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SUMMARY:P - Callout for Submissions to Issue 18 of Last Stanza Poetry Journal. Theme: Oops
DESCRIPTION:Callout for submissions to Issue 18 of Last Stanza Poetry Journal\n  \nThe theme for Last Stanza Poetry Journal Issue #18 is “Oops!” Brazilian J. Carlos [José Carlos de Brito e Cunha] will be the featured artist. \nThe deadline is September 30\, 2024. A single $100 award will be given for an outstanding poem. There is never a reading fee. An interview with the Editor’s Choice Award winner will be published in the same issue (optional). \nPoems can be any style\, but preferably non-rhyming. Submit up to three poems\, each no longer than 64 lines\, to laststanza@outlook.com as a single Word document or within the body of your email. There is no budget for author copies\, as proceeds are used to purchase copies for libraries. Published poems will be considered for a Pushcart Prize nomination. Authors retain all rights to their poems. Reprints are rarely accepted. If the poem has been previously published\, please credit the prior publication. \nLast Stanza Poetry Journal is published worldwide in ebook\, softcover\, and color-illustrated hardcover. It is available primarily from Amazon\, but some issues are also via these sites and others: Barnes & Noble\, Walmart\, Book Depository\, Blackwell\, and Powell’s. https://laststanzapoetry.blogspot.com/search/label/poetry%20submissions
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-callout-for-submissions-to-issue-18-of-last-stanza-poetry-journal-theme-oops/
LOCATION:Last Stanza Poetry Journal
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SUMMARY:PFN - The Calendula Review: A Journal of Narrative Medicine.  Issue 3 Theme: Inhale/Exhale
DESCRIPTION:What is Narrative Medicine? \nNarrative medicine is a new area of study reclaiming the traditional interdisciplinary approach to patient care. Narrative medicine emphasizes understanding patients’ personal narratives to enhance empathy\, communication\, and healing. By integrating the humanities (art\, poetry\, writing\, and reflective practices) into medical education\, narrative medicine fosters a holistic understanding of illness and promotes a more compassionate approach to healthcare. The Calendula Review aims to highlight diverse work that serves to enlighten and embody the healthcare narrative\, directly and indirectly. We appreciate the voices of medical practitioners\, patients\, caregivers\, and anyone affected by\, or involved with\, illness or medicine in all its myriad forms. \nSubmission Guidelines\n\n\nThe theme for our November 2024 publication is “Inhale/Exhale.” \nWe carry the rhythm of breath in our bodies\, always–it is ever-present and at the same time\, finite and precious. At times\, we are viscerally conscious of it\, especially when we witness the first or last breath. We breathe with intention during illness\, loss\, or birthing\, to harness our minds\, our bodies\, retain the moment while moving through. Catching a breath in elation syncopates the cycle in other ways. The simple act of drawing and releasing air has such vital and disparate qualities–it enlightens the senses\, brings us in and out of our bodies\, informs our actions. And what of the times we need to learn new ways to breathe? What of that liminal space between the inhale and exhale? What resides there? What is it that transitions\, transforms\, reframes\, directs? Breath allows us the space to grieve\, accept\, be joyous\, irate\, or peaceful\, and it facilitates the process by which we move forward in the world–and do not. Inhale/Exhale holds space for a moment\, story\, or image in all of us. What is yours? \nPoetry: We accept up to 5 poems in whichever format you see fit\, but no more than five pages in all; Times New Roman\, 12 pt. font in a Word file. If you have specific formatting for your poem or you have embedded text within an image\, please state this in the description of your submission (you may send us a PDF for reference if this applies). We are open to hybrid poetry pieces that include visual and written elements. \nProse: We accept prose submissions (both fiction and creative nonfiction) of up to 3000 words. Please double-space your work and use Times New Roman\, 12 pt. font. Please send your piece in Word format. We accept up to three pieces of Flash at once as long as the culminating word count is under 3000 words. Please put all pieces in one document with clear titles for each. \nGeneral guidelines: \n\n\nThough we are fairly flexible on how this is interpreted\, please reflect on whether your work fits within the genre of Narrative Medicine before submitting. For a clear description of what Narrative Medicine is\, please visit the Home page and read past issues.  \n\n\nPlease ensure that you include a bio of 100 words or less at the foot of your document\, and a short cover letter in the body of your email with your submission. \n\n\nYou may submit in only one category\, and once per submission period. \n\n\nWe do not currently charge a fee for submissions and we cannot pay contributors at this time. \n\n\nOur turnaround time is roughly two months. \n\n\nCurrently\, we can only accept submissions written in English\, or that are translated to English. Please reach out if you have questions about this regarding any specific pieces. Quotes or small sections used for dialog or poetic effect are fine. \n\n\nWe will immediately refuse anything that contains hateful\, extremely or gratuitously graphic\, or harmful language or ideas. \n\n\nWe do not currently offer feedback.  \n\n\nPlease do not submit previously published work\, or work you have sent us before.  \n\n\nIf your work was accepted for the most recent published issue\, please do not submit to the following issue; we ask that you wait for the next one. \n\n\nSimultaneous submissions are okay\, but please immediately withdraw\, or let us know if your work has been accepted elsewhere. \n\n\nPlease proof read your work for errors. We will not edit extensively for publication. Work that contains excessive errors will be rejected. \n\n\nThe Author retains rights to all work upon publication\, but we do ask that if the work is published elsewhere afterward\, you credit The Calendula Review as the initial publisher. \n\n\nPlease be sure to adhere to HIPAA guidelines on identifiers. \n\n\nPlease title your submission as outlined below. \n\n\nSubmissions should be emailed to TCRSubmissions@cnsu.edu during the open period only\, and with the subject line: GENRE_NAME_TITLE OF WORK. For example: POETRY SUBMISSION_WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE_SONNET 18. Please include a short cover letter in the body of the email\, and an attach your work in Word format or similar. Please also remember to insert a short bio of 100 words or less at the end of your Word document so we have everything in one place; make sure your name and email address are clearly stated in the document with a word count in the top right corner. Please note that once you’ve sent your work\, you should get an auto response saying your work has been received. If you do not see this after a couple of minutes\, check your “outbox” or “sent” folder to make sure your message went out. \n​By submitting their work\, the Author agrees to the terms laid out in these guidelines. If accepted\, a contract for the piece including these terms will be offered to the Author. \n​Please be sure to adhere to HIPAA guidelines on identifiers when submitting any kind of work. This is especially pertinent for work in the realm of narrative medicine. For a list of identifiers and information on HIPAA compliance\, please go here.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-the-calendula-review-a-journal-of-narrative-medicine-isee-3-theme-inhale-exhale/
LOCATION:The Calendula Review
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:FN - Fourteen Hills Seeking Submissions about: Local Legends and Hometown Horror
DESCRIPTION:As we are particularly interested in submissions from writers of color and writers from marginalized and underrepresented communities\, submissions to our Special Feature will be free to BIPOC\, LGBTQ+\, and other marginalized and underrepresented writers and artists for the remainder of the submission period.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSubmissions only accepted via Submittable \nTell us your experiences with local legends/myths or create your own hometown horrors! It can be from Bigfoot to Indigenous myths to any eldritch horror\, as long as its lore is tethered to the history of a town. \n\n\n\n\nFiction \nFiction submissions can be 1 short story or novel excerpt (maximum 25 pages\, though our sweet spot is 2\,000-4\,000 words) OR up to 3 flash fiction stories (maximum 1000 words each).  \n\n\n\n\nNonfiction\nCreative nonfiction submissions should be 1 piece of long-form creative nonfiction (maximum 25 pages\, though our sweet spot is 2\,000-4\,000 words) OR up to 3 flash/lyrical pieces (up to 1\,000 words each). \nSubmission file(s) must be in .doc\, .docx\, or .rtf format (Microsoft Word\, Open Office\, or Pages). \nCover letter section should include contact information\, a third-person author biography (3–5 sentences in length)\, and any other relevant information. \nIf you have questions about the status of your submission or subscription\, please contact us at hills@sfsu.edu. \nIf your submission is accepted for publication in the journal\, you will receive two free copies of the issue your work appears in and a year’s subscription. \n(*Submission fees are waived for current subscribers to Fourteen Hills. To support us as a subscriber\, please visit our Subscriptions page. If this fee poses a financial hardship\, please email us at hills@sfsu.edu.) \nWe are adamantly opposed to AI-generated submissions and reserve the right to reject any piece created with AI-assistance on sight.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/fn-fourteen-hills-seeking-submissions-about-local-legends-and-hometown-horror/
LOCATION:Fourteen Hills
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - Blue Bottle Journal Seeking Submissions. No Theme.
DESCRIPTION:Blue Bottle Journal is a Brisbane-based online publication seeking poetry that stings\, work that burns us long after reading. \nWe are largely interested in new\, emerging voices in the Australian poetry scene and abroad. Blue Bottle hopes to elevate marginalised voices including people of colour\, queer\, gender diverse\, emerging\, older and disabled poets. We are also open to work by established poets but will prioritise new names wherever possible. We hope to be a first or early publication for many ambitious poets\, young or old. \nWe are particularly interested in work that is emotional rather than esoteric\, for poems that pulse\, writhe\, and stick to our skin. A key focus of our catalogue to date has been based on the natural world\, animals and land through ecocritical lenses. We also go bananas for poems that can be easily paired online with a gripping visual/are alive with colour and tone. Feel free to dip into our archives for examples of work we love. \nGuidelines\nPlease email THREE POEMS MAX per submission round to bluebottlejournal@gmail.com ideally as a word doc rather than a pdf file. Please include a bio (50 words max) and your personal pronouns\, along with any social media handles in the body of your email\, so we have a general idea of who you are and how to promote you online. \nSubmissions are not anonymous\, so feel free to include your name in your submission. We aim to get back to you with a response within 4-6 weeks\, in some cases sooner and others longer\, depending on our intake volume. We pride ourselves on our speedy response times. \nAll submitted poems should be previously unpublished (including on social media/personal blogs). We’d also greatly appreciate you taking the courtesy to credit our journal if you decide to republish your work elsewhere in future (and congrats if you do!). \nPublished pieces will also go up online on a rolling basis as they are sent through. Please note: we’re happy to accept simultaneous submissions but please let us know as soon as possible if your work is accepted elsewhere (again\, congrats if it is!). \nPLEASE NOTE: We are very pleased to now open up our submissions to past Blue Bottle contributors. We’re entering a new era of the journal where we’re happy to hear from some familiar faces and continue building the strength of our poetry catalogue into the future. \nAlso please be mindful that as we are a small unfunded journal we are unable to pay contributors at this time. We’d love to explore paid opportunities for our poets in future and will continue to seek out funding options. \nWe greatly look forward to reading your work. Hit us where it hurts.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-blue-bottle-journal-seeking-submissions-no-theme/
LOCATION:Blue Bottle Journal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to Freefall Magazine
DESCRIPTION:SUBMISSIONS \nOpen Submissions June 1st to September 30th \nSUBMISSION GUIDELINES AND INFORMATION \nProse: Submit up to 4\,000 words. We accept short story and novel excerpts; non-fiction\, writing-related or general-audience topics; creative non-fiction; plays; and postcard stories. Payment is $10 per page in the magazine (to a maximum of $100) and one copy of the issue your piece is published in. \nPoetry: Submit 1-3 poems of any style. The length of any individual poem cannot exceed 6 pages. Payment is $25 per poem and one copy of the issue your piece is published in. \nAll payments are made upon publication. \nWe accept simultaneous submissions\, but please notify us if your piece is picked up by another magazine. We do not publish previously published works: online\, digital\, or print. Our response by email will take anywhere from 2 weeks to 6 months. \nPlease note: We buy First North American Serial Rights and First Digital Publication Rights only. After publication\, copyright reverts to the author. \nShort story and poetry submissions may also be considered for distribution in Calgary Public Library’s Short Story Dispenser. Pieces that meet the Library’s guidelines will be published in the Short Story Dispenser at least 3 months after appearing in FreeFall magazine. Stories will be considered if they are less than 1\,200 words\, contain suitable content for all ages\, and are written by authors with ties to Alberta. Authors will not receive further compensation for publishing in the Short Story Dispenser.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-freefall-magazine/
LOCATION:Freefall Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - Frosted Fire Fifth Annual Single Poem Competition. Theme: "The Beginning...of the End"
DESCRIPTION:Prizes: £350 1st prize £150 2nd £75 3rd plus 3 runner up prizes of £25 \nAnthology publication for up to 20 longlisted and prizewinning poets \nCompetition rules | Entry form \nYou can call it many things: a tipping point\, the eleventh hour\, climate change\, the bell for the last lap\, a general election\, a jury retiring to reach a verdict\, an amber traffic light\, a month’s notice\, someone asking for a divorce\, being rushed into hospital\, pushing a bell on a bus\, pulling a train communication cord\, losing your balance\, the start of the last chapter\, a final written warning\, a notice to quit\, being charged with murder\, passing the point of no return. Whatever you call it\, it’s The Beginning of the End. \nWe can’t wait to read your poem. \nOur judges will be open to all forms of poetry whether it be rhymed or blank\, light or serious\, structured or free. They consider content\, quality\, and originality before form. Entries are welcome from anywhere in the world\, and we hope that this\, our fifth annual single-poem competition will pass last year’s record number of countries from which competitors originated. \nThe judging team will read every entry\, and long-listed and short-listed entries will each be read by two judges. Our judges are Marilyn Timms and Katherine Parsons. \nAll entries presented to the judges are anonymous. Our entry system automatically sends only the actual poems to the judges. Details of author and payment details are stored separately\, filed under the title of each poem. The administration database is locked until judging is complete\, when the names of successful poets are discovered and linked with their poem titles. \n\n\n\nRules for The Beginning . . . of the End competition 2024\nClosing date: 30 September 2024 at 11.59 BST\n\nThe contest is open to all poets\, except those who act as volunteers for Wildfire Words/Frosted Fire or major prizewinners in the last two years of Frosted Fire/Wildfire Words competitions.\nAll poems must be entirely the entrant’s own\, unpublished work.\nInternational entrants are welcome\, but entries must be in English. Translations are not allowed\, unless the poet has translated their own poetry into English.\nYou may submit as many poems as you like\, in batches of up to 4 poems. Each poem should be a separate file\, and an entry fee must be paid for each.\nEach poem’s title should be at the top of the page\, and the file name of the poem must be the poem’s title.\nEach poem should be a separate file in Word or PDF\, and no longer than 50 lines\, including title and stanza break lines.\nDo not put any identification on the work. We will match your entry title to your email address after the anonymous judging is complete.\nTo maintain anonymous judging\, your entry must not contain a poem that might be recognized by any of the judges through workshops\, mentoring\, or public readings.\nSimultaneous submissions are accepted\, but an entry must be withdrawn in the event of it winning a prize or publication elsewhere. Entry fees are not refundable once an entry has been received.\nWork will not be returned\, so please keep a copy.\nWe are unable to give feedback on individual entries or on the results of the competition — the judges’ decisions are final.\nResults will be emailed by late October to all who entered\, and published on this website and social media.\nThe entry fee is £4 per poem or £12 for 4 — but on 10 September will rise to £5 per poem or £16 for 4.\nEntries must be paid for on the entry form\, and your entry file uploaded\, by the closing time of 11.59 pm on 30 September 2024. Our banking for credit or debit card payments is provided by PayPal\, but you do not need a PayPal account to pay by card.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-frosted-fire-fifth-annual-single-poem-competition-theme-the-beginning-of-the-end/
LOCATION:Frosted Fire Single Poem Competition
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:PFN - Open Call for Gutter Magazine
DESCRIPTION:GUIDELINES\nAll work must be previously unpublished in print or on-line.\nPlease save your work as ‘firstname_surname_prose’ or ‘firstname_surname_poetry’\nFile format and administrative details: \n• Work should be submitted in Word Documents only. In the case of concrete poetry or work with a visual element please submit as a Word document with an accompanying PDF. In the case of multiple poems\, please save and send them within a single word document – it makes our job much easier! \n• Put your name in the header of each page of your word document \n• Please include your name\, address\, postcode\, and word count (or line count in the case of poetry) on a title sheet \n• Save your work as ‘firstname_surname_prose’ or ‘firstname_surname_poetry’ and title your submission with your name as well \nQuantity of submission: \n• Up to a maximum of five poems totaling no more than 120 lines\, or one piece of prose up to 3000 words \nPlease include a 20 word bio for use in case of publication. \nSuccessful contributors will be paid a flat fee of £25 for work published in the mag\, regardless of length or style. You will also receive a complimentary copy of the issue. \n\n\nPoetry submissions can consist of up to three poems\, totalling no more than 100 lines. Please send all poems within a single text document. \n\n\nFiction and essay submissions can run to a maximum of 2500 words. Please only send one prose submission per issue. \n\n\nWork should be submitted as .docx or .rtf files. \n\n\nSubmit your work using the file name format: firstname_surname_fiction\, firstname_surn \n\n\nType your name and form (Fiction\, Essay or Poetry) on the first page of your submission. \n\n\nWe do not accept simultaneous submissions. \n\n\nAll submissions should be sent via our online portal.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-open-call-for-gutter-magazine/
LOCATION:Gutter Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Kenyon Review Seeking Submissions on the Theme of Visitation
DESCRIPTION:Submissions Information and Guidelines\nWith VISITATION we are looking for writing which captures an impermanent experience of presence. A visitation might be a knock at the door\, a funereal ritual\, a brush with the otherworldly\, a legal mandate\, an act of wrath\, a moment of union. Guest edited by Kenyon Review Fellow\, Jennifer Galvão\, this folio seeks to think about doors\, borders\, power\, incarceration\, and other institutions which divide or limit our time. \nWe invite work that broadly interprets these themes . When you submit\, you will have the option to identify your work for general submission or the themes. \nWe strongly encourage submitters to familiarize themselves with work previously published by The Kenyon Review. Subscriptions are available here\, and anyone can read up to five free pieces per month in our Archive. \nWe do not charge a reading fee for general submissions. \nWe consider previously unpublished: \n\nshort fiction and essays (up to 7\,500 words)\nflash fiction and essays (up to 3 pieces\, up to 1\,000 words each; please format and submit as a single document)\npoetry (up to 6 poems; please format and submit as a single document)\nexcerpts (up to 30 pages double-spaced) from larger works\n\nWe do consider translations in the categories and special folios and themes listed above. Please submit your translated work to its corresponding genre (fiction\, nonfiction\, poetry\, or the appropriate theme or folio). \nYou may submit to more than one genre. However\, please submit no more than one submission in a given genre (fiction\, nonfiction\, and poetry); multiple submissions in the same genre (including multiple submissions with different themes) will be disregarded. \nWe consider submissions on Submittable and do not consider paper submissions\, except from writers (such as those who are incarcerated) who do not have ready access to the internet. Paper submissions for the current submissions period must be postmarked by the current submission period’s deadline and must be accompanied by a self-addressed\, stamped envelope. Send hard copies to: SUBMISSIONS\, The Kenyon Review\, 102 W. Wiggin St.\, Gambier\, OH 43022 \nHere’s the link to our Submittable portal: https://thekenyonreview.submittable.com/submit \nWe do not accept revisions to submissions once the submission period is closed. Do not send new drafts unless requested to do so by an editor. \nSimultaneous submissions are permitted\, but please notify us immediately if the work has been accepted elsewhere. \nFor prose and drama submissions\, please withdraw your piece via Submittable. \nFor poetry and flash fiction/nonfiction submissions\, please use your Submittable account to add a note to your submission listing the titles of works no longer available for consideration. \nWe cannot consider additional work in the place of withdrawn work. \nWe read every submission\, and because we receive so many submissions per year\, response times will vary according to the volume of submissions. We aim to respond to all submissions within six months of receipt. Feel free to query us at kenyonreview@kenyon.edu for an update if after six months of submitting work you do not hear from us. Thank you in advance for your patience. \nAuthors will receive a contract upon acceptance and payment upon publication. Authors retain copyright to their work published in The Kenyon Review. \nSubmitting work to The Kenyon Review adds you to our mailing lists. You may unsubscribe from these lists at any time. \nPlease be sure to add kenyonreview@kenyon.edu to contacts so that you can receive correspondence from us about your submission. \nIf you are unable to submit because you have not verified your email address with Submittable and have not received a verification notification\, we recommend adding notifications@email.submittable.com to your safe-sender or contact list and attempting email verification again. The Submittable forms require email verification for security purposes. If you continue to experience issues\, we recommend you submit a Submittable support request; the support team usually respond quite quickly and can send you your individual verification link directly. \nWe pay $0.08 per published word of prose (minimum $80\, maximum $450) and $0.16 per published word of poetry (minimum $40\, maximum $200). \nWe generally follow the Chicago Manual of Style and Webster’s latest New Collegiate Dictionary. \nThank you for sharing your work with us!
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-kenyon-review-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-of-visitation/
LOCATION:Kenyon Review
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Lunch Ticket: Amuse Bouche Seeking Submissions on the Theme of Resistance and Liberation
DESCRIPTION:Lunch Ticket 26 Theme: “Resistance and Liberation”\nSince their founding\, Antioch University\, the Antioch MFA program\, and Lunch Ticket have centered the pursuit of social\, racial\, environmental\, gender\, and economic justice. As we watch the reversal of decades of social victories\, the suppression of dissent\, the use of indiscriminate violence\, and the rise of authoritarianism in the USA and around the world\, we at Lunch Ticket 26 feel compelled to address the theme of “Resistance and Liberation” for our upcoming issue. Lunch Ticket seeks to be a beacon and a home for stories\, essays\, and poems that highlight how people resist oppression and fight for collective liberation. \nAs Ursula K. LeGuin said\, “We will need writers who can remember freedom.” We are looking for high-quality writing that engages with the nuances and complexities of our times and isn’t afraid to tackle difficult subjects.  While we are prioritizing such voices\, we are also interested in reading your pieces even if they do not apply to our theme. As always\, we aim to center writers and artists who have been marginalized and underrepresented\, or historically misrepresented\, and feature work that plays with form and strives for a more just world. We are especially interested in writing from people directly engaged in resistance and liberation. Multilingual submissions are welcome in all genres. \n\n\n\n\n \nRalph & Rita in Sienna\, 36″x24″  \n\n\n\n\n\nAmuse-Bouche Guidelines:\n\nPlease submit to Lunch Ticket only once per submission reading period (regardless of genre).\nIf your work has been published in Lunch Ticket\, please skip one submission reading period before submitting again.\nAll submissions at Lunch Ticket are read anonymously in the first round. We only read pieces that have all identifying information removed. Make sure no identifying information exists in the document title\, submission title\, or the work itself. Identifying information (such as names and bios) can only be included in the cover letter\, and not in any attached files or the submission title.\nAll prose must be double-spaced in 12-pt Times New Roman font.\nSubmissions should not exceed 3\,500 words (source text not included in the word count).\nIf your piece is 750 words and under\, please choose the Flash Prose category when you indicate the genre of your submission below.\nSubmit up to 3 poems per submission reading period. Submit all poems in the same document.\nWe recognize that poetry often calls for its own particular formatting. When in doubt\, use 12-pt Times New Roman font.\nWe allow simultaneous submissions. Please indicate in your cover letter that this is a simultaneous submission\, and if your piece is accepted elsewhere\, you must notify us immediately.\nWe do not accept previously published work (this includes work published in personal blogs or social media).\nWe do not accept AI-generated work.\nSubmitters must be 18 years of age or older.\nAll submitters are added to our bi-monthly newsletter email subscriber list.\n\nWe look forward to sampling your work!
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-lunch-ticket-amuse-bouche-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-of-resistance-and-liberation/
LOCATION:Lunch Ticket: Amuse Bouche
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PF - Open Call for Submissions to Okay Donkey
DESCRIPTION:We publish one new piece every Friday\, alternating between poetry and flash fiction. We do NOT publish flash nonfiction. Please send us either one poem OR one flash fiction per author\, per submission period. \nWe’re open for submissions on the 1st of every month and stay open until we hit our submissions cap. If we hit the submission cap early\, regular submissions will close and reopen on the 1st of the next month. However\, Tip Jar and Expedited Response submissions will remain open until the end of the month. \nOur usual turnaround time is around 2-3 months. If you haven’t heard from us after 3 months\, please feel free to follow up on your submission. \nPOETRY \n\nPlease send us only one poem per author\, per submission period.\nWhile there are no strict word limits for poetry\, we tend to like poems that fit on one page.\nUse a 12-point standard font and single space your submissions (except for form poems).\nAttach your piece as a Word doc\, docx\, Google doc\, or PDF.\nPlease include a brief cover letter with a short third-person bio if you so desire.\n\nFLASH FICTION \n\nPlease send us one flash fiction per author\, per submission period.\nOur maximum word limit for flash fiction is 1\,200 words. This can either be one longer piece\, or 3-4 micros that add up to a total of 1\,200 words.\nUse a 12-point standard font and double space your submissions.\nAttach your piece as a Word doc\, docx\, Google doc\, or PDF.\nPlease include a brief cover letter with a short third-person bio if you so desire.\n\nGENERAL GUIDELINES \nIf we pass on an author’s flash fiction or poem\, please wait at least 2-3 months before submitting again. If we accept a flash fiction or poem\, please wait at least one year before submitting again. This helps us give everyone a fair shake. \nSimultaneous submissions are okay\, but we do not accept multiple submissions. If you send us one piece\, please wait until we respond before sending us another. We also do not accept previously published pieces. \nWe like to read both literary and genre-bending work\, but no gratuitous sex or violence. Also\, no racism\, misogyny\, ableism\, homophobia\, transphobia\, or xenophobia. \nWe do not read blind\, or publish anonymous work. This enables us to publish authors from diverse backgrounds\, and we strive to uplift marginalized and underrepresented voices. We do however respect our authors’ privacy and publish works under a pen name. \nOkay Donkey acquires First Electronic Rights and Non-exclusive Archival Rights. All other rights remain with the author. If you reprint your piece in a book or anthology\, all we ask is that you mention it appeared here first.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pf-open-call-for-submissions-to-okay-donkey/
LOCATION:Okay Donkey
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Epistemic Literary Issue #4 Seeking Submissions on Exclusion
DESCRIPTION:As humans we have an inherent need to belong to something outside of ourselves\, a community of some sort. And\, unfortunately\, most of us know what it feels like not to belong—to be left out. To be excluded. \nFor our fourth issue we want to explore the idea of exclusion. Tell us your stories of isolation\, being left out\, discriminated against. What about a time you did the excluding? Or flip it on its head and share the joy that comes from escaping the exclusion and finding your people. Surprise us (someone always does)! \nAnticipated publication November 2024. \nGenre: \nPoetry\, including prose poems: up to three poems\, not to exceed three pages. *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. \nCreative Nonfiction (CNF): maximum two pieces up  to 1000 words each. \n(All final decisions are joint.) \nFormat: Please submit your work using our Google Form\, which will go live on the website when submissions open on September 1. 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\, but please include a short bio and any social media or website info. \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-issue-4-seeking-submissions-on-exclusion/
LOCATION:Epistemic Literary
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:F - The Meadowlark Review Seeking Flash Prose about "Firsts"
DESCRIPTION:During this reading period\, we accept: \n\n\nShort fiction up to 1\,000 words \n\n\nBased in Laramie\, Wyoming\, we’re inspired by the American West\, but we love work that pushes against the traditional Western narrative\, as well as new perspectives\, unexpected twists\, and pieces that have absolutely nothing to do with the West. We are especially interested in hybrid works and works that break the mold and push the boundaries of today’s literature. \nThe Meadowlark Review welcomes submissions from writers of all identities\, working anywhere in the world\, and we especially seek to find and support work by writers who are often marginalized within literary spaces due to their race\, gender\, sexual orientation\, ability\, and/or other aspect(s) of identity. We will not accept work that contains any racist\, homophobic\, transphobic\, and xenophobic content. We search for work that challenges us\, but not in ways that contribute to harmful\, oppressive narratives. \nSimultaneous submissions are welcome\, as long as you let us know and withdraw your work as soon as it is accepted elsewhere. We also do not accept previously published work. \nUpon acceptance\, we ask for first publication rights as well as the rights to feature your work for the lifetime of The Meadowlark Review. All rights revert to the author after publication. If your piece is reprinted elsewhere\, please mention that it first appeared here (and also let us know—we’d love to help promote it!). \nFlash – Open \nFlash prose and poetry up to 1\,000 words for prose\, or one to two brief poems\, about “firsts.” This could be anything from first middle school dance to first female president. Submissions capped at 50 for each genre or until 11:59pm Sept 30\, whichever comes. Please use standard 12-sized font. \nWe typically take 3-6 months to respond to submissions. After 3 months\, you are more than welcome to query. Please send queries to meadowlarkreview@gmail.com. Include in the subject line your name and the genre submission. We will try to respond to you as soon as possible.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-the-meadowlark-review-seeking-flash-prose-about-firsts/
LOCATION:The Meadowlark Review
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - The APR Honickman First Book Prize
DESCRIPTION:The prize of $3\,000\, with an introduction by the judge and distribution of the winning book by Copper Canyon Press through Consortium\, will be awarded in 2025 with publication of the book in the same year. The author will receive a standard book publishing contract\, with royalties paid in addition to the $3\,000 prize. This year’s final judge is poet Nicole Sealey. \nThe prize is open to poets who have not published a book-length collection of poems with a registered ISBN. Poems previously published in journals or limited-edition chapbooks may be included in the manuscript\, but the entire manuscript itself must not have been published as a book-length work. Translations are not eligible nor are works written by multiple authors. The editors of The American Poetry Review will screen manuscripts for the judge. APR complies with the CLMP Code of Ethics in the administration of this contest. The judge will select a manuscript in an anonymous review process and will not award the prize to any writer whose personal relationship to the judge poses a conflict of interest. \nTo be considered for the prize\, submit a manuscript of 48 pages or more\, single-spaced\, paginated\, with a table of contents and acknowledgments. \n• Manuscripts must be received by October 1\, 2024 The winning author and all other entrants will be notified by January 15\, 2025.\n• You may simultaneously submit your manuscript elsewhere\, but please notify us immediately if it is accepted for publication. Submission of more than one manuscript is permissible; each must be under separate cover with a fee\, a return postcard\, and a notification envelope.\n• The winning author will have time to revise the manuscript after acceptance\, but please send no revisions during the reading period.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-the-apr-honickman-first-book-prize/
LOCATION:The APR Honickman First Book Prize
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to The Courtship of Winds. Theme: Election 2024
DESCRIPTION:Recognizing the importance of the upcoming presidential election\, the winter issue of The Courtship of Winds will be a special Election Issue and will be published before the election. We are once again looking at a desperately important election in the fall.  As a result we would be particularly interested in submissions for the next issue that touch in some way on the place we find ourselves in the U.S. trying to right a teetering democracy.  As our situation is not unique in the world\, writers and artists in other countries should feel free to submit work that speaks to the situations in their countries. Submissions should still be works of art\, as opposed to simple diatribe.  Other than that\, there are no narrow restrictions. \n\nThe Courtship of Winds publishes poetry\, fiction\, and essays. Please submit no more than six poems at a time. Please include a short\, third-person bio with your submission. Please use Submittable for all submissions. Simultaneous submissions are fine\, provided the author immediately withdraws any work accepted elsewhere. Please withdraw work only through Submittable\, indicating in the “reason” field if you are withdrawing part or all of your submission.  Courtship does not publish previously published work.  Authors retain all rights to their work. You should expect a response within six months. We regret that we cannot currently pay for accepted work. \n\n  \nPoetry\nSubmit up to 6 poems.  We are open to all subjects and styles. \nFiction\nWe are open to anything from very short fiction (aka “flash fiction\,” though we don’t love that term) to substantial short stories or excerpts from novels.  Length shouldn’t exceed 10\,000 words as a rule. \nNon-Fiction\nWe are interested in essays that offer insightful observations of social\, political or philosophical matters and which are written in an engaging\, accessible style.  Sharp\, concise literary analysis\, reportage\, and travel writing are also welcome. Length should generally not exceed 10\,000 words. \n\n  \nIt goes without saying that we are looking to publish the best work.  Some sense of the editorial philosophy behind Courtship can be gained by reading the “Editor’s Desk” page.  We are interested in publishing “unknowns\,” as well as well-established writers.  A writer who has published absolutely nothing will be read the same way as a prize-winning “name” writer.   Work that does something not seen before or\, more to the point\, makes us see differently — call it avant-garde\, experimental\, or what you like — is always welcome.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-frsubmissions-to-the-courtship-of-winds-theme-election-2024/
LOCATION:The Courtship of Winds
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:F - The Last Line Literary Journal Seeking Submissions Ending with the Line: "I didn't want to admit it\, but Lee was usually right."
DESCRIPTION:Submission Guideline\n \nFiction: All stories must end with the last line provided. The line cannot be altered in any way\, unless otherwise noted by the editors. The story should be between 300 and 5\,000 words (this is more like a guideline and not a hard-and-fast rule; going over or under the word count won’t get your story tossed from the slush pile).\n \nAlso\, we understand that writers may add our last line to a story that they are currently working on or have already completed\, and that’s cool. But please do not add our last line to a previously published story and submit it to us. We do not accept previously published stories\, even if they have been repurposed for our last lines. Also\, we do not accept simultaneous submissions. \nAll Stories: Writers should include a two- to three-sentence biography of themselves that we can use in the journal should your story be accepted. \nMultiple Submissions: We don’t mind if you want to submit multiple stories for the same issue. However\, it is unlikely we will use more than one of your stories in the same issue. \nSubmissions: We prefer you send manuscripts via email to submission (@) thelastlinejournal (dot) com. We accept stories in MS Word or Word Perfect format (we prefer attachments). Please do not send .pdf versions of your story. Make sure your name and contact information\, as well as your bio\, are part of the attachment. Stories also can be sent to The Last Line‘s post office box (PO Box 250382\, Plano\, TX\, 75025-0382). No manuscripts will be returned without an accompanying SASE with sufficient return postage. \nThe 2024 last line is: \nI didn’t want to admit it\, but Lee was usually right.\nDue date: October 1\, 2024 \nNotification: We don’t make decisions about submissions until after each issue closes. We typically send notices to everyone who submitted within three to four weeks after the issue’s deadline. You can also check the website’s home page for each issue’s production status. \n\n\n\n\nPayment: We pay on publication: $20.00 – $40.00 for fiction (all U.S. dollars). We also send you a copy of the issue in which your piece appears. You’ll receive your money and issue at the same time. \n(Note to our international writers: Postage cost for sending author copies overseas is becoming outrageous\, so we are reducing international author payment by the amount it would cost to send one author copy overseas. However\, if you would like to receive an electronic version of the issue [PDF] instead of a hard copy\, author payment will not be changed.)
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-the-last-line-literary-journal-seeking-sybmissions-ending-with-the-line-i-didnt-want-to-admit-it-but-lee-was-usually-right/
LOCATION:The Last Line Literary Journal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest 2024
DESCRIPTION:Submit poems on any theme\, up to 250 lines each. \nPrizes: \n\nTOM HOWARD PRIZE: $3\,500 for a poem in any style or genre\nMARGARET REID PRIZE: $3\,500 for a poem that rhymes or has a traditional style\nThe top two winners will also receive two-year gift certificates from our co-sponsor\, Duotrope (a $100 value)\nHonorable Mentions: 10 awards of $300 each (any style)\nTop 12 entries published online\nEnter via Submittable\n\nLength limit: 250 lines maximum per poem. No restriction on age of author. Authors from all countries eligible except Syria\, Iran\, North Korea\, Crimea\, Russia\, and Belarus (due to US government restrictions). Final judge: Michal ‘MJ’ Jones\, assisted by Briana Grogan and Dare Williams. \nFirst time entering? We prepared this brief video to guide you. See also our short entry checklist\, then click the button below to submit. Read the winning entries from the 21st contest. The results of the 22nd contest will be announced on April 15\, 2025. Fee: $22 per submission (one submission may contain up to 3 poems). Enter as many submissions as you wish. \nYou may submit published or unpublished work. Each submission may contain up to three poems. You may make multiple submissions. Please omit your name from your entries. We prefer 12-point type or larger. Please avoid fancy\, hard-to-read fonts. No restriction on age of author. All countries eligible except Syria\, Iran\, North Korea\, Crimea\, Russia\, and Belarus (due to US government restrictions). \nFor the purpose of the Margaret Reid Prize\, a poem in a traditional style employs regular meter and/or rhyme\, or is written in a recognized poetic form. This includes traditional Western forms such as ballads\, sonnets\, and blank verse\, Asian forms such as tanka and haiku\, and other traditional forms. \nFirst time entering? We prepared this brief video to guide you. See also our short entry checklist. \nEntry fee: $22 for each submission of 1-3 poems.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-tom-howard-margaret-reid-poetry-contest/
LOCATION:Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to Issue 7 of Moss Puppy Magazine. Theme: The Boneyard
DESCRIPTION:Call For Submissions: The Boneyard\n\n\nFor our seventh issue\, we are diving into the haunting and evocative theme of “The Boneyard.” We are seeking prose and poetry that evoke feelings of abandonment\, emptiness\, loneliness\, and the eerie ambiance of graveyards. We invite you to explore both literal and abstract takes on this theme\, drawing on images of skeletal structures\, the haunting silence of a graveyard\, or the decaying remnants of a junkyard filled with old cars. Consider the symbolism of dog bones or the raw essence of bones themselves. \n\nIssue 7: What We’re Looking For\n\n\nWe are particularly interested in pieces that delve into spooky\, ghostly\, and haunting elements\, including personal experiences with death. Explore the underground\, dirt\, vines\, and the creepy aspects of “the creaky bones of the house.” Themes can also include the decaying remains of an old house or the bones of a relationship\, depending on your unique execution. \nWe seek emotionally resonant pieces that linger with us long after we’ve experienced them\, much like a visit to a boneyard. Whether you choose stark\, skeletal imagery or more metaphorical explorations of decay and emptiness\, we encourage you to interpret the theme in your unique way. \nLet your creativity roam through the eerie silence of the boneyard. We can’t wait to see how you bring this theme to life through your words and art. \nSimultaneous Submissions: Encouraged – just withdraw via email if it’s accepted elsewhere!\n​ \n\nPoetry\n\n\nPreferred Formatting:​ \n12 point font \nTimes New Roman \ndouble-spaced \nSubmit up to three poems separately using the appropriate Google Form. \nPoems can appear within one document\, but should be submitted separately for organizational purposes. \n\n\nProse\n\n\nPreferred Formatting:​ \n12 point font \nTimes New Roman \ndouble-spaced \nindented \nSubmit up to 3\,000 words of prose using the appropriate Google Form. \nProse can appear within one document\, but should be submitted separately for organizational purposes.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-issue-7-of-moss-puppy-magazine-theme-the-boneyard/
LOCATION:Moss Puppy Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:N - Dorothy Parker's Ashes Seeking Submissions on the Theme of: The Cops
DESCRIPTION:Submissions are restricted to women and gender non-conforming people.\nSubmit.\nPlease submit first-person essays* anytime before the deadline prior to publication date. Please 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. \nAlthough 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. \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-of-the-cops/
LOCATION:Dorothy Parker’s Ashes
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submisions to Potomac Review. Theme: The Other
DESCRIPTION:We welcome poetry\, short fiction\, essays\, and meditations the topic. Writers may interpret these themes in a myriad of ways. For inspiration\, we offer excerpts from our recent editor’s note “A Reconciliatory Approach” \n“The initial seed of inspiration brings with it restraint and empathy\, humility\, and gratitude for whomever is abroad\, and the decision to share does not include the decision to disqualify\, for the decision to share is by definition reconciliatory; the poet will never meet but even a small percentage of their readers. Like othering\, not seeing is also a choice. We are not the only ones who observe and perhaps even engage in forms of mimesis. Just as self implies other\, the seen implicates the unseen. Much can be seen and understood\, but there is an ever-vanishing horizon\, and the other\, and the unseen\, call into this future. Seeing and failure to see are literary matters\, and while our themed issues will be capacious enough to allow for each writer’s vision—transgressive\, disruptive\, queer\, representative of the animal turn in the Anthropocene—they will be defining enough to proscribe that vision into the form of a task\, an aesthetic task\, where literature is itself seen as a form of reconciliation that does not recognize otherness\, difference\, disfiguration\, or boundaries except as an also-I where the unseen is that aspect of artistic creation that is ahead of its time\, that reveals itself as what has not yet been seen. ” \n  \nGeneral Submission Guidelines:\nPlease send us only one submission at a time per reading period. Send your work via Submittable at PotomacReview.Submittable.com. \nWe try to respond within four to six months. \nWe happily read simultaneous submissions\, but ask that you let us know as soon as a work has found a new home. Please see guidelines below for withdrawing your work if another publication has accepted it. \nWe do not accept multiple submissions. We cannot accept submissions from individuals currently associated with Montgomery College. \nContributors will be compensated with two complimentary copies and a 40% discount for additional copies. \nThank you! We look forward to reading your work. \nPoetry\nPlease send us up to five poems per poetry submission. \nIf any of your poems have been accepted elsewhere\, please leave a note in your submission specifying which were selected for publication\, and we’ll consider the remaining poems. \nFiction\nWhile we don’t have specific word limits for fiction submissions\, we are\, like everyone else\, constrained by final page counts. The longer the work\, the more difficult it is to find room for it; we typically find it difficult to make room for works that run much longer than 7\,500 words. On the other hand\, we’ve never turned down something we loved. \nWe only ask that you withdraw your submission if it has been accepted elsewhere. And please\, only send us one submission at a time. Thank you. \nNonfiction\nThere are no specific word limits for nonfiction submissions\, though like everyone else\, we are constrained by page counts\, and the longer a piece of work\, the more difficult it is to find room for it. We typically find it difficult to make room for works that run much longer than 7\,500 words. However\, we’ve never not been able to publish something we love.\nPlease note that we do not publish academic essays; we’re interested solely in creative nonfiction.\nWe only ask that you send one submission at a time (no multiple submissions)\, and that you withdraw your submission if it has been accepted elsewhere.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submisions-to-potomac-review-theme-the-other/
LOCATION:Potomac Review
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Still Point Arts Quarterly Seeking Submissions on: The Self-Portrait
DESCRIPTION:The focus of our winter 2024 journal will be: \nTHE SELF-PORTRAIT \nIn its grandest sense\, a self-portrait may be presented as a painting\,\na collage\, a poem\, an essay\, a story . . . Who is the you that you know?\nHow do you express it? \nCall for Writers\nSubmission Deadline: October 1\, 2024\nSelected writers will have their work published in the\nwinter 2024 issue of Still Point Arts Quarterly\nINFORMATION AND SUBMISSION FORM \n\n\n\n\n\nThe Self-Portrait | Journal Submission | Winter 2024 \nIn its grandest sense\, a self-portrait may be presented as a painting\, a collage\, a poem\, an essay\, a story . . . Who is the you that you know? How do you express it? \n\nStill Point Arts Quarterly is accepting writing submissions (fiction\, creative non-fiction\, essays\, poetry; 5000 words maximum) on the theme The Self-Portrait. \nDATES AND DEADLINES \nOctober 1\, 2024 – Submissions Close (Deadline) \nNovember 15\, 2024 (or earlier) – Notification of Writers \nDecember 1\, 2024 – Still Point Arts Quarterly Winter Issue Released \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.\n\n  \n\n  \n\nCategories: Fiction/Nonfiction/Poetry\nFile types: .doc\, .docx\nNumber of Pieces: 1 piece
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-still-point-arts-quarterly-the-self-portrait/
LOCATION:Still Points Arts Quarterly
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:N - Open Call to HerStry. Theme: Traveling Women
DESCRIPTION:Traveling Women\nPack up your suitcases\, we’re going on vacation! Tell us your travel stories\, whether across the ocean or in your own city. A woman out in the world is still something revolutionary. \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\n\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 between 500–3\,000 words. \n\n\nDocuments should be double spaced\, 12Pt font with 1 inch margins. \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\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\n\n\nA few things we don’t want to see: \n\n\nTear down pieces \n\n\nRacist material or hate speech \n\n\nExplicitly sexual material (In other words\, please don’t send us porn) \n\n\nOverly violent material \n\n\nHerStry does not accept previously published pieces.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/n-open-call-to-herstry-theme-traveling-women/
LOCATION:HerStry
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - Call for Submissions to Contemporary Verse 2 (CV2): The Birthday Issue
DESCRIPTION:We’re excited to announce a call for submissions to our next themed issue: \nTHE BIRTHDAY ISSUE! \nIn 2025 CV2 Magazine will turn 50 (!!) years old\, and we’ll be celebrating with a whole year of special events and issues. We’re kicking things off with the Birthday Issue (coming out in January 2025)\, and we want your poems! \nDo you have lingering thoughts about the MTV show My Super Sweet Sixteen? Do you feel like the person who chose the birthstones for each month was probably born in April (whose stone is DIAMONDS)? Do you find it mildly offensive that Wikipedia refers to astrology as a pseudoscience? We want your poems about it! \nWe want to know if you were born in the Year of the Dragon or the Ox\, the Rooster or the Dog. We want poems that explore aging\, milestones\, parties\, presents. Astrology\, celebrations\, birth order\, cake. About giving or witnessing birth. About loving or hating being the centre of attention. \nFind out what the Hubble telescope saw the day you were born and turn it into a poem. Revisit the time you told someone it was your birthday\, but it wasn’t. Tell us about a time you felt reborn. \nSing us a song. Cry if you want to. Make it happy or sad\, funny or bittersweet. Blow out your candles and\, just this once\, tell us what you wished for. \n  \n General Submission Guidelines:\nAny submissions that do not follow correct guidelines or do not include full contact information will not be considered for publication and will not receive a reply. Please read the submission guidelines before sending us your work. \nLength of Submissions \n\nPoetry submissions: no more than 6 pages.\n\nWe strongly prefer that work be submitted in a Word doc\, not a pdf. \nWe prefer that you do not send us work for this themed issue that has also been submitted elsewhere.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-call-for-submissions-to-contemporary-verse-2-cv2-the-birthday-issue/
LOCATION:Contemporary Verse 2 (CV2)
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:F - Call for Submissions to Humour Me Magazine. Theme: Halloween
DESCRIPTION:Beyond the seasonal theme there are no rules (other than those outlined in our general guidelines below). All you have to do is tell us a funny spooky story! \nOur seasonal issues have been huge hits in previous years and we look forward to seeing what you all come up with. Happy writing! \nSHORT STORIES:  Minimum 500 words\, maximum 3000.   \nFEES:  Flat fee of £20.00 per accepted submission for stories. \n  \nGENERAL SUBMISSION RULES \nPlease send all submissions attached to an email as a word/image document\, as well as a short bio. Bio can be sent as an attachment or in the email body. \nWe are happy to accept all types of humour\, from sharp satire to slapstick. While humour is subjective\, we will not tolerate any form of bigotry or discrimination toward any ethnicity\, gender identity\, sexuality or disability. \nWe will not accept multiple submissions. \nWe will allow simultaneous subs\, please do just let us know if you have been accepted somewhere else in the meantime. \nWe will not accept submissions that have been previously published or displayed in any format\, anywhere. \nWe will not respond to any submissions that do not meet the submission criteria. We also will not respond to rejection follow-up emails. \nWe reserve the right to edit submissions for publication. \nAll payments to be made via paypal at least 48hrs before magazine publication. \nPlease send all submissions to: humourmemag@outlook.com
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-call-for-submissions-to-humour-me-magazine-theme-halloween/
LOCATION:Humour Me Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Moss Piglet Zine Seeking Submissions on the Theme of Patterns
DESCRIPTION:Submissions of Stories\, Essays & Poems\nPlease send text submissions in .doc\, .docx or PDF formats to info@krazines.com. \nAs our publication is digest-sized\, we prefer short poems and prose pieces.  Your stories and essays may go up to 1\,000 words\, but anything beyond that total won’t be considered. \nYou may provide multiple submissions\, but don’t go crazy. Someone has to read all of the stuff that comes across our desk. \nWe’re OK with simultaneous submissions and previously published work. Just cite the place where your writing has previously appeared. \nIf you have a fancy title like Poet Laureate\, Writer-In-Residence\, or you have been knighted by a King or Queen\, we’d be happy to include that information in our publication. \nYou retain all rights to your work. \nWhen in doubt or you just want to say hello\, contact us. info@krazines.com.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-moss-piglet-zine-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-of-patterns/
LOCATION:Moss Piglet Zine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - Peonies & Prose Poetry Contest. Theme: Threads of Connection
DESCRIPTION:Theme: Threads of Connection\nDeadline: October 2\, 2024​\nSubmission Guidelines:\n\n\nThreads of Connection: You are invited to explore and reflect on the power of connection\, empathy\, and support in the healing process. Connection is open to interpretation in the broad sense (e.g.\,human relationships\, animals\, and nature). \n\n\nPoems can be free verse\, narrative\, lyrical\, or experimental \n\n\nMaximum 2 submissions per poet \n\n\nOpen to poets worldwide \n\n\nPoems should be unpublished and original work\, in English \n\n\nMaximum 40 lines per poem\, font size 12 point\, sans serif. \n\n\nFile types: PDF or .docx. \n\n\nAI-assisted submissions not permitted \n\n\nInclude a brief bio (50 words or less) with your submission \n\n\nStart with your name in bold and write the biography in the 3rd person (e.g. She\, he\, they\, not ‘I’) \n\n\nNames of books in italics\, names of poems in single quotation marks. \n\n\nSingle spacing \n\n\nPoets retain all rights to their work. Participants grant Peonies & Prose the right to publish their poem in our anthology\, in print and/or on our website\, and on social media with attribution. \n\n\nEntry fee: $20 USD \n\n\nJudging/Prizes:\n\n\nJudging Criteria: Originality\, creativity\, and emotional impact \n\n\nPublication in the inaugural edition of our online literary space\, Peonies & Prose. \n\n\nSpecial recognition for outstanding poems: 1st place: $500 USD; 2nd place: $250 USD; 3rd place: $100 USD. \n\n\nTips & Inspiration:\n\n\nExplore the emotions and experiences of healing through the threads of connection \n\n\nWe’re looking for creative\, authentic poems that share a story \n\n\nDraw from personal experiences\, observations\, or imaginative scenarios \n\n\nUse language that is authentic\, evocative\, and meaningful.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-peonies-prose-poetry-contest-theme-threads-of-connection/
LOCATION:Peonies & Prose Poetry Contest
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:P - After the End Poetry Competition 2024. Theme: Time and Temporality
DESCRIPTION:The competition will recognise previously unpublished newcomers\, established names\, and emerging talents. \nPoems can be on any issue related to themes of time\, temporality and endings and in any style. Individual poems should be no longer than forty lines and can include previously published poems as long as they fit the brief. \nThe After the End Poetry Competition offers to winners a first prize of £750\, second and third place winners will be offered £125 each. All three winners will be published on the After the End website\, and poems may be shared on media channels connected to the After the End project. \n\n\n\n\nRules\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAll entries must be formatted as a single-spaced word document or PDF. \n\n\nEntries should be up to 5 pieces of poetry or a spoken word video performance \n\n\nEach poetry piece should be no longer than 40 lines. \n\n\nSpoken word video performance must be under 4 minutes total \n\n\nSpoken Word submissions should be submitted in mp4 format via wetransfer.com to admin@ethox.ox.ac.uk. Please also send the poem in word or pdf in an email attachment to admin@ethox.ox.ac.uk. \n\n\nAll entries are judged anonymously\, therefore\, please do not include your name or any identifying information in the documents you upload. You should include this information only in the body of the email. \n\n\nThis is an international competition\, and all entries must be in English. \n\n\nAll entries must be the entrant’s own original work\, and must not have been generated\, in whole or part\, by a chatbot or other artificial intelligence. \n\n\nThe author must have the right to publish the poem on aftertheend.squarespace.com. The copyright remains with the author. \n\n\nNo corrections post-entry can be accepted. \n\n\nThe results of the competition will be published online and the decision of the judge(s) will be final. \n\n\nNo correspondence will be entered into regarding the judging process. \n\n\nThe closing date for entries is midnight (UK time) on 3rd October 2024. Winners will be notified by email four-six weeks after the closing dates. \n\n\nEntries will not be eligible where the writer is part of the judging process\, or anyone involved in the management/administration of the Prize\, or a close family relative of any such person.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-after-the-end-poetry-competition-2024-theme-time-and-temporality/
LOCATION:After the End Poetry Competition
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:N - Call for Submissions to Exchanges: Journal of Literary Translation. Theme: Spirit
DESCRIPTION:Submissions\n\nUpcoming Issue:\nWe are currently accepting submissions for our Fall ‘24 issue. The theme is spirit. \nSpirit: soul\, essence. Breath\, life. Liveliness\, with a shadow of afterlife\, of death\, of the close unknown. \nWe eagerly await your submissions. The deadline is October 4th\, 2024\, 11:59pm CT. \n  \nSubmission Guidelines\nWe accept translations of poetry\, short or excerpted fiction\, plays\, and literary nonfiction into English. \nA critical component of your submission is the Translator’s Note.  Please use this opportunity to speak to the source and receiving contexts of the work and any unique challenges faced in the act of translation itself. Take care here—the Translator’s Note is often a deciding factor in our review process. \nWe happily accept simultaneous submissions\, but ask that you please notify us if your work is accepted elsewhere. \nTo be considered for publication\, submissions must include:\n\nBoth the original text and the translation in a copy-pastable text file format. Please\, no .pdfs. If you absolutely must submit a .pdf in order to make the submission deadline\, please notify us of this in your submission\, and be prepared to supply a copy-pastable text file in advance of publication.\nBrief biographies (100-150 words each) of both author and translator.\nA Translator’s Note (150-500 words\, approximately) in which you reflect on the translation process or another important aspect of your work that will help readers to contextualize\, appreciate\, and understand your piece.\nProof of permission from the original’s rightsholder(s) for publication of the original text on the internet.\n\nTo submit\, please collate all of the above in a single .doc or .docx attachment with the file name format translator’s surname_author’s surname_original language_genre.doc (e.g. Schmidt_Do_Arabic_fiction.doc) and email to studorg-exchanges@uiowa.edu. Submissions lacking any or multiple of the above components will not be accepted for publication. \nWhen you send your submission\, the subject of your email must be: TRASUB-Translator’s name\, Author’s name (e.g. TRASUB-Juan Schmidt\, Jane Doe). Emails with alternate subject lines are likely to be filtered or lost. \nIf your work has appeared previously in Exchanges\, we encourage you to wait at least one submission cycle before submitting again. \nSubmission Length\n\nPOETRY: no more than 7 poems.\nFICTION: no more than 4\,000 words.\nDRAMA: no more than 15 pages.\nLITERARY NONFICTION: no more than 4\,000 words\, or 2\,500 words of translated criticism.\nREVIEWS OF A SINGLE WORK: no more than 1\,000 words.\nREVIEWS OF MULTIPLE WORKS: no more than 2\,000 words.\nINTERVIEWS: no more than 2\,500 words.\nESSAYS ON TRANSLATION: no more than 2\,500 words.\n\nCompensation and Rights\nUnfortunately\, Exchanges has no funds with which to compensate translators\, authors or artists. We ask for first serial rights\, after which the rights for all work revert to the author and translator. \nTranslating from an Ancient Language?\nPlease consider submitting to our sister publication\, Ancient Exchanges. Submission dates and guidelines can be found at https://exchanges.uiowa.edu/ancient/submissions/ \nReviews\, essays\, and interviews\nExchanges considers English-language interviews\, essays and other writing on translation and translation studies for publication in our features column. Writers should query the features editor at studorg-exchanges@uiowa.edu\, subject line “Feature pitch.” Please note there is currently a 3-6 month response time for feature and review pitches. \nExchanges is excited to start publishing more regular reviews of literature in translation. We are currently looking for reviewers for books translated into English\, published during the calendar year 2023. To pitch a review\, query the reviews editor at studorg-exchanges@uiowa.edu\, subject line “Review pitch.” \nFeatures and reviews are considered and published on a rolling basis\,  so please contact us any time. 
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/n-call-fr-submissions-to-exchanges-journal-of-literary-translation-theme-spirit/
LOCATION:Exchanges: Journal of Literary Translation
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:F - Stone's Throw Seeking Submissions about: The Little Guy
DESCRIPTION:Get in on our November prompt early…something tells me government run amok is going to be fertile grounds for imagination this year for some reason… \nIt’s election season\, so this month we want to see stories about the government\, its power\, and how it can put its thumb on the scale. Whether it’s a cop with a chip on their shoulder\, a zoning board that cannot be reasoned with\, or a congressman saying one thing then doing the other\, we want to see your stories about the little guy\, and what happens when they come face to face with unaccountable power. \nStone’s Throw opens for submissions the first three days of every month\, from 12AM on the first through 12AM on the fourth (with some wiggle room here and there to account for the editors being human). We’re looking for all the same dark fiction\, crime\, and noir as our usual submissions\, but with a target length between 1\,000 and 2\,000 words\, and aligned with the monthly submissions prompt (see below). We’ll read through each story\, choose the one story that shines brightest\, and publish it online the following month\, paying $25 per accepted story. \nAfter a year\, we’ll collect all twelve stories into a Stone’s Throw Annual Anthology\, to be published alongside our other print issues. \nPLEASE NOTE — If you have been accepted within the calendar year for Stone’s Throw\, you are ineligible to submit again during that same calendar year. However\, we look forward to reading your submissions during our regular RHP Magazine open calls! \nAnd from the Department of Things We Never Thought We’d Have to Say Department: Anyone found to be submitting a story that uses AI or language modeling software will have their story instantly rejected; they will be banned for life from submitting to any other RHP open calls; and they will be the object of open public ridicule and scorn. Come on\, people — let’s not contribute to the eventual subjugation of humankind by the machines\, okay?
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-stones-throw-seeking-submissions-about-the-little-guy-2/
LOCATION:Stone’s Throw
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PF - Call for Submissions to Mystic Owl Magazine. Theme: Halloween
DESCRIPTION:Submission Guidelines\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMystic Owl is a poetry and fiction magazine. Speculative work is the focus\, but we also want pieces that weave strange and weird language through real human emotions. We aim to publish three online issues yearly: spring\, summer\, and fall. \nWe are currently accepting submissions for our micro Halloween-themed issue to be published in October 2024. Our submission period will be open from September 6\, 2024-October 4\, 2024.\n\nIn this issue\, we want to highlight fiction and poetry inspired by Halloween. Send us your work about monsters\, talking pumpkins\, becoming best friends with a sleep paralysis demon\, your childhood nightmares\, or whatever your tell-tale heart desires. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGeneral Guidelines\n \n\nComplete the submission form(s) below to submit your work. We encourage multiple submissions\, but if you submit work in both genres\, please ensure you submit separately through the appropriate form below.\nWe will try our best to review submissions received via email\, but we highly encourage you to submit through our form(s) to guarantee your work is considered for publication.\nWhen completing our form\, submit with a bio of 150 words or less written in 3rd-person.\nSimultaneous submissions are allowed but inform us if the piece has been taken elsewhere.\nNo pre-published work in other magazines or social media.\nAI work is not allowed and will be rejected.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFiction \n\n100-3000 words\nIf under 1000 words\, you can submit two pieces\n\nPoetry \n\n1-3 poems\nThree-page limit for each poem
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pf-call-for-submissions-to-mystic-owl-magazine-theme-halloween/
LOCATION:Mystic Owl Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to Science Write Now. This Month's Theme: Synergy
DESCRIPTION:Submissions for Issue #11 ‘Synergy’ are now open!\nIn our next edition\, to be published in November\, we’re looking for creative explorations of the science of Synergy — interactions\, collaborations\, things that together become more than the sum of their parts. Show us the positives\, the negatives\, the interdependencies\, the amplifications. What happens when cultures collide? As always\, we pay writers for new and reprint stories\, narrative essays\, and poems\, and we love experiments! Just no AI\, please. We want to hear from you.\nWe look forward to reading your work! \nSubmit via Submittable.\nSubmissions close October 8\, 2024 \nWe welcome submissions from anywhere in the world. We publish new and reprinted original work. We pay $0.30AUD/word up to $390AUD for new writing\, $70AUD for a single poem or $180AUD for three poems\, $40AUD for reprint stories or essays\, and $20AUD for reprint poems. We rely on funding and donations and have introduced a $3.00 AUD submission fee to ensure our content remains accessible and open access. Please note that we offer a fee waiver for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and anyone undergoing financial hardship—please email your work directly to hello@sciencewritenow.com.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-science-write-now-this-months-theme-synergy/
LOCATION:Science Write Now
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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