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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to Cosmic Daffodil Journal. Theme: In the Company of Strangers
DESCRIPTION:Chance encounters\, brief interactions\, and how fleeting moments with strangers can shape our lives. \nGENERAL GUIDELINES \nWe are looking for: poetry\, flash fiction/non-fiction (600 words maximum)\, short story (1000 words maximum)\, photography\, and visual art. \nAll submissions MUST follow the theme. Pieces that do not adhere to the theme will automatically be rejected. \nPlease keep in mind the word counts for flash fiction/nonfiction and short stories. \nPlease include an artist’s statement (1-2 sentences) with photography or visual art pieces. This helps us during the reviewing process. \nBiographies must be 50 words or less. \nPrompt Ideas  \n\n\nThe Stranger on the Train: Write a story about two strangers who briefly meet on a crowded train during their daily commute. Their conversation is short but leaves a lasting impact on both of them. How does this fleeting interaction change their perspective on life or influence the decisions they make afterward? \n\n\nA Note in the Library: While searching for a book in a library\, a person stumbles upon a note tucked between the pages. The note is addressed to someone else\, but it speaks directly to them in ways they can’t explain. Who wrote it\, and how does this unexpected discovery alter the course of their day or life? \n\n\nThe Unseen Connection: Two people have a brief\, seemingly insignificant interaction at a coffee shop—perhaps an accidental brush of hands or a shared moment of eye contact. Write about how this small encounter unravels in both of their minds afterward and the surprising ways it influences their thoughts\, choices\, or connections with others in the future. \n\n\nA Memory from the Street: One day\, you bump into a stranger while walking down the street. They offer a kind word or make a small gesture that lingers with you long after the encounter. Write about how this brief interaction begins to shape the way you see the world and yourself. \n\n\nThe Missing Letter: A person receives an old\, misaddressed letter from a stranger\, and although they’ve never met the sender\, the letter’s contents seem oddly personal. Write a story exploring the connection between the writer and the reader\, and how a short-lived moment of reading the letter changes both of their lives\, even if only for a moment. \n\n\nDive into “In the Company of Strangers” in your own way. Surprise us!
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-cosmic-daffodil-journal-theme-in-the-company-of-strangers/
LOCATION:Cosmic Daffodil Journal
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SUMMARY:P - Rattle Seeking Submissions for Their: Tribute to Late Bloomers
DESCRIPTION:Our Fall 2025 issue will be dedicated to poems written by “late bloomers”—those who only started publishing poetry regularly after the age of 50. 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. We hope this issue will be an inspiration to those just starting out\, and a counter to age-related biases. \nInclude a contributor’s note about when you starting publishing poetry significantly\, and how that prior life experience affects you as a poet. We don’t publish essays\, but always include a contributor notes section\, which functions as a series of micro-essays about the topic. \nYou may submit up to four previously uncurated poems (or pages of short poems) at the same time\, either in a single file or up to four files. Do not include your name or contact info within the file content. Do not submit more work in this category until we’ve replied. \nOverview:\n\nRattle does not accept work that has been previously curated\, in print or online—poems may be self-published on social media\, blogs\, or message boards\, but cannot have been published in books\, magazines\, or similar collections open to the public. We want to be the first publisher to highlight the poems\, but never want to discourage anyone from sharing their poems themselves. For more on this\, read “Uncurated: The Case for a New Term of Art.”\nRattle does not accept work that has been predominantly generated by artificial intelligence. Poetry is a tool for expanding the human spirit\, which means poems should be written by humans. It is possible to use A.I. toward that aim in some cases\, so if used A.I. to assist in the writing process\, please explain in the notes to your submission.\nSimultaneous submissions are encouraged.\nContributors to the print magazine receive $200 and a complimentary one-year subscription. Poems for “Online” categories receive $100.\nAll submissions are automatically considered for the annual Neil Postman Award for Metaphor\, a $2\,000 prize judged by the editors.\n\nVERY IMPORTANT:\n\nSubmissions cannot be revised after submission. Note that typos and minor changes never affect our decisions—proofreading is what editors are for. If you’ve made a significant mistake\, use the internal messaging system to send a new file as an attachment.\nTo withdraw a single poem from a submission of multiple poems\, just log in\, click on the submission\, and send a message to let us know which you’d like removed. Do not withdraw the entire submission—if you do\, the submission will no longer be active and we won’t see it.\nDon’t include any contact information in the file(s) that you submit. Your name and contact info will be included in the Submittable fields\, and this will make it easier for us to read fairly.\n\nFor more detailed information about rights\, rules\, privacy\, and payments for publication\, see our full guidelines. \nNOTE: Please don’t query to ask if we have a reply to your submission yet. If the status says “received” or “in-progress\,” then it’s received and in-progress. We always go as fast as we can\, but we’re only human and the submission flow waxes and wanes\, so response times vary considerably.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-rattle-seeking-submissions-for-their-tribute-to-late-bloomers/
LOCATION:Rattle
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PF - awfully hilarious Anthology Series Seeking Submissions on: Pillow Talk
DESCRIPTION:Call for Submissions!\nWe’re delighted to invite you to submit your best\, funniest\, true story for the upcoming awfully hilarious anthology. This will be the third book in our best-selling\, award-winning awfully hilarious series that aims to smash stigma through truth-telling. \nThis next collection aims to share untold\, true\, funny stories of pleasure\, intimacy\, sex\, sexuality and thus smash the stigma around this still-too-taboo topic. \nAs with our other collections\, we’re especially seeking stories on subjects and from a diversity of voices and experiences that have previously been underrepresented. \nWord count: up to 2000 words for short stories\, and we’ll also entertain poetry and songs. \nEmail your true\, hilarious submissions\, along with a great\, high-resolution headshot of your face\, and a snappy 50 word bio to: hello@awfullyhilarious.com \nDeadline: April 15\, 2025. \nPlease feel free to submit\, and it would also mean so much to us if you’d be able to help spread the word!
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pf-awfully-hilarious-anthology-series-seeking-submissions-on-pillow-talk/
LOCATION:awfully hilarious Anthology Series
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to Stonecoast Review. Theme: Power
DESCRIPTION: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? \n\nThe word connotes different definitions and bears different weights for each of us. It manifests itself in unexpected ways and settings\, and remains absent or suppressed in so many others. \n\nWe want to read literature and take in media that explore\, provoke\, challenge\, reconsider\, evoke\, or explode that concept for you. \n\nSubmission Guidelines \n\nSend submissions via Submittable only.\nPlease include a short cover letter and bio (50- and 100-word max.\, respectively).\nWe accept one prose submission\, one poetry submission (of up to three poems)\, or five pieces of visual art per author\, per submission cycle. Submissions that do not abide by these rules will not be considered for publication.\nYour work must be previously unpublished. (Stonecoast alumni may submit already published work for consideration as reprints.)\nWe encourage simultaneous submissions. However\, please withdraw your submission immediately if it’s accepted elsewhere. If you submit multiple poems and one is accepted at another publication\, please attach a note on Submittable identifying which poem is no longer available.\nPlease adhere to standard manuscript format: Double spaced\, 12 pt.\, Times New Roman font. Poetry may be single spaced. (If you tell us that diverging from these rules is integral to your piece\, we will consider it.)\nWhile we love to represent stories with raw\, emotional truth\, we ask that you refrain from submitting pieces featuring excessive sex\, violence\, assaults\, or suicide.\nWe will reject pieces determined to be written by the use of AI software.\n\n\nGenre Guidelines \nAs a reminder\, all pieces selected for publication will be featured online in June 2025. Due to page constraints\, only a few of these selected pieces will be featured in both the print and online Summer 2025 Issue. Please see below for word count limitations based on consideration for either Hybrid (Print + Online) or General (Online-only) publication formats. \n\nFiction. In accordance with the theme of power\, the fiction editors are looking for stories that invite the reader to think about what it means to have power\, how it feels when that power is taken from us\, and what it means to write from a place of power. We are looking for stories that push the boundaries of traditional fiction with regard to form and content. \n\nFiction. In accordance with the theme of power\, the fiction editors are looking for stories that invite the reader to think about what it means to have power\, how it feels when that power is taken from us\, and what it means to write from a place of power. We are looking for stories that push the boundaries of traditional fiction with regard to form and content. \nFor consideration for Hybrid Publication: limit submissions to 2\,500 words or fewer. \nFor consideration for General Publication: limit submissions to 5\,000 words or fewer. One submission per author\, per submission cycle. \n\nPopular/Genre Fiction. We are looking for popular fiction of all genres and storytelling traditions that engages with the theme of “power.” How do we define power? What does it mean to have it or be without it? \nFor consideration for Hybrid Publication: limit submissions to 2\,500 words or fewer. \nFor consideration for General Publication: limit submissions to 5\,000 words or fewer. One submission per author\, per submission cycle. \n\nCreative Nonfiction. We are looking for a diverse array of Creative Nonfiction works that engage with readers and challenge the boundaries of conventional storytelling. We are interested in how writers explore power both in their personal and public lives\, as well as pieces that engage with a variety of worldviews. We encourage experimentation with hybrid forms of essay and memoir and are particularly interested in works that are both socially-relevant and personal. \nFor consideration for Hybrid Publication: limit submissions to 2\,500 words or fewer. \nFor consideration for General Publication: limit submissions to 5\,000 words or fewer. One submission per author\, per submission cycle. \n\nPoetry. The staff values attentiveness to language\, form\, and craft. We want poems that make us gasp and wonder and take us beyond ourselves. For this issue\, we especially want poems that explore\, challenge\, reconsider\, resist\, or reclaim the concept of power. Send us your best work. \nLimit submissions to 3 poems\, with no more than 50 lines each. One submission per author\, per submission cycle\, of up to three poems.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-stonecoast-review-theme-power/
LOCATION:Stonecoast Review
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:F - Call for Submissions to Blink-Ink. Theme: Seeds
DESCRIPTION:Blink-Ink \nIssue #60 \nSeeds \nA 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. Send us your best stories about Seeds in stories of approximately fifty words. \nPlease send submissions in the body of an email to: blinkinkinfo@gmail.com . \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. \nNo attachments\, poetry\, bios\, or AI generated content please. No fees\, and quick-ish response.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-call-for-submissions-to-blink-ink-theme-seeds/
LOCATION:Blink-Ink
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:N - Dorothy Parker's Ashes Seeking Submissions on the Theme of: Sleep
DESCRIPTION:Submissions are restricted to women and gender non-conforming people.\nSubmit\nPlease 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/n-dorothy-parkers-ashes-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-of-sleep/
LOCATION:Dorothy Parker’s Ashes
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to Trans Survivors Zine: Healing in Action. Theme: Trans voices\, survivorship and healing from harm/trauma/violence
DESCRIPTION:It’s more important than ever to highlight trans and nonbinary art\, to uplift trans joy\, and to share stories of healing and connection. Help us share hope through writing! We invite you to contribute to a new Trans Survivors Zine titled “Trans Survivors: Healing in Action.”  \nWe welcome content that focuses on trans voices\, survivorship and healing from harm/trauma/violence\, creative expressions of all kinds. We welcome your full range of emotions and expressions. We encourage content focused on race and anti-racism; bodies and disabilities; class\, housing\, survival realities; and content that focuses or encompasses our complex\, intersectional lives.  \nWe welcome poetry\, short fiction\, and nonfiction (fiction/nonfiction under 1000 words).  \nYou may submit multiple poems or fiction/nonfiction under 1000 words\, but please include them in the same document (Word document or PDF preferred).   \nWe welcome your expressions of rage and grief\, humor and silliness\, beauty and curiosity. We reserve the right to refuse submissions that include racism\, anti-trans attitudes\, or other oppressive language. We are accepting original writing (not generated by AI).  \nOnce the zine is released in early May\, it will be available digitally on our website for anyone to download or print. We will be spotlighting individual pieces and contributors on social media throughout May 2025 for Mental Health Awareness Month.   \nWe hope this zine will be a valuable resource for solidarity and healing for trans community members\, and highlight the amazing work of trans and nonbinary survivors.  \nContributors will receive $25 if their art or writing is accepted. We aim to include as many voices and experiences as possible.  \nFORGE requests non-exclusive rights to publish your work in the Trans Survivors zine and promote it on our social media. Your work still belongs to you. If you have any questions about submissions\, please reach out to caleb@forge-forward.org.  \nPlease submit your work using the link below: https://forms.gle/QncRnhfhnbFZMovZ6 
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-trans-survivors-zine-healing-in-action-theme-trans-voices-survivorship-and-healing-from-harm-trauma-violence/
LOCATION:Trans Survival Zine: Healing in Action
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Blogs subs are open for Fifth Wheel Press Blog. Theme: Tragic-Romantic
DESCRIPTION:Tragic-romantic is a dichotomy that often exists in baby queer relationships. I want to see people’s spin on tragedy or romance. For tragedy\, I want to see anything considered tragic: milk left on the counter\, elegies for people\, difficult breakups\, that one childhood best friend you don’t talk to anymore\, anger poems\, etc. For romance\, I want to see anything considered romantic: an ode to your favorite candy\, figuring out your gender\, rose tinted glasses\, ghazals to your partner\, anything at all that you love. Bonus points if it’s super queer! \nWe’ll be pairing submissions to publish one tragic piece and one romantic piece side by side. Regular fwp length guidelines apply (no more than 3 pages of poetry/2000 words of prose). \nfor all subs\nPlease submit via Duosuma; unless we have made prior arrangements with you\, email submissions will not be considered. Please allow 2-4 weeks for your submission to be processed. Submissions that are not formatted correctly or contain any racist\, homophobic\, transphobic\, ableist\, or otherwise intolerant content will not be considered. (Work that is based on lived experiences involving these topics is ok provided it does not glorify that kind of behavior.) \nContent warnings: We reserve the right to apply content warnings for sensitive topics to your work when published. Please also include them in your cover letter when submitting.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-blogs-subs-are-open-for-fifth-wheel-press-blog-theme-tragic-romantic/
LOCATION:Fifth Wheel Press Blog
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:N - Patina Magazine Seeking Submissions for Volume One on the Theme of: The Things We Carry
DESCRIPTION:Submissions are open for Patina’s inaugural volume\, themed ‘The Things We Carry”. \nSomething is only lost if it falls out of our collective memory. \nThis theme explores the tangible and intangible elements of culture that persist in our daily lives—from inherited objects and practices to knowledge systems and shared spaces. \nThere are stories in the spaces between memory and change. Stories of kitchens where ancestral recipes meet new ingredients. Of ancient crafts finding fresh hands. Of rituals reimagined\, but not forgotten. These stories exist in translation between what was and what becomes. \nWe invite narratives that illuminate what we choose (or are forced to) to carry forward\, from the weight of inherited kitchen tools to the muscle memory of craft\, from arrangements of space to patterns of gathering. We’re interested in stories that reveal how these carried things remain vital through our lives. \nThe things we carry are often simultaneously personal and collective\, and so we invite coverage of topics like: \n\nKitchen tools that have lived multiple lives\nAgricultural knowledge that guides present practice\nThe revival of historical third places and community gatherings\nThe materiality of what we take with us when we move: homes\, cities\, countries\nHow we take food through the seasons\, through preservation and transformation\nTraditional textiles making their mark on contemporary wardrobes\nHow objects of ritual and worship have changed (or remained the same)\n\nThis list of topics is just a starter; we are hungry for creative interpretations of this theme. The theme can be used as an entry point or the focus of your essay\, as long as all roads lead right back to the things we carry. \nThis is where we find them. This is where we tell them. \n  \nFormat and approach\nSend your pitches as an email to hello [@] readpatina.com with “PITCH: The Things We Carry” in the subject line. Patina publishes: \n\nLong-form narrative non-fiction features (2\,000–2\,500 words)\nPersonal essays (1\,500–2\,000 words)\n\nYour piece should consider the broader context of cultural practices\, include rich and careful documentation\, and should engage thoughtfully with the community being documented. Please include in your pitch: \n\nYour elevator pitch that makes clear what you’re writing about\, why it matters and how it connects to larger patterns of cultural continuity\nEstimated length\nA brief bio with relevant experience\n\nPlease submit your work as a Google Doc using a legible font\, size 12 with 1.5 spacing. List the word count and title at the top of the first page. Please provide only one submission per genre.https://readpatina.com/submit/
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/n-patina-magazine-the-things-we-carry/
LOCATION:Patina Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - LBRNTH: Literature & Art Seeking Submissions. Theme: Fuck!
DESCRIPTION:“I will once again propose my theme idea of Fuck! which would encompass poems\, stories\, visuals about mistakes\, about sex\, about curses and cursing.” – Misha Solomon \nConjugate the different ways of expressing —Fuck! \nSay it loud\, say it raw. Celebrate\, condemn\, twist it inside out. Go wild\, go sexy\, go off the rails. \nAnonymous submissions are not required.\nSimultaneous submissions are allowed.\nReprints are not allowed.\nMultiple entries are not allowed.\nAI-assisted works are not allowed. \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). \n* Please note that if you have been published with us\, we ask you to allow one publication to pass before submitting again. \nFiction/Nonfiction \nPlease send in only one story per submission with a maximum of 3500 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 2 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. \n\n\n\n\n\nCategories: Fiction/Nonfiction\nFile types: .docx\, .pdf\nNumber of Pieces: 1 piece\n\n\n\n\n\nPoetry\n\n\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. \n\n  \n\nCategory: Poetry\nFile types: .docx\, .pdf\nNumber of Pieces: Up to 4 pieces per submission.\nSingle File: Not required; may include a separate file/link for each piece.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-lbrnth-literature-art-seeking-submissions-theme-fuck/
LOCATION:LBRNTH: Literature & Art
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to Libretto Magazine. Theme: Hush Tales
DESCRIPTION:NOTE: Kindly know all submissions are made through the submissions form and ONE entry per submission period. \nFor Issue 13\, with the theme HUSH TALES\, Libretto Magazine is pleased to announce it’s call for submissions. Libretto Magazine invites writers to explore stories of secrecy\, silence\, and the unspoken. It can encompass whispered confessions\, hidden histories\, suppressed voices\, or the quiet power of untold truths. Submissions may delve into themes of mystery\, solitude\, clandestine love\, or the tension between what is revealed and what remains unsaid. Writers can craft poetry\, prose\, drama or experimental narratives that evoke a sense of hush—whether through subtle storytelling\, atmospheric settings\, or introspective characters. \nSend in your experiences and desires\, your resilience and patience for brighter days to return\, as well as your dreams and despair in relation to the theme. We want voice. We want artistry. We want heart. The selection process is set to be thoroughly rigorous\, therefore\, endeavor to submit only your best work of art. \nSubmission Guidelines:\n\nPOETRY:\n\n\nSubmit up to 3-5 poems per entry.\nEach poem can be of any length.\nInclude all poems in a single document.\nPreferred format: Word document (.doc or .docx) or PDF.\nUse Times New Roman or Arial font\, size 12.(Single-Spaced).\nEach poem should be titled and every new poem should begin on a new page.\nInclude author’s name\, and a biography of no more than hundred words\, written in the third person attached on a single document\, a profile picture of you in high-resolution\, and your social media handle(s).\nOnly send unpublished work.\nWe accept simultaneous submissions\, please do let us know if your submission has been accepted by another platform.\nSubmission must be properly edited and sent through our submission form. Our editorial team reserves the right to edit your work if there is any need.\n\n  \n\nNONFICTION/ESSAY:\n\n\nSubmit one entry for nonfiction\, essay or article.\nLength: 2\,500 to 3\,000 words.\nPreferred format: Word document (.doc or .docx) or PDF.\nUse Times New Roman or Arial font\, size 12 (Double-Spaced)\nInclude author’s name\, and a biography of no more than hundred words\, written in the third person attached on a single document\, a profile picture of you in high-resolution\, and your social media handle(s).\nOnly send unpublished work.\nWe accept simultaneous submissions\, please do let us know if your submission has been accepted by another platform.\nSubmission must be properly edited and sent through our submission form. Our editorial team reserves the right to edit your work if there is any need.\n\n\n\n\nFLASH FICTION:\n\n\nSubmit one short story per entry for flash fiction\nLength: 1\,000 to 1500 words.\nPreferred format: Word document (.doc or .docx) or PDF.\nUse Times New Roman or Arial font\, size 12. (Double-Spaced).\nInclude author’s name\, and a biography of no more than hundred words\, written in the third person attached on a single document\, a profile picture of you in high-resolution\, and your social media handle(s).\nOnly send unpublished work.\nWe accept simultaneous submissions\, please do let us know if your submission has been accepted by another platform.\nSubmission must be properly edited and sent through our submission form. Our editorial team reserves the right to edit your work if there is any need.\n\n  \n\nFICTION:\n\n\nSubmit one short story per entry for fiction\nLength: 3\,500–5\,000 words.\nPreferred format: Word document (.doc or .docx) or PDF.\nUse Times New Roman or Arial font\, size 12. (Double-Spaced).\nInclude author’s name\, and a biography of no more than hundred words\, written in the third person attached on a single document\, a profile picture of you in high-resolution\, and your social media handle(s).\nOnly send unpublished work.\nWe accept simultaneous submissions\, please do let us know if your submission has been accepted by another platform.\nSubmission must be properly edited and sent through our submission form. Our editorial team reserves the right to edit your work if there is any need.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-libretto-magazine-theme-hush-tales/
LOCATION:Libretto Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Boudin: The Online Home of The McNeese Review Seeking Submissions on: Immigration and Displacement
DESCRIPTION:Immigration and Displacement–May (Guest Editor: Leah Joseph) \nWhether it is from your childhood or one you built yourself\, there is truly no place like home. But home is often a bittersweet memory for those who have been forced to leave. For our May issue\, Boudin is looking for poetry\, CNF\, and fiction about displacement with a focus on immigration. We’re particularly interested in the visceral emotions that come with the rediscovery\, recollection\, or loss of home. \nNo fee! Aim to keep the fiction/CNF/hybrids under 5\,000 or so words. You may submit up to three poems/microfictions (under 500 words). \nNo material published in Boudin may be reprinted or reproduced\, in whole or in part\, without the permission of the authors. Writers retain all rights to their work. We ask only that Boudin be credited with first publication. Unfortunately\, we are not a paying market; contributors to Boudin will receive our thanks and the promise that we’ll promote your work. \nWe encourage you to simultaneously submit your work while it’s under consideration at Boudin. If your submission is accepted by another publication\, please email boudin@mcneese.edu to withdraw your work. \nPlease only submit original work. Let us know if your writing borrows from or quotes another writer. \n 
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-boudin-the-online-home-of-the-mcneese-review-seeking-submissions-on-immigration-and-displacement/
LOCATION:Boudin: The Online Home of The McNeese Review
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Usawa Literary Review Invites Contributions for its Summer 2025 Issue. Theme: Memories of the Future
DESCRIPTION:Usawa: Call for Submissions – June 2025 Issue \n\n\n\n\nMEMORIES OF THE FUTURE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIsn’t  premonition  memory  of  the \nfuture? Did Proust say writers have \na blurred memory of things they do \nnot  know? \n\nMemory by Priya Sarukkai Chabria\, Calling Over Water\n\nTime flows linearly. We move forward and then memories sneak up and take us back or rather\, bring to the present what once was. And in dreams instead of falling downwards\, the sand in our hourglass may start moving up. \nAll memory is imagination. All dreams are…well dreams. \nImagining\, dreaming\, and remembering by their very nature resist censor. Are they acts of resistance then? Then writing in their language must be too. \nWhen we mine your dreams tomorrow what would we find? \nImagining\, dreaming\, and remembering by their very nature resist censor. Are they acts of resistance then? Then writing in their language must be too. \nWhen we mine your dreams tomorrow what would we find? \nThere is no submission fee. \nDeadline:  25th April 2025 \nWe pay 1000 INR/12 $ for an accepted piece. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGeneral Guidelines \nUsawa Contributor Registration: Please fill the form for each submission. All submissions except visual narratives will be made through the form. \nSubmission Format: \nAll submissions apart from visual narratives are to be made through the form. Please follow the instructions attached to ensure that your submission reaches us. \nCompose your brief (~80 words) bio in the third person at the end of your submission. Please ensure to include your photograph and social media handles. \nPayment Policy: \nAs of December 2023\, Usawa has become a paying market. \nSubmission Limitations: \nYou may submit up to one entry for each genre during a given submission period. \nAlthough we prefer exclusive submissions\, we understand if you choose to make simultaneous submissions. In such cases\, please promptly notify us if another publication accepts your piece before our review. To withdraw your submission\, kindly contact the sectional editor and the Managing Editor by email. \nPlease be aware that any work published in Usawa cannot be reprinted in any other publication\, whether online or in print\, until six months after the initial publishing date. After this period\, we request that you send us a formal intimation and credit Usawa wherever the piece is republished by contacting our Managing Editor. \nEditing Policy: \nWe regret to inform you that minor edits cannot be accommodated once an issue has been published. Only in the case of major errors may you contact our Managing Editor for consideration. \nWe encourage you to peruse our previous issues and review our monthly newsletters to gain insight into our editorial preferences. You may subscribe to our newsletter here \nhttp://eepurl.com/iv7LdA \nDue to the high volume of submissions and limited staff\, we regretfully cannot offer feedback on the pieces that we are unable to run. \nThank you for adhering to our submission guidelines. We eagerly anticipate reviewing your work. \nSection Guidelines \nPoetry:  \nPlease submit 4-6 poems. \nUsawa will be publishing unpublished poems only. However\, poems that have been shared on the author’s social media are acceptable. \nIf you have previously published work that strongly resonates with our theme kindly share the same with our Poetry Editor\, Babitha Marina Justin\, at babitha@usawa.in stating why you would like the piece to be considered. The body of editors will review it collectively and take a decision accordingly. \nShort Fiction: \nSubmit short fiction of length between 2000-5000 words. \nWhile our primary focus is on literary fiction that explores the depth and complexity of the human experience\, we are also open to exceptional works of genre fiction that push boundaries and offer fresh perspectives. Bring us stories with emotional depth\, vivid characterization\, and inventive storytelling. \nOur Editor-in-Chief\, Smita Sahay\, can be reached at smita@usawa.in for queries. \nNonfiction:  \nSubmit nonfiction of length up to 5000 words. \nWe are looking for pieces that reflect honesty of the experience\, personal or from the point of witness. What are you subverting? Why? Send us well-crafted writings\, especially essays\, or even hybrid pieces\, in a way that we look at the world anew even though the facts remain the same. We’re most excited by not only reading about things little known or talked about\, but also by pieces that subvert and surprise. \nOur Nonfiction Editor\, Smita Sahay\, can be reached at smita@usawa.in for queries.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-usawa-literary-review-invites-contributions-for-its-summer-2025-issue-theme-memories-of-the-future/
LOCATION:Usawa Literary Review
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Half Mystic Journal Seeking Submissions on the Theme of: Sevdah
DESCRIPTION:Submissions are open for Opus II\, Issue II of Half Mystic Journal until April 28\, 2025. \nOur twelfth issue celebrates the theme of sevdah. We’re looking for violin solos\, velvet on bare skin\, half lights\, broken odes\, empty airport terminals\, redamancy\, zinnias at the edge of wilting\, damask curtains\, clipped swans’ wings\, inosculation\, heroic crowns\, the memory of a late-night lake with a long-gone lover\, when the sky and water turned the same colour and met at the edge of the world. \nSevdah is a genre of Turkish and Bosnian folk music evoking sorrowful love and ecstatic\, amorous yearning—from the Arabic “sawda\,” meaning “black bile\,” or a melancholy state of longing. In Issue II of our second opus\, desire is holy and heavy as the still before the train comes. Moor us in the unquenchable. We want a begging to believe in. \nHalf Mystic Journal publishes poetry\, fiction\, creative nonfiction\, translations\, and hybrid work. We ask that each piece pertains to music and the sevdah theme. \nSubmit up to five pieces of up to 3000 words each. We don’t accept previously-published writing\, but we do accept and encourage simultaneous submissions. \nIn your cover letter\, include a brief biographical note and the genre(s) of your submission. For translations\, enclose the full text of the original piece and a statement declaring that you have the author’s permission to publish the translation\, or that the original text is in the public domain. Translations must be to or from English. \nWe recommend that you read Half Mystic Journal’s past issues to familiarise yourself with our goals\, aesthetics\, and style. Thank you for honouring us with your work. We don’t take that privilege for granted. \nYou can expect to hear from us within four weeks. If it’s been five weeks and you haven’t received a response\, please send us a note to enquire!
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-half-mystic-journal-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-of-sevdah/
LOCATION:Half Mystic Journal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - Open Call for Voices Unbound: An Anthology of International Poetry
DESCRIPTION:We are thrilled to announce an open call for submissions for ‘Voices Unbound’\, a new poetry anthology that seeks to celebrate the diverse\, vibrant\, and transformative power of poetry. Whether you are an emerging voice or an established poet\, we invite you to share your work and contribute to this collective tapestry of human experience. \nTheme: \nVoices Unbound is a space for poems that explore the myriad facets of life\, love\, loss\, identity\, resilience\, and the world around us. We welcome poems that challenge\, inspire\, and resonate. There are no restrictions on style or form—free verse\, sonnets\, haikus\,  and experimental forms are all encouraged. We are looking for work that speaks authentically and boldly. \nSubmission Guidelines: \nEligibility: Open to all poets\, regardless of geographic location or publication history. \nNumber of Submissions: Each poet may submit up to 5 poems. \nFormat: Poems must be original\, unpublished\, and not under consideration elsewhere. Submissions should be in a Word document or typed in the body of email. \nLength: Each poem should not exceed 1 page (short poems shall be preferred). \nLanguage: Poems must be in English. \nBio: Include a brief third-person biography (50 words max) with your submission.  \nHow to Submit: \nEmail your submission to  specialanthologyfreshwordsmag@gmail.com   with the subject line “Voices Unbound Submission – [Your Name].” Please include your name\, contact information\, and the titles of your poems in the body of the email. \nAbout the Anthology: \nVoices Unbound will be published in May\, 2025 and made available in both print and digital formats. This anthology aims to  create a platform for poets to connect with readers across the globe. \nWe look forward to reading your work and being moved by your words. Let your voice be unbound!
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-open-call-for-voices-unbound-an-anthology-of-international-poetry/
LOCATION:Voices Unbound: An Anthology of International Poetry
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - Harbor Review Seeking Poems for their Summer Issue #15. Theme : (Sub)liminal
DESCRIPTION:This issue will explore the hidden layers of thought and emotion that shape our perceptions and experiences. Subliminal messaging\, often unnoticed and unacknowledged\, influences our beliefs\, desires\, and interactions in profound ways. Poets are invited to uncover the nuances of what lies beneath the surface of consciousness\, examining how unspoken truths and subconscious impulses can manifest in our lives.  \nThe liminal can represent those fleeting moments of change\, such as the twilight between day and night\, or the emotional space between joy and sorrow. These transitional phases often evoke feelings of uncertainty and possibility\, mirroring the subtle nudges of subliminal messaging that guide us without our full awareness. \nSend 1-3 poems in one document as a pdf or word document during our submission window. Include a short bio in your cover letter. The theme for issue #15 is “(Sub)liminal.” \n\nAll honorarium payments to contributors and prize winners will be paid through PayPal. Sorry\, no exceptions.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-harbor-review-seeking-poems-for-their-summer-issue-15-theme-subliminal/
LOCATION:Harbor Review
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - The Fieldstone Review Seeking Submissions on the Theme of: Colour
DESCRIPTION:This year\, we invite writers and artists to explore the theme of COLOUR in all its complexity. Colour is everywhere\, and we want to see how you interpret and express it in your work. We welcome submissions from Canadian writers in various genres\, including poetry\, short fiction\, and creative nonfiction/reviews. We are also excited to share that this year\, we will offer a $100 cash prize for the best submission. So don’t be shy – send us your best work! \nWe can’t wait to see what colour means to you. \nGeneral Guidelines  \nThe Fieldstone Review accepts electronic submissions only. Please send all submissions as attachments. Documents should be attached in .doc/.docx format. However\, .pdf is suitable for poems with unique formatting. Please submit visual art in .JPG format. \nThe Fieldstone Review practices blind reviewing. Please do not indicate your name or identifying information anywhere on the attachment containing your submission. Instead\, please include the following in the body of your e-mail: \n  \n\nfull name\ncontact information\na biography of 50 to 100 words\nthe title(s) of the work(s) submitted\nnotification if the work is a simultaneous submission\n\n  \nSubmissions should be formatted in 12pt Times New Roman font\, and all submissions except for poetry should be double-spaced. \nAn e-mail acknowledging the receipt of the work will be sent within seven business days during the reading period. \nSubmissions received after the reading period has ended and works that exceed the word and/or page limits listed in the appropriate categories will not be considered. \nGenre Guidelines  \nFICTION: One submission per author to a max of 5\,000 words. \nPOETRY: One submission per author to a max of six pages\, sent as a single attachment. \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 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. \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-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-of-colour/
LOCATION:The Fieldstone Review
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - NonBinary Review Seeking Submissions on the Theme of : Epiphany
DESCRIPTION:NonBinary Review is currently open for submissions on the theme of EPIPHANY. \nIt’s a flash of inspiration. It’s a slow realization of something that was in front of you the whole time. It’s seeing something familiar from an entirely unexpected angle. We have these sudden flashes of inspiration all the time – some as subtle as discovering you like tea with honey\, others as momentous as realizing that your idea for a new invention could change the world. \nWe’re looking for speculative takes on epiphany\, from the realization that television is all real and true\, to the discovery that the life you live in your dreams is your real life\, and this one is the dream. We want to be just as surprised as your narrators by the things they discover and where those discoveries lead them. \nWe’re NOT looking for “I realized I hated my spouse so I left and my life got better” stories\, sexual coming of age stories\, or anything else that doesn’t fit the speculative genre. \nIMPORTANT NOTICE\nZoetic Press does not accept AI generated content. If our editors judge that your content is AI-generated\, it will be declined. \nAll submissions must have a clear relationship to our theme and be submitted in 12pt Times New Roman\, or they will be rejected. Submitters may include up to THREE poems per submission\, but each must be a separate file. NonBinary Review pays a $10 flat fee for poetry. \nIf your work was accepted for Issue #38: Rituals or Issue #39: Mistaken Identity\, we’re sorry\, but we cannot accept your work at this time (see our general guidelines.) \nWe have different teams evaluating poetry\, prose\, and art. If you submit to the wrong genre\, your submission will be declined. \nPoetry\nAll submissions must have a clear relationship to our theme and be submitted in 12pt Times New Roman\, or they will be rejected. Submitters may include up to THREE poems per submission\, but each must be a separate file. NonBinary Review pays a $10 flat fee for poetry. \nProse\nAll submissions must have a clear relationship to our theme\, and be double-spaced in 12pt Times New Roman or they will be rejected. NonBinary Review  pays 1¢ per word for prose with a limit of 3000 words.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-nonbinary-review-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-of-epiphany/
LOCATION:NonBinary Review
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:FN - Special Call for descant 2025. Theme: Memory Mining
DESCRIPTION:Memory is a fickle beast—comforting one moment\, deceiving the next. It allows us to relive shared experiences\, yet it can also blur the lines between what is real and what is fabricated. In our post-truth era\, where narratives are shaped by perception and social media algorithms\, memory takes on a life of its own. \nHave you and someone else experienced the same event but recalled it in completely different ways? Do you find yourself second-guessing what is a fact and what is fiction within the stories you consume? If you could rewrite the past\, how would truth transform into fiction? Give us your wildly true tales of memory or distorted tales of fiction that leave us questioning what is real and what is imagined. \nWe invite you to share your truth\, whatever that may be\, however memory has shaped it. \nSubmissions are open for Memory Mining. Please indicate whether your work is Fiction or Creative Nonfiction when submitting. \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. \ndescant seeks high-quality work in either innovative or traditional forms. We usually prefer fiction to be 5000 words or fewer\, but we do\, however\, occasionally accept submissions exceeding this length. descant specifies no particular subject matter or style. Please submit only one story.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/fn-special-call-for-descant-2025-theme-memory-mining/
LOCATION:descant
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Amsterdam Quarterly Seeking Submissions on the Theme of Metamorphosis
DESCRIPTION:The theme for AQ43 (reading period April 2025) is Metamorphosis. Send us your Kafkaesque fantasies of being transformed into a giant cockroach or perhaps somewhat smaller disorienting episodes\, changes\, or transformations which have affected you or your characters’ lives. \nYou may submit work to Amsterdam Quarterly at submissions@amsterdamquarterly.org \nWork must be previously unpublished and submitted in a recent Microsoft Word file format. (Self-published work is considered as published). Poems should be no longer than two A4 pages; articles\, fiction\, essays and other prose\, no more than 3\,000 words. Artwork and photography files should be no larger than one megabyte (1MB). Submit no more than two pieces (for example\, two poems or one poem and one short story) per person per reading period. Please indicate your last name and Amsterdam Quarterly submission in the subject line of your e-mail. \nAQ retains first publication and serialization rights for its online magazine as well as for its print-on-demand yearbook. No simultaneous submissions. Please note: due to increased postage and printing costs and new customs duties and tariffs\, as of issue #33 (spring 2022)\, AQ will only be able to offer one copy of the AQ Yearbook as payment to its published artists and writers for their work.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-amsterdam-quarterly-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-of-metamorphosis/
LOCATION:Amsterdam Quarterly
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Prosetrics: The Literary Magazine Seeking Submissions on the Theme: Mirage
DESCRIPTION:“Theme for May 2025: Mirage”\nThe given theme is about: \n\n\n\nMirage describes an optical illusion or an unrealistic hope or wish that cannot be achieved.\nYou are free to incorporate the given theme into your work as you see fit. The setting should depict the Spring season.\nWe are looking for everything related to Spring’s beauty alongside the darkness it holds. Send us your best work depicting the spring’s bloom but give us the darkness every beauty holds\, as well.\nNOTE: All the work\, whether depicting the realities of life or the beauty of nature in spring\, should be written in a way that the setting of it gives the vibe of spring whether tragic\, sad or happy.\n\n\n\nSubmission Guide for Prose/Poetry:\n\n\n\n\nIf Submitting\nMinimum\nMaximum\nInstructions\n\n\nLonger Poems\n1\n3\nNo more than 40 lines\n\n\nHaiku/Senryu\n3\n5\nTitles are optional\n\n\nShort Story\n(Fic/Non Fic)\n1\n2\nNo more than 3000 words per story\n\n\nEssay\n1\n1\nNo more than 2500 words\n\n\nProse\n1\n2\nNo more than 500 words per prose\n\n\n\n\n  \nCompilation Format for an MS-Word Document:\n\nA clear\, concise\, third-person bio in 50 words or less.\nClear titles for poems and prose. The magazine theme as a title is not acceptable.\nYour poems\, prose\, or stories that you want to send for publication.\nSocial media information for your primary Instagram\, Facebook\, or Twitter accounts\, as well as your primary poetry\, photography\, or art website No Discord\, TikTok\, Wattpad\, Pinterest\, YouTube\, Inkitt\, Emails or any other profiles will be accepted.\nCompile it into Microsoft Word with the.doc or .docx extension\n\nNOTE: No other form of submission\, such as PDFs or other file formats\, will be considered\n\nE-Mail Format for Prose\, Story\, Essay or Poetry:\n\nSubject: Submission for May ’25\nDescription: Your short introduction and your attachments to your email\nAttachments: MS Word Submission Document; pictures\, if any\, accompanying your written work\nKindly send everything in ONE email. If you forget to attach something in the main email\, mention it in the next email that you send. If you are sending all the elements of the submission in different/multiple emails deliberately\, your submission will be rejected.\nDO NOT embed any pictures within the Word document. Attach them to the email as separate attachments.\n\nNOTE:\nIf your subject is not as mentioned above\, your email will land in the wrong folder and we may not find it in time. Make sure it is labeled as mentioned.\nNo other form of submission except MS Word Document\, such as PDFs or other file formats\, will be considered\nWe are not accepting or including writer’s or poet’s self-portraits or logos for identity this time. \nWe do not accept work previously published on social media or in another publication print or online. \nNOTE: Our query response time via email is 3 business days. Our submission response time is anywhere between 7-12 working days. \n\n\nPlease Note:\n\n\n\nKindly follow all of the given guidelines for your submissions to be considered.\nThere will not be second chances\, so make sure your work is spell-checked and grammar-checked properly the first time.\nYour submissions will not be considered if they are not according to the theme\, whether it be poetry\, prose\, photography\, or art.\nIf you’ve sent the same submissions to other journals or magazines and they get accepted before our acceptance/rejection/publication\, notify us immediately.\nNo AI-generated submissions will be accepted or considered for publication.\nAvoid fanciful\, difficult-to-understand language. Make sure your written pieces are easily understandable by the reader.\nNothing sexual\, political\, religious\, or racially offensive will be entertained.\nNo simultaneous or multiple submissions will be accepted to replace or change the first submission after the first submission has been rejected or accepted.\nSubmissions with grammatical or spelling errors or that do not fall within the parameters of the given guidelines will be automatically rejected. Please make sure you check your bio and submissions for any errors before emailing them to us.\nLast date to submit: April 30\, 2025
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-prosetrics-the-literary-magazine-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-mirage/
LOCATION:Prosetrics: The Literary Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Men Matters Online Journal (MMOJ) Seeking Submissions on The Bachelor Spectrum: Explorations of Masculinity Outside Marriage
DESCRIPTION:What does it mean for a man to navigate the world as a bachelor? In the 21st century\, marriage rates have fallen dramatically across many countries. While the proportion of men (and women) who will never marry increases\, their counterparts who do eventually tie the knot are doing so later in life – and thus experiencing a prolonged period of bachelorhood. \nIt is worth noting\, of course\, that this is not an entirely modern phenomenon. There have always been men who remained lifelong bachelors\, whether due to choice\, circumstance\, or a combination of factors. Poverty\, economic uncertainty\, and long-term incarceration are perennial obstacles to marriage and fatherhood\, for example. On the other hand\, men of the past have also forsaken or postponed marriage via initiation into particular religious orders and military regiments. \nFrom the Knights Templar to Japan’s “herbivore men”\, the bachelor is often a complex figure caught in the shifting tides of gender norms\, cultural flux\, and sociohistorical change. We invite poets\, fiction writers\, and creative-non-fiction writers to explore the multifaceted lives of unmarried men across the spectrum of identity—straight\, queer\, cis\, trans\, and beyond. \n  \nWe are seeking works that delve into: \n\nThe historical and cultural evolution of bachelorhood.\nThe joys and struggles of single life in contemporary society.\nThe intersections of masculinity\, queerness\, and bachelorhood.\nForms of attachment and fatherhood outside of marriage (e.g. cohabitation\, single fathers\, baby daddies)\nGlobal and cultural variations in the perception of unmarried men\, including the unique roles of Hindu sannyasis and yogis\, as well as Christian clergy\, Buddhist monks\, and other religious ascetics who remain single and celibate as part of their spiritual vocations. These men embody bachelorhood not as a state of independence\, but as a devotion to faith\, meditation\, and service\, challenging societal norms surrounding partnership and masculinity.\nMedia portrayals and personal experiences that challenge or embrace traditional tropes.\nLoneliness\, freedom\, intimacy\, and the search for self in the absence of partnership.\n\n  \nWe welcome works that engage with these themes in fresh\, thought-provoking ways. Whether you offer a lyrical ode to solitude\, a sharp critique of societal norms\, or a story that redefines what it means to be a bachelor\, we want to hear from you. \nPublication date: Last week of June 2025 \nSUBMISSION GUIDELINES \nPlease submit your manuscript as a Word Document. The text of your work should be in Garamond\, 12-point size. Manuscripts should have 1.5 spacing on A4-sized paper with margins of 1.25” (right and left) and 1” (top and bottom). \nPoetry: \nUp to 5 poems. There is no minimum or maximum word limit but poems that run up to a maximum of 40 lines are preferred. \nFiction and Creative Non-Fiction: \nA single work\, maximum of 5\,000 words. \n  \nHow to submit your work: \nSubmit your work through email: menmattersonlinejournal@gmail.com In the email cover letter please indicate that this is an original and unpublished work that is being submitted. \nAttach your individual submissions in separate attachments. Make sure there are no personal details in the files containing the submissions. \nIn a separate file provide a brief biography in third person (maximum 100 words) \nFile format: Word Document. The text of your work should be in Garamond (12 point size)\, with 1.5 spacing. \nSimultaneous submissions are welcome. It is your responsibility to inform us in time when the work submitted here is accepted somewhere else.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-men-matters-online-journal-mmoj-seeking-submissions-on-the-bachelor-spectrum-explorations-of-masculinity-outside-marriage/
LOCATION:Men Matters Online Journal (MMOJ)
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to LIT eZINE Magazine. Theme: The Inner Workings of My Mind
DESCRIPTION:Terms and Guidelines\n\nAll work needs to be accompanied by a short bio not exceeding 150 words\, written in the third person along with a link to your website or social media where readers can follow and support you.\nYou may also submit a photograph of size 250 x 250 px to be published with your bio. (The photograph is optional but we recommend it as readers love to get to know their favourite authors)\nWe are unable to provide monetary compensation for accepted submissions at this time. However\, we don’t charge any reading fees either.\nWhat we do give you is a chance to widen your audience by posting live links along with your work so your readers can find you.\nThis is voluntary labour of love and we aim for the widest possible circulation and exposure for our writers by keeping our magazine free of cost for the readers.\nYou may submit not more than three works across genres at one submission. However\, you can submit your work again for the next editions.\nIf you submit two or more works\, preferably in different genres\, you will automatically be considered for the “Author Spotlight” section. You may also request to be considered for the same. If your work is chosen to be featured in this section\, you will be required to do an additional interview.\nSubmissions:\n\nSubmit all written work as a .doc or .docx. or pdf file. However\, we prefer .doc or .docx files.\nThe submission may also include a photograph or copy of a work of art to accompany it (in .jpeg or .png format) only if that is also your work and you hold a copyright to the same.\nPlease use standard formatting and Times New Roman font\, size 12 points.\nSubmission size-\nPoetry: 50 words to 1000 words\nMicro poetry: Less than 50 words. We do not hold you to any character limits.\nShort story: 1000 to 4000 words\nFlash Fiction: Less than 1000 words\nMicropoetry has to be submitted as a set of 3 to 5 poems on the same common theme to be freely chosen by the poet. They must be collectively titled according to the theme chosen.\nDownload the submission format here.\nTo submit photography and artwork\, please contact us directly by email.\n\n\nAs this magazine will be circulated all over the world\, we require you to be the owner of the copyright and world rights to the submitted work.\nBy submitting your work to us\, you have permitted us to publish the same in our magazine in any format/formats that we choose and to maintain records of the same in our archives.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-lit-ezine-magazine-theme-the-inner-workings-of-my-mind/
LOCATION:LIT eZINE Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PF - Gypsophila Zine Seeking Submissions on the Theme: Untitled Digression(s)
DESCRIPTION:Volume 3 Issue 7 submissions are now open! The theme for this issue is “Untitled Digression(s).” This issue is our first collaborative feature as well! With combined work from MRND and Hugo Santos Silva. We are so excited to feature these wonderful artists and to see what you — our writers — come up with for this issue.\nSubmissions will close April 30\, 2025 with the issue set to publish May 31\, 2025.\n\n\nWe have just a few house rules for you to read over and follow before getting into the submission process. Please read these carefully! Failure to follow all rules submissions under an incorrect tag will result in automatic disqualification of your submission. \n\nRules are as follows!\n\n\nLimit of TWO (2) submission forms per person\nLimit of FIVE (5) poems and TWO (2) Short Stories per submission\nNO CHAPBOOKS\nLimit of 500 words for prose works\nLimit of between 500 – 3k words for short stories (grace of 500 words over if needed)\nSelecting “Both” under “Submission Type” means you have BOTH poetry/prose AND a short story included in your document\nImages are NOT ACCEPTED as submissions or with submissions\nAll works must be submitted as a PDF\, Word or Google document
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pf-gypsophila-zine-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-untitled-digressions/
LOCATION:Gypsophila Zine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to Icebreakers Lit. Theme: Close Encounters
DESCRIPTION:Theme (Close Encounters) \nIcebreakers wants your almost\, maybes. Your brushes with the other worldly. Your longings. Send us your work that explores your interpretation of “close encounters” (Aliens in no way required. Though of course we still love them <3 ). \nCollaboration \nAt our minty liquid core\, Icebreakers is about fostering connection within the lit community. As such\, general and themed submissions should  be the work of two or more authors / artists (no max). If you’re coming to the party with collaborators already in mind\, great! If not\, please  see our “spin the bottle” opportunity here. \nWhat we accept \nIcebreakers is interested in poetry\, flash\, fiction\, essays\, creative nonfiction (CNF)\, that weird little thing you wrote in your notes app but don’t know what to call\, etc. We want your art\, and we know that art comes in many glorious forms. We aren’t too picky about rules\, but to keep this reasonable\, here are a few requests: \n\nPoetry: up to 3 pieces in any form\, any length\nMicro Fiction & CNF: 1 piece\, 300 words or less\nFlash Fiction & CNF: 1 piece\, 1000 words or less\nFiction\, CNF\, & Hybrids: 1 piece\, 2500 words or less\n\nWe also accept simultaneous submissions and previously published work. Just let us know if you’re published elsewhere so we can do a little celebratory dance with you.\nCover letter and bios \nWe love getting to know you\, but no need to be super formal. Most importantly\, please include the names of all collaborators. Also include a publication-ready bio for each contributor with your social media handles. One to three sentences should do the trick. If you would rather collaborate on a single amalgamated bio\, that’s cool\, too!\nOther stuff \nYou may find yourself on the submissions portal of a strange literary magazine\, with a beautiful poem or story\, and you may ask yourself\, “Well\, how did I get here?” And you may ask yourself\, “Who the hell are these Icebreakers people?” And you may ask yourself\, “What do they want from me??!” If that’s the case\, hop on over to our website for more info.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-icebreakers-lit-theme-close-encounters/
LOCATION:Icebreakers  Lit
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:N - HerStry Seeking Submissions for the New "Coming Out" Series
DESCRIPTION:June is Pride Month\, and we want to share the beautiful (and often tought) moments of coming out. Everyone has a different story and a different path to coming out. Some of us have been hurt while some of us have been embraced in ways we never imagined possible. Don’t be afraid to share the rawness of it all\, the hurt as well as the beauty. \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 around 3\,000 words.\nDocuments should be double spaced\, 12Pt font with 1 inch margins and in an easy to read font. Submissions not following these guidelines are subject to disqualification. Our editors read a lot of work\, please have mercy on our eyes.\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 and paying our staff. All accepted pieces receive $20 payment. \n DUE MAY 1ST \nSubmission fee: $3
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/n-herstry-seeking-submission-for-the-coming-out-series/
LOCATION:HerStry
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:N - Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society Seeking Submissions on: Feminism\, Antifeminism\, and the Mobilization of Regret
DESCRIPTION:Feminism\, Antifeminism\, and the Mobilization of Regret\nFeminism is forward-looking and world-building. Feminists everywhere can call to mind the manifestos\, mobilizations\, solidarities\, creative inspirations\, legal propositions\, and revolutionary paradigms that inspire us to action and move us toward more just futures. At the same time\, we may also be haunted by obstacles encountered\, losses experienced\, and regrets felt along the way. With over fifty years of feminist history behind the journal—and\, we hope\, another fifty years of feminist troublemaking ahead—Signs seeks essays that delineate both how feminists may experience\, theorize\, and productively apply the concept of regret and how it may\, alternatively\,  thwart the development of feminist futures. \nAs Andrea Long Chu asserts\, “Where there is freedom\, there will always be regret. . . . Regret is freedom projected into the past.” Janet Landman\, similarly\, has conceptualized regret as signifying the “persistence of the possible.” On the one hand\, how can feminists engage these generative qualities of regret—freedom and possibility—in our thinking and action? If there are choices that we\, individually or collectively\, regret\, how might our regrets motivate political or personal choices? On the other\, how do false narratives deployed by the Right\, such as threats of regret over abortion or gender transition\, act to undermine individual transformation and broader social change? \nWe seek essays that make theoretical\, analytical\, and/or activist interventions. We welcome papers that engage the complex dynamics and larger contexts of regret\, from the personal\, emotional\, and creative realms to the social\, political\, and empirical; or that consider how regret converges with or departs from related affective terrains of shame\, guilt\, grief\, or nostalgia. As always\, Signs encourages transdisciplinary and transnational essays that address substantive feminist questions\, debates\, and forms of literary\, artistic\, and cultural representation and that minimize disciplinary or academic jargon. \nPossible areas of focus might include: \n\nHow is regret\, as affect and as political discourse\, constructed in relation to gender\, race\, class\, sexuality\, nationality\, and history? Whose harms are considered regrettable\, and whose are merely collateral damage?\nHow do regressive cultural phenomena such as “gender-critical” discourse; crusades against diversity\, equity\, and belonging initiatives; book banning; or “incel” culture position the loss of white\, heterosexual\, cisgender hegemony as regrettable? How can feminist action and discourse counter such framings?\nSome feminist and antiracist social media movements\, such as #MeToo/#BalanceTonPorc/#YoTambien\, #ShoutYourAbortion\, or #BlackLivesMatter\, resist social discourses that cast violent harm as a result of regrettable individual actions (such as what someone was wearing or where they were walking). Such movements resist regret and transform silence into speech; are they successful in dismantling power structures?\nRegret may stem from conflict within feminist movements. For example\, regret may result in or from efforts to “call in” or “call out” negative behavior in our classrooms\, communities\, and online spaces. Must such regret end in irresolvable conflict\, or can it produce new coalitions?\nSetbacks in progress toward political goals—for example\, the overturning of Roe v. Wade—may lead to regret for past strategic choices. Such regret has the potential to cause paralysis or apathy; can it instead embolden us to develop new and more effective strategies?\nThe social\, political\, and economic conditions of late capitalism around the world—such as lack of childcare\, eldercare\, healthcare\, and housing—force impossible “choices” in relation to parenting\, intimate relations\, and work and create the conditions for regret. Nationalist ideologies of gender and family recast such constraints as “natural” and necessary. How can feminists counter such constraints and distortions?\nIn “From a Survivor\,” Adrienne Rich writes regretfully of her marriage and her husband’s suicide\, “I don’t know who we thought we were / that our personalities/ could resist the failures of the race. . . . / Like everybody else\, we thought of ourselves as special.” Where and how do regret and its related affects (shame\, grief\, loss\, nostalgia) appear in or structure feminist art and literature?\n\nThe deadline for submissions is May 1\, 2025. Laura Green (Northeastern University) and Chris Bobel (University of Massachusetts Boston) will serve as guest editors. Manuscripts should be submitted electronically through Signs’ Editorial Manager system at https://www.editorialmanager.com/signs/default.aspx and must conform to the guidelines for submission available at http://signsjournal.org/for-authors/author-guidelines/.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/n-signs-journal-of-women-in-culture-and-society-seeking-submissions-on-feminism-antifeminism-and-the-mobilization-of-regret/
LOCATION:Signs Journal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to Bi Women Quarterly's Summer 2025 Issue. Theme: Finding Community
DESCRIPTION:Limited Demographic: Submissions are restricted to bi+ women who identify as trans\, non-binary\, cis\, and beyond.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSummer 2025: Finding Community\n\n\n\n\nHow do bi+ people find community? Write about your experience navigating the world as a bi+ person and trying to find your own community\, whether that be a friend group\, chosen family\, knitting circle\, or so on. Did you join a club or organization that led to you making some of your closest queer friends? Did you meet your best friend on a dating app? Did you start a group or meetup? Explain how you successfully overcame the struggles society forces upon us as LGBTQ+ individuals and how\, through it all\, you found your own community. Submit by May 1\, 2025. \nBWQ 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.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-bi-women-quarterlys-summer-2025-issue-theme-finding-community/
LOCATION:Bi Women Quarterly
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - Syncopation Literary Journal Seeking Submissions on the Theme: Canadian Poets on Music
DESCRIPTION:Please note that this call is for writers born and/or residing in Canada and Canadians living abroad.  \nSubmission Guidelines: \nPlease read the full posting carefully. Failure to follow the Submission Guidelines may result in your work being rejected by Syncopation Literary Journal. We DO NOT accept simultaneous submissions but respond to writers in a very timely manner. Please note that it can be difficult for small journals to publish existing song lyrics. Consider paraphrasing when using another artist’s lyrics in your submission. \nSyncopation Literary Journal seeks to amalgamate the realms of music and literature. Syncopation is a free online\, open-access journal. We would like to showcase original Canadian poetry in a Special Feature to be published on the website as part of Volume 5\, Issue 1 in February 2026. All submissions must relate to music. Please submit only 1 poem. Your poem should be original (unpublished). Please email your poem to nwelshsyneditor@gmail.com as a Word document attachment by May 3\, 2025. Please include the following in your document: \n\n1.) A Cover Letter with a brief introduction to your poem and a brief statement describing your connection to Canada. \n2.) An Author Bio of 50 words or less. \nPlease include the following in the subject line of your submission: “Submission: Canadian Poets on Music.” All submissions should be in English. Email submissions only. We welcome submissions from both musicians and non-musicians. To see examples of the writing we publish\, please read our past issues\, available on the website. Please no graphic violence\, sexually explicit subject matter\, or overuse of profanity. While we do not pay our contributors\, there is no fee to submit. Publishing your work in Syncopation is a great way to showcase your writing. \nContributors retain all copyrights to their work. If you republish your work elsewhere at a later date\, you must cite Syncopation Literary Journal as a previous publisher. Reproduction of any form is strictly prohibited without the copyright holder’s permission.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-syncopation-literary-journal-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-canadian-poets-on-music/
LOCATION:Syncopation Literary Journal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:F - Liars' League Looking for Stories about being: Down & Out
DESCRIPTION:Submit your work to be read LIVE at our next event\, DOWN & OUT on Tuesday 10th June at The Phoenix \n\n\nFallen from grace\, or falling on your face\, out for the count or out-out on the town\, down in the dumps or deep below the earth (or the waves)\, on the road with no fixed abode … be creative and show us what you can do with this theme! As ever\, we’re looking for unpublished short fiction of 800-2000 words\, & will consider flash fiction\, short stories & even novel extracts (so long as they can stand alone). Please see full guidelines here\, then email to liars@liarsleague.com by 11.59pm UK time on Sunday 4th May.\n\nWHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR\, IN SHORT:\n– New fiction\, i.e. unpublished (print/web/audio)\n– Stories which are on-theme\n– Anonymised (no name on the document)\n– Word count: STRICTLY 800-2000\n– Send to: liars@liarsleague.com \n\nStories must be \n1. Unpublished (in print or online)\, unbroadcast\, and not a prizewinner in any previous competition. \n2. Between 800-2000 words long. \n3. Submitted to liars@liarsleague.com by 11.59pm (UK time) of the deadline day for the theme in question. Deadlines and monthly themes can be found here. \n4. Submitted as an MS Word (.doc\, .docx) or .rtf document\, ideally with 1.5 or double spacing. NO PDFs PLEASE. \n5. Attached to an email which has the story title\, the month of the event and the theme in the subject header: e.g. Love Story\, February\, He & She. Please put your name at the bottom of your email but NOT on your story\, as we prefer to judge anonymously. \n6. A prose short story. This means no poetry\, no scripts\, no non-fiction. We’ll look at novel extracts\, but only if they work as stand-alone pieces. \n7. ON-THEME. This means that there should be a traceable link to the theme\, or that the theme should be invoked or interpreted as a central part of the story. Simply featuring a bar called “Duck & Dive” if that’s the theme is not enough; but make your main character a dodgy dealer in stolen goods\, and we’ll be interested. \nWriters must be \n1. Willing to have their name and the text of their story up on this site if they win. \n2. Willing to be paid for their work in kind. Unfortunately\, Liars’ League does not currently pay contributors in $ or £. However\, if your story is chosen\, you will benefit from the following: \n– Publication of your story on this site: it will also be considered for future print anthologies published by our partners Arachne Press \n– Free drinks all night (if you are able to attend the event). Teetotallers will be fed. \n– A reading of your work by a professional actor (CLICK HERE to see a blog post on what that’s like\, written by five-time winning author Mike Clarke) \n– An MP3 and a link to a YouTube video recording of the reading \n– SUBMITTING FROM ABROAD? If you *cannot* attend the event\, due to living abroad or some other obstacle\, we will send you a free book to thank you for your contribution\, as drinks are rather messy to post. You can choose your favourite title from our selection of four anthologies (one award-winning!)\, or any book by any of our authors. \nIMPORTANT: By submitting your work to Liars’ League you are giving us permission to add your email address to our mailing list – this means we can inform you of the winning stories and send updates\, links to our latest stories\, and competition and submission opportunities approximately monthly. If you want to be removed from our mailing list you can email us at any time with Unsubscribe in the subject line. We’ll never share your data with anyone else – promise. \nSubmission of your work also gives us permission to upload the text and an audio and video recording of your story (if successful) onto our website\, YouTube channel and podcast so that everyone can enjoy it. If this is an issue just email and we’re happy to discuss. \nAnd finally … \n1. Please submit no more than ONE story per theme. This is for reading-time reasons. \n2. Please don’t resubmit any story we have previously rejected unless we ask you to\, however much it has changed. \n3. Please don’t be discouraged. We really want to see your work – so send it in! For some further thoughts on what works for the League see this article by Liars’ League regular Niall Boyce
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-liars-league-looking-for-stories-about-being-down-out/
LOCATION:Liars’ League
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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