Events

For our first edition in 2023, we have chosen the theme VISION.

Our purpose is to encourage one another to know ourselves more deeply, to value the stories we have to tell, and to connect with a sense of feminine wisdom and community that has nourished women throughout history. 

Send us a story, real or imagined. Give us great writing, but more important, give us a great story. We will love you for it.

Readers and writers of all religions and none are most welcome for creative exploration of spirituality and the sacred.

The purpose of The First Line is to jump start the imagination--to help writers break through the block that is the blank page.

In March, we’re asking for your stories about what it’s really like to take care of your mental health in today’s world.

Each submission must expressly contain a seasonal word associated with winter.

Where will time take you? We can’t wait to find out.

We’d like to open up the issue to the spirituality of food: how do we produce it, how do we consume it?

The theme of Bloom & Blossom is all about the resurgence of life, growth, and the creativity we feel as the days start to get longer and our flowers begin to open up again.

We want to see fresh, inspiring pieces; give us chills, fill us with awe. Show the best (and worst) parts of your fictional world. Your home is here.

Seeking to expand preconceived notions of what poetry is or means, we publish and promote raw talent, ragged edges and rebels.

We especially like edgy writing that offers insight into darkness and we relish a piece with a great deal of heart and more than a little bit of Truth (note the capital “T”).

We want your clever, surprising and dizzying reversals––be it through character, plot or formal elements!