PFN – Persimmon Tree Short Takes Call for Submissions. Theme: “Shameless Self-Promotion”
Short Takes is open for bragging. Of all the fabulous things you have done in your life, until now cloaked in demure silence, which makes you proudest?
20 events found.
Most events are installed on their deadline date, unless there is a long submission window or unless it's a rolling submission.
P=Poetry, N=Nonfiction, F=Fiction
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PFN – Friends Journal Seeking Submissions of Quaker Fiction, All Genres
Friends JournalIn November 2023 we will publish our third annual issue of Quaker Fiction. It’s open to all genres—crime, fantasy, romance, science fiction and horror, young adult, and more. Surprise us with your work!
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F – The Masters Review Summer Short Story Award for New Writers
The Masters ReviewWe don’t have any preferences topically or in terms of style. We’re simply looking for the best. Dazzle us, take chances, and be bold.
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P – Free the Verse Poetry Magazine Seeking Submissions. Theme: “Do You Smell Burning?”
Free the Verse Poetry MagazineOur favourite poems are the unexpected kind. We love free verse poems that take familiar situations and turn them on their head, using unusual metaphors and drawing parallels no one else would see.
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F – Scottish Book Trust 50-Word Fiction Competition. Write a Story Featuring a Rucksack.
Scottish Book TrustWe provide a prompt to get you started, but where the story goes from there is entirely up to you.
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PFN – Cape Magazine Seeking Submissions on the Theme: “Excommunicado”
Cape MagazineWe have no genre expectations, just send us something that is utterly you – from beauty to beast, creative non-fiction to allegorical fairy tales – we just want to revel in the potency of your voice.
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PFN – Pocket Guide Seeking Submissions on the Theme: “Pocket Guide to the End”
Pocket GuideWe’re seeking work about the end. Send us your take on the end of a meal, the close of a journey, the end of life, or anything else.
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P – The 2023 Aesthetica Creative Writing Award for Poetry
Aesthetica MagazineOpen to submissions on any theme, however, we are particularly interested in pieces that challenge us – that redefine the parameters of form, concept and technique
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F – The 2023 Aesthetica Creative Writing Award for Short Fiction
Aesthetica MagazinePast winning pieces have reflected upon both social and political structures, human relationships and experiences. They have pushed the boundaries of imagination – providing new possibilities and ideas.
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F – The Letter Review Prize for Short Fiction
Letter ReviewLetter Review believes in the power of literature, and in the importance and magic of new writing.
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P – The Letter Review Prize for Poetry
Letter ReviewA wonderful opportunity for emerging writers to demonstrate their ability and secure publication, and an exciting arena in which established writers can showcase new work and build their reputations.
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N – The Letter Review Prize for Nonfiction
Letter ReviewAny and all works which convey information about the real world are welcome, and subjective conclusions are certainly encouraged
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F – The Scottish Arts Trust Edinburgh Award for Flash Fiction 2024
Edinburgh Award for Flash Fiction£2,000 prize for writers worldwide and stories on any topic up to 250 words
Britain’s biggest flash fiction prize - open to writers worldwide£7 -
PFN – Call for Submissions to The MockingOwl Roost. Theme: “Beauty”
The MockingOwl RoostOur themes are intentionally vague to leave the concept up to the writer’s interpretation.
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PFN – Fox Tales Contest Theme: “Art of Deception”
Fox Tales ContestsShow us truth camouflaged by falsehoods, the blurred line between fact and fiction, or the entanglement of half-truths and illusions.
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PN – Parabola Magazine Seeking Submissions with the Theme: “Comfort & Joy”
Parabola MagazineParabola is a quarterly journal devoted to the exploration of the quest for meaning as it is expressed in the world’s myths, symbols, and religious traditions, with particular emphasis on the relationship between this store of wisdom and our modern life.
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PFN – Open Call to Superpresent Magazine. Theme: “Naturally”
Superpresent MagazineThe name Superpresent conveys multiple meanings. It could be something very much in the here and now, or something beyond the present state of being or thinking, or something surreal, or it could simply be a great and wonderful gift.
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PF – Lines + Stars: A Journal of Poetry and Short Prose: Seeking Submissions with the Theme: “Red”
Lines + StarsSend us your red, reddening, and red-focused poems and short prose.
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PFN – Beloved: Love Letters to the Beauty of ButchFemme Seeking Submissions on “Flesh”
Beloved ZineIn decay, there is devotion. Through flesh, we express our desire. How does your ButchFemme devotion become realized in the flesh?
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PFN – Exposition Review Seeks Submission on the Theme “Secret” for the Flash 405 Competition
Exposition ReviewFlash 405 is Exposition Review’s multi-genre flash competition, awarding prizes and online publication to the winners!
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