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"Then followed that beautiful season . . . summer . . . Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light, and the landscape lay as if new-created in all the freshness of childhood."
     ---Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Don’t sugarcoat it. We want the messy parts of mom life, and the parts you love, too. Or maybe you don’t want to be a mom or aren’t able. We want those stories too. The struggles that have come with it, or the freedom.

Instead of inhaling the refreshing air of Spring, let us take a moment to rebelliously hold our breath, then inhale the sinking feeling in the air. After all, things grow in the dark, too.  

We are seeking prose and poetry that captures the warmth and nostalgia of fields bathed in amber light, as well as the longing, transience, and beauty that lie beneath their glow.

Up to three previously unpublished poems may be submitted, but they must be LGBTQ+ themed.

Pieces are selected by a blind jury process, led by an editorial student staff.

The saying goes that necessity is the mother of invention, and this month, in honor of Mother’s Day, we want your stories focused on Mama Bears backed into a corner. What will they do to protect their cubs? How do they invent a justification for crossing the uncrossable line? And was it all worth it?

We're looking for pieces exploring conversations we have with ourselves but never fully resolve.

All submissions must have a link to science.

This issue will be an exploration into what education actually means and what alternative philosophies could replace the current, "education is for getting a good job and becoming a productive worker, expanding the economy", to something more holistic, more socially beneficial and more forward thinking.

We want looong poetry. We want to feel the weight and weave of your words. Spin a yarn for us!

For this special issue, we want stories about characters with special collections. Collections that bring joy, sadness, nostalgia, fear.
That take up just an inch of shelf space or are crowding someone out of their home, or their mind.

Chance encounters, brief interactions, and how fleeting moments with strangers can shape our lives.

Much ado is made in the literary world of younger poets making waves, but it's never too late to develop and share your voice, and for many poets, their best work comes at an older age.

This collection aims to share untold, true, funny stories of pleasure, intimacy, sex, sexuality and thus smash the stigma around this still-too-taboo topic.

What do you think of when you hear the word “power”? What does it mean to have power? What does it mean to use it? What does it mean to abuse it? How does it feel when it’s taken away? 

A seed is a small thing that we plant and nurture to grow bigger things we need. A seed is a promise, a hope, a plan to provide and to make things better. Seeds are where the future waits and dreams.

Submissions are restricted to women and gender non-conforming people.