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P=Poetry, N=Nonfiction, F=Fiction
April Haiku Submissions Open Submit up to 3 haiku by March 25th THEME: Flowers (any kind) When the wild turnip burst into full blossom a skylark sang Koboyashi Issa (translated by Sam Hamill) Haiku Submission Guidelines Haiku poetry originated in Japan and was perfected by the great haiku masters: Matsuo Basho, Yosa Buson, Masaoka Shiki, […]
Hear, play or make it. Be stilled, stunned, changed, warped, saved, ruined or reborn by it. Music is the prompt for Issue 6.
What pleasant ghosts have stopped to visit you recently? We’re open for Happy Phantom submissions, inspired by the artist and album that got us through some hard times; and the delight that comes with considering some songs visitors from the past.
Whether your focus is on tomorrow or 2099, we want to see you take on the unknown.
We seek works that explore the boundless landscapes of time, the immortal pulse of nature, the timeless essence of being, or however you understand and interpret the concept of infinitude.
The economy no longer serves human society. It’s a business. So it is time to give business the business.
The winning stories are featured in an anthology edition and the winning and shortlisted writers receive cash prizes.
What if the big bad wolf was a person who had a past? Or what if Snow White wasn’t so perfect on paper?
Our simple definition for sense of place is: figuring out the reality of where you are, and how you perceive that reality, and what your perception of that reality means to you.
Whether it’s accepting our own limitations, accepting challenging situations beyond our control, or holding space for any of the hundreds of facets of human existence that invite judgment, isolation, or torment, we want to hear about your struggles with and your victories in being accepted, in accepting, in making room.
Whether you draw inspiration from folklore, sci-fi, the natural world, lived experiences, or the abstract, we’re desperate to know: what do(es) creatures conjure up for you?
Issue 17 will have a loose theme of Adventure. However, we would recommend not taking the theme too literally.
Send in your experiences and desires, your vulnerability and hope, as well as your dreams and despair in relation to the theme. We want voice. We want artistry. We want heart.
We are very into slice of life stories, ruralism in general, extending to so-called “cottagecore”, and stories in general that take place in wooded places.
SERAPHIM: an angelic being, regarded in traditional Christian angelology as belonging to the highest order of the ninefold celestial hierarchy, associated with light, ardour, and purity.
Please send us your clever observations of the world, from the mundane to the mountainous. Tell the truth, but tell it slanted.
Whether your style leans towards the whimsical or the stark, infuse your work with the power to provoke contemplation. Show us possibilities that shape the human experience.
Submissions are restricted to women and gender non-conforming people.
“I never left because a part of me will always be in that house . . . ” ? J.X. Burros
Mothers have a lot to say about mothering. Trust us, we know. We're dedicating the month of May to telling those motherhood stories.