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SUMMARY:PFN - Halfway down the Stairs Seeking Submissions about: "Resistance"
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.\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.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-halfway-down-the-stairs-seeking-submissions-about-resistance/
LOCATION:Halfway Down the Stairs
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:N - Call for Submissions to HerStry.  Theme: "Pride"
DESCRIPTION:JOIN THE REVOLUTION. TELL YOUR STORY.\nIn the past\, we’ve dedicated June to coming out stories. But the queer experience is so much more than that. We’re opening this month’s theme up wide to encapsulate the experiences of all LGBTQIA+ folks. Maybe it’s a coming out story\, but maybe it’s a story about everyday existence\, a story about living life on your own terms.\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.\nPlease do not put your name on your manuscript. We realize in personal essays\, the author’s name often comes up\, so just use your best discretion.\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$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-pride/
LOCATION:HerStry
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - The 2023 Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prizes
DESCRIPTION:The 2023 MARSH HAWK PRESS POETRY PRIZES \nCONTEST JUDGE: MARY JO BANG \nBetween December and the following April\, we accept manuscripts for the annual Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prize\, as well as for the Rochelle Ratner and Robert Creeley awards. \nThe Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prize offers a cash award of $1\,000.00 plus publication of the winning book. The Marsh Hawk Press Robert Creeley and the Rochelle Ratner Memorial Awards offer cash prizes of $250 each and will be chosen from finalists’ manuscripts submitted to the contest. Additionally\, the Press Prize winner receives a two-year Duotrope Gift Certificate (a USD $100 value) \nPrizes are judged by a poet of national stature. The winners’ names and title of the winning book are announced and advertised nationally. \nTo receive immediate updates on contest Finalists and Prize Winners subscribe to our Newsletter at marshhawkpress.org.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-the-2023-marsh-hawk-press-poetry-prizes/
LOCATION:Marsh Hawk Press
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:PFN - Creation Magazine Seeking Submissions for the Spring Issue: "A Focus on Feminism"
DESCRIPTION:During our Spring Issue\, we publish prose\, poetry\, fiction\, non-fiction and literary criticism that concentrates on perspectives of women’s celebrations\, struggles\, rage\, disdain and anything in between. Loud\, radical voices are encouraged as well as soft and thoughtful ones. We accept anything with underlying or overlaying tones of feminism\, including but not limited to horror\, essays and in-depth reviews of new books.  Although this magazine has a focus on women’s perspectives during our Spring Issue\, everyone is encouraged to submit.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOur submission period for Issue 02: A Focus on Feminism is open. We will be considering the following:  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFiction\, non-fiction\, poetry\, and hybrid works.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow to Submit \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEmail submit@creationmag.org with your piece attached.  \nInclude your name\, title\, and genre in the subject. \nInclude a short cover letter in the body of the email and how you heard of Creation Magazine.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-creation-magazine-seeking-submissions-for-the-spring-issue-a-focus-on-feminism/
LOCATION:Creation Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230416T170000
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SUMMARY:F - Fractured Lit Prize for Flash Fiction on the Theme of: "Legends\, Myths & Allegories"
DESCRIPTION:We’re excited to launch a new themed contest for our microfiction and flash writers. From February 20 to April 16\, 2023\, we welcome writers to submit to the Fractured Lit Legends\, Myths\, & Allegories Prize. (We would also love to see your ghost stories!) \nUsing these genre themes\, we’re looking for stories that scare as much as they resonate\, stories that help us discover the roots of desire and conflict\, that shimmer on the page\, that keep us reading and wondering long after the last period on the page. Transport us from the here and now to a new land of discovery\, a fresh way of being entertained\, a new way of embracing all of the ways we show our humanness. Fractured Lit is a flash fiction–centered place for all writers of any background and experience. \nWe’re thrilled to partner with Guest Judge Natalie Lima\, who will choose three prize winners from a shortlist. The first-place winner of this prize will receive $3\,000 and publication\, while the second- and third-place winners will receive publication and $300 and $200\, respectively. All entries will be considered for publication. \nGood luck and happy writing! \nGUIDELINES: \n\nYour $20 reading fee allows up to two stories of 1\,000 words or fewer each per entry—if submitting two stories\, please put them both in a SINGLE document.\nWe allow multiple submissions—each set of two flash stories should have a separate submission accompanied by a reading fee.\nPlease send flash fiction only—1\,000 word count maximum per story.\nWe only consider unpublished work for contests—we do not review reprints\, including self-published work (even on blogs and social media). Reprints will be automatically disqualified.\nSimultaneous submissions are okay—please notify us and withdraw your entry if you find another home for your writing.\nAll entries will also be considered for publication in Fractured Lit.\nDouble-space your submission and use Times New Roman 12 (or larger if needed).\nPlease include a brief cover letter with your publication history (if applicable).\nWe only read work in English\, though some code-switching is warmly welcomed.\nWe do not read anonymous submissions. However\, shortlisted stories are sent anonymously to the judge.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-fractured-lit-legends-myths-allegories-prize/
LOCATION:Fractured Lit
CATEGORIES:Contest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230415T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230415T170000
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SUMMARY:PFN - The Georgia Centre or Arts and Culture's 7 Stories Photography Exhibit & Writing Contest
DESCRIPTION:The Georgina Centre for Arts & Culture is inviting new & published writers to participate in an exciting event with renowned Canadian photographer\, Tom Zsolt.  \nWriters are asked to choose one photograph from seven of Tom Zsolt’s photographs\, as their inspiration to write an accompanying story and submit to the contest. Written pieces can be fictional prose\, poetry or non-fiction. The contest winners will be recorded and will be part of the “audio visual” installation this spring. There will be a Gala in April where writers will be invited to read their pieces at the live event. The first-place winner will win $100 and receive a 24”x36” giclee print of an Andrea Macleod painting. The top three contestants will have their choice of one photograph\, signed by Tom Zsolt\, of one of the exhibit’s seven images. Everyone who submits their work will receive a free one-year membership to The Georgina Centre for Arts & Culture. The seven photographs in the exhibit are show below and are available on our website. \nSubmission Guidelines:  \n\n\n\nChoose one photo as a prompt\nWriters can borrow the title from the photograph\, or create their own title\nMaximum word count—400 words\, any genre including fictional prose\, poetry or non-fiction\nSubmission deadline: April 15\, 2023\nWritten pieces are to be submitted as word documents\, or hand-written if this is not possible\nPlease submit to GCAC Reception Email Inbox: info@thegcac.ca\nEntrants with pieces that are accepted into the exhibit will be notified via email\nWriters can submit up to three pieces\, provided they are of different images\nThe first-place winner will win $100 and receive a 24”x36” Giclee print of an Andrea Macleod painting\nThe top three contestants will have their choice of one signed photograph\, by Tom Zsolt\nAll participants will receive a free one-year membership to The Georgina Centre for Arts & Culture\nThe contest is open to anyone on earth\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Reckoning\n\n\n\nThe Haunting\n\n\n\nStairway to Heaven\n\n\n\nPrairie Freighters\n\n\n\nOld Brechin\, Abandoned But Not Forgotten\n\n\n\nLast Stop Before Death Valley\n\n\n\nGeorgina Rodeo Champion of 1958
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-the-georgia-centre-or-arts-and-cultures-7-stories-photography-exhibit-writing-contest/
LOCATION:The Georgina Centre for Arts and Culture
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to About Place Journal.  Theme: "Rivers"
DESCRIPTION:On Rivers\nA river is a body of water. It  has a foot\, an elbow\, a mouth. It runs. It lies in a bed. It can make  you good. It remembers everything. — Natalie Diaz\, “The First Water is the Body” \nFor this upcoming issue\, coeditors Teresa Dzieglewicz and Laura-Gray  Street\, with consulting editors Lucien Darjeun Meadows and Irene  Vázquez\, invite submissions of prose\, poetry\, and hybrid and  multi-modal work pertaining to rivers. Rivers are deep sources of connection and memory\, holding very different meanings for different communities\, and this issue seeks to honor the many types of relationships we have with rivers. \nWe welcome a wide range of perspectives and types of writing and art\, including experimental and/or speculative work; interviews; graphic  memoir\, poetry\, or fiction; scholarly\, legal\, or scientific prose written for a general audience; and translations (with originals). We seek work from activists\, artists\, creatives\, environmentalists\, writers\, and all who are deeply engaged with rivers\, regardless of academic\, professional\, or publication history. We’re looking to create a  collective view on rivers that is expansive and surprising. \nWe welcome work that might engage\, among other themes: \n\nrivers as water bodies and bodies of water\nrivers as hydrological networks\nrivers as transport\nrivers as centers not edges of habitation and meaning\nrivers as human connective tissue\nrivers as capillary action\nrivers as fluency and artistry\nrivers as influence and confluence\nrivers as political ecologies\nrivers as entities with legal “personhood”\nrivers as living beings and relatives\nrivers as sites of memory\n\nIf you would like to pitch a specific idea for an interview\, please email us at blackearthinstitute@gmail.com. \nWe look forward to engaging with your art and learning about your rivers!
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-about-place-journal-theme-rivers/
LOCATION:About Place Journal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:F - Blink-Ink Seeking Submissions: "Waiting for a Friend"
DESCRIPTION:“Waiting for a Friend” \nTapping your toe\, or daydream drifting. Is this an old friend \nwho is always late\, or a new one you don’t know a thing about. \nWaiting. Does it come easy\, or does it infuriate. What’s your take? \nSo many stray thoughts\, and all we can do is wait and wonder. \nSend us your best unpublished stories of approximately 50 words \nabout  “Waiting for a Friend.” \nSend submissions in the body of an email to blinkinkinfo@gmail.com \nTimely respond to all inquieries and submissions\, no fees ever. \n* We are the gold standard for micro fiction * \nNo attachments or bios please. We love poetry but do not publish it. \n\n\n\n\nWhat we love most is writing that has found that preternatural detail of thought or thing that cracks the story open and allows it to matter or to reveal a truth. \nWe want your best\, original and unpublished work and will consider up to four stories at any one time. We do reply personally to every submission and every query. We aim to treat you right. \nSometimes we wish to make small changes in a piece we want to publish but will never do that without consulting you— with one exception: If you have offset the final line of a piece for no good reason\, we will put it back in the body of the piece where it belongs.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-blink-ink-seeking-submissions-waiting-for-friend/
LOCATION:Blink-Ink
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PN - Tabi Po! Literary Magazine Seeks Submissions on the Theme: "Cities & Borders"
DESCRIPTION:“Tabi Po!” honors the founder’s Filipina indigenous roots. Said aloud when passing through dwellings of duwende/spirits\, we hope our poems please them.\nGuidelines\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCities & Borders\n“Memory is redundant: it repeats signs so that the city can begin to exist.”\n– Invisible Cities\, Italo Calvino \nBorders\, streets\, cities\, monuments\, memories. Tell me your dreams and I will tell you mine. \nSubmit your `1-3 poems\, or 1 prose piece\, or 1 essay by April 10th\, 2023 to tabipopoetry@gmail.com. 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/pn-tabi-po-literary-magazine-seeks-submissions-on-the-theme-cities-borders/
LOCATION:Tabi Po! Literary Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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UID:1722-1681113600-1681146000@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to Wordpeace.  Theme: "Bodily Autonomy"
DESCRIPTION:WORDPEACE is a semi-annual digital project of literary response to world events in the spirit of promoting peace\, hope and justice for all people. We are looking for previously unpublished essays\, interviews\, fiction and poetry (or mixed media) to publish which reflect this aim. We welcome international\, LGBTQ+\, BIPOC and diverse voices. We want work that asks for positive change\, critiques the status quo\, and is forward thinking. We publish writing that takes a stand against corruption and greed\, brutality\, brutality\, xenophobia\, homophobia\, prejudice\, genocide and oligarchy. \nWordpeace is featuring poems\, fiction\, essays and artwork for a special section of the spring/summer 2023 issue. We’d like to give space to the losses due to Roe being overturned but also the backing away of civil society from the extension of autonomy to trans people.  Work that has been already submitted will be considered for this section as well. \nWe publish semi-annually\, with submissions open in February/March (for August/September publication) and October/November (for February / March publication). Simultaneous submissions are fine\, as long as you let us know right away if your work has been accepted elsewhere.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-wordpeace-theme-bodily-autonomy/
LOCATION:Wordpeace
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - The Griffith Review Seeking Submissions.  Theme: "The Leisure Principle"
DESCRIPTION:Griffith Review 81: The Leisure Principle\n  \nIn his 1930 essay ‘Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren’\, John Maynard Keynes spelt out a vision of the impending utopia. Work\, he said\, will become a thing of the past. ‘For the first time since creation\,’ he predicted\, ‘man will be faced with his real\, his permanent problem – how to occupy the leisure which science…will have won for him.’ \nSo where did this vision of future past go? Like baco-foil suits and meals of protein pills\, it proved to be a concept that withered on the vine. Instead of an excess of free time to be enjoyed at leisure\, a radically different regime now dominates the developed nations: the leisure principle. \nThe leisure principle is one of work hard to play hard\, a rigorous pursuit of monetarised hedonism: YOLO\, live your best life\, have a good time all the time. It has rendered the world a pleasure garden – for those who can afford it – of interminable excess and consumption without end. \nGriffith Review 81: The Leisure Principle sets out to scrutinise the terms and conditions of this contemporary compact. From the ecstasy of the digital to the monied spectacle that is sport\, the gamification of everyday life to the flourishing hierarchy of influencers\, new codes and disciplines have emerged from this regimentation of recreation. \nWe’re looking for fiction and non-fiction that addresses the question of how we came to cede so much\, and at such a price\, just to amuse ourselves to death. Are we learning anything as we pay more to play more? And what’s going to happen when the party finally ends? \nThings for you to note: \n* We’re looking for non-fiction and fiction that responds to the theme.\n* We’d prefer pieces that are no longer than 4\,000 words (they can\, of course\, be much shorter than this).\n* Attention poets! We’ll be opening a separate poetry call-out – keep an eye on our social media and newsletter for more details soon.\n* We’ll let you know the outcome of your submission within eight weeks of the call-out closing date. \nSubmissions close at 11:59 pm AEST\, 9 April 2023 and should be made via Submittable.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-the-griffith-review-seeking-submissions-theme-the-leisure-principle/
LOCATION:Griffith Review
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230402T080000
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SUMMARY:PFN - Arkana: A Literary Journal of Mysteries and Marginalized Voices Seeks Submissions on the Theme: "Micro"
DESCRIPTION:As a journal of mysteries and marginalized voices\, we’re looking for quality writing that is thought-provoking and literary. We are especially interested in work that explores the identities and experiences of writers from the Delta region\, BIPOC\, immigrant\, LGBTQ+\, women\, disabled\, and neurodivergent writers\, the resource-poor\, writers over 50\, those who have experienced or been impacted by incarceration\, or anyone whose voices have traditionally been silenced.\nMICRO ISSUE SUBMISSION GUIDELINES \nSubmissions for Arkana’s 14th issue\, The Micro Issue\, are open from October 17\, 2022\, until April 2\, 2023. \nFiction: We’re looking for polished fiction of up to 500 words. We love stories that share a new perspective\, keep us awake at night\, or otherwise pluck at our heartstrings. Send us a story that only you can tell\, writing that evokes visceral reactions and\, perhaps most of all\, seeks a deeper emotional truth. \nCreative Nonfiction: Send us your essays\, your memoirs\, and your investigations of up to 500 words. Submit your personal essays\, investigations\, and counternarratives. We want to hear a strong voice full of local color. Ultimately\, we want nonfiction that moves from an individual’s unique experience to greater universal resonance. \nPoetry: Submit up to five poems of ten lines or less. We are moved more by an aesthetic than by any particular trend or fashion in the world of contemporary poetry. We like beauty\, music\, and a personal interpretation of poetic forms. Your poetry submission should tell us an emotional story with something at stake. Great art is inherently unsafe.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-arkana-a-literary-journal-of-mysteries-and-marginalized-voices-seeks-submissions-on-the-theme-micro/
LOCATION:Arkana Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230401T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230401T170000
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CREATED:20230306T232505Z
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UID:1742-1680336000-1680368400@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:N - HerStry Seeking Submissions on the Theme of "Motherhood"
DESCRIPTION:We are proud to have published stories from women all around the world. We accept all types of stories as long as they are true and about you. HerStry centers the experiences of women identifying persons. We’re looking for work from bigender/polygender persons\, cisgender women\, intergender persons/intersex persons\, non-binary persons/gender non-conforming persons\, transgender women/transfeminine persons\, two-spirit. In other words\, if you are a cis man\, please refrain from submitting. \nMothers have a lot to say about mothering. Trust us\, we know. We’re dedicating the month of May to telling those motherhood stories. Don’t sugarcoat it. We want the messy parts of mom life. The up-all-night\, covered-in-poop\, haven’t-showered-in-two-weeks parts. And we want the parts you love\, too. The first words\, the proud parent moments\, the things you never imagined. Or\, maybe you don’t want to be a mom\, or aren’t able to be a mom. We want those stories too. The struggles that have come with it\, or the freedom.\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.\nPlease do not put your name on your manuscript. We realize in personal essays\, the author’s name often comes up\, so just use your best discretion.\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$3 submission fee goes toward keeping HerStry sustainable. All accepted pieces receive $20 payment.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/n-herstry-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-of-motherhood/
LOCATION:HerStry
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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UID:1738-1680336000-1680368400@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:F - The 2023 Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition
DESCRIPTION:The competition has a 42-year history of literary excellence. Lorian Hemingway and her small judging panel are dedicated to enthusiastically supporting the efforts and talent of writers of short fiction whose voices have yet to be heard.\nEligibility requirements for our 2023 competition are as follows:\n\nWhat to submit: Stories must be original unpublished fiction\, typed and double-spaced\, and may not exceed 3\,500 words in length. There are no theme or genre restrictions. Copyright remains the property of the author.\nWho may submit: The literary competition is open to all U.S. and international writers whose fiction has not appeared in a nationally distributed publication with a circulation of 5\,000 or more. Writers who have been published by an online magazine or who have self-published will be considered on an individual basis.\nSubmission requirements: Submissions may be submitted online only at this time. Please visit our online submissions page for complete instructions regarding online submissions. Writers may submit multiple entries\, but each must be accompanied by a separate entry fee and separate cover sheet. We do accept simultaneous submissions; however\, the writer must notify us if a story is accepted for publication or wins an award or places in any way in another competition (i.e. receives an Honorable Mention\, is a semi-finalist\, etc.) prior to announcement of our Winners and Honorable Mentions. No entry confirmation will be given unless requested. The author’s name should not appear on the story. Our entrants are judged anonymously. Each story must be accompanied by a separate cover sheet — which should be the first page of the story document — with the writer’s name\, complete mailing address\, e-mail address\, phone number\, the title of the piece\, and the word count. Manuscripts will not be returned.\nDeadlines and Entry Fees: The entry fee is $15 for each story submitted by April 1\, 2023. The late entry fee for stories submitted from April 2 through April 15 is $20. Entries submitted online after April 15\, 2023 will not be accepted for our 2023 competition. Writers may submit for the 2024 competition beginning April 16\, 2023.\nHow to pay your entry fee: Entry fees for online submissions may be paid with PayPal. You do not need a PayPal account to use this feature.\n\nPrizes and Publication\n\nThe first-place winner will receive $1\,500 and publication of his or her winning story on our competition website.\nThe second- and third-place winners will receive $500 each.\nHonorable mentions will also be awarded to entrants whose work demonstrates promise.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-the-2023-lorian-hemingway-short-story-competition/
LOCATION:Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition
CATEGORIES:Contest
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UID:1673-1680336000-1680368400@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to: Celebration - Grain's 50th Anniversary Issue
DESCRIPTION:Published four times per year\, Grain Magazine is an internationally acclaimed literary journal featuring engaging\, surprising\, eclectic\, and challenging writing by Canadian and international writers and artists. \nPlease adhere to the following guidelines and do not submit more than twice in one submission period (third and subsequent submissions will neither be read nor returned). Due to the volume of submissions\, we are only able to publish one submission per author per calendar year. If you have work currently under consideration by Grain\, please do not submit again until you have received a response. Grain has a nine-month submission period that runs from September 15th to June 15th. Manuscripts received outside of this window will be automatically rejected. \nTypes of Work We Consider\n\nSend typed\, unpublished material only (we consider work published online to be previously published). If work is submitted simultaneously\, please let us know as soon as possible if it is accepted elsewhere. Please only submit work in one genre at one time. \nPoetry: Individual poems\, sequences\, or suites up to a maximum of 6 pages. \nFiction: To a maximum of 3500 words. \nLiterary Nonfiction: To a maximum of 3500 words. \nOther writing: Queries for submissions of work in other forms (i.e. short plays\, comics\, etc.) are welcome. You may submit such queries through Submittable or by mail. \nAll contributors\, regardless of genre\, are paid $50 per page to a maximum of $250\, plus two copies of the issue in which their work appears. Visual work published inside the magazine (in black and white) and on the cover (in colour) is paid at the same page rate as text contributions to a maximum of $500.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-celebration-grains-50th-anniversary-issue/
LOCATION:Grain Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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UID:1664-1680336000-1680368400@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:PF - Grain Magazine's Short Grain Contest for Poetry and Fiction
DESCRIPTION:Short Grain Contest\n\nThe Short Grain Contest celebrates poetry and fiction from across Canada and Internationally. In addition to being published in Grain\, cash prizes are available for the 1st \, 2nd and 3rd places in each genre.  Grain and the Short Grain Writing Contest have featured the work of diverse writers\, both emerging and established. \n\n\n1st prize: $1000 & publication in Grain\n\n\n2nd prize: $750 & publication in Grain\n\n\n\n3rd prize: $500 & publication in Grain\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEntry Guidelines\n\n\nThe basic fee for Canadian entrants is $40 (includes GST) for a maximum of two entries in one category (i.e. two poems for the Poetry category\, or two stories for the Fiction category).The fee for US entrants is $50 and the fee for international entrants is $60\, payable in US or Canadian funds.Please make your cheque or money order payable to the Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild (SWG). You may also pay online via PayPal (see below). Every entrant receives a one-year (four-issue) subscription to Grain Magazine\, starting after payment is received.\nEach entry must be original\, unpublished\, not submitted elsewhere for publication or broadcast\, nor accepted elsewhere for publication or broadcast\, nor entered simultaneously in any other contest or competition. Work that has appeared online is considered published and is not eligible.\nAll entries in this contest will be judged anonymously\, on merit alone. The judges’ decisions are final. Judging is anonymous. Do not print\, type\, or write your name on the text pages of your entry.\nEntries must be accompanied by one cover page\, regardless of the number of entries submitted\, and must provide the following information. If you are submitting via email\, include this information in the body of your email.\n\nYour name\, complete mailing address\, telephone number\, and email address.\nTitle of your entry or entries.\nCategory you are entering: Poetry (one or two poems to a max of 100 lines each) or Fiction (one or two stories to a max of 2\,500 words each).\nWord Count (Fiction) / Line Count (Poetry). An absolutely accurate word or line count is required.\nMethod of Payment (if submitting by email).\n\n\nEntries must be typed (double-spaced for fiction) on 8 1/2 x 11-inch pages and must be sent as individual files if emailed.\nNames of the winners and titles of the winning entries of the Short Grain Contest will be posted on the Grain website in August. Contest winners will be notified directly either by telephone or by email.\nMAIL: Send your entry or entries to:Short Grain Contest\nPO Box 3986\nRegina\, SK  S4P 3R9\nCanadaMailed entries will not be returned. Keep a copy of your entry.\nEMAIL: Send entry or entries as individual files to grainmag@skwriter.com with a subject line that contains the author’s full name\, genre(s)\, and payment method (cheque\, money order\, or PayPal). For example\, Jane Grain\, Fiction\, Cheque OR Jim Grain\, Poetry\, PayPal. REMEMBER: Judging is anonymous. Do not put your name on your entry. Acceptable file formats are Word (.doc or .docx) or PDF.\nMake your cheque or money order payable to the Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild (SWG). If you want to pay online\, use the PayPal order form below. If payment is from a name other than that which is on your submission\, please let us know.\nAll entries must be POSTMARKED or EMAILED by the deadline. Entries postmarked or received by email after this date will not be accepted.\nEntries by fax will not be accepted.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pf-short-grain-contest-for-poetry-and-fiction/
LOCATION:Grain Magazine
CATEGORIES:Contest
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230331T170000
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UID:1539-1680249600-1680282000@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to Anomaly Journal
DESCRIPTION:**ANNOUNCEMENT: Fees will be waived for all Black and Indigenous writers to support those most targeted by state violence. Email editor [at] anomalouspress [dot] org to request a fee waiver. \nTo cover operational costs\, we must charge a $3 fee for each submission. If\, for reasons of financial hardship\, you cannot afford to pay the submission fee or if this fee is a barrier\, please send us an email at editor at anomalouspress dot org. \nWe strongly encourage you to take a look at http://www.anmly.org to see previous issues and see if you think your work is a good fit. \nSimultaneous submissions are fine\, but we ask that you notify us immediately if the work is accepted elsewhere. You can use this handy system to withdraw\, or leave a note on your submission. \nWe only consider previously unpublished work. That includes work published on personal blogs\, sorry. We’re especially interested in work that uses the medium of the web as part of its compositional strategy. \nWe aim for a three-month response time\, but we’re only human. Because we’re an all-volunteer organization we try our very best to offer a fair turnaround time\, about four months. For any genre other than poetry please drop us a line if you haven’t heard from us within three months. For poetry submissions\, we can’t respond to individual inquiries: if you haven’t heard from us yet\, it’s because we’re still working on your submission. We get over 1000 poetry submissions every period and are spending time reading each one carefully. \nPoetry\nAnomaly is currently seeking impact poetry. We are seeking poems that challenge the history and currents of the English language\, poems that unsettle cultural norms\, poems that utilize language to contest and remake the world. We seek poems that confront gender formations\, white supremacy\, class\, body\, possibility. We are seeking for poetry rooted in the radical imagination. We hope to find you. \nPlease be aware that we get over 500 submissions per reading period and read each carefully\, so if you’re work has not been accepted or rejected it’s not from oversight-we promise we’re working on it! \nAttach up to five poems in a single document. Please include a short bio in the “Cover Letter” field. \nFiction\nAttach one story of no more than 5000 words. Please include a short bio in the “Cover Letter” field. \nNonfiction\nAttach one piece of no more than 5000 words. Please include a short bio in the “Cover Letter” field.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-anomaly-journal/
LOCATION:Anomaly Journal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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UID:1708-1679299200-1679331600@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:PN - Friends Journal Seeks Submissions on the Theme: "Leadership"
DESCRIPTION:When early Friends did away with the clergy they did away with hierarchy: or did they? Every generation of Friends have had debates over authority and leadership (sometimes fierce enough to lead to schisms) and the Friends Journal news column continues to publish modern-day stories which hinge on questions of power. With the rise of Quaker bureaucracies in the mid-twentieth-century\, a new kind of professional leadership has taken hold without always examining the pluses and minuses of these new roles. Quakers also have always benefited from a kind of renegade authority from below–think of a figure like Benjamin Lay\, speaking a truth to the power of the slave-owning Quaker leadership of the time\, expelled from membership. How do we encourage this kind of leadership—and how might we be discouraging it today? \nWe prefer articles written in a fresh\, non-academic style and with a constructive approach to spiritual seeking. We seek an open\, curious and respectful tone even when discussing controversial subjects. We prefer articles rooted in the author’s own experiences of the divine. We publish poems that use image and metaphor to recreate an experience for the reader—which show rather than tell\, “be” rather than mean. \nSubmissions should show an awareness of Friends’ ways and concerns\, as well as sensitivity to them.. Friends value an experiential approach to life and religious thought.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pn-friends-journal-seeks-submissions-on-the-theme-leadership/
LOCATION:Friends Journal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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UID:1711-1679126400-1679158800@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:P - Poetry of the Wild Flowers Anthology Seeks Submissions on: "Wildflowers"
DESCRIPTION:Tiny Seed is an online literary journal for readers and writers of nature-inspired writing.   \nTiny Seed’s mission is to support writers by providing an online journal to showcase their work while giving back to nature. \n\nTheme:  Wildflowers \nWildflowers are flowers that grow freely in the wild. Wildflowers grow in forests\, fields\, parks\, and unusual places like floating bogs and sidewalk cracks. \nIf a wildflower could write a poem\, what would they have to share? What would they say? \nHow would a wildflower perceive the spring rain? \nOr the sun-filled mornings of May? \nOr the dance of bumblebees and butterflies as they tickle each petal? \nChoose one wildflower and let it speak to you; let it tell you its poetry\, its song\, its story. \nObserve or reflect on a  field of wildflowers and let it inspire your words to spread like seeds growing new poems on your page. \nSubmission open: January 1st\, 2023 on Submittable \nTiny Seed Press & Tiny Seed Literary Journal are publishing a poetry collection titled “Poetry of the Wild Flowers.” June 2023 \n25% of Submission fees is donated to the Garden in the Woods – Native Plant Trust \nWe welcome your submission. \n\nTiny Seed is a haven for writers inspired by the natural world.\nAll writers If a wildflower could write a poem\, what would they have to share? What would they say?retain full rights to their work.\nIf the submission fees are a barrier to you sharing your work\, please get in touch with us at info@tinyseedjournal.com
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-poetry-of-the-wild-flowers-anthology-seeks-submissions-on-wildflowers/
LOCATION:Poetry of the Wild Flowers Anthology
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230317T170000
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UID:1650-1679040000-1679072400@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:PFN - Dark Matter: Women Witnessing Seeks Submissions.  Theme: "Human Bodies In (and Out of) Place"
DESCRIPTION:Submissions are restricted to women and nonbinary people \nEven as the conditions for human life on earth destabilize\, even as ecosystems collapse\, and bodies both human and nonhuman are uprooted from their homelands\, even as technologies enable and encourage unprecedented forms of disconnection\, human bodies are rediscovering old ways—and finding new and remarkable ways—to come into relation with place. In the last decade especially\, we’ve gained an enormous amount of scientific knowledge about trees\, about the mycelial realm\, about the waters\, about our atmosphere and cosmos.  And in many cases\, it’s been accompanied by a willingness to listen in ways that\, except for indigenous peoples\, we have not done before. \nIssue #16 (Deadline: March 17\, 2023) will center on the question of human bodies in (and out of) place. What brings us into profound relation to place—and what pulls us out? In a social world that feels less and less place-dependent\, and a physical world that is being reconfigured by climate change and habitat loss\, how do we sustain our connection to physical place? How does being in profound relation to place change everything between\, around and about us?
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-dark-matter-women-witnessing-seeks-submissions-theme-human-bodies-in-and-out-of-place/
LOCATION:Dark Matter: Women Witnessing
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230315T170000
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UID:1685-1678867200-1678899600@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to evOke: witchcraft + paganism + lifestyle.  Theme: "Cats"
DESCRIPTION:ev0ke is dedicated to supporting and promoting witchcraft and Paganism. We want to see them represented more\, both in the real world and in fiction\, so we publish essays\, short stories\, poetry\, lifestyle features\, pop culture commentary\, interviews\, and reviews. All of our articles and stories are selected to help us deepen our faiths and practices\, and we are always open to hearing about ways we can improve the publication. \nContributors to ev0ke receive an honorarium of $5 and a free one year subscription to ev0ke. We hope to increase that payment in the future. If you would like to submit something for our consideration (art\, essay\, lifestyle article\, interview\, review\, poetry\, or short fiction) please reach out to us at ev0kepublication@gmail.com. \nPlease note: ev0ke is open to rolling submissions from the first to the fifteenth (1-15) of each month. Please consider submitting close to the deadline\, as submissions sent months in advance might get lost. \nPlease note that we are firmly against racism\, sexism\, ageism\, and ableism\, and strongly believe that witchcraft and Paganism should be available to everyone. There’s no place here for those who want to talk about how only certain traditions are “real witches” or “real Pagans\,” or shame the way others connect with their gods. Faith and art flow freely here. \nAdditionally\, please note that all work featured here is copyright of the original creator. It may not be duplicated\, edited\, copied\, posted\, recreated\, or otherwise used in any medium without express permission of the copyright holder. This includes\, but is not limited to\, blogs\, vlogs\, memes\, infographics\, ezines\, magazines\, journals\, books\, and any other digital\, audiovisual\, or printed material. (In other words\, no stealing! It’s mean!)
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-evoke-witchcraft-paganism-lifestyle-theme-cats/
LOCATION:ev0ke Publication
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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UID:1680-1678867200-1678899600@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:N - Sasee Magazine Seeks Submissions With the Theme: "Growing Your Roots"
DESCRIPTION:SUBMISSION GUIDELINES\nSasee welcomes editorial submissions from freelance writers. We are looking for new\, unpublished\, first-person\, non-fiction material that is for or about women. Essays\, humor\, satire\, personal experience\, and features on topics relating to women are our primary editorial focus. Diversity of subjects that reflect all age groups and variety of writing styles are invited. \nArticles should be 500 to 1000 words in length. Sasee reserves the right to edit articles for length and content. Payment for articles varies. Please submit only previously unpublished\, non-fiction articles. \nSasee does not publish fiction or poetry and will not be able to respond to such submissions. \nWhat to include\n\nContact information (name\, address\, phone\, e-mail\, fax)\nShort bio (25 – 30 words)\nPhoto/Headshot\n\nHow to submit\nE-mail your submission to shawkinson@strandmedia.com. Please include the month(s) of consideration in the subject line. We ask that you please send the text of your article in plain text in the body of your e-mail\, rather than as an attached file\, as we may not be able to read the format of your file. \nWe do our best to respond to all non-fiction submissions promptly\, but due to volume and deadlines\, it is not always possible to do so. However\, rest assured\, if your article is selected\, you will be notified. Be patient though\, because your article may be perfect for a future issue.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/n-sasee-magazine-seeks-submissions-with-the-theme-growing-your-roots/
LOCATION:Sasee Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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UID:1639-1678867200-1678899600@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:PFN - Labyrinth Anthologies Seek Submissions.  "Wide Open"
DESCRIPTION:Submission Guidelines\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe “Wide Open” issue  (vol 2.1) is open for submissions until March 15\, 2023. \nWe are seeking submissions of poetry\, fiction\, non-fiction\, and visual art for this issue\, which will be our first multi-genre edition! This issue is titled “Wide Open” — there is no theme. All we want are submissions that queer our expectations of what art\, whether written or visual\, can be. We are wide open to weirdness and we want to have fun — invite us into your labyrinth. We prioritize queer and marginalized creators\, but welcome any and all submissions. \n\n\n\n\nLabyrinth Anthologies uses Duosuma for submissions. Please read through our specific guidelines below and when you’re ready to submit click the button at the bottom of the page to continue.  \nLabyrinth Anthologies acquires First Serial Rights and the right to archive your work on our website\, though copyright reverts to the author upon publication. After it has been published with us you are free to take your work elsewhere\, but must give us proper credit. We do accept simultaneous submissions\, however if it is accepted elsewhere you must inform us immediately so your submission may be withdrawn. We do not accept previously published work. Response times vary between 1-3 months. \nWe are committed to highlighting underrepresented/marginalized voices\, including creators who are Indigenous\, Black\, Disabled\, and/or 2SLGBTQIA+ (you can add this info at the end of your bio in parentheses if you’re not willing to share that info publicly). \nPoetry \nPlease send in 1-4 poems only\, and no longer than 6 pages. Multiple works should be submitted as a single document (12-point font in a .DOC or .DOCX only)\, where each poem must be separated onto a new page with the title at the top of the page. \nFiction/Nonfiction \nPlease send in only one story per submission with a maximum of 7500 words (Times New Roman 12-point font in a .DOC or .DOCX only). We are open to any genre of story. If you are submitting flash fiction (2000 words or less) you may submit up to 3 stories. The title of your work should appear at the top of the first pages\, or for flash fiction at the top of each page where a new story begins. b \nSubmission Fees \nSubmissions are free! We want to keep submissions to Labyrinth Anthologies as accessible as possible and so we’re not asking for any submission fees whatsoever. We do request considering making a donation or adding a tip when you submit  to help keep this process free for everyone. \nPayment \nContributors will receive one copy of the anthology in which they appear (if you are outside of Canada or the US\, you’ll receive a digital copy). \n\n\n\n\nSUBMIT HERE
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-labyrinth-anthologies-seek-submissions-wide-open/
LOCATION:Labyrinth Anthologies
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230309T170000
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CREATED:20230130T161233Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230130T161233Z
UID:1632-1678348800-1678381200@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:P - Paddler Press Seeks Submissions about History
DESCRIPTION:All work should reflect the theme of History as you interpret it. If you’re not sure\, please send it in anyway. We’d love to read your work. Keep CNF to around 1000 words or so. \nSubmission Guidelines\nPlease read\, Especially #2. \n\nPlease submit up to five original poems in one .docx or PDF file attached to your email. We are looking for poems that are not overly long\, and would also enjoy and encourage micro-poetry. If you’re not sure\, send it along anyway. Simultaneous submissions are fine\, but let us know if your work is picked up elsewhere (and huge congratulations!). Poems should be previously unpublished. Poems appearing on your personal blog or social media are fine\, though we’d love to be able to share brand new works with the world. Include a third-person bio of 75 words or so. Please limit your recent publications to three or four. (Seriously\, some lists we’re receiving are 10+ publications long.) Include social media handles if you’d like and we’ll support you online. Send your work to paddler@canoeideas.ca.\nPlease use last name – submission as the subject and the name of your document. This makes finding your work in our downloads folder much easier. Really. Please. I beg of you. Why won’t people do this?\nInclude a short 3rd-person bio\nSend it to: paddler@canoeideas.ca\nFollow us on Twitter (you don’t have to\, but it would be nice)
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-paddler-press-seeks-submissions-about-history/
LOCATION:Paddler Press
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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CREATED:20230127T220920Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230127T220920Z
UID:1623-1678348800-1678381200@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:PF - BirdHouse Magazine Seeking Submissions.  Theme: "Psychedelic 60's and Surrealism"
DESCRIPTION:GENRE GUIDELINES\n\n\nFor flash fiction\, please submit 1 piece between 1000-2500 words or up to 3 pieces under 1000 words in a single Word doc.\nFor poetry\, you can send 1–6 pieces of poetry per submission opening in a single Word doc.\n\n\n\n\nSPECIFICS\n\n\nSubmit online through Duosuma. At this time we do not accept email submissions; all email submissions will be discarded.\nSimultaneous submissions are allowed\, but please immediately notify us if your work has been accepted elsewhere.\nAll submitted work must be previously unpublished: online and print.\nIf your work is selected\, we ask for First North American Serial Print and Electronic Rights for publication.\nSend only complete\, edited\, proofread work (even though minimal revisions will take place).\nOur average response time is 4-6 weeks. Please do not query before then.\nIt is the author’s responsibility to ensure that their submission is their original work and not plagiarized. Submissions that are found to have been non-original or plagiarized shall be immediately declined and/or removed from any issues.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pf-birdhouse-magazine-seeking-submissions-theme-psychedelic-60s-and-surrealism/
LOCATION:Birdhouse Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PF - Call for Submissions to Mslexia Magazine.  Theme: "Ghosts"
DESCRIPTION:Limited Demographic: Submissions are restricted to women. \nFor Issue 98 we’re looking for pieces about hauntings\, and welcome or unwelcome visitations from beyond the grave. \nMslexia was set up to support women writers and to showcase their work. We welcome submissions in English or English dialect. The majority of our submission categories are open to anyone who self-identifies as a woman\, regardless of background or location. \nThere are 17 ways to submit\, from a four-line poem to a 3\,000-word lead article\, from a 300-word bedtime story to a 700-word memoir performance piece – so there’s bound to be something to suit your kind of writing. Including big-name commissions and as-yet-undiscovered newcomers\, we publish over 60 women in every issue. \nScroll down to explore our different submission slots. \nWe’ve done our best to describe what we’re looking for\, but nothing beats seeing actual examples in print. So please consider buying a sample copy of the magazine before you submit. Every reader of Mslexia is a potential contributor – and vice versa. \nYou can submit here via the website\, or by post to Mslexia\, PO Box 656\, Newcastle upon Tyne\, NE99 1PZ \nIf you are submitting online\, you will receive an automated email acknowledgement that your submission has been received. If submitting by post\, please enclose an SAE or include an email address if you would like to receive an acknowledgment. \nAll entries are read anonymously\, so please do not put your name or contact details anywhere on the text pages of your entry. (This information should be restricted to your online Entry Form or to a cover sheet for postal entries.) \nThe file types we accept are: .doc\, .docx\, .rtf\, .pdf\, .txt\, .pages\, .odt. We do accept image files\, .jpg\, .png etc.\, for our Eyeverse\, Writing Nest\, and Bear Necessities category\, but please ensure the image is of print-quality (300dpi or above).
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pf-call-for-submissions-to-mslexia-magazine-theme-ghosts/
LOCATION:Mslexia Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - The Fieldstone Review Seeks Submissions on the Theme: "Reversals"
DESCRIPTION:The theme of this year’s edition is REVERSALS. Turning points. Twists. Changing fortunes and shifting gears. We want your clever\, surprising and dizzying reversals––be it through character\, plot or formal elements! We are proud to announce that this year we are able to offer a literary prize of $100 CAD for the best submission as chosen by our editorial team! \nSUBMISSION GUIDELINES \n\nWe accept electronic submissions only.\nThe deadline for submissions is March 1st\, 2023.\nBe sure to include the following information in the body of your email:\n\nYour full name and contact information\nA 50-100 word biography\nThe title(s) of the work(s) submitted\nNotification if the work is a simultaneous submission.\n\n\nPlease include a *content warning* if the work contains triggering content.\n\nFORMAT \n\nThe Fieldstone Review practices blind reviewing.\nPlease do not indicate your name or identifying information anywhere in the attachment containing your submission.\nSubmissions should be in Times New Roman\, 12-point font\, double-spaced\, with 1-inch margins.\nPoetry submissions may vary as necessary.\nDocuments should be attached in .doc/.docx format. However\, .pdf is suitable for poems with unique formatting.\n\nGENRE \n\nPOETRY: One submission per author to a max of six pages\, sent as a single attachment.\nFICTION: One submission per author to a max of 5\,000 words.\nNONFICTION: One submission per author to a max of 2\,500 words\, OR two submissions to a max of 1\,000 words each. \nREVIEWS: Responses to Canadian or Indigenous works published in the last two years (fiction\, poetry\, film\, etc.) to a max of 2000 words. Submit a pitch first of one short paragraph\, including: what content your review will explore\, why\, and estimated word count.\n\nAuthors may submit to more than one category if they adhere to the above guidelines. Submissions that violate the above guidelines may not be considered for publication.    
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-the-fieldstone-review-seeks-submissions-on-the-theme-reversals/
LOCATION:The Fieldstone Review
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:The Humber Literary Review (HLR) and the Creative Nonfiction Collective Society (CNFC) CNF Contest
DESCRIPTION:2023 CNFC-HLR nonfiction contest is now open!\nThe Humber Literary Review (HLR) and the Creative Nonfiction Collective Society (CNFC) have joined forces to bring you a Canada-wide creative nonfiction contest. Winners will be announced during the 2023 CNFC annual conference. \nCONTEST CLOSES Monday February 28\, 2023 at 11:59pm PST. \n\nThis year\, we have increased the number and amount of our prizes:\n\n\nFirst place: $1\,000 and publication in The Humber Literary Review \nSecond place: $300 and publication on CNFC website \nThird place: $200 and publication on CNFC website \n\n\n\nAt CNFC\, we honour diversity and inclusivity without discrimination. We are keen to empower viewpoints from communities that include but are not limited to multiple dimensions of diversity such as race\, ethnicity\, religion\, age\, ability\, national origin\, sexual orientation\, gender identity\, gender expression\, class\, socio-economic status\, and neurodiversity. \nWHAT: Original previously unpublished creative nonfiction – maximum word length 3\,000 words (no minimum). Literary journalism\, memoir\, and the personal or lyric essay—all are welcome. Please take note of the contest rules below. \nWHO: The competition is open to Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada. \nWHEN: The competition is open from November 14\, 2022 to February 28\, 2023. \nFEE: General public $20; CNFC members $15.\nCNFC members receive a discounted entry fee. You can become a member by registering here. \nHOW: Submissions will be accepted via CNFC’s event management system. \nCLICK HERE TO ENTER\nIn order to avoid disqualification\, please take note of the following contest rules: \n  \n\nThe contest will be judged blind so please DO NOT put your name (first and/or last) or contact information anywhere within the submission.\nSubmit work that is entirely your own. We discourage including the creative work of another (poems\, songs\, quotes)\, unless it abides by Canadian copyright law and is essential to the creative element of the submission.\nEntries must not have been previously published\, either in print or online\, or been accepted for publication elsewhere.\nSimultaneous submissions are allowed but please advise us immediately should your work be accepted elsewhere.\nMultiple entries are allowed; however\, each entry must be accompanied by its own $20 or $15 entry fee.\nPlease take note of the word count and ENSURE that your entry is no more than 3\,000 words.\nProper formatting is required. Please ENSURE that your entry is double-spaced\, with no less than 1-inch margins\, using standard 12-point fonts such as Times New Roman\, Garamond\, or Arial\, and submitted in one of the following file formats: .doc\, .docx\, .txt\, or PDF.\n\nSubmissions that do not meet these rules will be disqualified. \nThe Humber Literary Review\, a literary and arts magazine\, publishes two print issues a year (fall/winter & spring/summer). Its pages feature personal essays\, short fiction\, poetry\, artwork\, and comics by emerging and established Canadian artists. The HLR is distributed by Magazines Canada and can be found in bookstores and on newsstands across the country. Work from the HLR has been featured in Best Canadian Poetry\, Best Canadian Essays\, and has been nominated for a National Magazine Award. Find out more. \nFor the fifth year in a row\, the Humber Literary Review (HLR) and the Creative Nonfiction Collective Society (CNFC) will join forces to bring you a Canada-wide creative nonfiction contest. Taslim Jaffer is the winner of the 2022 contest\, and you can see the 2022 Longlist here. Past contest winners include Nancy O’Rourke\, Deborah Elderhorst\, Margaret Nowaczyk\, and Becky Blake\, whose winning 2021 essay is available online at Humber Literary Review\, volume 9\, issue 2 (Fall + Winter – 2021/2022).
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/the-humber-literary-review-hlr-and-the-creative-nonfiction-collective-society-cnfc-cnf-contest/
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:P - Angel House Press Seeking Poems/Visual Poems
DESCRIPTION:AngelHousePress invites you to send poems and visual poems for NationalPoetryMonth.ca\, our celebration of poetry which takes place in April every year. \nPOEMS: No more than 45 lines & 250 words per poem. \nVISUAL POEMS: single image per screen rather than series of images on screen \nBIOGRAPHIES: 1ST or 3rd person. \nWHO CAN SUBMIT: earthlings everywhere\, but only on behalf of yourself\, not other people. \nHOW MANY POEMS/VISUAL POEMS CAN I SUBMIT: as many as you like\, but it’s helpful when you submit them all in one document or group of image files as a package rather than a bunch of individual poems in separate e-mails. \nCAN THE WORK BE PREVIOUSLY/CURRENTLY PUBLISHED: Yes\, if you hold the copyright. \nCAN THE WORK BE A TRANSLATION: yes\, if you can provide written permission from the author or the estate of the author. \nQUERIES & SUBMISSIONS TO    amanda@angelhousepress.com \nDETAILS \nThe work will be published on NationalPoetryMonth.ca each day in April 2023 with links shared to our FB page https://www.facebook.com/AngelHousePress/ and to my personal Twitter page: @KikiFolle. The work will be online until February 28\, 2024. \nPoems and visual poems include stanza based\, prose\, digital\, typewriter\, Letraset/rub on letters\, stamps\, asemic\, glitch\, collage\, altered books\, calligraphy\, photos of art installations\, erasure/black out poetry\, textiles\, nature\, ceramics\, performance scores\, poem objects\, sculptures\, handwritten\, comics\, mixed media\, word toys\, or anything else you can think of that transcends the boundaries of poetry/visual poetry. Surprise me. \nVisit NationalPoetryMonth.ca to see site’s parameters and aesthetic considerations. If you have any questions\, please feel free to e-mail me. I will send acknowledgements to everyone who submits in the requested format shortly after I receive the work and will send out acceptances and rejections in March\, 2023. \nAngelHousePress began NationalPoetryMonth.ca in 2009 as an alternative to institutionalized celebrations of poetry with the goal of expanding preconceived notions of what poetry is or means. My favourite response to the poetry on NationalPoetryMonth.ca is “this isn’t poetry!” \nWe publish one work each day in April for a total of 30. I use the opportunity to discover potential contributors to Experiment-O.com and to our essay series. \nWe will give preference to submissions by women\, queer\, trans\, BIPOC\, mad\, crip and neurodiverse writers and artists.\, especially those we haven’t heard from before\, and emerging writers. You are welcome to include this information in your biography if you care to.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-angel-house-press-seeking-poems-visual-poems/
LOCATION:Angel House Press
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:F - The Invisible Publishing First Novel Prize
DESCRIPTION:Invisible Publishing is pleased to announce the inaugural Invisible Publishing First Novel Prize\, which will be awarded to a promising and unique literary fiction manuscript by a writer who has never had a full-length book (of poetry\, fiction\, or nonfiction) published. The selected manuscript will be published by Invisible Publishing in 2024–25. In addition to a $1000 advance against royalties\, the winning writer will receive a $3000 prize. \nInvisible is committed to publishing a diverse array of writers and presenting unique perspectives\, and we are looking for work that is deeply grounded in a sense of difference and the unexpected. Other than that\, we’re up for anything from holiday romances to new takes on the nineteenth-century whaling novel. With this in mind\, we strongly encourage LGBTQ2SIA+ writers\, Indigenous writers\, writers from marginalized communities\, and writers of colour to submit their work. \nThe Invisible Publishing First Novel Prize is awarded in collaboration with York University’s Book Publishing program and Dr. Matt Bucemi\, Assistant Professor of Book Publishing. York’s students will help Invisible’s staff to choose the winning manuscript and will offer their feedback on the initial edit. This is a chance for students to get an intimate look at the publishing process and to make a meaningful contribution to an exciting new project; once they have given their early input\, the project will be guided to completion by Invisible’s own team. The winning author will be given the opportunity to give a keynote talk and hold a Q&A with the York student community. \nPublisher Norm Nehmetallah on what makes the First Novel Prize so exciting: “Our mission is to publish wholly original books and to sustain literary communities of all sorts. This prize helps us fulfill that mission on several levels: we’ll discover new authors who deserve to have their voices broadcasted to the world\, bring excellent new books into the market\, and foster the next generation of publishing talent by showing students how the industry\, and independent publishing in particular\, works.” \nGuidelines: Authors must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents to submit. Otherwise\, submissions to the First Novel Prize should follow all of our existing submission guidelines. Agented submissions are welcome. The submission period for the inaugural prize runs from 9 January to 28 February 2023. The winner will be announced sometime in April.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-the-invisible-publishing-first-novel-prize/
LOCATION:Invisible Publishing
CATEGORIES:Contest
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