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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to Prosetrics on the Theme: Aurora
DESCRIPTION:“Theme for New Year Winter Edition\, January 2026: Aurora”\nThe given theme is about: \n\n\n\nTheme: “Aurora” – The Shimmer of Becoming\nThis season\, step into Aurora: the soft\, luminous space between winter’s hush and the first light of the New Year. Where snow muffles the world\, Christmas lights glimmer warmly\, and endings dissolve into beginnings. Aurora is the pause\, the breath\, the quiet threshold where reflection meets hope.\nWe invite pieces that capture the spirit of Aurora: radiant\, reflective\, and full of gentle transformation. The shimmer of freshly fallen snow\, a candle flickering against frost\, the hush before midnight\, or the first spark of a new dawn; moments that hold light\, renewal\, and the subtle magic of transition.\nWhat fits Aurora?\nThe quiet architecture of winter — stillness\, frost\, soft snowfall\, and the serene cold that slows the world.\nThe tender echoes of warmth in dark months — not celebration\, but memory\, wonder\, and the remnants of glow.\nThe subtle shift toward the New Year — anticipation\, renewal\, and the delicate unfurling of beginnings.\nLight that pierces or comforts — candles\, stars\, lanterns\, auroras\, distant sparklers; small flames held against vast night.\nMoments of inwardness — reflection\, transition\, clarity\, the quiet work of becoming.\nSeasonal rituals and the intimacy of winter — shared gestures\, held breaths\, solitary evenings\, the weight and warmth of presence.\nThresholds and dawns — spaces between what was and what will be\, where transformation moves softly.\nNOTE: All works whether exploring joy\, melancholy\, magic\, or renewal should feel illuminated by Aurora’s essence. Whether your piece is bright or subtle\, celebratory or contemplative\, it should carry the soul of Aurora: glowing\, wintry\, hopeful\, and touched by the promise of a new dawn.\n\n\n\nYour work should be based around the given theme and its elements \n\n\nPlease Note:\n\n\n\nKindly follow all of the given guidelines for your submissions to be considered.\nThere will not be second chances\, so make sure your work is spell-checked and grammar-checked properly the first time.\nYour submissions will not be considered if they are not according to the theme\, whether it be poetry\, prose\, photography\, or art.\nIf you’ve sent the same submissions to other journals or magazines and they get accepted before our acceptance/rejection/publication\, notify us immediately.\nNo AI-generated submissions will be accepted or considered for publication.\nAvoid fanciful\, difficult-to-understand language. Make sure your written pieces are easily understandable by the reader.\nNothing sexual\, political\, religious\, or racially offensive will be entertained.\nNo simultaneous or multiple submissions will be accepted to replace or change the first submission after the first submission has been rejected or accepted.\nSubmissions with grammatical or spelling errors or that do not fall within the parameters of the given guidelines will be automatically rejected. Please make sure you check your bio and submissions for any errors before emailing them to us.\n\n\nCompilation Format for an MS-Word Document:\n\nA clear\, concise\, third-person bio in 50 words or less.\nClear titles for poems and prose. The magazine theme as a title is not acceptable.\nYour poems\, prose\, or stories that you want to send for publication.\nSocial media information for your primary Instagram\, Facebook\, or Twitter accounts\, as well as your primary poetry\, photography\, or art website No Discord\, TikTok\, Wattpad\, Pinterest\, YouTube\, Inkitt\, Emails or any other profiles will be accepted.\nCompile everything except for photos\, if any\, into one Microsoft Word with the.doc or .docx extension\n\nNOTE: No other form of submission\, such as PDFs or other file formats\, will be considered\n\nE-Mail Format for Prose\, Story\, Essay or Poetry:\n\nSubject: Submission for Aurora ‘26\nDescription: Your short introduction and your attachments to your email\nAttachments: MS Word Submission Document; pictures\, if any\, accompanying your written work\nKindly send everything in ONE email. If you forget to attach something in the main email\, mention it in the next email that you send. If you are sending all the elements of the submission in different/multiple emails deliberately\, your submission will be rejected.\nDO NOT embed any pictures within the Word document. Attach them to the email as separate attachments.\n\nNOTE:\nIf your subject is not as mentioned above\, your email will land in the wrong folder and we may not find it in time. Make sure it is labeled as mentioned.\nNo other form of submission except MS Word Document\, such as PDFs or other file formats\, will be considered\nWe are not accepting or including writer’s or poet’s self-portraits or logos for identity this time.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-prosetrics-on-the-theme-aurora/
LOCATION:Prosetrics: The Literary Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PF - Workers Write! Literary Journal Seeking Submissions on the Theme: be Tales from the Concourse
DESCRIPTION:Call for submissions . . .\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIssue 22 of Workers Write! will be Tales from the Concourse and contain stories and poems from airport and airline workers’ points of view. \nWe’re looking for fiction and poetry about the people who work in airports and for airlines\, such as passenger service agents\, ramp agents\, TSA agents\, airport engineers\, baggage handlers\, air traffic controllers\, flight attendants\, pilots\, and so on. Drop us a line if you have a question. \nThe deadline for submissions is\nDec. 31\, 2025 (or until the issue is full). \nSubmit your stories via e-mail to: submission@workerswritejournal.com\, or send a hard copy to: \nBlue Cubicle Press\nP.O. Box 250382\nPlano\, TX 75025-0382 \nWord count: 500 to 5\,000 words\nPayment: Between $10 and $50 (depending on length and rights requested). We do consider previously published material.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pf-workers-write-literary-journal-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-be-tales-from-the-concourse/
LOCATION:Workers Write! Literary Journal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to Sinister Wisdom on the Theme: Butch-Femme Renaissance
DESCRIPTION:What does butch-femme mean in lesbian and queer communities today? What does it mean to live the pandemic\, the surge in anti-trans and anti-LGBTQ legislation\, and the start of a second Trump presidency through the lens of butch-femme? What are butch-femme communities doing locally\, nationally\, to shape lesbian and queer lives? What sort of butch-femme future are we building together? \nSinister Wisdom’s Butch-Femme Renaissance issue is interested in all genres and styles of writing from butch-femme identified lesbian\, dyke\, queer\, gender non-conforming and trans folks. If you live a butch-femme lifestyle or see yourself in butch-femme dynamics — or have something to say about why you don’t — we want to hear from you. \nWe are especially interested in reported work — interviews with local community groups\, Q&As\, grassroots organizing features\, essays\, sex and dating topics. Here are some ideas: \n\nInterviews and oral histories with butch-femme movers\, shakers\, organizers\, community leaders\, thinkers and lovers\nProfiles on local organizations\, grassroots movements or justice-seeking initiatives led by and for butches\, femmes\, studs\, stemmes\, trans and gender non-conforming people\nIntergenerational dialogue on butch-femme culture\nWriting on butch-femme sex\, love and dating (bonus points if you talk about OFOS dating\, stone tops\, pillow princesses or kink)\nEssays (including personal essays) on gender presentation\, identity\, and “finding your own” (Example: the butch boxing class that changed my life\, how my wife and I planned our wedding as a butch-femme couple\, getting top surgery as a butch\, t4t butch-femme dynamics\, how you organized and threw a butch-femme book club or fundraiser etc.)\nAny work that explores power and identity in critical and unexpected ways — especially work that deals with politics\, legislation\, and systems of oppression explicitly. We’re especially interested in thinking about local and federal anti-LGBTQ legislation\, anti-DEI and anti-education initiatives\, incarceration\, student protests\, reproductive rights\, healthcare\, ID access and much much more. We are particularly interested in hearing from butch-femme identified folks who live rurally and/or in red states.\nAny work that questions\, tests or maps the boundaries of butch-femme culture. Where does butch-femme thrash and upend patriarchal expectations\, heteronormative social scripts\, boredom? Or do you see butch-femme as restricting? As exclusionary along race or class lines? Sing it! The praise and the criticism. We want to hear from you.\n\n  \nWe are particularly interested in hearing from BIPOC butch-femme identified folks and from those who live rurally and/or in red states. International submissions are strongly encouraged and will be prioritized. \nDon’t go to the archives for this issue — get out on the street. Think fresh. Think on-the-ground. Think about how you’d talk to your best friend\, not your professor. This issue is not overly interested in the academic\, the formal\, the historical. So much of being lesbian\, queer\, and trans is looking back\, towards the past\, to excavate traces of yourself and your community. That is vital\, necessary work. But that’s not the work of this issue. \nPlease submit one document\, even if you are submitting multiple pieces\, up to 15 pages. Please include a brief bio and any social media links as well. \nWritten submissions can be in any language — but must include an English translation. You are welcome to use a pseudonym if you are concerned about privacy. Submissions are open to writers and artists of all experience levels\, no previous publication required. \nPlease share this call widely on social media! And direct any questions to sara.gregory91@gmail.com
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-sinister-wisdom-on-the-theme-butch-femme-renaissance/
LOCATION:Sinister Wisdom
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - The Oakland Review Seeking Submissions on the Theme: Gibbous
DESCRIPTION:Taken on its own\, “gibbous” represents a concept still in the works\, under construction\, nearly-there. Perhaps this is what it means to live in a gibbous phase of the decade: something swollen\, marked by tension and possibility.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-the-oakland-review-seeking-submission-on-the-theme-gibbous/
LOCATION:The Oakland Review
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - The International Free the Verse Poetry Competition Theme: Hunger
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to our second international poetry competition of 2025! We’re looking for all kinds of poetry on the theme of Hunger. As always\, we encourage you to bend the rules with both content and form. \nDeadline for entry: December 31st 2025 \n\n\nThere will be one prize winner. The winning poet will receive a prize of $100 (USD)\, plus publication of their poem as a standalone piece on Free the Verse. Payment will be made via PayPal. \n\n\nThe entry fee is $3.49\, and you may submit 1 poem per entry. Multiple entries are permitted. All fees are used to cover our operating costs. \n\n\nAll entries must be original work that is owned by the entrant. We accept poems which have previously been published\, and simultaneous submissions are permitted. We do not accept poems previously published in our magazine\, Free the Verse. \n\n\nThe winning poet will be notified by email within 2 months of the competition closing. \n\n\nYou will retain the copyright to your work. By entering the competition\, you grant Free the Verse the right to publish your poem and name on our website and in any associated marketing materials. \n\n\nThis is an international competition – however\, at this time\, we only accept poems written in English. You are welcome to include words and phrases from other languages. \n\n\nYou must be over 18 years old to submit. \n\n\n  \nEntry fee: $3.49\n 
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-the-international-free-the-verse-poetry-competition-theme-hunger/
LOCATION:Free the Verse Poetry Competitions
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to Still Point Arts Quarterly on the Theme: Crafting a Life
DESCRIPTION:Homemade and handmade—crafting a life. \nGENERAL GUIDELINES AND POLICIES \n\nPlease do not email or call us to ask about the review process or results. We will email you when we have made a decision regarding your submission.\nIf we decide to publish your work\, we will send a writing agreement for your review and signature. Typically we ask for one-time print and digital rights. You may republish your work at any time.\nPlease know that we typically receive well over 100 poetry submissions\, and we accept between 5 and 8. To keep things somewhat orderly\, we limit all writing submissions to one piece per person.\nWe do accept reprints.\nIf we have published your work previously\, we have no waiting period for submitting work again. We’ll gladly accept good writing whenever we receive it.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-still-point-arts-quarterly-on-the-theme-crafting-a-life/
LOCATION:Still Points Arts Quarterly
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:N - Call for Submissions to HerStry. This month's Theme: Influence
DESCRIPTION:What influences exist in your life? What or who has made you who you are? Who have you influenced? During the month of February\, we’re asking you to take a look at those influences—good and bad—and tell us about them. \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:  \n\nAll stories must be true and about you.\nStories must follow the theme in some way\, interpretations can be wide.\nStories must stay between 500–3\,000 words.\nDocuments should be double spaced\, 12Pt font with 1 inch margins.\nSubmissions must be in .doc or .docx form—we do not accept PDFs.\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.\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).\nPlease submit only once per theme.\nWe do not accept previously published stories.\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. \n WANT PERSONALIZED FEEDBACK? \nYou can now receive helpful feedback by selecting the “personalized critique” option on our submissions page. While getting your work critiqued does not guarantee publication\, we can help make it great for your next submissions\, whether it’s to us or someone else. \n$3 submission fee goes toward keeping HerStry sustainable. All accepted pieces receive $20 payment. \n DUE JANUARY 1ST \n  \nSubmission fee: $3\n 
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/n-call-for-submissions-to-herstry-this-months-theme-influence/
LOCATION:HerStry
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:N - Dorothy Parker's Ashes Seeking Submissions on the Theme: Mother-in-law
DESCRIPTION:Submissions are restricted to women and gender non-conforming people.\nSubmit\nPlease be advised that we reserve the right to edit\, though all edits will be sent to writer before publication for approval. Please feel free to include a suggested title and art but we reserve the right to change the title and choose the art. We do consider previously published essays\, taking into consideration venue\, date\, etc. \nAll rights are non-exclusive. We do not currently offer payment. We accept no responsibility for anything from libel to hurt feelings. As Anne Lamott says\, “You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them\, they should’ve behaved better.” \nPreferred length. 500 to 2000 words. \nPlease send submissions along with a short bio pasted directly into your email to: info@dorothyparkersashes.com. We ask for this to avoid potentially malware-laden attachments. Unless your formatting is a specific design element of your piece\, format should be single space with no paragraph indentation and one extra space between paragraphs.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/n-dorothy-parkers-ashes-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-mother-in-law/
LOCATION:Dorothy Parker’s Ashes
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Puerto del Sol Seeking Submissions on: Doublethink
DESCRIPTION:Puerto del Sol is seeking work which engages with the theme of Doublethink \nDoublethink: a paradox of the mind. Yes\, doublethink as in: Orwellian. As in: TikTok propaganda. Fact and opinion fused in contradiction. Reality v.s. Reality. The two wolves within. Self induced hypnosis\, self denial. Patriotism. The state as victim but powerful. The oppressed as weak but dangerous. The performance of a lie. The proletariat. The politique. Doublespeak. Doubling back. Words obscured and disguised.  \nSend us work that navigates this dystopia\, this manipulation; these reversals. Work that traverses the wastelands of distortion. What is at odds with your own sense of reality? With the Party? Have we fallen down a Reddit rabbit hole of indoctrination? Will we make it out the other side? Give us the feeling of contradiction. To know and not to know\, and the choices between. \nThis themed feature will appear as part of our Spring 2026 print issue. We look forward to reading your work. \nPoetry Submissions: Please send up to 5 poems in one file (.docx or .doc files are preferred). \nProse Submissions: Please submit just one story\, preferably no longer than 5\,000 words. Please include the total word count in your cover letter and indicate if your submission is fiction\, nonfiction\, or autofiction. \nAll submitted work should be previously unpublished. Simultaneous submissions are welcome\, but please add a note on Submittable right away if your work is accepted elsewhere. \nPlease do not submit more than once per year. While we do accept simultaneous submissions\, please notify us promptly should your work be accepted elsewhere. We do not consider previously published work or excerpts.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-puerto-del-sol-seeking-submissions-on-doublethink/
LOCATION:Puerto del Sol
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Asymptote Journal Seeking Submissions on the Theme of Attention
DESCRIPTION:SUBMIT TO THE SECOND INSTALLMENT OF OUR SPECIAL FEATURE: ON ATTENTION \nIn an age of fractured focus\, how do we attend—to each other\, to the world\, to the overlooked? \nIn response to the overwhelming number of submissions we received (100 submissions in six weeks) to our original call\, we have decided to organize at least one more installment of this Special Feature. \nSimone Weil once called attention “the rarest and purest form of generosity.” Mary Oliver claimed it was our “endless and proper work.” We are seeking works of fiction\, literary nonfiction\, and poetry—written originally in English or translated into English—that engage with the politics and poetics of attention: its scarcity and its cultivation. We welcome responses that cross borders—of genre\, of geography\, of language—and expand our understanding of what it means to look closely\, to listen fully\, to dwell in the present. Submissions must be sent through Submittable.\n \nYou may submit creative work of no more than 5\,000 words by one author in total. For this Special Feature\, we will consider works originally written in English as well as works translated into English. Here\, again\, is our call: \nIn an age of fractured focus\, how do we attend—to each other\, to the world\, to the overlooked? \nSUBMISSION GUIDELINES \nAsymptote welcomes submissions of hitherto unpublished translated poetry\, fiction\, nonfiction and drama; certain types of original English-language nonfiction\, including literary and critical writing. Please note the following genre-specific and general guidelines. \nPoetry \nPlease send up to 10 pages of poetry translated into English. If the originals are included in the submission\, the length of the entire document may reach 20 pages (that is\, a maximum of 10 pages of translated work accompanied by 10 pages of original material). Please start each poem or section of a long poem on a new page unless the work absolutely demands to be read without page breaks. \nFiction\nThe submission might include one or more works of short fiction or excerpts of a longer work translated into English. Please send no more than 5\,000 words in total. \nLiterary Nonfiction \nThis includes genres such as memoir\, despatch (reportage)\, travelogue and the occasional essay. Nonfiction submissions must be work translated into English\, except for essays about translation\, which may be written in English. To get a stronger sense of what we are looking for\, go through the past articles that we have published. Send no more than 5\,000 words in total. \n  \nGENERAL GUIDELINES \nAll submissions should be sent as one Microsoft Word attachment (as a .doc file\, please) via Submittable. \nSubmissions must not have been previously published. \nSimultaneous submissions are permitted\, but we ask in return that you notify us by email as soon as you learn of an acceptance elsewhere. \n  \nSubmission Fee: $10\n 
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-asymptote-journal-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-of-attention/
LOCATION:Asymptote Journal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - Arcana Poetry Press Anthology Series Theme: Smitten with the Written: A Poet’s Guide to Poetry Made Poetic
DESCRIPTION:Anthology Submission Guidelines \n\n\nImportant: Please review all Submission Guidelines carefully. Submissions that do not follow these guidelines may be ineligible for consideration. We will not send individual notifications for submissions declined due to guideline issues. \nGeneral: \n· Submission Period: October 1\, 2025 — January 2\, 2026 \n· All submissions will be reviewed following the close of the submission period \n· We estimate all submissions will receive a response by March 31\, 2026 \n· Open to poets worldwide of all backgrounds and experience level \n· We are committed to uplifting diversity and strongly encourage submissions from marginalized voices \n· Poetry must be original and unpublished\, with the exception of social media \n· Simultaneous submissions are accepted\, but please notify us promptly if your work is accepted elsewhere \nSubmission Attachment Requirements: \n· Submissions must be a single Microsoft Word file attachment (.doc or .docx file). If you are using another program\, please export your file to word before submitting \n· 12pt\, Times New Roman font \n· 1.5 spacing \n· Maximum of 3 poems per submission \n· Each poem must be on its own page \n· Each poem must fit a single column on an 8.5x11in page \n· Each poem must have a title \n· Any poetic form is welcome \n· Please do not include your name or any other personally identifiable information in your submission file attachment. Submissions should be anonymized to ensure a fair review process. \nSubmission Email Requirements: \n· Subject Line: Please include your name followed by “Anthology Submission” (e.g. Jane Doe – Anthology Submission) \n· Please use author name exactly as you would like it to appear in the anthology \n· In the body of the email\, please include author name\, the title(s) of your poem(s)\, and a third-person author’s bio. \nAuthor Bio Guidelines: \n· Length: 150-200 words \n· Style: Third person \n· Include your pronouns after your name [e.g. Jane Doe (she/they)] \n· Content: Include relevant writing experience\, publications\, awards\, or other notable achievements. You may also include a brief personal detail or insight that gives readers a sense of who you are. \n· Online presence: Please end the bio with one place readers can find you online (Instagram\, Substack\, personal website\, etc.) \nStyle & Theme:  \nWe’re curating an anthology for poets who are head over heels for language itself. This collection celebrates poems that explore the endlessly recursive act of writing poetry. We love poetry that is emotionally charged\, fearless\, and speaks truth. We value powerful poetic storytelling with evocative metaphors\, vivid imagery\, and unique wordplay. We desire poetry that feels intimate\, as if the author is sharing secrets with their audience. \nTheme: Smitten with the Written: A Poet’s Guide to Poetry Made Poetic \n· Poems should engage with the craft\, joy\, or obsession of writing poetry \n· Work can be meta\, self-reflective\, or whimsical\, highlighting the relationship between poet\, poem\, and (if applicable) reader. \n· We welcome experimental forms\, wordplay\, and unconventional structures. \nTopics can include: \no The Process: drafting\, revising\, scribbling on whatever is within reach\, lines that arrive at inconvenient times\, etc. \no The Why: why we write\, what compels us\, what poetry gives or takes away \no The Who: portraits of the poet-self\, mentors\, muses\, or audiences (real or imagined) \no The Where: places poetry lives\, like classrooms\, kitchen tables\, open mics\, subway rides\, in nature\, etc. \no The Meta-Moments: poems about the blank page\, the stubborn lines\, or the thrill of a stanza falling into place \no The Struggle: when you have the undeniable urge to write\, but the words just won’t land. \no The Obsession: poems about being consumed by a single idea\, image\, or line that won’t leave you alone \no The Inspiration: The sparks that ignite your poetry \no The Risk: writing that pushes boundaries or exposes vulnerability \no The Silence: when the words aren’t there yet\, but you sit with the emptiness\, listening and waiting \no The Aftermath: the feelings after finishing a poem\, like relief\, exhilaration\, or doubt \nWhat We’re Not Looking For: \n· Work that is purely instructional or academic \n· Work that is overly didactic\, like step-by-step “how to write” instructions \n· Poems unrelated to the love of words\, reading\, writing\, or the poetic experience \n· Hateful or discriminatory content \n· Poems that are incomprehensible without context (obscure references\, inside jokes\, or experimental forms that don’t communicate meaning) \n· Extremely short\, single word poems or poetry fragments unless they carry a clear\, purposeful resonance. \nSubmission Fees & Optional Feedback: \n· Anthology submissions are free — everyone is welcome to submit without any cost \n· Optional editorial feedback: \no $5 for feedback on one poem of your choice \no $10 for feedback on all three submitted poems \n· Payment Instructions: \no Include your author name and email address in the payment notes \no In the body of your submission email\, include a short note confirming you paid for feedback \no If you are requesting feedback on only one poem\, please specify the title of that poem \n· To ensure we can provide feedback\, please follow all submission guidelines. Submissions that don’t may not be eligible for editorial feedback. \nImportant Information To Consider: \n· Trim Size: Our book size is 5.5×8.5 inches. Long lines may need to be wrapped to fit within our trim specs. \n· We aim to use white space thoughtfully: We keep your structure intact\, but spacing between lines and stanzas may be adjusted to curate a collection that feels balanced and full \n· Please use your author name consistently: Use it exactly as you’d like it to appear in the book — on your submission\, contract\, author bio\, email signatures\, and any other correspondence. Consistency helps us avoid errors and ensures your name is represented correctly in the anthology \n· Please note: minor edits for formatting\, clarity\, or consistency may be made during the production process\, but substantial changes will be discussed with you beforehand. Necessary line-wrapping and line spacing do not qualify as substantial changes. \nAccepted Poets Will Receive: \n· Publication of their poem(s) with Arcana Poetry Press \n· A complimentary copy of the anthology \n· Promotion on our website\, social media\, and other marketing channels \n· Authors retain copyright ownership of their work \nHow To Submit: \n· Use https://pay.arcanapoetrypress.com/onepoemfeedback to pay for editorial feedback on one poem \n· Use https://pay.arcanapoetrypress.com/threepoemfeedback to pay for editorial feedback on three poems \n· Include your author name\, email address and selected poem title (if applicable) in the payment notes \n· Email submissions@arcanapoetrypress.com \n· Subject Line: Your Name – Anthology Submission \n· In the body of the email\, please include author name\, the title(s) of your poem(s)\, and a third-person author’s bio. \n· Attach poems as a .doc or .docx file \nThank you for sharing your work with us! We cannot wait to read your poems and celebrate the joy of language together. 
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SUMMARY:F - On the Premises Short Story Contest #46 Theme: The return of...
DESCRIPTION:The Current Contest\nTHE RETURN OF… \nAdmit it! You saw this premise coming. \nFor this contest\, write a creative\, compelling\, well-crafted story between 1\,000 and 5\,000 words long in which someone or something has returned after a significant absence. Does this return make people happy\, unhappy\, or somewhere in-between? That’s up to you. Also: Was this return a surprise\, or was it expected? That’s also up to you. \nGENRE RULES: No fiction aimed at readers younger than 12\, no exploitative sex\, no over-the-top grossout horror. Also\, no stories that are obvious parodies of existing fictional worlds/characters created by other authors. (For the same reason\, we do not accept “fan fiction”.) Follow those rules and we’ll take anything from the most super-realistic literary drama to crazy farces (real-world or otherwise) to any variant of science fiction or fantasy you can imagine. Read our past issues and you’ll see. \nDeadline: 11:59 PM Eastern US time\, Friday\, January 2\, 2026. \nOne entry per author. There is no fee for entering this contest.\nRemember to take all author information out of your story! Tell us who you are in the space provided in the web form cover letter you get when you click on the “submit” button\, NOT in your story! No headers\, no bylines… just the story.
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SUMMARY:PFN - ROPES Literary Journal Seeking Submissions for Issue 34. The Theme: Punk
DESCRIPTION:What does Punk mean to you? \nThe theme for 2026 is Punk. \nPunk is many things to many people. \nPunk is rebellion. Punk is anti-establishment. Punk is love. Punk is loud. Punk is colour. Punk is community. Punk is dystopia. Punk is utopia. Punk is past. Punk is present. Punk is future. \nPunk is not dead. \nWe encourage writers to explore and develop their own unique interpretations of this theme. \n  \nWhat kind of material does ROPES accept?\nROPES welcomes submissions from Irish and international writers of all origins and backgrounds. We encourage work from first-time writers and members of minority groups or underrepresented communities. We accept a variety of written work\, including\, but not limited to\, fiction\, flash fiction\, poetry\, memoirs\, and essays. \nAll submissions should be original\, previously unpublished work. \nIf you are eager to share a piece of work (within the designated word count: see below) but are unsure about its category or content\, feel free to send a query to ropeslitmag.submissions@gmail.com. \n\nWhat is the word count?\nThe word counts are as follows: \n\nFiction: Max 3\,000 words (ONE piece per submission)\nNon-fiction (memoirs\, essays\, other): Max 3000 words (ONE piece per submission)\nFlash fiction: Max 500 words (up to THREE pieces per submission)\nPoetry: Max 40 lines per poem (up to TWO poems per submission)\n\nIf you are submitting prose or any type of long-form content\, please note the word count of the piece in the document. Please ensure that multiple pieces (poetry\, flashes\, etc) are compiled within a single document. \n  \nHow should I format my submission? \nPlease do not include your name or any other identifying information anywhere on your submitted files. \nAll writing should be formatted in a clear font such as Times New Roman\, in an easy-to-read size such as 12pt\, with easy-to-read spacing\, no less than 1.15.  All submissions should be in PDF\, .doc or .docx format. \n  \nCan I submit more than once?\nWe allow one submission per category (this may comprise a singular piece or multiple\, depending on the categories listed above). \nShould you choose to submit in multiple categories\, we ask that you treat these as separate submissions and complete a new Google Form each time. Please note that your submission will not be considered unless submitted through our Google Form. \n  \nCan I submit to ROPES if I’ve already submitted my work somewhere else?\nWe are happy to take simultaneous submissions (provided the work is original)\, but we ask that you notify us should your work be accepted elsewhere\, as we will then be unable to publish it. \n  \nThank you for choosing ROPES as a potential home for your work. We can’t wait to read your work!
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SUMMARY:P - Cordite Poetry Review Seeking Submissions on the Theme: Fit
DESCRIPTION:Are you fit? For the job? For a run? A gender? For life? Are you fit for purpose? Not fitting is maybe part and parcel of being a POET. But we still want to fit into the culture in which we live. Do we? Or be extremely unfitting. I read articles about middle aged people who want to still be able to fit into their old jeans / bathers / wedding dress. I don’t know where I fit anymore\, they seem to be saying. Let me return to an (imagined) past where things fitted me and I was fit. I saw my father fit once and was frightened. We must stay fit to fend off illness\, aging\, death. We must! Mustn’t we? \nWhat fits inside a poem? What is unfit for poetry? My questions stem from my own uncertainty. I procrastinated going for a run while I wrote this and now the weather is inclement. You might share such messiness. Equally\, you might have beautifully crafted paeons that match your resting heart rate. Odes to your Strava goals. Sonnets of hatred about the fitness industrial complex. The awkward\, terrible feelings of being a person. Forever not quite fitting. Can we provide succour for ourselves\, for others\, in whatever outfit\, unfit\, fitful ways we bring words to the page? \n  \nSubmissions\n\nSubmission to Cordite 119: FIT\, with poetry guest-edited by Emilie Collyer\, closes 11.59pm Melbourne time on 10 January 2026. \nWe celebrate 29 years of publishing in 2025. Please consider making a DGR tax-free donation. \n*Submissions for Cordite Scholarly are always accepted. \nSubmissions of poetry in translation can be sent to our Translations Editor at any time: alice [@] cordite.org.au. \nThe following conditions apply to all other poetry submissions: \n\nPlease do NOT print your name or contact details on your submission document.\nCordite only accepts unpublished work.\nCordite maintains a hybrid submissions policy. This means that the guest editor may invite five (5) Australian and five (5) overseas authors directly to submit to the issue. In addition\, the guest-editor will anonymously select an additional 30-35 works from Australian authors and use their discretion to select further overseas works. For each issue\, the guest editor does not know the identities of the online contributors (via Submittable) until after the final selections have been made.\nSimultaneous submissions? Sure. Just inform us or withdraw if the work is accepted elsewhere.\nPlease send a maximum of three (3) poems in one (1) Word or RTF document.\nWe are not able to offer feedback on individual poems.\nSubmissions will only be accepted via Submittable …\nSubmissions may need to be developed to adhere to our Guide for Indigenous Editing and Writing.\n\n\n 
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LOCATION:Cordite Poetry Review
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