Events

In our homes and public spaces, on our streets, buildings, and bodies; sometimes carefully planned and presented, sometimes spontaneously expressed— we live with art.

Although the essay holds the central role at DPA, we are open to other genres, including experimental, poetry and flash non-fiction, as long as there is a first-person point of view.

What makes a desert? Definitions of ‘desert’ include arid land, lifeless water, desolate areas, wild lands, or home for most of us in the Southwest. In issue six, we want to explore what perceptions shape our climate.

We want to give all people who make their way to Fathom a reason to engage their minds and their emotions.

The past, famously, is a foreign country – but in the twenty-first century, it’s one in which we increasingly seek solace.

In this issue, we encourage you to deconstruct and redefine the notion of coda. How can the conclusion be a new beginning? Explore innovative methods of crafting closure, and let your creative expression find its ultimate resolution.

The phrase “fresh hell” embodies the intersection of humor and despair in the face of life’s twists and turns. We invite you to respond to this theme by with the tumultuous and unpredictable facets of human experience—personal, social, cultural, global, or otherwise.

Might not necessarily be a depiction of something earth shattering. Might be a small, quiet moment or sliver of insight.
Interpret it as you see fit.

What 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.

Through our search for connection, we find joy, a sense of belonging, new perspectives, and intrinsic meaning for our lives. What does connection mean to you?

Sometimes what’s left unsaid is the cause of pain, sometimes it’s a source of power. 

This folio aims to educate and celebrate what it means to navigate this neurotypical, able-bodied world, as someone outside of its perceived standards.

We are looking for new, unpublished, first-person, non-fiction material that is for or about women.

The Bad Day Book is exactly what it sounds like. A book for bad days.

Ev0king the Question: What is your favorite inexpensive, simple spell for prosperity?

What does it mean to forgive? Are there any preconditions? Any limitations? What does forgiveness do to us and to the forgiven?