PFN – Call for Submissions to Young Ravens Literary Review. Theme: “Minutiae”
Where do you find minutiae in the natural world that dazzle and inspire your imagination?
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P=Poetry, N=Nonfiction, F=Fiction
Where do you find minutiae in the natural world that dazzle and inspire your imagination?
We hope to be a repository for the weird, as well as a community of writers and artists who can help each other grow.
Mudfish takes its title from the storyteller’s stool in Nigerian art. The journal reflects the passionate, edgy, intimate voice of the 21st century.
Creative interpretations of the theme are welcome.
We’re looking for stories that explore the power of secrets—how they shape us, define us, and ultimately, how they can set us free.
Think poems that celebrate the wonder of the natural world, biodiversity, our connection to the more-than-human.
I want nuanced, thoughtful work where the essayist looks both inward and outward. I am particularly interested in well-researched, voice-driven writing.
We’re delighted to announce the brand new annual WestWord Prize in which all winning and shortlisted stories will be published in the online anthology edition of WestWord.
The Read at the Fringe Literary Contest is a special opportunity for aspiring writers to share their work with an audience in Eden Mills.
We want submissions that grab us and convey a unique perspective and honest insight into our world.
The Moth Short Story Prize is an international prize, open to anyone from anywhere in the world, as long as their story is original and previously unpublished.
The contest accepts self-published and hybrid-published books. One grand prize winner will receive $10,000
OutWrite is a celebration of LGBTQ literature; entries that explore aspects of LGBTQ culture or identity are encouraged.
The BLR Prizes award outstanding writing related to themes of health, healing, illness, the mind, and the body.
What we like: a carefully constructed plot; good character delineation; clever plot twists/poems that are thoughtfully constructed and carefully distilled.
Send us your poems and stories about refuge: where it was, where you expect to find it, what it’s like to get there, to live there, how it turns if you stay too long, and what it’s like to leave.
We are looking for pieces that honor your experience, honor your journey, imagine the absence of otherization, and/or aid in communal healing.
We’re steeped in grief -- the grief that is with us now, the grief that was with us long ago, and the grief that grows with us. Don’t be afraid to bring us broken, heavy stories. We can handle it.
Entries should be in the form of a short story, on any theme, and written in English.
Ev0king the Question: What is your favorite myth, folktale, or fairy tale featuring the moon, and why?