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SUMMARY:PFN - Well Projects Open Call for New Writing: Resurrection Charms. Theme: Ecology
DESCRIPTION:  \nWell Projects 2024 Open Call for New Writing: Resurrection Charms \nABOUT THE OPEN CALL \nWell Projects produces a yearly anthology book that explores ecology through a broad range of contributions including (but not limited to) academic or visual essays\, fiction\, poetry and interviews. \nThis year\, Well Projects are opening up the anthology to submissions. Selected applicants will receive a fee of £300.00 and support whilst writing their texts which will be published later this year. \nWell Projects invites proposals for texts that engage with ecology in relation to – resurrection\, time travel\, rewilding\, restoration\, science fiction\, intersectionality\, ghosts\, hauntings and histories. \nWell Projects Anthology 2024 Resurrection Charms \nWell Projects third anthology\, Resurrection Charms\, engages with the language of ‘returning’ implicit within projects of ecological restoration and explores what a ‘future modelled on the past’ is meant to look like. Mobilising ‘Resurrection’ as a plastic word that can seep through a mesh of ecological & cultural significance\, Resurrection Charms explores the time loops and hauntings that populate contemporary ecology. \nWell Projects invites proposals for texts that engage with ecology in relation to- resurrection\, time travel\, rewilding\, restoration\, science fiction\, intersectionality\, ghosts\, hauntings and histories. \nA full introductory text for Resurrection Charms can be found at wellprojects.xyz/info. \nWHOCANAPPLY This open call is for emerging writers with an idea for a new text between 1000- 4000 words. We welcome proposals from anywhere in the world. We actively encourage applications from artists who identify as Black\, Asian or minority ethnic\, disabled\, LGBTQIA \, or living in areas of socioeconomic deprivation. \nHOWTOAPPLY Please email a single PDF or DOCX including the following items to: hello@wellprojects.xyz \n● A short summary of the text you would like to write\, that responds in some way to the themes above. Please include a prospective title and an estimated word count for your finished text. The proposal should be a maximum of 300 words. \n● A CV or portfolio\, including links to any relevant work. \nSuccessful applicants will receive a £300.00 fee\, support whilst writing their text\, and will be published in Resurrection Charms. The book will be distributed internationally. \nPitch an idea that in some way relates to the themes outlined above. Pitch one idea. We will consider writing in a range of formats so long as it speaks to the themes. This could include but is not limited to: an essay\, a work of fiction\, poetry\, a comment piece or a remembrance. Please do not start writing your text before it has been commissioned\, or apply with a finished or previously published text.
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LOCATION:Well Projects
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to The Stinging Fly
DESCRIPTION:open 15 May \nGuidelines:\n\n\nWork must be previously unpublished and not under consideration elsewhere. \n\n\nOnly work submitted through our Submittable account will be considered. Submittable is free to use\, and there is no fee to submit your work to us. \n\n\nWe currently accept submissions in the following four categories: short fiction; novel extracts; non-fiction; poetry. Writers may only submit work to us under one category per submission period. Graphic fiction and non-fiction submissions are welcome. \n\n\nYour work should always be just as long (or as short) as it needs to be. If you are sending us a novel extract\, please don’t send us your full novel! Just a chapter or a section or a story-length passage will suffice\, so long as it can be enjoyed as a standalone piece. \n\n\nFor general poetry submissions\, you may send up to 3 poems. Your poems should be submitted together in one single file. \n\n\nFeatured Poets: In each issue we publish a number of poems (usually 5 or 6) by a poet who is working seriously towards a first collection. To be considered\, you should already have had work published in several other journals and magazines. We welcome poets who have previously had poems appear in The Stinging Fly. Please send 6-8 previously unpublished poems together in a single file. If we want to see more\, we will get back to you. If submitting for the Featured Poet slot\, there’s no need to make a separate general poetry submission. We will also consider individual poems within your Featured Poet submission for publication. \n\n\nComhchealg: Is í ‘Comhchealg’ cuid Ghaeilge The Stinging Fly. Cuirtear fáilte roimh phíosaí Gaeilge ó scríbhneoirí úra. Is nós linn aistriúcháin Bhéarla a chur ar fáil i gcás na ndánta a roghnaítear. Chuige sin\, déanaimid filí Béarla a chur ag obair ar shaothar a gcomhúdar. Leantar na treoirlínte iarratais thuas a bhaineann le filíocht Bhéarla. \n\n\nAll submissions are read. The editors’ decision may not be correct but it is final. We aim to contact everyone within four months of the closing date. \n\n\n Work accepted for publication in the magazine will also be added to our online archive\, which is accessible to magazine subscribers and patrons. \n\n\nPayment\nWe pay the following fees for first serial rights. Work published in the magazine is also published on our website as part of our online archive. Copyright remains in all cases with the author. \nFiction and nonfiction: €45 per magazine page\, but with a minimum/maximum payment of €325/€1200.\nFlash Fiction/shorter essays (1 – 2 pages): €150\nPoetry: €45 per magazine page\, but with a minimum payment of €70 per poem.\nFeatured Poet: €425\nCover artwork image: €425 \nContributors also receive a copy of the issue in which their work is featured and can order further copies at a discounted rate. \nSubmissions will close at 5pm (Irish time). 
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-the-stinging-fly/
LOCATION:The Stinging Fly
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to Messy Misfits Club. Theme: Filth
DESCRIPTION:Submission Guidelines & Forms\n\n\nSubmissions are currently OPEN for volume six: Filth. Here’s some inspiration for you to use while brainstorming your submissions. \n\n\n\n\n\nMessy Misfits Club zine is looking for stories with out of bounds content– We want to be raw\, rebellious and let our voices be heard. The Messy Misfits are meant to be downright dirty! \nWe encourage people of all backgrounds to submit to our zine! Any LGBTQIA+ identity\, racial or ethnic background\, gender identity\, religious affiliation\, neuro-diverse and differently abled peoples\, and economically disadvantaged (among more) are welcome to submit. \nAll of this being said\, we won’t consider any material that promotes/is racist\, homophobic\, transphobic\, xenophobic\, fascist\, or promotes any hatred or forms of abuse. We want to be real and honest\, but there are limits. Be Respectful! INCLUDE TRIGGER WARNINGS EXCESSIVLEY. \nAll submissions should be your OWN work. It is okay if it has been previously published\, just let us know so we can make sure they are okay with it! \nTranslated works are great\, but make sure to include an English translation if it is entirely in another language. Pieces with English + another language interwoven are fine as well. \nYou are welcome to submit to multiple sections\, but please fill out the form separately for each submission. Additionally\, if submitting multiple pieces (within the same section)\, put them into ONE document\, if possible. \nSimultaneous Submissions are allowed\, but tell us in your submission form! \nInclude a short third person bio with your submission\, including your pronouns and any social media links you want to promote. \nSpecific Guidelines Per Genre: \n\n\nShort Fiction: 600 words or fewer (max of 2 pieces) \n\n\nShort Non-Fiction/Essays: 600 words or fewer (max of 2 pieces) \n\n\nFlash Fiction: 200 words or fewer (max of 2 pieces) \n\n\nPoetry: up to 3 poems (do not exceed three pages) \n\n\nWritten work MUST be formatted in \n\n\n12pt Times \n\n\nNew Roman or Arial (just a readable font) \n\n\nDouble spaced \n\n\n.PDF preferred\, or google link\, .doc\, .docx files also work. \n\n\nTitled “FirstnameLastname_Title”
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-messy-misfits-club-theme-filth/
LOCATION:Messy Misfits Club
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to Brown Bag.  Theme: The Gayer the Better
DESCRIPTION:Issue #8 is open for submissions\n\n\n\n\nTheme: The Gayer the Better\nIssue #8: It’s party celebrating lgbtq+ art and artists. This issue is gay prom and Brown Bag is inviting everyone to put on their gayest outfits and dance the night away. \nThroughout the submission period we will be posting different art pieces and artists on our IG Threads (@brwnbgnln) for inspiration! We welcome you and look fowards to seeing what you all send us *winks* \n  \n\n\n\n\nSubmissions are judged blind\, meaning no identifying information on the submission doc. \nSubmissions must be labeled as Genre_Title_SubmissionSeason (i.e. F_VineVibezz_Summer2023) \n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n  \n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGeneral Submission Guidelines\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe consider original\, unpublished and published work.\n\n\nYou can submit up to 2 mediums per submission period.\n\n\nYes\, we accept simultaneous submissions.\n\n\nAll submissions must be in by 11:59pm CDT of last day of submission period. If submitted after\, please resubmit next submissions period.\n\n\n\n\nInclude which category you are submitting to: \nWritten Word\n\n\nAll genres accepted (hybrids (H)\, fiction (F)\, nonfiction (NF/CNF)\, poetry (P))\nUp to 500 words total per submission (automatic rejection if over)\nPoetry – up to 3 poems\n\nEach must be sent as an individual attachment\n\n\nFlash (fiction and nonfiction) – up to 3 pieces\nSpoken word – If video/audio also submit transcription\nMust submit in .doc/.docx format\n\n\n\nRights not ‘Lefts’\n\n\n\n\nWe don’t own anything! We don’t own your soul or your first born (unless you want to give it to us). Just digital publication rights. We consider pieces previously published\, just include the credit line for us to add if chosen. We ask that you wait six months before publishing it elsewhere and credit us as the original publishers. Making art is fun and hard and you deserve to show the world your work! \n***Include proper copyrights/permissions when appicable
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-brown-bag-theme-the-gayer-the-better/
LOCATION:Brown Bag
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - WayWords Literary Journal Seeking Submissions on Nostalgia
DESCRIPTION:We are OPEN until May 20!\n\n\n\n\n\nIssue 15: Nostalgia\nEditors’ tip: harken back to days gone by and show us the happy moments of the past.  \nSPECIAL NOTICE: PLEASE do not send us hate crimes\, even if you think the story has a happy ending. \n\n\nSubmissions \nSubmissions must be in English and include the required Title Information (below). \nLimits: \n5\,000 words of fiction \ntwo poems \nFormatting: \nKeep formatting professional\, please: readable font\, empty lines for scene breaks\, empty margins\, etc. You can find recommended settings on the Submissions page \nTitle Information\nPlease add the following to the top left of your document body (not in the header margin): \nName or Pseudonym\, email \nPiece Title  \nWayWords \nWord or Line Count \nIf your submission was previously published\, please credit your publisher below your word/line count. \nAccepted file types: .doc\, .docx\, .odt \nSubmissions accepted via email (submissions [at] writersworkout.net) OR Dropbox OR Duosuma. \nLive\, unlocked Google Docs or Microsoft Word links are accepted via email. \nWe must be able to download your file. We will not request access and we are not responsible for locked docs. \n  \n\nDropbox\nDuosuma\n\n  \nThe Writer’s Workout will not review fanfiction\, religious\, political\, erotic\, or AI-generated content.​ \nRights\n​The Writer’s Workout requests one-time\, non-exclusive serial rights with worldwide distribution. \nWe accept simultaneous submissions\, previously published works\, and you retain the right to submit your work elsewhere after we publish it. 
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-waywords-literary-journal-seeking-submissions-on-nostalgia/
LOCATION:WayWords Literary Journal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:F - Punk Noir Magazine Seeking Submissions on Betrayal
DESCRIPTION:May Submissions Call \n–BETRAYAL- \n\n\n\nTime to really flex your writing muscles. \nCan you write a killer story about betrayal in under two hundred words? \nYeah\, that’s right. 200 words MAX \nAll genres welcome \n(All pieces MUST be in a\nWord Doc with a 3rd person BIO) \nSubs Open — 21st April until 26th April \nSubmit here \n(punknoirmag@yahoo.com) \nAll submissions not following the above guidelines will be disregarded 
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-punk-noir-magazine-seeking-submissions-on-betrayal/
LOCATION:Punk Noir Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - Coverstory Books  2024 Poetry Competition
DESCRIPTION:Entry fee: £5 per poem \nGuidelines and rules \n\nPoems must be written in English\, can be on any subject\, and must be the original work of the submitter. No Artificial Intelligence work please!\nThe author must be at least 16 years old.\nEntries may be from any country.\nEach poem must be submitted in a separate file with the appropriate fee for each poem.\nThe title of the poem should be used as the filename.\nSubmission of more than one poem in a single file – i.e. multiple poems accompanied by only one entry fee – will disqualify all poems and the entry fee will be lost.\nAcceptable file formats: .doc\, .docx\, .rtf\, .pdf\nThere must be no means of identifying the author of the poems within the files submitted i.e. in the filename or the body of the text.\nPoems must not have been published in print or online\, nor have previously won a prize. If a poem is published or wins a prize elsewhere prior to the 19th May 2024\, it must be withdrawn from this competition.\nOnce submitted\, a poem cannot be amended.\nCopyright remains with the author\, although entry grants Coverstory books permission to publish the winning poems.\nPoems must not exceed 60 lines (excluding title) and be typed in a standard font e.g. Times New Roman\, Ariel\, Helvetica etc.\nThe judge will read all entries and his decision is final.\n\nHow to Enter \nEntry is via Submittable. For any submission issues\, please email coverstorybooks@icloud.com. \nPrizes \n1st Prize: £200 (minimum*) \nplus – publication in a future edition of the New Contexts anthology & \ninvitation to read the winning poem at a future Contextual virtual poetry reading event \n2nd Prize: £80 (minimum*) \nplus – publication in a future edition of the New Contexts anthology & \ninvitation to read the winning poem at a future Contextual virtual poetry reading event \n3rd Prize: £40 (minimum*) \nplus – publication in a future edition of the New Contexts anthology & \ninvitation to read the winning poem at a future Contextual virtual poetry reading event\n*Cash prizes may be enhanced depending on the number of entries received. \nFor details on previous editions of New Contexts and the Contextual readings\, please visit www.coverstorybooks.com.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-coverstory-books-2024-poetry-competition/
LOCATION:Coverstory Books Poetry Competition
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:PFN - Grist ProForma Writing Contest
DESCRIPTION:Please remove all identifying information (name\, etc.) from both the file name and from the manuscript itself.\nFor longer works: no more than 5000 words\nFor shorter works: no more than 5 pieces (in one document)\nSimultaneous submissions are fine\, but please notify us immediately if the submission is accepted elsewhere. Multiple submissions are also fine\, but you will be charged the full reading fee per submission (you can either extend or gift the additional subscription/s). We do not consider previously published work. We cannot refund the fee if the submission is withdrawn. \nPlease submit all work in Times New Roman\, size 12 font. \nFor more information on our submission guidelines\, please visit: www.gristjournal.com/submissions \nNo one currently or recently affiliated with the University of Tennessee is eligible to enter.\nAll submissions will also be considered for publication outside of the contest feature.\nhttp://gristjournal.com/pro-forma-contest/
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-grist-proforma-writing-contest/
LOCATION:Grist Journal
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:P - Montreal International Poetry Prize 2024
DESCRIPTION:Rules and Regulations\nAge Restriction. All Entrants shall be of the age of majority in their legal jurisdiction of residency at the time of entry submission. \nTopic. Entries may be on any topic. \nInternational Entries. Entries may be submitted from anywhere in the world. Each entry must be submitted with the author’s legal name. A pen name may be added to a submission. \nLength. Entries may be any length not exceeding forty (40) lines\, excluding blank lines\, numbered section titles\, brief dedications\, and epigraphs. \nLanguage. All entries must be primarily in English. The inclusion of a few non-English words or phrases is acceptable. \nSimultaneous Submission. Simultaneous submissions are permitted. If a poem is scheduled to be published elsewhere on or before 30 September of the competition year\, it must be immediately withdrawn from the Montreal Prize. Entrants should withdraw the relevant poem themselves through the online submission platform. Refunds cannot be issued for withdrawn submissions. If a poem\, accepted elsewhere\, is to be published after 30 September of the competition year\, it remains eligible for the Montreal Prize and need not be withdrawn. In that case\, successful Entrants will ensure that first publication by the Montreal Prize is duly acknowledged in the subsequent publication. \nPublication Defined. Publication is defined as the appearance of a text on the Internet or in print\, or the broadcasting of it in any format. \nPrevious Publication. Entries must be unpublished and original works of the Entrant. Each entry must be the work of a single author\, not including a company or organization. Each entry must not infringe upon any right or copyright of any person or entity. \nTranslation. Translations are not eligible for the Montreal Prize\, except a translation made by the Entrant of a poem written by the Entrant. \nPublication Following Entry. If an entry is published at any time before the selections for the Montreal Prize anthologies have been announced\, it will be rendered ineligible. Entries that are selected for publication in the Montreal Prize anthologies are subject to specific publishing rights outlined elsewhere in these rules. \nEntry. All entries must be entered exclusively using the online submission platform linked to the Montreal Prize website. No other form of entry\, by conventional mail or otherwise\, shall be considered\, and any such entry will not be returned. Entries must not include the Entrant’s name in the text. \nNo changes. All entries are final; no changes are allowed after submissions close. Before the submission deadline\, Entrants may modify their entries themselves. \n\nPublication Rights\nCopyright. Copyright remains with the authors. By submitting an entry\, the Entrant grants worldwide licences to the Montreal Prize for the following\, in the case that the entry is selected for publication: \n(i)              the right to publish the entry online and in print in the Montreal Prize anthology; \n(ii)            the right to insert a hyperlink to the Montreal Prize website where the entries will be stored. \nReprint. For any entry that is published online as part of the shortlist and in the Montreal Prize anthology\, any requests for permission to reprint or photocopy an Entrant’s work shall be referred to the Entrant. \nName and Likeness. All Entrants whose entries are selected for the anthologies shall agree to have their name and/or picture\, including their photograph\, and/or their voice used for promotional purposes related to this competition\, free of charge. Each Entrant who has an entry selected for either publication and/or the prize agrees to take part in reasonable publicity after publication and the awarding of the prize and to the use of their names\, title of work\, biographies\, and photographs in such publicity. \n\nSelection Process\nSelection by Jurors. All entries will be selected and judged anonymously. Each entry will be randomly allocated to juror\, who will select from his or her allocated entries a number of entries for the anthology. \nJudging. The prize judge will select the prize winner\, also anonymously\, from the entries selected for the Montreal Prize anthology. \nCorrespondence. No editorial feedback will be provided to Entrants. There will be no correspondence to Entrants regarding the selection process. \n\nThe Prize and the Publications\nPrize and Publishing. The jury will choose approximately sixty poems for publication in the Montreal Prize anthology. Of these\, the judge will select one poem as winner of the single prize of twenty thousand dollars in Canadian funds ($20\,000 CAD). To have an entry included in the anthology\, and/or to be declared the winner of the prize\, Entrants must meet all the present terms and conditions. \nComplimentary Copy. Entrants published in the anthology will receive one free copy of the Montreal Prize anthology. \nWinner Announcement. The winner of the Montreal Prize will be announced by 1 December of the competition year. \nTime of Announcement. The prize winner will be named online\, on the Montreal Prize website\, by 1 December of the relevant year. \nDeadline for Claim. The deadline for claiming the prize will be thirty (30) days from the time of announcement. Should the winner fail to claim the prize\, he or she will forfeit the prize and another winner will be selected.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-montreal-international-poetry-prize-2024/
LOCATION:Montreal International Poetry Prize
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions for Ache Magazine Anthology: Fit Notes. Theme: Feminist Writing on Illness & Work
DESCRIPTION:Ache is excited to announce the opening of submissions for our new anthology Fit Notes: feminist writing on illness and work which will explore the intersections of illness\, bodies and work\, to be published in 2024.\nFor this book-length anthology\, we are seeking writing submissions to fill ten slots. We are accepting submissions of:\n\n\nFiction (2\,500 words max)\n\n\nCreative non-fiction (2\,500 words max)\n\n\nPoetry (3 poems max)\n\n\nWe are looking for work that explores the themes of illness and work in varied and interesting ways. We are particularly interested in reading work from writers who identify as working class.\nSickness is an unavoidable part of life\, whether we live with chronic health conditions or are knocked by brief bouts of illness. In a society that prioritises our ability to take up and maintain paid work\, it is inescapable that our bodies and our illnesses are also intrinsically tied to work. We are measured by our capacity for work\, an inability to engage in work-related activities renders us ineffectual as individuals whilst acts of labour outside of this traditional sense of work — the labour of care\, domesticity\, love\, parenthood\, craft — are devalued and discarded.\nIn Fit Notes\, we aim to explore work beyond the scope of its traditional and constrictive conceptions and explore how work relates to the body\, to illness\, and to life.\nWhen we consider this\, we might ask: How does work relate to the body? How do we reckon with the devaluing of the unpaid labour of care\, domestic activities or parenthood in relation to ourselves? What does it mean to rest? What does work mean to you? Is work making you sick? Are you sick of not being able to work? How do we find value in ourselves when we are told that our worth is measured against our bodies as machines of production and profit? Why is our capacity to work determined by those external to ourselves? Where do we find joy in our craft and our lives outside of the domain of productivity?\nWe reject constrictive notions of work and are open to receiving writing and art that explores these ideas both within and outside of the traditional conceptions of work\, illness and rest. We are not restricted by form and are excited by experimental and versatile pieces of writing that reflect broadly on this theme.\nPayment:\nContributors will be paid a flat fee of £60 \nfor work published\, inclusive of each piece of prose or set of poems.\nA note on our fee: Ache is a publishing project run by unpaid editors who live with chronic health conditions. We currently receive no external funding\, and every sale goes back into paying writers\, artists and printers. \nIf the fee for Fit Notes isn’t suitable for you\, we completely understand and wish you luck placing your writing elsewhere. With every publication\, we work towards paying contributors more and in the near future hope to secure funding to increase the fees we can offer writers and artists. Thank you for your understanding.\nSubmission Guidelines:\nPlease read all of our guidelines below before submitting to our call-out.\n\n\nSubmission form: send us your work via this Fit Notes Submissions Form between May 1 – 15 2024.\n\n\nWhen uploading your submission file as a Word Doc or PDF (for poetry only) please include your full name\, submission type and the title of your piece in the file name: NAME_POETRY_TITLE\n\n\nWe cannot accept submissions that haven’t been sent via this form. But if you have trouble accessing the form please get in touch: helloachemagazine@gmail.com\n\n\n\n\nPlease send no more than one piece in this submission window (we will accept up to 3 poems).\n\n\nUnfortunately\, we are not interested in receiving academic essays or heavily referenced texts for this publication. We are interested in prose that explores these themes both in a personal context and more broadly with no limitations on genre or form provided the piece has literary merit.\n\n\n\n\nWe accept simultaneous submissions but please let us know as soon as possible if your piece has been accepted elsewhere. We are unable to accept previously published writing.\n\n\n\n\nTime frame: Ache is run by a small team of unpaid volunteers who live with chronic health conditions. We will aim to respond to all submissions within 3 months but unfortunately can’t give feedback on submissions at this time.\n\n\nTake a look at Cusp\, our previous anthology\, to get an idea of the format of Fit Notes.\n\n\nThank you for your interest in Ache’s next publication. We sincerely appreciate your time and we are grateful you have chosen to share your writing with us.
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SUMMARY:P - Fourteen Poems Seeking Submissions
DESCRIPTION:New queer poetry is in an exciting place. \nWe want to represent all that’s thrilling about the new wave of LGBTQ+ poets. If you’re a poet\, even if you’ve never been published before\, we want to read your work. \nBelow are our current publishing opportunities. Please read carefully and make sure you adhere to the guidelines as much as possible so that we can accept your work. \nWith all submissions\, please send a single word or pdf document containing your work\, with a small additional paragraph about yourself. We judge the poems blind\, so try to keep your name off the actual document if possible. Don’t worry too much about what to say in the paragraph. We just want to know a little bit about you\, how you identify\, if you’ve been published elsewhere\, and what your work is like. Please don’t include any graphics or images. \nWe’re based in London\, but you can be from anywhere. Submission is free and\, with our anthologies\, you retain your copyright. We know how difficult it is to get published\, so we’re happy for you to submit elsewhere simultaneously. We don’t publish work that has already been published online or in print. \nOur Anthologies \nWe publish our anthology of the most exciting LGBTQ+ poets around 3 times a year and we want to include you! Our submissions window is rolling\, but the deadline for the next issue is May 15th 2024. You’ll hear back from us by mid July. We contact all poets either way. \nTo be considered\, email up to 5 poems in a single pdf or word document\, with a small paragraph about yourself to hello@14poems.com. We pay £25 for each poem published.
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LOCATION:Fourteen Poems
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SUMMARY:P - Enchanted Garden Haiku Journal Seeking Submissions on the Theme of Childhood
DESCRIPTION:Issue 8: Dreams Keeper \n \nChildren have the power to see the world through the eyes of innocence and honesty\, the power to dream and is our power to give wings to their dreams. But what are dreams made of? What did you dream of when you were a child and what are you dreaming of now? ”There is no land like the land of your childhood” – said Michael Powell. \nThe theme of this issue is childhood\, as June is the month when we celebrate International Children’s Day (on 1st June) and the summer holiday for the most schools. The issue will be released on 1st June\, to celebrate children. \nSo be a child again or play with your kids or grandchildren and haiku that moment. \nSubmission Rules : \n\nYou may submit: 1 haikuor1 tanka. In addition\, you may submit 1 haiga.  Only unpublished works.\nSend your works in English of the different categories together in one single e-mail  (haiku/tanka only in the body of the e-mail\, as attachments will not be open. Send haiga as attachment .jpg please\, but if you can`t attach it\, paste it into the body).  Please submit only your own works\, if a haiga is collaborative\, make sure to have the photo`s author permission. No images from internet or AI images please! The names of the authors (poet and photographer/artist) must be included in the haiga photograph/artwork.\nPlaceyour name and countryafter your work.\nSubject line:submission June.\n\nThe e-mail for submissions and questions is haikuenchanted@gmail.com . \n\nSubmit between:1-15 May(works received before or after will not be considered)\n\nResponse time: 2 weeks \nPublication date: 1 June
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-enchanted-garden-haiku-journal-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-of-childhood/
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SUMMARY:PFN - The Capilano Review Spring Writing Contest: "Environments"
DESCRIPTION:The Capilano Review is pleased to invite submissions to its Spring 2024 Writing Contest\, guest-judged by Renee Gladman. \nThere is an air moved in the open—in around the thing about us. Where we lived remained so\, though there were occasional changes\, what we called moves\, of change of place or how we were there\, would stay there and because I liked that\, lived there. \nThrough these words from visionary thinker and writer Lyn Hejinian (1941–2024)\, we understand that the lands we inhabit (be they grasses\, cities\, paragraphs\, days\, our own bodies) exist in a constant state of flux\, moving as we move\, changing as we change\, all the time being made and unmade\, being seen and unseen. In writing with and about the environments that encompass us\, we form a relationship of drifts\, contortions\, and intimacies that shape the narratives of our experiences into speculations of care and wonder. This is a call for your meditations\, your forensics\, your elegies\, your wanderings on the possibilities of ongoing and intersecting geographies. How do we write an evolving ecology that supports mutability? What will be the future forms of our habitations? Lyric essays\, fiction\, poetry\, and other language-based interdisciplinary works are encouraged. \nThe winner will receive a $500 cash prize and publication in an upcoming print issue of The Capilano Review. The winner will be announced in August 2024. \nSubmission Guidelines \n\nSubmission period: April 15–May 15\, 2024\nWork must be original and previously unpublished\nSubmit up to 6 pages of poetry\, prose\, or other short experimental forms (PDF or Word formats only)\nAll entries will be considered anonymously. Please do not include your name or other identifying fields on your manuscript pages\nSimultaneous submissions are accepted\, but please notify us immediately if your work is accepted for publication elsewhere so that we can remove your entry from the contest\n\nSubmission Fees*\n$25 for Canadian entries** \n$35 for US/International entries \n*Submission fee includes a complimentary one-year subscription to The Capilano Review.\n**Note: Submission fee is waived for Indigenous entrants. Please email contact@thecapilanoreview.com directly for alternate instructions to submit your work.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-the-capilano-review-spring-writing-contest-environments/
LOCATION:The Capilano Review
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SUMMARY:PFN - Talk Vomit Seeking Submissions on: Girlhood
DESCRIPTION:THEME: Our summer edition’s theme is girlhood\, however you interpret that. \nWe now manage submissions through our Google Form\, linked here. \nThe details: \n\nNon-fiction under 4\,000 words\, fiction under 2\,000\, and poetry just generally kept to a minimum\nPlease submit one prose piece or two poems.\nTurnaround times vary. Expect a response within approximately one month of submissions closing.\nTalk Vomit believes wholeheartedly in simultaneous submissions and raises their eyebrows at places that don’t. BUT\, if your piece is accepted elsewhere\, please email talk@talkvomit.com as soon as you can. If you don’t\, it stands to be quite embarrassing for both of us.\n\nSome stuff we particularly like: \n\nGothic stories. Not high fantasy stuff\, usually\, but moody and atmospheric pieces that take a microscope to the underbelly of our communities and relationships\nFlash satire\nEssays that weave first-person with cultural criticism; essays with a fresh coming-of-age narrative (one can come of age at many times in their life\, in many ways; Monica is currently particularly interested in coming-of-age stories related to motherhood\, fwiw)\nCultural criticism\, in general\nBook reviews\, especially those in the 300-600 word range — unless you’re baking in some first-person narrative and lengthier criticism. If that’s the case\, follow our general nonfiction word limit.\nSerial stories. Feel free to pitch one at talk@talkvomit.com. Let’s get Dickensian about it.\n\nAt the end of the day\, we’re curating each quarterly to fit a theme and meet our editorial needs. We say no to a lot of a solid pieces that we simply don’t have room for. Don’t hesitate to submit to the next round if your piece is not accepted. \nIf your piece is a thinly-veiled homage to Lolita\, we will delete it without response. Read something else. \nPayment: We’re very pleased to pay our contributors thanks to print zine sales and supporters of our Substack. Our rates are DIY-zine rates\, but we hope they will increase. Fiction and nonfiction run in the $10-30 range; poetry in the $5-15 range. The rate will be higher for print exclusives. We issue honraria via Venmo and PayPal.https://talkvomit.com/submissions/
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LOCATION:Talk Vomit
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SUMMARY:PFN - subTerrain Magazine Seeking Submissions about: Trash
DESCRIPTION:Submissions must be previously unpublished material. (Note maximum number of submissions per issue below.) \nFeel free to interpret our themes in unique and unusual ways. \n\nAll other regular submission guidelines still apply\, as below. \nThe following are some general guidelines (as always\, we suggest READING an issue of the magazine to see what we’re all about). \nSubmissions must be previously unpublished and be: \n1. typed\, double-spaced on 8 1/2 x 11 paper. \n2. Fiction: a maximum of 3\,000 words. (Max. 3 stories per issue) \n3. Poetry: we no longer accept unsolicited poetry submissions (unless specifically related to one of our theme issues). Poetry should be single-spaced with stanza breaks. (Max. 5 poems per issue) \n4. Creative Non-Fiction: a maximum of 4\,000 words. (Max. 2 articles per issue) \n5. Commentary (social or otherwise): a maximum of 4000 words. (Max. 2 articles per issue) \n6. Please do not send submissions via email; online submissions accepted through Submittable only (mailed submissions are still accepted as well.) \n7. Please allow 6 months for a response\, though we shall strive as always to respond sooner. \nPayment rates for published submissions: \nPoetry: $50 per poem \nProse: $.10 per word (to a maximum of $500.) \nSubmission fees: \nElectronic submissions come with a $3.00 submission fee to help cover our Submittable account and thereby allow us to continue accepting online submissions. If you choose to submit by traditional mail\, you will not be charged the submission fee. Mailed submissions can be sent to the address below. \n*If submitting by mail\, please identify on the front of the envelope the theme issue to which you’re submitting. \nsubTerrain Magazine \nP.O. Box 3008\, MPO \nVancouver\, BC V6B 3X5 \nCanada \n\n\n 
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-subterrain-magazine-seeking-submissions-about-trash/
LOCATION:subTerrain Magazine
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SUMMARY:N - Radical History Review Calls for Submissions on the Theme: The Rest is Political: Radical Histories of Repose
DESCRIPTION:The Rest is Political: Radical Histories of Repose – Due May 15\, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRadical History Review seeks contributions to a forthcoming issue that will explore the expansive possibilities when we historicize rest. \nRest is everywhere part of quotidian human experience\, and the human body’s need for intermittent periods of restorative unconsciousness is a universal feature of our shared biology. Yet how societies\, communities and individuals have segmented sleep in time\, sequestered it in space and fought over access to it are matters of historical study. In the wake of the 24-hour workday\, chronobiology and other interdisciplinary fields of medical science and public health research emerged in the second half of the twentieth century. Yet calls to “slow down” amidst today’s great speed-up seem to have done little to abate the contemporary public health and social justice crisis. \nHistory does not pause during the minutes and hours of daily repose. On the contrary\, sleep is perennially the subject of fervent contestation. The medical\, architectural\, cultural\, social\, legal\, and political economic dimensions of sleep lend it to critical study; the dangerous\, vexing\, and by now normalized dearth of it in today’s world makes it the urgent subject of radical history. \nInspired by the contemporary urgency of ensuring the right to restorative time away from labor\, with this issue the editors hope to highlight the radical potential for the historical study of sleep and rest\, and the opportunities this area of study provides for historians to connect with scholars in the natural sciences\, architects and planners\, and policymakers and activists. \nCollectively\, the contributions to this issue\, we hope\, can redefine spaces of refuge and shelter\, question received ideas about obligatory productivity\, and probe the boundaries between private and public. We encourage submissions from and about all parts of the world and historical epochs\, particularly from the pre- and early-modern eras as well as more contemporary history. We endeavor not necessarily to trace a global\, transhistorical trajectory of how people have slept in times past\, but rather to find models for studying this element of everyday life whose immense political power is hidden in plain sight. \nTopics may include but are not limited to: \n\nthe organization of domestic space and radical solutions to organizing dwellings to accommodate—and to create—patterns of sleep and wakefulness\nthe historical archeology of sleep\nhow did urban planning account for sleep and rest?\nhousing “crises\,” or contestations of the right to housing and to places of residence\, rest and refuge\nlying down as a form of protest and public resistance\nuses and abuses of the medical science of sleep\, in both the premodern and modern eras\nthe historical study of lying down and the body at rest; movement\, genuflection\, and the politics of prostration\nrevisiting and revising the classic studies of workers’ struggles over time by centering sleep\ndreams and their interpretation as historical artifacts\nthe religious history of rest; “the sleep of the just” as a reward for productive day\ncolonial and nationalist metaphors of sleeping\, waking\, lying down\, or standing up\nsleep deprivation as a disciplinary and as an intelligence-gathering strategy\ncontestation about when\, where\, and how\, and with whom people may sleep\nsocial movements and radical ideologies in history that believed in political liberation through rest\nideas\, practices\, and contestations over nature/land as requiring rest\nthe historically constructed relationship between sleep and the night\n\nRadical History Review publishes material in a wide variety of forms. The editors will consider scholarly research articles as well as photo essays\, film and book review essays\, interviews\, brief interventions\, essays on museum and other public history forums\, “conversations” between scholars and/or activists\, teaching notes and annotated course syllabi\, and research notes. \nPreliminary inquiries may be sent to issue editors Amy Chazkel (ac2227@columbia.edu) and Anup Grewal (anup.grewal@utoronto.ca). \nProcedures for submission of articles: \nBy May 15\, 2024\, please submit a 1-2 page abstract summarizing the article you wish to submit to our online journal management system\, ScholarOne. To begin with ScholarOne\, sign in or create an account at https://mc04.manuscriptcentral.com/dup-rhr. Next\, sign in\, select “Author” from the menu up top\, and click “Begin Submission” or “Start New Submission.” Upload a Word or PDF document\, including any images within the document. After uploading your file\, select “Proposal” as the submission type and follow the on-screen instructions. Please write to contactrhr@gmail.com if you encounter any technical difficulties or have any other questions. \nBy June 15\, 2024\, authors will be notified whether they should submit a full version of their article for peer review. The due date for completed articles will be in September 2024. Those articles selected for publication after the peer review process will be included in issue 154 of the Radical History Review\, scheduled to appear in January 2026.
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SUMMARY:PN - Call for Submissions to RFD Magazine.  Theme: Travel and Community
DESCRIPTION:RFD is a reader-written journal for gay people which focuses on country living and encourages alternative lifestyles. We foster community building and networking\, explore the diverse expressions of our sexuality\, care for the environment\, radical faerie consciousness\, nature-centered spirituality\, and share experiences of our lives. RFD has been since 1974. It is now one of the oldest continuously published gay journals.
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SUMMARY:P - Call for Submissions to Songs of Eretz Poetry Review.  Theme: Respond to Keats's "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
DESCRIPTION:WHAT WE WANT TO READ IN RESPONSE \n to \nKeats’s “Ode on a Grecian Urn” \n\nJohn Keats’s masterpiece\, “Ode on a Grecian Urn” explores human emotions and the enduring power of art. For our next issue\, we are not looking for paraphrases or explanations of his ode. Rather\, we want poems that spring from Keats’s vision. \n\nOne possible prompt is to use a line or part of a line as an epigraph and to go from there.  Another prompt is to write into one of Keats’s themes\, such as the immortality of art\, or how a poem (like a vase) is a unit unto itself.  A poem is static in that it has been given a finished form\, but the images within the poem can seem quite active. \n\nOf course\, a writer could also dive deep into Keats’s famous line\, “Beauty is truth\, truth beauty.”  We must see some connection to Keats’s poem\, but the connection need not be overtly obvious.  Surprise us! \nHOW TO SUBMIT\nFailure to follow these simple guidelines will result in your submission being discarded or returned to you unread!\n\nPlease resist the urge to include anything with your submission that we do not specifically request\, especially your bio (we like to read as blindly as possible)\, credits (we treat the novice and the experienced equally)\, or explanatory notes (if you believe your poem requires an explanation\, please revise it until it doesn’t).\n\n  \n\n Submit up to THREE poems to:  \n\nsubmissionssofe@gmail.com \nThere is no fee to submit.\n \n  \n\n Your Subject Line should be formatted as follows:  [Poetry Submission][Title][Specific Form of poem\, such as Free Verse or Shakespearean Sonnet][Poet’s Last Name].\n\n\n If you are submitting more than one poem\, each should appear in a separate email\, and each email should include a separate cover letter.  If your poem has multiple numbered sections\, each section will “count” as ONE poem.  If your poem contains more than three sections\, query first.\n\n\n\n5. Your poem(s) must appear in the body of your email(s).  WE DO NOT ACCEPT ATTACHMENTS FOR POETRY.  If your poem needs to be presented in an attachment due to special formatting\, query first.\n6.Include a cover letter in the body of your email(s) with answers to the following questions\n\n(and remember NOT to include a biography at this process stage): \n– Is yours a simultaneous submission or not?  We DO accept them. \n– How did you discover Songs of Eretz? \n– How would you like us to indicate your name if we publish your work (ie: your byline\, for example\, “By Sammie Smith”)?  NOTE:  We do NOT accept work composed by a collaboration of poets or artists. \n– What is your contact information?  Include at least your city & state.  Include your country if you reside outside of the United States.  It is strongly recommended that you include your phone number as well\, in case we need last-minute input from you (this has happened). \n\n Reprint Policy:We DO NOT accept previously published work.\n Simultaneous Submissions Policy:We accept sim subs.\n Multiple Submissions Policy: Please wait until after your poem(s) is/are published in or rejected by Songs of Eretz before sending more.\n\n\n Response Time: Please query if you have not received at least a preliminary response in twenty-onecalendar days.  We no longer offer editorial feedback.\n\n\n Rights To Your Poetry: If your work is accepted and you agree to join the ranks of the other fine poets who have been published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review\,your work will appear in the quarterly issue for which it was submitted. In exchange\, you will grant Songs of Eretz the first worldwide publication rights\, first worldwide electronic rights\, non-exclusive archival rights in perpetuity\, non-exclusive anthology rights in perpetuity\, and non-exclusive reprint rights in perpetuity.\n\n\nAll other rights will revert to you upon publication\, but we would appreciate the courtesy of allowing Songs of Eretz an exclusive for a few months if that is not too much trouble. \n     Acknowledgement:We expect to be acknowledged as the venue of the firstpublication should you reprint your work. \n\nPublished Format:  Songs of Eretzreserves the right to make the editorial decision to publish any poem aligned left\, right\, or centered. If your poem is concrete or requires a special format\, please query first.
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SUMMARY:PFN - Sage Cigarettes Magazine Seeking Poetry & Prose on the Theme of The Sun
DESCRIPTION:Poetry & prose in the theme of The Sun (XIX)\nSage Cigarettes Magazine will release its first compiled issue since Oct. 2021 on June 20\, 2024. The issue theme will be The Sun (XIX). \n\n\n\nThe theme is tarot-based but open to wide interpretation. The sun is the card of Leo\, of summer\, of deep abiding happiness\, of fields of summer flowers\, & the smell of sun-kissed wood. In reverse\, the sun card is an indication of incomplete happiness\, of good fortune just out of reach\, of realizing that joy is a feeling & nothing is final. Tell us about the best days of your life\, the days that fell short\, the days that were golden despite it all. Explore the feeling of the sun at your back\, the hum of tires against pavement during a summer road trip\, the smell of warm honeysuckle. \nWe will consider a wide variety of takes on the theme. \nWe will open for submissions for this new issue on April 1\, 2024 & close May 15\, 2024. We will accept poetry\, fiction\, & creative non-fiction in the theme of The Sun (XIX). \nSubmission guidelines\n\nAll submissions must be sent to submissions@sagecigarettes.com. No submissions sent to individual editors will be considered for this themed call.\nAuthors & artists may send up to:\n\n3 poems\n2 flash pieces — fiction or cnf — up to 1\,000 words each\n1 short story between 1\,000-4\,000 words\n\n\nWe will send all responses by no later than June 9\, 2024. We will respond to everyone & post updates via our social media.\nAny additional questions can be directed to Managing Editor LE Francis\, lefrancis@sagecigarettes.com.\n\n\nGeneral submission guidelines\n\nAuthors published with Sage Cigarettes retain all rights to their work.\nEvery submission must include a short contributor bio & preferred method of contact.\nSimultaneous submissions are encouraged but please let us know ASAP if your work was accepted elsewhere.\nPreviously published pieces will be considered but please be sure that that you are in the clear with any agreement made with your previous publisher & let us know who previously published the work & when.\nPlease include a list of trigger warnings in the body of your email if applicable.\nAny work submitted which is found to be racist\, bigoted\, hateful and/or work which promotes gratuitous or sexual violence will not be published and may result in the writer being banned from submitting and from our socials.\nWe will remove or reject work by any submitter or contributor we find to have plagiarized or been racist\, misogynistic\, homophobic\, ableist or hateful in the literary community.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-sage-cigarettes-magazine-seeking-poetry-prose-in-the-theme-of-the-sun/
LOCATION:Sage Cigarettes Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:FN - Call for Submissions to Root Quarterly.  Theme: Founders
DESCRIPTION:FALL 2025 // Founders // PITCH DEADLINE: MAY 15 \nThe United States is a young and idealistic country that sits at a crossroads\, especially as the geopolitical order shifts. What do we want the next 250 years to look like? What do we keep of our past\, what do we evolve\, and what do we jettison? What are our values? What do our communities mean? What agency do we have? With our political dysfunction\, are entrepreneurs the answer\, or does giving them too much power put us on a path toward a plutocracy? What does it mean to build instead to tear down? \nWe are not afraid of heterodox thinkers\, long pieces\, or essays and articles about complicated or nuanced issues that need more research and good faith discussion. It’s okay not to know the answer\, but please have a good question! \nWe are not interested in pieces that shame\, blame\, or grandstand. We’d like to see pieces that open up conversations rather than shutting them down\, and if you need touchstones\, try reading “The Smug Style of American Politics” and this New York Times opinion piece from a social justice activist on outrage and cancel culture. \nIf you’re a conservative\, get in touch. There are fellow libertarians here. Some of us are pretty progressive. None of that preclude us from wanting to hear what you have to say. \nWHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR: \n\n\nFiction\, including experimental fiction and erotica\, is welcome. Please send pieces of 500 to 2\,000 words. \n\n\nPersonal essays or articles for our “Switchbacks” section that relate points of inflection in a person’s life that have taken them to an unexpected and new place. \n\n\nCultural criticism and think pieces of 500 to 3\,500 words. You can write about big issues\, movies\, TV\, books\, art exhibitions or anything else that has sparked a good idea. We’re particularly interested here in exploring the media and meaning crises\, and ways to understand the current culture war. \n\n\n\n\n\nTONE & STYLE \nIt’s okay to have a distinctive voice! But we’re also looking for writers who will largely forgo snark\, condescension\, bullying\, point-scoring\, self-serving virtue signaling\, etc.\, and will instead try on for size some finesse\, awe\, grace\, wit\, and humility. It’s okay to have questions and not answers. Ideas and issues are complicated\, and they take time to unwind. \nWe’re also looking for people who aren’t afraid to write a piece even if people within their bubble might disagree with it. Two great examples are here in The Atlantic and here in Seattle’s Weekly\, The Stranger. Both are written by hardcore liberals who are willing to call on other liberals to be more rigorous with their arguments. \nBe wild\, be funny\, be weird\, be contrarian. The worst we can say is ‘no.’ \nCOMPENSATION \nThis is a volunteer-run project\, and it’s a barn-raising in every way. Printing bills are expensive. But we know your time is valuable and that art isn’t free. That’s why we’ve got a subscription-based model and we don’t give our content away online. \nWe typically give honorariums of $25 to $100 depending on the piece and its length\, as well as for artwork contributions that illustrate articles. Longer\, solicited profiles or articles will be compensated at 10 cents to 20 cents per word\, to be determined at the time we agree on a proposal and consult our current funds. If there’s a piece that absolutely needs to be written but would require more time and research\, we’re willing to look into grants that may fund the work; we are a fiscally-sponsored project of Cultureworks in Philadelphia\, and can accept tax-deductible contributions. \n*If you are suffering from financial hardship and can’t afford a single issue at $15\, you may send an email to editor@rootquarterly.com and we’ll work something out. \nHOW TO SUBMIT \nTake in all of the above\, do a little reading\, cozy up with an issue\, and then send us an email keeping all those guidelines and principles in mind. We thank you in advance for considering joining our community.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/fn-call-for-submissions-to-root-quarterly-theme-founders/
LOCATION:Root Quarterly
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Shooter Literary Magazine Seeking Submission on: Nightlife
DESCRIPTION:Submissions open for “Nightlife” issue\nPosted on February 5\, 2024 Standard\n\n\n\nGeneral submissions are now open for Shooter’s Spring/Summer 2024 issue\, themed “Nightlife”. \nWriters should send short stories and non-fiction of 2\,000-6\,000 words and/or up to three poems by the deadline of May 12th. Stories\, essays\, memoir and poetry should relate to nocturnal happenings: dating\, working the night shift\, crime\, clubbing\, dinner\, sex\, partying\, witchcraft\, ghosts\, childbirth\, insomnia\, even nocturnal wildlife. \nThe theme is open to wide interpretation\, but please adhere to the submission guidelines. In addition to thematic relevance\, we seek engaging\, elegant writing that maintains a high literary standard. \nDocuments should be in Word format\, 1.5 or double spaced\, with word count indicated at the end of the (prose) piece. Please submit only one piece of prose and/or up to three poems per issue. \nPlease include a brief biography in your email\, noting any prior publishing experience\, and send work to submissions.shooterlitmag@gmail.com by May 12th. \nSimultaneous submissions are fine but please let us know if your work is accepted elsewhere. Any non-fiction or journalistic work selected for publication will be fact-checked. All work must be previously unpublished either in print or online. \nSuccessful writers can expect to hear from us within a few weeks of the deadline\, if not before; all other submitters will be informed of the outcome within two months.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-shooter-literary-magazine-seeking-submission-on-nightlife/
LOCATION:Shooter Literary Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:N - Call for Submissions to Tolka Journal
DESCRIPTION:Submission guidelines\nAll submissions should be previously unpublished. \nWe welcome all forms of non-fiction: personal essay\, memoir\, reportage\, travel writing\, auto-fiction\, and the writing that falls in between. \nOur guideline word count for work is 2\,000–4\,000 words. \nSubmissions should be in one .doc\, .docx or PDF attachment and double-spaced. \nWe are happy to consider simultaneous submissions but ask that you notify us should your work be accepted elsewhere. \nWe offer contributors a flat fee of ‎‎€500\, which we pay prior to publication. Contributors also receive a copy of the issue in which their work is featured. \nWe only accept submissions through our website. \nWe publish work by Irish and international writers. \nFor practical and economic reasons\, we discourage the use of images unless integral to a piece of writing. \nWe encourage submissions from writers who are underrepresented in the arts\, due to their socio-economic background\, ethnicity\, religion\, sexual orientation\, gender identity\, age or disability. \nAll submissions will be closely read but\, due to the volume of submissions\, we are unable to offer individual feedback. We aim to provide a response within three months of the closing date. \nTo familiarise yourself with the kind of writing we publish\, see here. We are always open to new ventures. \nCopyright remains\, in all cases\, the property of the author.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/n-call-for-submissions-to-tolka-journal/
LOCATION:Tolka Journal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - Call for Submissions to Vilas Avenue.  Theme: Impermanence
DESCRIPTION:Vilas Avenue is open for submissions to Issue Six for a themed issue on the concept of “Impermanence”. Interpret that theme any way you’d like. Our reading period is April 1st\, 2024 through May 1st\, 2024. \nGuest Editor H.W. Day:\n \n“Impermanence is a fact of life that we all acknowledge in some form or fashion. It can be appreciated in a natural sense:  the transition from Spring to Summer\, plants ripening & decaying\, bird song throughout a given day\, & so on. However\, in the context of both Eastern & Western philosophies\, impermanence can be examined from a deeper perspective\, with change being thought of as the nature of conditioned phenomena existing in a constant state of process\, construction\, & interdependence. This includes us— our thoughts\, emotions\, & perspectives follow a similar pattern of connectedness & becoming\, existing & vanishing from moment to moment. The actualization that nothing exists in a permanent or dualistic way makes the written word real. \nVilas Avenue wishes impermanence to inspire a variety of interpretations of the theme\, challenging the writer to attain a deeper understanding of the state of change— crafting work that lives\, dies\, lives again\, & vanishes into momentariness. \nWith this issue we celebrate 10 years of recognizing work that involves movement\, travel\, & liminality that pulses in various ways\, which is why impermanence seems a fitting motif for a publication that operates in reciprocity with the nature of change. In short\, we are a constant process\, just like you.” \nHOW TO:  Submit 1-3 poems pasted into the body of an e-mail or as an attachment to vilasavenue@gmail.com with the subject line “Poetry submission”. Please also include a brief\, third-person biography. We will begin reading submissions in April 2024 and you will hear back on the status of your submission within 2-4 months of that time period\, if not much sooner. Your own previously unpublished works only\, please. Simultaneous submissions are OK\, but please write to let us know if someone else snags your work first. Please do not send Artificial Intelligence (AI)-generated poems. \nThere is no fee to submit. We strongly believe that writing has value\, and we believe that\, when feasible\, writers should be compensated for their work. In alignment with arching toward that philosophy\, one poet (chosen at random out of all authors accepted for Issue Six) will receive a $25 honorarium upon publication. \nAN IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY:  Vilas Avenue values and respects diversity in all its forms. We recognize that life experiences\, perspectives\, and circumstances juxtaposed with our built and virtual environments manifest and emerge in dynamic and meaningful patterns that make us all human. If the submission process presents any barriers to your access\, please contact vilasavenue@gmail.com and we will adapt to accommodate your process. \nThank you for considering Vilas Avenue as a potential outlet for your work!
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-call-for-submissions-to-vilas-avenue-theme-impermanence/
LOCATION:Vilas Avenue
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:FN - Call for Submissions to descant. Theme: Time Capsule
DESCRIPTION:A forum for fiction and poetry\, descant seeks high-quality work in either innovative or traditional forms. Fiction is usually 5000 words or fewer\, poems sixty lines or fewer. We do\, however\, occasionally accept submissions exceeding these lengths. descant specifies no particular subject matter or style. \nThe Time Capsule \nA keepsake to put away for the future\, a token of childhood\, a triumphant memory… the time capsule is a means to share wishes\, hopes\, dreams\, and memories within an archive. How can a piece of writing signal to future readers how we live now: how we love\, scorn\, fear\, aspire\, and experience the world and its wonders. What do you want to say that cannot be said\, seen\, or heard unless it is unearthed for our descendants to discover twenty\, fifty\, or one hundred years from now? What does intelligence mean in the era of smart appliances\, iPhones\, Amazon\, Reddit\, TikTok\, and ChatGPT? With polar ice caps melting\, pollution clouding our air\, rainforests being deforested by the hour\, and war raging across the world\, we still carry on with busy workweeks\, and sink into beds dreaming of a better future when we rise. The time capsule will hold a kaleidoscope of human happenings\, preserved in pages for future generations to read with fresh eyes. \nPlease be sure to submit to The Time Capsule\, if you are answering this call. \nPlease be sure to indicate if the work is Fiction or Creative Nonfiction. \nWriters must confirm that work accepted by descant has not been previously published and that they will credit descant as the original publisher whenever and wherever else the work may be placed. \nOther than incarcerated persons\, potential contributors should submit via our free online system\, Submittable (descant.submittable.com/submit). Submit up to five (5) poems\, or one (1) single submission of fiction\, up to 5000 words. Please submit no more than twice during each reading period. \nPlease send online submissions to Submittable:
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LOCATION:descant
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - Heron Tree Seeking: Found poems created from any source material(s) published in or before 1928
DESCRIPTION:Heron Tree volume 11 will be dedicated to found poems composed from sources published in or before 1928. \nWe encourage you to download and read some collections of found poetry that we have published in the past: Found in the Public Domain\, Songs\, From the Blue Fairy\, Of Climates & Continents\, and all the poems in volume 8\, volume 9\, and volume 10. \nMore information: \n– We are interested in any and all approaches to found poetry construction and erased or remixed texts. \n\n\n\n– If you are working with a text that was translated into English\, the English translation must also be published in or before 1928. \n– Send up to 6 poems with a cover letter to submit.herontree@gmail.com. \n– In your email cover letter\, please include a list of your poems’ titles. \n– The poems should be attached in a single doc\, docx\, or pdf file. If your pieces are better viewed as digital images\, insert them as jpegs within a single doc\, docx\, or pdf file. \n– All submissions will be read blind\, so do not include your name in the file with the poems. \n– In the same file as the poems\, provide a different process paragraph for each poem. It should identify the source(s) for the poem and briefly explain your method of composition. If a poem combines found material and your own words\, that’s fine\, but your process statement must make that clear. You can find examples of process paragraphs in our previous collections of found poetry. If a poem is accepted for publication\, the process paragraph will be published with it. \n– Simultaneous submissions are welcome with timely notification of acceptance elsewhere. \n– Poems that have previously appeared online (temporarily or permanently\, on your own or a third-party site) should not be submitted\, nor should work that has already been published electronically or in print. \n– Once you send your submission\, you’ll receive an automatic email reply. If you don’t receive the reply\, please check your spam folder and add Heron Tree to your contacts to ensure that you receive future communications about your submission. \n– If your work is accepted by Heron Tree\, you agree to grant us exclusive first publication rights and the non-exclusive right to include your work in the volume 11 collection and our online archives. You agree that if your poem subsequently appears elsewhere you will credit Heron Tree as the original publisher. \n– Accepted poems will be published weekly on the Heron Tree website beginning in summer 2023 and will be included in a free downloadable PDF volume available later in the year. \nHeron Tree does not charge a fee for submitting nor provide payment for publication. \nThese guidelines are subject to change.
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LOCATION:Heron Tree
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - Tabi Po! Literary Magazine Seeking Submissions on the Theme: "Ears to the Earth"
DESCRIPTION:“In order for me to write poetry that isn’t political\,\nI must listen to the birds\nand in order to hear the birds\nthe warplanes must be silent”.\n~Marwan Makhoul \nIn an interview with Robin Wall Kimmerer in Edge Effects\, she stated\, “Gary Nabhan has said\, as we try to heal the earth with restoration\, with ecological restoration\, that’s well and good but what we really need to do is re-story-ation. We need to tell ourselves a different story about our relationship to place. That’s where I think creation stories\, either from antiquity or the creation stories we are in the process of writing today about our relationship to place\, really matter. They can become a compass for us.” \nHow do we create poems that re-story ourselves to the earth when war covers the ground in dust? How do you respond to genocide and acts of terrorism? \nSubmit `1-3 poems by March 25th\, 2024. Please include a cover letter and a 50-100 word bio. Work should be previously unpublished. Rights revert back to the author upon publication.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-tabi-po-literary-magazine-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-ears-to-the-earth/
LOCATION:Tabi Po! Literary Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:N - Call for Submissions to HerStry.  Theme: Coming of Age
DESCRIPTION:Limited Demographic. Submissions are restricted to “women identifying persons\, including bigender/polygender persons\, cisgender women\, intergender persons/intersex persons\, non-binary persons/gender non-conforming persons\, transgender women/transfeminine persons\, two-spirit.”\nWe often can only see our coming-of-age stories in retrospect\, not as they are happening to us. Those moments that flung us over the line from childhood to adulthood. Some of them were gentle\, love-filled moments\, and others caused us deep\, maybe still resonating pain. In June\, we want those coming of age moments\, that step out of childhood. \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\nAll stories must be true and about you.\nStories must follow the theme in some way\, interpretations can be wide.\nStories must stay between 500–3\,000 words.\nDocuments should be double spaced\, 12Pt font with 1 inch margins.\nSubmissions must be in .doc or .docx form—we do not accept PDFs.\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.\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).\nPlease submit only once per theme.\nWe do not accept previously published stories.\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 WANT PERSONALIZED FEEDBACK? \nYou can now receive helpful feedback by selecting the “personalized critique” option on our submissions page. While getting your work critiqued does not guarantee publication\, we can help make it great for your next submissions\, whether it’s to us or someone else. \n$3 submission fee goes toward keeping HerStry sustainable. All accepted pieces receive $20 payment.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/n-call-for-submissions-to-herstry-theme-coming-of-age/
LOCATION:HerStry
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PN - Dorothy Parker's Ashes Seeking Submissions on the Theme: Brains
DESCRIPTION:Please 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. \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/pn-dorothy-parkers-ashes-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-brains/
LOCATION:Dorothy Parker’s Ashes
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Halfway Down the Stairs Seeking Submissions on the Theme: "Before & After"
DESCRIPTION:GENERAL GUIDELINES \n\nWe are looking for serious writers with an appreciation for language and the craft of writing. We want fiction with memorable characters and realistic plots\, poetry that is fresh and original\, and nonfiction that is both thoughtful and entertaining.\nWe will accept only writing that has been proofread for spelling and grammar. Trust us on this one. We keep our virtual machete very sharp for people who are grammatically challenged\, and we are not afraid to use it.\nHaving said that\, as an international ‘zine\, we accept differences in spelling usages (e.g. British vs American English) and will publish whatever is considered correct in an author’s home country.\nWe are not interested in explicit sexual content\, gratuitous violence\, or repetitive swearing\, unless it is essential to the plot and not included solely for shock value.\nPlease do not send us any of the following: poetry that sounds like it ought to be on a Hallmark card\, poetry you copied from a Hallmark card\, how-to articles\, first drafts of anything\, fanfiction\, anything full of sentimentality\, or religious and/or political propaganda disguised as fiction.\nThis ought to be obvious\, but only send us your own work\, humans. If you send us anything plagiarized or written by a robot\, remember we have a machete.\nWe do not accept previously published work. This includes not only formal publications in print and online journals\, but any pieces you may have posted to a blog\, personal website\, etc. If it’s already available to the public in some form\, we do not accept it.\nWe do accept simultaneous submissions\, but please let us know immediately if your piece is accepted by another journal.\nAs above\, we do not consider or accept submissions outside the specified submission period.\nWe reserve the right to make minor editorial changes without consultation\, where there are unintentional errors or inconsistencies in punctuation\, spelling or grammar. We will consult authors about anything more substantive.\nThe editors are all responsive to shameless flattery and to gifts of chocolate.\n\nPoetry Guidelines \nWe accept poetry of roughly 500 words or less\, although we are not terribly strict about this guideline.  We are rarely willing to be lenient with the theme when it comes to poetry\, and will do so only if the submission is very good. \nPlease note that we only accept three poems at any one time from a single author and\, for the most part\, publish only one poem from any one author per edition. \nFiction Guidelines \nWe accept fiction of roughly 5\,000 words or less related to the theme of the issue.   The fiction editors are looking mostly for short stories\, but we are happy to consider well-crafted flash fiction. We don’t want to be too strict with the guidelines\, because we appreciate originality\, creativity\, and stories that are off the beaten path. We like stories that grab us from the beginning\, make us think\, and keep us enthralled. Stories should be written confidently and fluidly\, avoiding too many adjectives or too much dialogue. We will be negatively distracted by poor grammar/spelling\, clichés\, and a lack of editing. \nPlease submit only one piece of fiction at a time\, and ensure stories are formatted as requested below. \nNonfiction Guidelines \nWe accept creative nonfiction of 3\,000 words or less. Halfway Down the Stairs is specifically looking for essays and memoir with a strong voice and a unique point of view. We publish well-written\, honest writing that inspires emotion. Humor is also appreciated. \nWe are not looking for stream of consciousness rants of a political or religious nature. Save those for your blog. We respond negatively to spelling and grammatical errors\, so please proofread your work closely if you wish to have it seriously considered. \nAs of 2018 we began accepting nonfiction submissions outside of the issue theme.  Submissions within the theme are still encouraged\, but high quality submissions outside the theme will also be considered for publication. Please note this only applies to nonfiction submissions. \nPlease submit only one piece of nonfiction at a time. \nSUBMISSIONS PROCESS\n \n\nPlease send all writing submissions to halfway . stairs @ gmail . com.\nDO NOT send your work as an attachment. (More details on why under point 5 below.)\nYour subject line should look like this: submission\, genre\, and title of your piece.  (Example: “Submission\, Fiction\, Monsoon Nights.”)  If you are submitting multiple poems\, state the number of poetry submissions instead of the title of the piece. (Example:  “Submission\, Three Poems by William C. Fredrikson.”) Please do not submit multiple genres in a single e-mail; if you would like to submit poetry and fiction\, send us two separate e-mails.\nWithin the body of your e-mail\, give us the following information: the title(s) of your submission(s)\, the name under which you wish to be published\, your e-mail address\, if the piece you are submitting has ever been published elsewhere\, if the piece you are submitting is a simultaneous submission\, and a brief introduction written in the 3rd person point of view.  If you are submitting multiple poems\, include these statements at the beginning of your e-mail\, and follow it with the actual poems. Example:\n\nThree Poems \nby William C. Fredrikson. \ncrazywillie57@gmail.com. \nNo\, the submitted poems have never published elsewhere. \nMonsoon Nights is not a simultaneous submission.  Elsewhere and Lady Luck are both simultaneous submissions.William C. Fredrikson teaches grade seven social studies in British Columbia.   His students think he looks exactly like Jack Nicholson.  In his spare time\, William enjoys playing the guitar\, reading Hemingway\, studying World War II history\, and making fun of reality television. \n\nIf we do choose to publish your piece\, we will also publish your biography. Your e-mail address is confidential\, and we will never publish it or give it out.\nAfter your introduction\, please post your piece within the body of your e-mail.  Please do not send your work as an attachment.  Please single space your work\, double spacing between paragraphs.  Please do not indent your paragraphs.\nProvide a content warning if it’s warranted: Let us know upfront if there is some kind of explicit content in your submission which we should be warned about in advance. We’ll leave this up to your discretion\, but examples could include abuse\, neglect\, self harm\, or violence.\nOptional: Let us know how you found us.  We’re curious as to where our readers and writers are coming from.\nOptional: Let us know if there’s a kind of image you visualize with your piece\, or even if you have an image you would like us to use if it is published (guidelines below). We reserve the right to choose alternatives – but we are happy to consider your suggestions.\n\nWe aim to respond to all submissions within 4-8 weeks of receipt\, and you will never wait more than three months for a response.
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SUMMARY:PFN - Bi Women Quarterly Seeking Submissions on the Theme: More than One Letter
DESCRIPTION:BWQ features the voices of women with bi+ sexualities (i.e.\, bi\, pan\, fluid\, and other non-binary sexualities). We see “woman” as a broad category with space for an array of gender identities and expressions. We welcome contributions from bi+ women who identify as trans\, non-binary\, cis\, and beyond. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease submit your words in a word document (.doc\, docx or .rtf) or in the body of an email. Use single spacing\, 11 pt font in Adobe Garamond Pro (or closest available font). Please do not send pdfs. Different spacing and formatting is okay if submitting poetry but please use Adobe Garamond Pro (11pt)\, if possible. Images should be high resolution and submitted electronically in .jpg or .png format. \nBi Women Quarterly and Robyn Ochs\, Editor reserve the right to reprint your work in current and future related publications\, in print and/or online. We will attempt to notify you in advance if we do so. You retain ownership of your work and may re-use it\, provided that its previous appearance in Bi Women Quarterly is noted\, along with our website (e.g.\, “This piece previously appeared in Bi Women Quarterly (at BiWomenQuarterly.com”). \nNote that Bi Women Quarterly is a print and digital publication. Issues of BWQ are sent via mail and then posted online in both magazine and PDF format at BiWomenQuarterly.com \nSubmission length: there is no minimum length. Maximum length: 1500 words. Please do not send pieces over this count unless requested by the editor or approved by her. Mail all submissions and pitches to biwomeneditor@gmail.com. \nBefore submitting your writing\, please run it through spell check and grammar check. Consider\, too\, asking a friend or two to read your piece for you and provide feedback. \nPLEASE INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AT THE TOP OF YOUR SUBMISSION:\n\nYour name:\nYour email address:\nYour Twitter or other social media handles (if public):\nThe name you wish to use in BWQ: (you are welcome to use a pseudonym or modify your actual name):\nName of the piece you are submitting:\nA short\, 1 to 2 sentence\, 3rd person bio that includes your geographic location (e.g.: Robyn Ochs lives in the Boston area and is the editor of BWQ.) to follow your piece:\nFinally\, you are encouraged — but not required — to submit a photo with your work. Photos should be at least 300 dpi\, and have good contrast. This can be a headshot of yourself or an image relevant to your submission that you have the rights to use.
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LOCATION:Bi Women Quarterly
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