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
Consider the wholes that form us and the holes that cause relationships and structures to erode. Explore this theme literally or figuratively.
Silkworm 17 has an optional theme of Bird. Feel free to interpret the theme in any way and remember that the theme is optional.
For our August 2024 edition, the theme is CIRCUS
Abridged 0-101 ‘Rebecca’ invites poetry submissions on the conflicting themes of haunting, convention, repression and resistance.
Poets, get your collections ready!
We welcome work from both new and established writers, and especially encourage submissions from writers yet to publish a first collection.
We want your poems and your mistakes. Fiction that falls between genres. Weird, wild poems. Anything speculative, daring, or just plain odd.
We have no definitive preference for what are looking for, we enjoy a variety of genres and styles and consider anything.
Six contributors will be nominated for a Pushcart Prize, (poetry and fiction).
We welcome all styles of writing, particularly that which is well-crafted, uses language lovingly and surprisingly, and feels daring or quietly powerful.
We celebrate the rich history of baseball while also recognizing its vibrant present through fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry.
We want to hear about crafts, construction, repairs, destruction, recipes, art and inventions (time machines included, working or not).
Come to the table. July is all about food. The meals we’ve made, the tables we’ve shared, the way food has impacted your life. Eating is universal, sharing a meal is universal, how does it factor into your story?
Parabola gathers the wisdom of the world’s spiritual traditions to illuminate the central questions of life.
Submissions are restricted to women and gender non-conforming people.
The 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.
Ghosts, wraiths, specters. Poltergeists, phantoms, shades. They manifest in many shapes and dispositions in our lives and the literatures of all cultures. Sometimes a ghostly haunting is metaphoric; often it is literal.
Misfortune is a universal human experience that can sometimes shape our lives in important ways. We invite you to craft work that explores adversity, setbacks, personal tragedies, unexpected challenges, and the resilience of humans.
You may be inspired to create work based on the literal or metaphorical meanings of dance. You might be inspired by a favorite dancer, their moves, their life, or their words. Let your imagination dance.
Our summer anthology focuses on themes of nostaliga and memory, and the things that connect us across time, space and history. We want your summertime vacation memories. a first kiss at sunset. the existential musings as you stare up at a midsummer meteor shower.