PF – The First Line: “Thomas hadn’t expected to be alive when the town’s time capsule was opened.”
A chance for readers to see how many different directions we can take when we start from the same place.
20 events found.
Most events are installed on their deadline date, unless there is a long submission window or unless it's a rolling submission.
P=Poetry, N=Nonfiction, F=Fiction
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The First Line
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PFN – Halfway Down the Stairs, Theme: “Open and Shut”
Halfway Down the StairsHow you interpret the theme is up to you. We like stories that grab us from the beginning, make us think, and keep us enthralled, as well as essays and memoir with a strong voice and a unique point of view.
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N – The Sun Magazine’s Readers Write 2022 Call for Submissions: “Tools”
The Sun MagazineWriting style isn’t as important as thoughtfulness and sincerity.
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PF – Canadian Authors Association–Toronto Inaugural Poetry and Flash Fiction Contest
Canadian Authors Association - TorontoAll we ask is that you surprise and delight us!
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F – Fix’s Second Annual Imagine 2200 Climate Fiction Contest
Grist JournalStories must be set anytime between today and the year 2200, and show a path to a clean, green, and just future.
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PFN – Nat Brut Magazine: Blood & Water
Nat. Brut MagazineEnglish-speakers often say that “blood is thicker than water” when talking about the bond of biological families. And yet, for those who cannot survive by this adage, there is the echo of a longer proverb: “The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb.” This hidden inversion, offering the possibility of […]
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PFN – Shooter Literary Magazine: “Out West”
Shooter Literary MagazineWe’re looking for stories, essays, memoir and poetry on anything to do with western places and westward migration.
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PF – Demos Rising Anthology: Historical and Modern Day Injustices and Breakthroughs
Fly on the Wall PressWe seek nuance, perspective and authenticity.
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P – As Above So Below. Issue 9: “Finding the Sacred in the Ordinary”
As Above So BelowAll life is interconnected; the microcosm reflects the macrocosm
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P – The 2022 Montreal International Poetry Prize
Montreal International Poetry PrizeThe Montreal Prize recognizes the craft, design, and aesthetics of the stand-alone poem. It emphasizes the space that poetry opens for insight, beauty, and wonder.
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P – Frontier Poetry 2022 Chapbook Contest
Frontier PoetrySend us work that is blister, that is color, that strikes hot the urge to live and be.
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PFN – just femme & dandy Magazine Seeks Submissions on the Theme: “SUSTAIN”
just femme & dandyHow can we use fashion to sustain us during this incredibly trying time?
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PFN – The Fieldstone Review Seeks Submissions on the Theme of SUGAR
The Fieldstone ReviewWe want your sugar and spice and everything not so nice.
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N – Canadian Literature: A Quarterly of Criticism and Review. Call for Papers on “Feminist Critique Here and Now”
Canadian Literature: A Quarterly of Criticism and ReviewWe are interested in exploring the continued resonance and urgency of feminist thinking in the twenty-first century.
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P – Songs of Eretz Poetry Review: “Invasion of Ukraine”
Songs of Eretz Poetry ReviewA quarterly mainstream e-zine whose mission is to bring a little more good poetry into the world
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P – Green Ink Poetry – Call for Submissions – “Whispers”
Green Ink PoetryWe are looking for beautiful works exploring Whispers; secrecy, misunderstandings, reverence and things either gone unsaid or that need to be said are all interpretations of this theme we’d particularly like to see.
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F – #FlashFiction101 Competition. Theme: LGBTQ+
FlashFiction101All stories must be exactly 101 words in length. No more; no less. Can you rise to the challenge?
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P – Canadian Authors Niagara Branch POETRY CONTEST 2022
Canadian Authors Association - Niagara BranchThe Niagara Branch of the Canadian Authors Association invites submissions to its 37th Annual Banister Poetry Anthology Contest -for residents of Ontario only
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P – Call for Submissions to FERAL. Theme: “Hunger”
FERAL: A Journal of Poetry & ArtAll styles, forms and schools of poetry are welcome.