. \n  \nHow to submit \nWe use Submittable for online submissions\, and do not accept paper or email submissions. \nCover letter: Please include the title(s) of each individual work in the submission and a brief (50-75 word) third person bio. \nSubmit your work in one document named “Last name\, First name\, Genre.”  We strongly prefer .doc\, docx\, .txt\, or .rtf. If your work requires a pdf\, please email us at mersubmissions@gmail.com and attach the pdf. \nPoetry: Please submit up to 3 poems in a single word or text document of no more than 6 pages with the file name Last name\, First name\, Poetry. Please number your pages and start each poem on a separate page. Important: Please left justify your poem without indenting and single space your poem unless indenting or extra spacing is an integral part of the poem. \nCreative Prose\, Fiction\, Cross-genre: Please submit one piece up to 1000 words\, or several short-short pieces that total fewer than 1000 words in all\, in a single word or text document with the file name Last name\, First name\, Genre. Please double space\, number your pages\, and put title of the submission (but not your name) on top of each page. \nContact: MERsubmissions@gmail.com (Please be sure to add this address to your email program so that you can receive correspondence from us). We will add all submitters to our mailing list (we send a bimonthly newsletter) but you may unsubscribe if you wish. \n\nTerms of publication \nYou represent that you created the piece\, you own the rights to the piece\, and allow us to publish it. If you collaborated with anyone or thing (eg. AI) in creating the piece\, you must note that on the page. MER acquires first-time publication rights to the piece. We also reserve the right to republish it in a future electronic and/or print collections. Back issues are archived indefinitely. Rights return to the authors after publication; after the contributions have appeared in MER\, the authors may republish their pieces in any manner they wish but it is requested they acknowledge prior publication in MER. \nWe are a volunteer organization\, and are unable to pay for pieces at this time. A complimentary PDF contributor copy of the complete issue will be emailed to contributors prior to the launch date. You will also have the opportunity to purchase hard copies at reduced contributor rates if you wish. \nWe will respond by November 2025. The issue will be published in April 2026. \nThanks for submitting to MER. We look forward to reading your work. \n\n\n  \nSubmission fee: $3
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-mom-egg-review-mer-seeking-submissions-on-mother-family-for-issue-24/
LOCATION:Mom Egg Review (MER)
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN- Epistemic Literary Seeking Submissions on the Theme of: Nostalgia
DESCRIPTION:Theme: Nostalgia \n\n\n\n\nFor our sixth issue\, we’re exploring the idea of NOSTALGIA. Whether a longing for the sentiments of the past\, or a marketing trend that capitalizes on childhood favorites\, we often find comfort in yesterday when today presents challenges. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBut that comfort is often rooted in the pain of longing\, the disdain for change\, and the fear of moving forward. \nHow does this powerful force influence your life? \nExpected publication late August 2025. Please submit a new form for each genre. \nGenre: \nPoetry\, including prose poems: One poem\, up to two pages – Read by Kristin. *Editors note: I have a strong preference for shorter\, free-verse works but I’d love for you to knock my socks off with longer\, metrical\, or rhyming works. \nFlash and MicroFiction: maximum three pieces up to a total of 1500 words – read by Melissa \nCreative Nonfiction (CNF): maximum two pieces up to 1k words each – read by Genalea \n(All final decisions are joint.) \nFormat: Please submit your work using our Google Form. Attach your file as a Doc or docx (If this is a problem submit how you need to and give us a heads up in your email)\, saved as “genre-last name” such as “Poetry-Houlihan.” No cover letter required; we will ask for a short third-person bio with website upon acceptance. \nSimultaneous submissions and previously published work are welcome; please note the original publication so we may give appropriate credit. Collaborations are welcome. \nAll submissions will receive a response prior to publication.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-epistemic-literary-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-of-nostalgia/
LOCATION:Epistemic Literary
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - Drifting Sands: A Journal of Haibun and Tanka Prose Seeking Haibun on the Theme of Peace
DESCRIPTION:Submission Period: July 1-15 \nGuest Editor: Anna Cates\nThis issue’s theme is peace and related themes\, such as nonviolence and war versus peace. Most people value peace\, so why is the world so full of conflict? Let’s use the occasion of writing and enjoying great haibun to present on the topic. I am only looking for great haibun. I like fresh and precise language\, originality\, and imagery. I will give equal consideration to both experimental/unconventional and traditional haibun. \nPublication: September 15 \nGuidelines\n\n\nSubmission guidelines should be strictly adhered to.\nThe expectation is that your submission comes in edited and polished. Do not expect the guest editor to workshop your submission. Thank you!\nWhile the guest editor will make every effort to communicate the decision as soon as possible\, please wait two weeks after the submission deadline has passed to query about your submission.\nYour haibun/tanka prose must be original\, previously unpublished\, and not under consideration by any other journal. Works posted on social media platforms or personal blogs will be considered.\nPlease send your haibun/tanka prose in the body of the email. Do not send attachments\, we will not open them!\n\n\n  \nResponse Time\n\nWhile the guest editor will make every effort to communicate a decision as soon as possible\, please wait two weeks after the deadline to query about your submission. \nWhere to Submit\nSend ONE UNPUBLISHED haibun OR tanka prose to dsh.submissions@gmail.com \n\n\nFormat Your Submission as follows\nSubject Line of Email\nThe subject of your regular submission emails should be formatted EXACTLY as follows:\nSub\, Your Name\, Date (in the format: mm/dd/yyyy).\n\nExample: Sub\, Marcus Tullius Cicero\, 01/01/2023\n\nBody of Email\nPlease send the following in the email’s body (IN EXACTLY THIS ORDER). No attachments.—(Do not include labels like “Email\, Name\, Location\, etc. See example below.) \n\n—Your cover letter (We like a cover letter but keep it short\, please) \n—Email Address \n—Your Work’s Title (in bold)\n— Your Name\n— City\, State/Province\, Country \n—Dedication or Epigraph (if any)\n—Body of Your Work\n—Footnotes (if any) \n\n\nExample Email (See\, no labels). \ncicero@roman-senate.org \nDe finibus bonorum et malorum\nMarcus Tullius Cicero\nRome\, Italy \nLorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Ea officiis expedita est similique accusamus est commodi rerum et minus similique? In optio nostrum qui dolor eaque ab mollitia fuga aspernatur sapiente eos magni dolorem ex velit excepturi. Sit libero consectetur qui voluptas minima ad rerum unde qui sunt maxime et aliquid voluptates et blanditiis praesentium id magni nostrum? Ut soluta recusandae sit omnis quos ut adipisci minima. \nnothing wrong\nwith filling up the page\nwith meaningful nonsense\njust make sure\nto check your spelling
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-drifting-sands-a-journal-of-haibun-and-tanka-prose-seeking-haibun-on-the-theme-of-peace/
LOCATION:Drifting Sands: A Journal of Haibun and Tanka Prose
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Jelly Squid Magazine Seeking Compressed Works
DESCRIPTION:Introducing our fourth issue\, MINI SQUID!\n\nMINI SQUID will be a mini-issue showcasing mini-work and published IN PRINT. Starting June 6th\, we’ll be accepting submissions of tiny\, mini\, compressed work – short poems\, microfiction etcetera.\n\nThe weather’s warming up; the sky appears clearer and brighter each day; daylight extends\, slowly but surely\, further and further into the evening hours. With this change of seasons comes something we’re incredibly excited about – our very first print issue\, and one featuring specifically mini\, tiny\, micro\, and otherwise compressed work.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis turn towards “mini” work is hugely intentional for us. It’s been a difficult year so far; we find ourselves living in a time that feels\, overall\, unlivable. As a publication\, our response is to simplify. What does art become without the luxuries of extensive prose\, flowery language\, elaborate constructions of plot? When we strip our work down to its core\, what will we find?\n\nShort work is powerful and succinct. It finds ways to not only overcome its limitations but become empowered by them\, use them as tools. This is the sort of energy we’re seeking out these days. Short work\, simplified work\, compressed work; these tiny pieces of art feel like sparks of something powerful. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMINI SQUID GUIDELINES\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMINI SQUID will be a mini-issue showcasing mini-work and published IN PRINT. Starting June 6th\, we’ll be accepting submissions of tiny\, mini\, compressed work – short poems\, microfiction etcetera. Here’s everything you need to know: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPOETRY\n 6 lines maximum per poem (and one word minimum – these works can be as short as you like). Send us no more than three poems total. Please try to avoid excessive use of spacing; we’d like to see poems that approach a small amount of space as an opportunity rather than a limitation. \n\nFICTION & NONFICTION\n   500 words maximum per piece. Send us no more than three pieces. Guidelines are the same for both fiction and nonfiction\, but please identify the genre of your work in your submission email.\n\nOTHER/HYBRID\n Three pieces maximum. We’ll leave it to you to read the guidelines from our other genres and apply them to your work. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe know this is a lot of new information to take in\, so please don’t hesitate to email (jellysquidmag@gmail.com) or message us on our socials with any questions!\n\nPlease continue reading below for our general guidelines – this will tell you more about what we do and don’t accept\, how to format your work\, and more.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGENERAL SUBMISSION GUIDELINES\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJelly Squid was created out of a desire to seek out and uplift voices that feel innovative and new. We accept prose\, poetry\, and visual art\, as well as work that falls into several of those categories (we love hybrid work!). Though we are based in the PNW and aim to use our platform to uplift underrepresented voices from our local community\, we accept English-language submissions from anywhere in the world. \n\nPlease send all submissions by email to jellysquidmag@gmail.com. If your submission includes multiple pieces\, please submit all of them in one document. PDFs are preferred. Please only send us one submission in one category per reading period. We also ask that you send us a short third-person bio along with your submission. Do not include your name anywhere in the document you are submitting.\n\nJelly Squid accepts work from writers of all backgrounds\, but we are especially interested in publishing work from writers who have been published six times or less (or not at all). This is not a requirement\, but if this is you\, please let us know! We want to give your work the time and attention it deserves. We love to see work from young writers\, but please do not submit if you are under 18. Also do not submit work created using AI. Also – this should go without saying\, but we want to be clear – we at Jelly Squid do not stand for transphobia\, racism\, homophobia\, misogyny\, zionism\, ableism\, anti-semitism\, xenophobia\, or any bigotry of any sort. Black lives matter\, trans lives matter\, free Palestine – if you disagree\, don’t submit. If you send us work that expresses bigoted views\, we will automatically reject it and will not consider any future work you might send our way. \n\nWe accept simultaneous submissions\, but make sure to let us know. If you have to withdraw a piece (or pieces)\, please let us know immediately via email. We do not accept previously published work (work that has been posted on personal websites or social media is ok). If you’ve had your work published by us before\, please wait to submit again until a full issue cycle has passed since the issue you were published in (for example\, if you had your work published in Issue 1\, you can submit to us again for Issue 3). \n\nWe do not currently offer payment upon publication as we are small and independently run\, but we hope this can change at some point in the future. Submissions are always free. All rights revert to authors upon publication.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-jelly-squid-magazine-seeking-compressed-works/
LOCATION:Jelly Squid Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - The Shallot: Journal of Mental Health\, Art\, and Literature Seeking Submissions on the Theme: Reflection and Growth
DESCRIPTION:Theme: Reflection and Growth \nYou are not an inanimate object\, but a human. Full of hope\, joy\, pain\, struggle\, sadness\, love\, yearning. Your existence is precious and not guaranteed. \nIt is easy to work or worry yourself into the ground\, buried by rock after rock\, weight after weight\, of the world’s mighty problems. If you do not give yourself time to be… you. To nourish that which is yourself\, it can disappear or become but a faded perspective of you.\nFor those views that you want to cherish and keep\, reflect often. Be conscious of who you are and what it is to be comfortable in your own skin\, even when that means being comfortable with the feeling of being uncomfortable. \nYou are only human. You may feel torn or pulled between perspectives and ideal outcomes. Let that feeling flow through you. That feeling\, of letting yourself feel uncomfortable\, but accepting it as okay and not needing to pass judgment: that is growth. \nConsider this feeling and how your writing helps you feel more connected to yourself. \nFor this edition\, send us something that makes you reflect and represents your growth. Share your vision. Write about the power of knowing oneself. Whatever strikes your fancy. You may submit 2 poems or short stories in each category. \n  \nSubmission Guidelines\nTwo submissions per writer of no longer than 1000 words at this time for a maximum of four submissions. You can submit multiple pieces in the same entry. \nYou may submit 2 poems or short stories in each category. \n  \n\nGeneral Requirements\n\n\nInclude Biography \n\nAlways include a third-person author/artist/professional bio. The bio should be at least 1-2 sentences and up to 50 words. 450-500 characters maximum. More extended bios will not be accepted.\nWe will publish the bio\, your pronouns\, and links to your social media that you include.\nWe reserve the right to make grammatical changes while copyediting\, but you will get to approve the final version.\nCountry of origin or the country that you identify with.\n\nQuestions \n\nAnswer all required questions in the submission system.\nYou must be 18 years of age or older to enter.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-the-shallot-journal-of-mental-health-art-and-literature-reflection-and-growth/
LOCATION:The Shallot Journal of Mental Health\, Art\, and Literature
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to Please See Me Issue #17. Theme: Free
DESCRIPTION:What does it mean to you to be truly Free–to live your best life no matter your health or caregiving challenges? \n\nTo be free of a diagnosis or illness because you have healed or overcome the worst of it?\nTo come to place of resolve or acceptance with any diagnosis or illness–yours or that of a loved one?\nTo have found a way to share caregiving responsibilities?\n\nWhat does it look like for you when you do not feel free? \n\nTo be tethered to illness and what that diagnosis requires of you\nTo be a caregiver\nWhen life\, relationships\, or health make you feel anything but free?\n\nOur PSM Issue #17 theme provides an opportunity to reflect on how health — mind\, body\, and spirit — limit\, challenge\, define or inspire our ability to feel free. \nFor providers: What does it mean to feel free to provide the care you believe is necessary? To care for not only your patients\, but those you love? What does free healthcare mean to you? \nThese are the stories in all forms–creative nonfiction\, short stories\, and poetry–we are curating for Fall Issue #17. \nAs always – our theme is a place to start. Be sure to follow all Please See Me general Submission Guidelines\, and consider entering our Mental Health Awareness Writing Contest! \n  \nSubmission Guidelines\nPoetry\nPlease submit a maximum of three poems at a time. \nFiction\nPlease submit short stories up to 4\,000 words in length\, double-spaced\, 12 point serif font. \nCreative Nonfiction\nPlease submit nonfiction pieces up to 4\,000 words in length\, double-spaced\, 12 point serif font. \nWe will look at excepts of longer works on a case-by-case basis; please query us with a description of your project before submitting longer work.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-please-see-me-issue-17-theme-free/
LOCATION:Please See Me
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Limit Experience Journal Seeking Submissions on the Theme: Sexual Congruency and the Wilds Within
DESCRIPTION:Sexual congruency generally refers to the internal alignment and harmony between a person’s sexual identity\, orientation\, desires\, and outward expression. It’s when someone’s internal sense of their sexuality—how they feel\, who they’re attracted to\, what they want—is in sync with how they live and express it in the world. It doesn’t necessarily mean conformity to external norms or expectations\, but rather a kind of internal coherence\, authenticity\, and truthfulness to self. \nFor some\, sexual congruency might come naturally; for others\, it might require a long process of unlearning shame\, navigating societal pressures\, or coming to terms with identity. \nAt its core\, sexual congruency is about feeling whole and honest in one’s sexual self which requires yielding to inner truth while navigating the persona we present while engaging in external experience. \nWe’re interested in reviewing work that is daring yet not overly performative. Honest but willful in its exploration of edges. We look forward to hearing from you. \n  \nSubmission fee: $6.93
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-limit-experience-journal-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-sexual-congruency-and-the-wilds-within/
LOCATION:Limit Experience Journal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PF - The Clayjar Review Seeking Submissions on the Theme: Rooted
DESCRIPTION:Submissions\n\ntheme\nOur Summer 2025 theme is Rooted.For our summer issue\, we invite you to consider the particularities of the people and places you know and love.What might it mean for you/us to emulate the “settling down” of Christ?Consider the ethos of writers such as Wendell Berry\, Annie Dillard\, and Marilynne Robinson to inform your work. Don’t shy away from your corner of the world\, however unassuming you may consider it. \nRead more about our summer theme here: Rooted \n\n\nguidelines\n\n\npoetry:\n\n\nSee “About” section to get a feel for what kind of poetry we are looking for \n\n\nUp to 3 poems per submission \n\n\nPoems can be any length \n\n\nSimultaneous submissions are accepted\, but please inform us if your piece is accepted elsewhere \n\n\n\n\nprose:\n\n\nProse is distinct from poetry in that it has a more natural flow of speech & structure; see “About” section to get a feel for what we are looking for \n\n\nLess than 1\,000 words \n\n\nOne prose piece per submission \n\n\nSimultaneous submissions are accepted\, but please let us know if your piece is accepted elsewhere \n\n\n\n\nmusings:\n\n\nOur Musings are meant to set readers on a path to meditating on certain concepts or certain aspects of God’s character. Part of being a Christian is accepting that we don’t know everything\, that there are things we cannot explain\, Musings can tackle these areas and leave readers in a place of pondering. \n\n\nNo less than 500 words\, no more than 1\,000 \n\n\n\n\ncraft:\n\n\nCraft articles should explain a creative exercise or form that creative writers can use to hone their craft. Your post should include both a clear connection on how this exercise relates to the spiritual discipline of writing and an example of the completed exercise so your readers can have a practical model to follow. \n\n\nYou can also choose to explore the work of a particular writer in a Craft Article. Your post should directly reference one or more of the poet’s work and how they might be a model for us today\, both in a spiritual and practical approach to writing. \n\n\nNo less than 1\,500 words\, no more than 2\,000 \n\n\nCraft Submissions will be exclusively posted on our Substack and are open year-round. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNo-nos\nWe do not consider works that include profanity\, dark humor\, explicit content\, or sexual innuendo. We will not publish works created by or altered by artificial intelligence\, as well as works that have been fully or partially plagiarized. \nWe do not accept works that have been previously published by other journals or magazines (Personal blogs are acceptable). \n\nWe’re honored to review your work! Clayjar Review asks for first time rights and acknowledgement as the first place of publication. Published pieces will be archived on our website as well.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pf-the-clayjar-review-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-rooted/
LOCATION:The Clayjar Review
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to Opal Age Tribune. Theme: Fata Morgana
DESCRIPTION:Fata Morgana is a mirage\, an Italian word and the Arthurian sorceress Morgan Le Fey’s creation. For this edition\, we’re embracing the allure of illusion and taking chances on castles in the sky.\nWe’re interpreting Fata Morgana as something that makes your soul feel like it’s going 200 kph while your body stays still. The embodiment of the feeling of yearning and dreaming after seeing a movie that really hits in the theater\, walking away with a piece of your soul still sitting in chocolate shelled velvet seats. \nIt’s the moment before making a decision that will change the trajectory of your life\, or the memory of being seven years old and working up the courage to try sour candy for the first time. Or it’s serendipitous moments that you just can’t explain. \nWhat are we looking for? Send us your flash fiction\, eternity glimmers\, poetry\, inexplicable sensations\, soul whispers\, prose\, acts of free will\, theoretical essays\, serendipitous happenings\, plays\, incomprehensible mystery\, paintings\, consciousness glimpses\, esoteric musings\, analysis of art that makes your heartbeat a little faster\, personal mythologies\, perpetual yearnings\, memory expressions\, immortality tips\, lore\, out of body experiences\, daily magics\, whimsy awakenings\, ancestral healing\, fashion\, messages from friendly spirits\, butterfly effects\, personal philosophies\, string theories\, wonders\, the indomitable human spirit. \nDo I have to be queer to submit?\nOpal Age is a space dedicated and created by queer community.\n\n\nWe use words like “queer” so as to not be limited in our scope. Further\, “queerness” is in alignment with our philosophy. After all\, we dream borderlessly. \nIt is not required to disclose your identity to us. This is to honor the private lives of those who submit. Please do not assume the identity\, in turn\, of those who are published. \nWe will always shamelessly be a queer creative collective but we know too well the confines of the closet and societal dangers queer individuals face internationally. \nIt is our assumption and practice that those who submit are in solidarity with the queer community; our struggles and our limitless capacity for joy. \n\n\n  \nWhat to include in your submission\nPlease send your work in an editable format. Google Docs are preferred. \nInclude: \n1. Preferred name to be published with your work (or mark “anonymous” if you don’t want to share your name) \n2. Your Pronouns \n3. Social Media Handle for others to follow you and credit your work (optional) \n4. Where you’re from \n5. Type of Submission: \nEx: Letters\, Theory\, Poetry\, etc. \n6. Any Other Info You Want to include with your work \n(Images\, Medium\, Inspirations\, etc.) \nWe will be in contact with you a few days after submissions end to let you know if your work will be included in the next edition. \nWho can submit? Anyone and everyone. Aspiring creatives or those who have already been in the spotlight. See our submissions page for more details. \n  \nIs there  word count requirement?\nNo minimum\, 2000 word maximum per piece. (for now…) >:) \n  \nReady to submit?\nSend your piece as a .jpg\, .png\, Google Doc\, or PDF to opalagetribune@gmail.com
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-opal-age-tribune-theme-fata-morgana/
LOCATION:Opal Age Tribune
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Submissions are Open for JADE&COMPASS. Theme: True North
DESCRIPTION:TRUE NORTH\n\n\nFor this theme\, we want a humanized yet nonhuman narrative: give us your work that blinds us and binds us\, turns rivers into veins and thunder into circuitry. Build us a blueprint that cartographs the way to your True North. \ngeneral guidelines\nYou will submit your writing in a Google Form\, where you will enter your full name\, email\, the name of the piece of writing\, and the category of writing (prose\, poetry\, or miscellaneous). In addition\, please submit a short writer’s bio with max 300 characters. \nWe accept previously published work\, and accept simultaneous submissions. If accepted elsewhere\, promptly let us know. All submitted work must be your original pieces. Do not submit any writing that is AI-generated or plagiarized. Our editors go through extensive checks to make sure that your literature is original. You may use other pieces as inspiration. \nFor accepted pieces\, JADE&COMPASS asks for First North American Serial Rights and First Electronic Rights. After publication\, all rights will revert back to the author. Authors may resubmit their work elsewhere once the piece has been published on this magazine provided that they credit this publication. If your work has been previously published\, we ask for Second Serial Rights and Archival Rights with all rights reverting back to the author after publication. We reserve the nonexclusive rights to publish and archive all accepted submissions. ​ \nAnything discriminatory\, and/or offensive will not be reviewed or published. \nWe will get back to you within a week with a decision on your work. If we take longer than that\, do query. We give free feedback\, but do let us know if you would prefer not to receive any. At this time\, we are not a paying publication. \nSubmission Format: \n\n\nPlease submit a .pdf file \n\n\nProse: 1\,500 words or fewer \n\n\nPoetry: 5 pages 1.5 spaced or fewer \n\n\n\nIf you have any questions\, please contact us via email at jadeandcompass@gmail.com
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-submissions-are-open-for-jadecompass-theme-true-north/
LOCATION:JADE&COMPASS
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Amsterdam Quarterly Seeking Works Focused on the Theme: Between Hope & Despair
DESCRIPTION:The theme for AQ44 (reading period July 2025) is Between Hope & Despair. Send us work for this issue about conflicts that transported you through this emotional spectrum and that left you without a feeling of which way to turn and/or to whom. \nYou may submit work to Amsterdam Quarterly at submissions@amsterdamquarterly.org \nWork must be previously unpublished and submitted in a recent Microsoft Word file format. (Self-published work is considered as published). Poems should be no longer than two A4 pages; articles\, fiction\, essays and other prose\, no more than 3\,000 words. Submit no more than two pieces (for example\, two poems or one poem and one short story) per person per reading period. Please indicate your last name and Amsterdam Quarterly submission in the subject line of your e-mail. \nAQ retains first publication and serialization rights for its online magazine as well as for its print-on-demand yearbook. No simultaneous submissions. Please note: due to increased postage and printing costs and new customs duties and tariffs\, as of issue #33 (spring 2022)\, AQ will only be able to offer one copy of the AQ Yearbook as payment to its published artists and writers for their work.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-amsterdam-quarterly-seeking-works-focused-on-the-theme-between-hope-despair/
LOCATION:Amsterdam Quarterly
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SUMMARY:PF - Submissions Open for Phylum Press. Theme: Bryophytes / Phoenix Moss
DESCRIPTION:Made up of mosses\, liverworts and hornworts\, bryophytes are small land plants which can live in a wide range of temperatures\, elevations and moistures.\nThey do not need roots to survive\, instead taking in water and nutrients from the air. These small lifeforms are able to produce both sexually and asexually\, making them a truly adaptable phylum capable of living quite literally between a rock and a hard place so long as they have a bit of water to help them grow.\nThroughout time\, humans have used bryophytes to test for pollution\, protect plants\, create serene gardens\, and even dress wounds in WW1.\n\n  \nSubmissions Guide\n\nWe’re looking for fiction and poetry that takes its inspiration from the world around us\, especially that which somehow engages with the current Phylum.\nWord Count: Up to 5\,000 words for fiction and up to 5 pages for poetry. If you want to surpass either of these\, pitch us a case why!\nSimultaneous submissions are allowed. Phylum Press is made up of writers just like you\, and we know how hard submitting can be.  That being said\, please only submit your original\, unpublished work.\n\n  \nPlease email submissions to phylumpress@gmail.com with: \n\nYour work attached as a PDF file\,\n“SUBMISSION – [Last name\, Title]” in the subject line\,\nThe category/genre of your piece\,\nA 100-word author bio which includes your name\, the title of your piece(s)\, your website or artist’s social media handle (optional)\, and anything else you think is important to mention\,\nConfirmation that the piece is your own work\, and you will inform us if it is published elsewhere.\n\n  \nNote:\n\nIf we think your work is not quite there\, we may offer you a conditional acceptance and request some edits. It is your right as an author to determine whether or not you want to take our suggestions\, but refusing may limit your opportunities with our journal.\n\n 
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pf-phylum-press-bryophytes-phoenix-moss/
LOCATION:Phylum Press
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - Allegro Poetry Magazine Seeking Submissions on the Theme of Gold
DESCRIPTION:Submit\n\n\n\nGuidelines \n\nPlease read these guidelines carefully as due to the volume of poems received submissions that do not follow them are deleted without being considered.\n\nAllegro is open for submissions until 31st July 2025 for poems on the theme of ‘Gold’.  \nPoems pasted in the body of an email. No attachments. \nNo simultaneous submissions or previously published work. Previously published includes appearance on personal websites or blogs that are visible to the public. \n\nOnly one submission per poet for each window. \nMaximum four poems per submission. \nMaximum length for each poem 40 lines. \nInclude a third person biography maximum 50 words. \nEmail address for submissions allegropoetry at gmail dot com \nIn submitting to Allegro Poetry Magazine you confirm that the work is your own and that you own the copyright. \nAs a free magazine Allegro Poetry Magazine has no income and so cannot pay contributors. \nOnce your work has been published by Allegro Poetry Magazine you are free to use it elsewhere but please credit Allegro Poetry Magazine as the place of first publication.
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LOCATION:Allegro Poetry Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Open Call for Masque & Spectacle: An Arts & Literary Journal. The Theme: Magic
DESCRIPTION:We are proud supporters of LGBTQ+ and minority individuals and communities and strive to make our publication a safe place for non-traditional voices and visions.\nSubmission Guidelines\nThe theme for our September Issue is magic. \nWe do not accept previously published work\, and we ask for First Electronic Rights and Non-Exclusive Archival Rights upon acceptance. Unfortunately\, we are unable to pay contributors at this time. \nSimultaneous submissions are accepted\, but please let us know if your work has been accepted elsewhere. Additionally\, we do not typically publish the same authors in back-to-back issues. \nFor any queries\, please contact us at masqueandspectacle@gmail.com. \nFiction\nWe publish short fiction of all genres. Individual works can be up to 7\,500 words\, but we prefer shorter fiction and Flash Fiction pieces. Please send all prose submissions to masqueandspectacle@gmail.com \nPlease attach written submissions in a single Word doc or docx file.\nInclude the word “FICTION” in the email subject line. \nPoetry\nWe are looking for all forms of poetry\, including formal and experimental work. Longer works are acceptable if the content/form necessitate and best self-editing is practiced. \nNew poets are as welcome as veterans. Poems that have an association to artistic works (music\, visuals\, performance\, film\, etc.) are encouraged. Masque & Spectacle welcomes and encourages a variety of voices\, including those that identify themselves as “non-traditional.” The worlds of art and language have no boundaries. No subject is off limits\, but exploitive hate or pornographic work will not be accepted. While we fully support creative expression\, we are also sensitive to purposefully inflammatory language and images. \nSend 3-5 poems per proposal via email to masqueandspectacle@gmail.com\, as an attached Word doc or docx file. Please make sure that each poem is clearly distinguished from the others included in your attached document.\nInclude the word “POETRY” in the email subject line. \nNonfiction\nWe are looking for unpublished nonfiction essays\, literary analysis pieces\, and personal essay/memoirs of up to 7\,500 words. Shorter pieces are preferred. \nSend nonfiction submissions to masqueandspectacle@gmail.com. Attach written submissions Word doc or docx file\, and include the word “NONFICTION” in the email subject line. \n  \nResponses can be expected within a month. Acceptance rate is around 10%. Submissions not titled/tagged or formatted or properly under the Submissions Guidelines will not be considered for publication. We only consider one submission per author/format per reading period. We generally avoid publishing authors in consecutive issues.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-open-call-for-masque-spectacle-an-arts-literary-journal-on-the-theme-of-magic/
LOCATION:Masque & Spectacle
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Brink Literary Journal Open for Submissions Engaging the Theme of Obsession
DESCRIPTION:Through Submittable\, we accept a variety of hybrid work from work that resists categories\, Nonfiction to Fiction\, from Poetry to Translation. \nWe are interested in writing that presses boundaries by using more than one medium to tell a story; work that looks and feels different on the page. Additionally\, we look for submissions that engage the issue’s theme and the notion of being on the brink. We’re open to a variety of approaches\, but we’re not interested in sentimental or ready-made verse and will not accept any work that include racist\, misogynistic\, homophobic\, or other forms of hateful language. Please submit only unpublished pieces and notify us if your simultaneous submission is accepted elsewhere. \nBrink is open for hybrid and cross-genre submissions of any length and style engaging the theme of obsession. \nAt first glance\, obsession indicates preoccupation. It gestures toward desire. Obsessions command our attention\, motivate our actions\, and are always top of mind. \nBut the etymology of obsession hints at a different story. The root of the word indicates the action of besieging\, or\, as we might say in today’s language\, sitting. When you obsess\, you place yourself before something—an object\, a person\, an idea\, a task. This posture is not passive; it is active. Your presence is an investment. Your presence indicates your desire to absorb\, encompass\, and command. To learn. \nPlease note\, we are not interested in stories of harassment\, stalking\, or unequal displays of power or abuse. Instead\, tell us about your obsession with exoskeletons or your childhood obsession with reading the dictionary. Interrogate your obsession with tacos. What was the last thing you actively sat down to learn? Show us the space around obsession: what leads to it? What happens when it fades? Take us to the brink of obsession. \n\nPoetry\nPlease send us 3-5 unpublished poems\, totaling no more than 10 pages\, in a single document. \n\nThe poetry readers at Brink look for and are drawn to:\nFresh\, surprising\, evocative language\nPoems that create their own atmosphere\nFormal inventiveness and adventurousness\nPoems with an emotional core\nPoems that enact or embody tension narratively\, formally\, or emotionally\nPoems that give us a new understanding of what a poem can be\n\n\nFiction\nPlease submit no more than one piece that does not exceed 3\,000 words.\n\nNonfiction\nWe’re looking for work that reignites our idea of what an essay can do or be. We’re particularly excited about flash essays\, ekphrasis nonfiction\, lists\, diary entries\, erasures\, manifestos\, intense lyricism\, auto-theory\, translations\, and revelatory ruptures in form and syntax that breaks\, and remakes\, language anew. \nPlease submit no more than one piece that does not exceed 3\,000 words.
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LOCATION:Brink Literary Journal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - The Spoon Knife Anthology Series Now Accepting Submissions on the Theme: Polarities
DESCRIPTION:Call for Submissions: Spoon Knife 10\n\n\nAutonomous Press is now accepting submissions of short fiction\, creative nonfiction\, and poetry for the 10th volume of Spoon Knife\, our annual genre-bending lit anthology. \nPlease read this whole page carefully before submitting; some details have changed this time around! \nTheme\nThe theme for Spoon Knife 10 will be Polarities. \nPolarities: pairs of opposite forces or qualities or tendencies. Good and evil. Love and hate. Life and death. Heroism and villainy. Feminine and masculine. Night and day. Vice and virtue. Old and new. Order and chaos. The public persona and the hidden shadow self. The mundane everyday world and that which lies beyond. \nWhat polarity lies at the heart of your story? In what ways does it manifest? What happens when the two sides of the polarity come into contact or conflict\, or when one transforms into the other? \nWhat We’re Looking For\nOne of the things that’s always set Spoon Knife apart from other anthology series is the wild diversity of genres represented in each volume. Each volume has its own theme\, and we aim to show how that theme can be woven into stories across multiple disparate genres. \nIn a given volume of Spoon Knife\, you might find the theme explored in tales of magical realism\, science fiction\, absurdist satire\, swords-and-sorcery\, historical romance\, and horror\, not to mention creative nonfiction and poetry. We especially love stories that defy established genre categories or creatively blend genres. \nUltimately\, our criteria for assessing a submission boil down to this: is it a good\, engaging\, and well-written story that plays with the volume’s theme in an interesting way? \nIf you’re not familiar with Spoon Knife\, please have a look at our most recent volume (that would be volume 8 at the moment\, since 9 is still in press) to get a sense of what we’re after. \nWhat We’re Not Looking For\nWe don’t accept simultaneous submissions\, or work that’s already been published elsewhere. \nWe don’t accept fanfic; any fictional characters or settings featured in your work must be your own original creations. \nThough we love well-written tales of social satire\, we don’t accept preachy or transparently didactic work that beats the reader over the head with some simplistic political lesson which could have been summed up in a social media post. \nSubmission Format\nWe only accept submissions in the form of Word documents (either .doc or .docx files). \nAll submissions must meet the following formatting criteria in order to be considered for publication: \n\n1-inch margins all around.\nNo headers\, footers\, or page numbers.\nNo title page\, just the title and your name at the beginning of the first page.\n12-point Times New Roman font.\nLine spacing set at 1.5 (not single-spaced or double-spaced).\nAbsolutely no underlining; use italics instead.\nFor em dashes\, please use the em dash character (not a hyphen or pair of hyphens)\, with no space in between the em dash and the surrounding words.\nUse serial commas (aka Oxford commas).\nThoroughly proofread and spell-check your submission before sending.\n\nNon-poetry submissions must also follow these formatting guidelines: \n\nFirst line of each paragraph indented this one doesn’t apply to poetry submissions.\nNo extra whitespace between paragraphs (i.e.\, only hit Return once after each paragraph)\n\nMaximum length for submissions is 10k words. Exception: You can assume this limit to be as flexible as you need it to be if you’re an author whom we’ve published in a previous Spoon Knife volume or whose submission the editors have actively solicited. \nSubmission Process\nEmail all submissions to info@autpress.com. The subject line of your email should be your name plus the words “Spoon Knife 10 Submission.” Because we get a ridiculous amount of email\, it’s important that you follow this email title format in order to prevent your submission from accidentally getting overlooked. \nDue to limited space and the large number of submissions each volume receives\, we’ll only accept one story per author. \nIf you’re submitting poetry\, you may send up to three poems (please send all of them in a single email). \nThere’s no need to send an author bio with your submission. If your submission is accepted\, we’ll be reaching out to you for a bio closer to the date of publication. \nOur editorial process for accepted submissions includes a close copy-edit. We’ll check in with you if it looks like there needs to be any change to your piece beyond basic typo fixes. Please note that we do not send pre-print author proofs. \nPayment and Rights\nPayment for accepted submissions will be $30 plus 1 cent per word\, sent near the time of the book’s release. You’ll also receive a free contributor copy of the book\, with the option of purchasing additional copies at a deeply discounted wholesale rate. \nYou retain the rights to reprint your work elsewhere in the future\, as long as you wait until at least six months after this volume of Spoon Knife is published. \nContributors will be notified of acceptance or rejection in January 2026. \nSpoon Knife 10 will be published in May 2026.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-the-spoon-knife-anthology-series-now-accepting-submissions-on-the-theme-polarities/
LOCATION:The Spoon Knife Anthology Series
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Rosetta Literary Seeking Submissions on the Theme: Undercurrent
DESCRIPTION:For Issue 2\, Rosetta is looking for writers and artists aged 14+ that want to make a splash. Write about the things that float under the radar\, write about real-world issues\, write about things that hurt\, write about things that rage. Bring us your new perspective\, bring us the tide. We also invite you to play with form (white space\, stanzas\, etc.) and show us the depths of your artistic creativity within your work. While imagery is important for all writers\, we want to see more of it in this issue as well. Also\, your submission doesn’t need ocean imagery. \nguidelines\n \nWe ask that all submissions are in Times New Roman\, 12 point font\, and are single spaced (poetry) or double spaced (prose). You may submit up to five poems and three prose pieces (all in separate files please). Poems shouldn’t be longer than 3 pages each\, and prose submissions should not be longer than 15 pages. Works in a different language are allowed (and encouraged!) but an English translation must be provided for our editors. If selected\, both versions will be published. Also\, if you submit a document\, please turn on sharing view for everyone. \nWe accept previously unpublished and previously published writing. For the former\, we ask for First North American Serial and Electronic Serial Rights\, and for the latter we ask for Second North American Serial and Electronic Serial Rights. Simultaneous submissions are allowed and encouraged. \nAI generated content is prohibited and we expect all work to be original! \ndates & deadlines\n \nThe deadline to submit is 7/31/2025 and we plan on publishing our first issue in late August. If you submit\, please expect an email response a month or two after submission with either a rejection\, acceptance\, or acceptance with edits (which is where if you choose\, we will work with you to edit the piece into something that aligns closer with the quality we are looking for).
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-rosetta-literary-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-undercurrent/
LOCATION:Rosetta Literary
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to Bi Women Quarterly. Theme: Aging
DESCRIPTION:Fall 2025: aging\n\n\n\n\nSomething we all have in common: getting older. How are you experiencing the phases of your life? What’s going on with your body\, mind\, spirit\, and your feelings/expectations about relationships and/or sexuality? Do you have a bi+ bucket list? People of all ages—and especially older bi+ folks—are invited to submit work. \nBWQ features the voices of women with bi+ sexualities (i.e.\, bi\, pan\, fluid\, and other non-binary sexualities). We see “woman” as a broad category with space for an array of gender identities and expressions. We welcome contributions from bi+ women who identify as trans\, non-binary\, cis\, and beyond. \nEvery issue has a theme. While we will consider all submissions\, content related to the theme are prioritized. \nWe welcome essays\, poetry\, news articles about current issues and events related to bi+ topics\, creative writing\, musings\, and more. \nPlease submit your words in a word document (.doc\, docx or .rtf). Use single spacing\, 11 pt font in Adobe Garamond Pro (or closest available font). Please do not send pdfs. Different spacing and formatting is okay if submitting poetry but please use Adobe Garamond Pro (11pt)\, if possible. Images should be high resolution and submitted electronically in .jpg or .png format. \nBi Women Quarterly and Robyn Ochs\, Editor reserve the right to reprint your work in current and future related publications\, in print and/or online. We will attempt to notify you in advance if we do so. You retain ownership of your work and may re-use it\, provided that its previous appearance in Bi Women Quarterly is noted\, along with our website (e.g.\, “This piece previously appeared in Bi Women Quarterly (at BiWomenQuarterly.com”). \nPreviously published work may be submitted for publication provided you have permission to do so. \nNote that Bi Women Quarterly is a print and digital publication. Issues of BWQ are sent via mail and then posted online in both magazine and PDF format at BiWomenQuarterly.com \nSubmission length: there is no minimum length. Maximum length: 1500 words. Please do not send pieces over this count unless requested by the editor or approved by her. \nThe maximum number of submissions per person per issue is FOUR. \nBefore submitting your writing\, please run it through spell check and grammar check. Consider\, too\, asking a friend or two to read your piece for you and provide feedback. \nHOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:\nPlease send us your work via our SUBMISSION PORTAL.\n(https://tinyurl.com/BWQ-Submissions) \nYou will be asked for the following information: \n\nYour name\nYour email address\nYour Twitter or other social media handles (if public)\nThe name you wish to use in BWQ: (you are welcome to use a pseudonym or modify your actual name)\nName of the piece you are submitting\nA short\, 1 to 2 sentence\, 3rd person bio that includes your geographic location (e.g.: Robyn Ochs lives in the Boston area and is the editor of BWQ.) to follow your piece:\nFinally\, you are encouraged — but not required — to submit a photo with your work. Photos should be at least 300 dpi\, and have good contrast. This can be a headshot of yourself or an image relevant to your submission that you have the rights to use.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-bi-women-quarterly-theme-aging/
LOCATION:Bi Women Quarterly
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:N - HerStry Seeking "Back to School" Stories
DESCRIPTION:Back To School\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSharpen those number two pencils\, we’re headed back to class! In the month of September we want to hear about your school stories. Maybe these are childhood memories or maybe as a parent you have a new perspective on what it means to be a student these days. Or\, maybe you are a teacher with some serious stories to share. These back to school stories need not be about the actual first day of school\, but school life in general. \n** HerStry is always happy to share stories anonymously—if your story is selected for publication\, simply let your editor know you would not like your name shared ** \nTHE RULES:\nAll stories must be true and about you. \n\n\nStories must follow the theme in some way\, interpretations can be wide. \n\n\nStories must stay around 3\,000 words. \n\n\nDocuments should be double spaced\, 12Pt font with 1 inch margins and in an easy to read font. Submissions not following these guidelines are subject to disqualification. Our editors read a lot of work\, please have mercy on our eyes. \n\n\nSubmissions must be in .doc or .docx form—we do not accept PDFs. \n\n\nStories are read blind. Please DO NOT put any identifying material on your manuscript. Manuscripts that don’t follow this rule will be automatically disqualified without being read. We realize personal essays may contain your name; a first name is fine. \n\n\nPlease include a third person bio. Cover letters are fine\, but not necessary (we don’t read them\, we’re more interested in what you’ve written). \n\n\nPlease submit only once per theme. \n\n\nWe do not accept previously published stories. \n\n\n\n\n\nHerStry centers the experiences of women identifying persons. We’re looking for work from bigender/polygender persons\, cisgender women\, intergender persons/intersex persons\, nonbinary persons/gender non-conforming persons\, transgender women/transfeminine persons\, two spirit. In other words\, if you are a cis man\, please refrain from submitting. \nSubmissions Fee: $3
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/n-herstry-seeking-back-to-school-stories/
LOCATION:HerStry
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - the ruth weiss foundation Poetry Contest 2025. Theme: Ekphrasis – Art Inspiring Art
DESCRIPTION:Honoring the Legacy of ruth weiss: A Call for Ekphrastic Poetry & Film \n📢 CALLING ALL POETS & FILMMAKERS! 📢 \nThe ruth weiss Foundation invites poets\, artists\, and filmmakers to honor the ingenuity and artistic span of ruth weiss—a pioneering Beat Generation poet\, playwright\, filmmaker\, and actress—through our annual call for creative works. \n2025 theme: EKPHRASIS – Art Inspiring Art. \nWe seek original poetry submissions that explore the intersection of poetry\, visual art\, and film—reflecting the multidisciplinary spirit that defined ruth weiss’ life and work. \nCategories & Submission Guidelines: \n🖋️ Ekphrastic Poetry (1-page max)\nWrite a poem inspired by visual art\, whether a painting\, sculpture\, photograph\, or film. \n🎥 Poetry Film (2–3 minutes)\nSubmit a poetry film that draws on ruth weiss’ life\, creative ethos\, or poetic themes. Whether shot on a camera\, phone\, or other media\, we welcome innovation in the blending of poetry and film. \nAWARDS & PUBLICATION \n🏆 Annual Winners Announced late August 2025 in the following categories:\n🔹 Maverick | 🔹 Emerging | 🔹 Youth \n\nMaverick (Ages 26+) For poets who embody the bold\, boundary-pushing spirit of ruth weiss—whether published or not.\nEmerging (Ages 18–25) For passionate young writers developing their voice. Inspired by ruth weiss’s lifelong support of rising poets.\nYouth (Ages 15–18) For teen writers eager to explore poetry and express creativity through the lens of ruth weiss’s legacy\n\n  \nThe Maverick Winner will be published in Caesura\, a renowned Bay Area literary magazine\, alongside a selected still image from their poetry film. All winners will be featured in Caesura’s online edition. \n📅 Key Dates:\n📢 June 1\, 2025 – Contest Launch\n📥 August 1\, 2025 – Submission Deadline\n🎉 August 21\, 2025 – Finalists Announced\n📽 Fall 2025 (TBD )– Winner Celebration & Film Screening at the Caesura Release Party \n🎭 Celebrate the fusion of poetry and film.  \nJoin us in honoring the legacy of ruth weiss—a creative force whose life’s work continues to inspire new generations of artists. Submit your voice\, your vision\, your response to art. \n  \nEntry fee: $10
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-the-ruth-weiss-foundation-poetry-contest-2025-theme-ekphrasis-art-inspiring-art/
LOCATION:the ruth weiss foundation Poetry Contest
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:N - Mutuality Blog and Magazine Seeking Submissions about Female Theologians
DESCRIPTION:32.4 Winter 2025 | Read Women: Highlighting Female Theologians\nIn this issue of Mutuality\, we turn the spotlight on the women who have shaped theological thought throughout history. From early church leaders to modern-day scholars\, female theologians have contributed invaluable insights into Scripture\, doctrine\, and the life of faith. Join us as we highlight their writings\, ideas\, and the profound impact they’ve had on the Church and the world. How have women in theology challenged traditional views\, and what can we learn from their voices today? Let’s dive deep into the wisdom and influence of these pioneering women of faith. \nSubmission Guidelines\n\nPlease send a completed article or query letter with a brief summary to mutuality@cbeinternational.org. Include your name\, email address\, headshot\, and fifty-word biography. If accepted for publication\, you will be asked to complete an author release form. Microsoft Word is preferred.\nContent should be original and created by you. It should not have been published (or be slated for publication) elsewhere. Any borrowed or quoted material should be documented as such. Articles that have been previously published on a very small personal blog may be considered; please include a link to the blog and a note on the size of the blog’s audience.\nArticle length:\n\nMutuality print: First-person narratives and feature articles should be between 800–1\,800 words\, but we are open to considering longer pieces. Book\, movie\, and music reviews should be between 500–800 words.\nMutuality online: Blog articles should be between 600–1\,500 words in length (longer or shorter posts may be considered or split into multiple parts).\nWe are unable to consider or respond to authors who send us more than two articles at a time\, whose submissions are substantially over 3\,000 words\, or whose submissions are not sent uniquely to Mutuality.\nIt’s helpful to split articles into sections of 100–300 words each\, with descriptive headings for each section.\n\n\nWe attempt to respond to submissions as quickly as possible\, but reviewing manuscripts sometimes takes four weeks or more. We appreciate your patience. If we like your article but do not have space for it on our current schedule\, we may ask to hold it for possible future publication.\nYou agree to actively participate in the editing process as the editorial team requests. Articles may need to be shortened/lengthened\, edited for grammar and style\, and/or adjusted for clarity and alignment with CBE’s mission and core values. Substantive changes made by the editorial team will be sent to you\, the author\, for comment and approval.\nAuthors for the print edition of Mutuality will be thanked with three copies of the issue in which their article appears.\n\nTo submit an article or query\, email mutuality@cbeinternational.org.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/n-mutuality-blog-and-magazine-seeking-submissions-about-female-theologians/
LOCATION:Mutuality Blog and Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Submissions Open for Central Texas Writers Society Anthology. Theme: Gods and Religion
DESCRIPTION:Submission Guidelines\n\nStories may be no longer than 2000 words. \n\nThere is no fee to enter and we are not a paying market at this time.\nAll rights revert back to the author and you must have the rights to your work. \nPlease send no more than 3 items in any category to centraltexaswriterssociety@outlook.com as an attachment in 12-point Times Roman.\nAll writers may participate from anywhere in the world but\, all work must be in English. \n​Please submit work starting June 1st until August 1st. All authors to be published will be notified in August or before and our book is typically published by October.\nPlease send no more than three poems.​\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe are excited to hear from all of you and will keep you posted on progress.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-submissions-open-for-central-texas-writers-society-anthology-theme-gods-and-religion/
LOCATION:Central Texas Writers Society Anthology
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Halfway Down the Stairs Seeking Submissions for their 20th Anniversary Edition on the Theme: Muse
DESCRIPTION:GENERAL GUIDELINES \n\nWe are looking for serious writers with an appreciation for language and the craft of writing. We want fiction with memorable characters and realistic plots\, poetry that is fresh and original\, and nonfiction that is both thoughtful and entertaining.\nWe will accept only writing that has been proofread for spelling and grammar. Trust us on this one. We keep our virtual machete very sharp for people who are grammatically challenged\, and we are not afraid to use it.\nHaving said that\, as an international ‘zine\, we accept differences in spelling usages (e.g. British vs American English) and will publish whatever is considered correct in an author’s home country.\nWe are not interested in explicit sexual content\, gratuitous violence\, or repetitive swearing\, unless it is essential to the plot and not included solely for shock value.\nPlease do not send us any of the following: poetry that sounds like it ought to be on a Hallmark card\, poetry you copied from a Hallmark card\, how-to articles\, first drafts of anything\, fanfiction\, anything full of sentimentality\, or religious and/or political propaganda disguised as fiction.\nThis ought to be obvious\, but only send us your own work\, humans. If you send us anything plagiarized or written by a robot\, remember we have a machete.\nWe do not accept previously published work. This includes not only formal publications in print and online journals\, but any pieces you may have posted to a blog\, personal website\, etc. If it’s already available to the public in some form\, we do not accept it.\nWe do accept simultaneous submissions\, but please let us know immediately if your piece is accepted by another journal.\nAs above\, we do not consider or accept submissions outside the specified submission period.\nWe reserve the right to make minor editorial changes without consultation\, where there are unintentional errors or inconsistencies in punctuation\, spelling or grammar. We will consult authors about anything more substantive.\nThe editors are all responsive to shameless flattery and to gifts of chocolate.\n\nPoetry Guidelines \nWe accept poetry of roughly 500 words or less\, although we are not terribly strict about this guideline.  We are rarely willing to be lenient with the theme when it comes to poetry\, and will do so only if the submission is very good. \nPlease note that we only accept three poems at any one time from a single author and\, for the most part\, publish only one poem from any one author per edition. \nFiction Guidelines \nWe accept fiction of roughly 5\,000 words or less related to the theme of the issue.   The fiction editors are looking mostly for short stories\, but we are happy to consider well-crafted flash fiction. We don’t want to be too strict with the guidelines\, because we appreciate originality\, creativity\, and stories that are off the beaten path. We like stories that grab us from the beginning\, make us think\, and keep us enthralled. Stories should be written confidently and fluidly\, avoiding too many adjectives or too much dialogue. We will be negatively distracted by poor grammar/spelling\, clichés\, and a lack of editing. \nPlease submit only one piece of fiction at a time\, and ensure stories are formatted as requested below. \nNonfiction Guidelines \nWe accept creative nonfiction of 3\,000 words or less. Halfway Down the Stairs is specifically looking for essays and memoir with a strong voice and a unique point of view. We publish well-written\, honest writing that inspires emotion. Humor is also appreciated. \nWe are not looking for stream of consciousness rants of a political or religious nature. Save those for your blog. We respond negatively to spelling and grammatical errors\, so please proofread your work closely if you wish to have it seriously considered. \nAs of 2018 we began accepting nonfiction submissions outside of the issue theme.  Submissions within the theme are still encouraged\, but high quality submissions outside the theme will also be considered for publication. Please note this only applies to nonfiction submissions. \nPlease submit only one piece of nonfiction at a time. \nSUBMISSIONS PROCESS\n \n\nPlease send all writing submissions to halfway . stairs @ gmail . com.\nDO NOT send your work as an attachment. (More details on why under point 5 below.)\nYour subject line should look like this: submission\, genre\, and title of your piece.  (Example: “Submission\, Fiction\, Monsoon Nights.”)  If you are submitting multiple poems\, state the number of poetry submissions instead of the title of the piece. (Example:  “Submission\, Three Poems by William C. Fredrikson.”) Please do not submit multiple genres in a single e-mail; if you would like to submit poetry and fiction\, send us two separate e-mails.\nWithin the body of your e-mail\, give us the following information: the title(s) of your submission(s)\, the name under which you wish to be published\, your e-mail address\, if the piece you are submitting has ever been published elsewhere\, if the piece you are submitting is a simultaneous submission\, and a brief introduction written in the 3rd person point of view.  If you are submitting multiple poems\, include these statements at the beginning of your e-mail\, and follow it with the actual poems. Example:\n\nThree Poems \nby William C. Fredrikson. \ncrazywillie57@gmail.com. \nNo\, the submitted poems have never published elsewhere. \nMonsoon Nights is not a simultaneous submission.  Elsewhere and Lady Luck are both simultaneous submissions.William C. Fredrikson teaches grade seven social studies in British Columbia.   His students think he looks exactly like Jack Nicholson.  In his spare time\, William enjoys playing the guitar\, reading Hemingway\, studying World War II history\, and making fun of reality television. \n\nIf we do choose to publish your piece\, we will also publish your biography. Your e-mail address is confidential\, and we will never publish it or give it out.\nAfter your introduction\, please post your piece within the body of your e-mail.  Please do not send your work as an attachment.  Please single space your work\, double spacing between paragraphs.  Please do not indent your paragraphs.\nProvide a content warning if it’s warranted: Let us know upfront if there is some kind of explicit content in your submission which we should be warned about in advance. We’ll leave this up to your discretion\, but examples could include abuse\, neglect\, self harm\, or violence.\nOptional: Let us know how you found us.  We’re curious as to where our readers and writers are coming from.\nOptional: Let us know if there’s a kind of image you visualize with your piece\, or even if you have an image you would like us to use if it is published (guidelines below). We reserve the right to choose alternatives – but we are happy to consider your suggestions.\n\nWe aim to respond to all submissions within 4-8 weeks of receipt\, and you will never wait more than three months for a response.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-halfway-down-the-stairs-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-muse/
LOCATION:Halfway Down the Stairs
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - About Place Journal Invites Submissions for Volume VIII\, Issue IV\, “On Freedom.” 
DESCRIPTION:All around us\, we see and hear calls for freedom from many different voices and different directions. Some of these calls are frightening; some are inspiring. How are we to understand this “freedom” moment? We seek poetry\, fiction\, creative nonfiction\, and hybrid works that question\, reimagine\, and embody what freedom and unfreedom mean in our complex world. \nWe’re looking for work that explores freedom’s multidimensional nature—what historian Timothy Snyder distinguishes as negative freedom and positive freedom. Negative freedom is “freedom from” (oppression\, constraint\, violence)\, while positive freedom is “freedom to” (create\, speak\, love\, flourish). \nWe’re also interested in work that engages freedom as a process. Freedom requires cultivating “habits of freedom” (Snyder)—daily practices that sustain and expand our capacity for liberty. Author Maggie Nelson also understands freedom not as a fixed state but as an ongoing practice. \nWe view the act of creation itself as a habit or practice of freedom—a claiming of voice and space. We invite submissions that not only speak about freedom but express it through formal innovation\, boundary-crossing\, and aesthetic risk-taking. \nWe welcome explorations of what philosopher Hannah Arendt called “inwardness as a place of absolute freedom” as well as work that maps the external territories of political and social freedom. We’re interested in how art can articulate author bell hooks’ idea that “awareness is central to the process of love as the practice of freedom.” \nWe invite you to join us in the radical act of creative freedom\, to challenge constraint and to imagine liberation in both bold and quiet ways. \nAll submissions should be previously unpublished and should engage with the theme of freedom in thoughtful and nuanced ways. We welcome work in various forms and styles\, from traditional to experimental. \nWork must be submitted via Submittable by August 1\, 2025. \nAbout Place Journal is committed to amplifying diverse voices and perspectives. We especially encourage submissions from writers and artists of historically marginalized communities whose experiences and insights on freedom may challenge dominant narratives and expand our collective understanding. \nAbout Place Journal Submission Guidelines\nWork can include: \n\nPoetry: up to 3 pieces which do not exceed 50 lines each. Acceptable file types include doc\, docx\, odt & rtf. If your poetry submission contains special formatting\, we suggest submitting a PDF in addition to your Word doc.\nFiction\, essays\, creative nonfiction and other prose: up to 3 pieces which do not exceed 4000 words each. Acceptable file types include doc\, docx\, odt & rtf.\nThe total number of submitted pieces cannot exceed 5\, even if your submission includes items from several genre categories.\n\nPlease provide a numbered list with the title of each work you are submitting (1 to 5 works) in the field of the Submittable form where indicated. \nEach submission must be accompanied by a bio in doc\, docx or rtf format. Bios must be in the third person and not exceed 150 words. If you want your website\, Twitter\, and/or Instagram links included with your bio\, please include that information in the Submittable form. \nBy submitting\, you guarantee you hold the rights to the work\, and you grant About Place Journal the rights to publish the submitted work with first serial rights (FNASR). After publication\, rights revert to the author. Original\, previously unpublished work only. All pieces must be submitted through Submittable.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-about-place-journal-invites-submissions-for-volume-viii-issue-iv-on-freedom/
LOCATION:About Place Journal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PF - ette Review Seeking Submissions on the Theme "Roulette"
DESCRIPTION:ON ROULETTE: \nGames of chance\, fate\, the unknown. We’re interested in reversals of fortune\, luck\, the house. We like the glamor of old films and the lucky charm. Or consider roulette as a small wheel\, an engraver’s tool\, a stamp device. We are not interested in Russian roulette (thanks)\, but all else goes. Spin the wheel of your imagination and send us your best work. \n\nEtymology \nroulette (n.) \n“game of chance involving a revolving disk on a table\,” 1745; earlier “small wheel” (1734)\, from French roulette “gambling game played with a revolving wheel\,” an extended sense; “small wheel\,” from Old French roelete “little wheel” (12c.)\, formed on model of Late Latin rotella\, diminutive of Latin rota “wheel” (see rotary). An older name for this game was roly-poly or rouly-pouly (1712).(http://www.etymonline.com/word/roulette) \nDefinition \nroulette \nnoun \n\na game of chance played at a table marked off with numbers from 1 to 36\, one or two zeros\, and several other sections affording the players a variety of betting opportunities\, and having in the center a revolving\, dish like device roulette wheel into which a small ball is spun to come to rest finally in one of the 37 or 38 compartments\, indicating the winning number and its characteristics\, as odd or even\, red or black\, and between 1 and 18 or 19 and 36.\na small wheel\, especially one with sharp teeth\, mounted in a handle\, for making lines of marks\, dots\, or perforations:engravers’ roulettes; a roulette for perforating sheets of postage stamps.\nPhilately. a row of short cuts\, in which no paper is removed\, made between individual stamps to permit their ready separation. (http://www.dictionary.com/browse/roulette)\n\n\nSome History \nIn 1655\, the first\, crude version of the roulette wheel was created by the French mathematician and inventor\, Blaise Pascal\, in his quest to create a perpetual motion machine—or a machine\, that once started\, could not be stopped\, and would run on its own mechanism. Others added to the invention\, turning it into the classic rouge et noir casino game. It gained popularity with King Charles III of Monaco\, who built a casino that housed a beautiful roulette wheel. He added a zero to the wheel. This tilted roulette in the house’s favor\, and Charles’s kingdom expanded. \n\n\n\nSubmission Guidelines\n\n-ette loves small form: prose poetry\, micro and flash fiction. To get an idea of what we like\, please read our latest issue. Before sending work\, check out the theme.\nPlease send one flash or up to two micro fictions and/or prose poems (we do not accept poetry or nonfiction submissions at this time).\nTotal submission word count should not exceed 1\,000 words.\nSend your work as a PDF. Include your name and contact information on the first page. Number the pages. Use a common\, 12-point font. Please double-space fiction. Prose poetry may be single-spaced.\nPlease include a short bio as well as your social media handles with your submission.\nWork submitted to -ette must be wholly original. Do not submit plagiarized or AI-generated work to -ette.\nWe take simultaneous submissions\, but please notify us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere.\nRegular response times vary\, but we try to respond within 1–3 months.\nIf your work is accepted for publication\, we ask for first-time publication rights and the right to retain the work in our archives. If republished elsewhere\, please credit -ette review.\nWe ask that writers only submit once per submission period. Contributors should wait six months to resubmit.\n-ette will not read or publish racist\, homophobic\, anti-trans\, or misogynistic writing.\n-ette is a tiny operation of two\, so unfortunately\, we cannot offer payment at this time. You will\, however\, receive the drawing that accompanies your published piece. In case of publication\, Beth will want to send it to you.\nTo hear more from -ette editors\, Beth Hahn and Nora Maynard\, on what we’re looking for\, listen to pod-ette Episode 1 here.\nReady? Email work to submissions@ettereview.com. In the subject line\, include your name and the category of submission (fiction\, micro\, prose poetry).
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LOCATION:ette Review
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to Blood & Bourbon. Theme: Appetite
DESCRIPTION:Appetite for…\n\n\n\nWhat do you hunger for? \nIn this issue\, we want writing that devours. We’re talking about the kind of cravings that keep you up at night: for touch\, for power\, for memory\, for something you can’t name. Appetite isn’t just physical—it’s emotional\, existential\, maybe even dangerous. \nThis theme isn’t just about food\, though we welcome your feasts and rituals. It’s about the want that lingers\, the desire that warps\, the need that cannot be tamed. Characters who want too much. Or not enough. Narrators who deny themselves until they snap. \nWe’re interested in the thin line between indulgence and survival. Between love and addiction. \nWe dare you to get messy. \n  \n\nSubmissions\n\n\nBlood & Bourbon is here to showcase all things hard\, gritty\, and raw. That time you got in a bar fight\, that time you went to an S&M club\, that time you had an opinion that sparked a heated argument over a family dinner. We’re actively seeking submissions in the following categories: \n\nShort fiction or non-fiction\, 5000 words or fewer\nOpinion pieces or essays on any subjects\, 5000 words or fewer\nPoetry\, up to three pieces per submission\n\nWe accept simultaneous submissions and reprints. We provide author copies upon request with a small donation of $5. \nWe are now open for submissions until August 2\, 2025. The theme of the next issue is Appetite. \nWe’re interested in diverse voices and want to hear from you regardless of what you look like\, where you’re from\, what you believe\, who you like to fuck\, et cetera. \nSend your material to bandbsubmissions (AT) gmail.com. Your submission should be attached as a .doc\, .docx or .rtf file\, with your name\, address\, email address\, the story title (if applicable) and total word count at the top of the first page. Visual art submissions should be attached as hi-res .jpgs or .tiffs. Include a 50-word bio in the body of the email or in the Word doc.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-blood-bourbon-theme-appetite/
LOCATION:Blood & Bourbon
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Submissions Open for Splinter Journal's Issue: First Nations
DESCRIPTION:Call out to First Nations writers! \nWhether you’re Aboriginal\, Torres Strait Islander\, Māori\, Sámi or belong to another first peoples community\, we want to hear your voice. \nWhat we are looking for \nWe want writing that speaks to the weight and wonder of living as First Nations people — where past\, present and future aren’t separate but walk together. \nGive us the stories that sit in your body. The ones passed down. The ones that keep you up at night. The ones you’re still trying to understand. \nWe’re interested in the fractures and the fight\, the moments of stillness\, the ridiculous. What does it mean to carry culture\, to carry knowledge in a world that wants us to forget? What does survival feel like today — and what does joy look like in the cracks? \nWe’re not looking for permission\, politeness or performance. We want truth. Weirdness. Rage. Love. The absurdity of life in the colony. \nConnect us to Country. To memory. To each other. Make us laugh\, make us ache\, make us pause. \nWhat can I submit?\nWe accept up to 2 x submissions per writer for everything except poetry. \nFor poetry\, we accept up to 3 x stand-alone poem submissions per writer\, or submission of 1 x poetry collection. \nFull pieces (finished work):\nPoetry    \nPoems and poetry collections that crack things open with beauty and insight. \nPublication payment of $250 per stand-alone poem or $450 per poetry collection. \nFiction \nUp to 8\,000 words long and any genre  – just make it strong and moving. \nPublication payment of $900. \nMemoir \nA personal story that teaches us something deeper. \nPublication payment of $600. \nExperimental work \nSurprise us – break the mould. \nPublication payment based on the nature of the work\, but in line with the rates shown here.   \nWhen do I need to submit?\nSubmissions close at 11:59pm (Australian Central Standard Time) on August 3. The best place to track the progress of your submission is here on Submittable. \nGood to Know\n· Work must be original (your own work)\, no AI use. \n· Work should not be previously published\, including online. \n· You keep copyright. We might ask for 3 months exclusivity. \n· We accept simultaneous submissions – just let us know if it’s accepted elsewhere. \n· We can’t offer individual feedback on submissions. \nI have questions…\nSend any questions to: \nhello@splinterjournal.com \nSplinter’s First Nations issue is being led by guest editor Jannali Jones. \nSplinter is published by Writers SA with support from CreateSA\, Flinders University\, UniSA and the University of Adelaide.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-submission-open-for-splinter-journals-issue-by-about-first-nations/
LOCATION:Splinter Journal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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