What does it mean to forgive? Are there any preconditions? Any limitations? What does forgiveness do to us and to the forgiven?
Most events are installed on their deadline date, unless there is a long submission window or unless it's a rolling submission.
P=Poetry, N=Nonfiction, F=Fiction
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7 events,Our fall edition’s theme is spooky, however you interpret that.
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Our Annual Literary Prize is back again for 2023, with bigger cash prizes, publication for all shortlisted entries in our annual anthologies, a televised award ceremony, and an inspiring new theme.
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Our mandate has been to encourage the voices of new, emerging, and established Canadian writers while providing a platform to be proud of for their quality work.
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Send us anything quirky and unique that relates to strangers in any way.
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A prize of $1,200 and publication in Mudfish is given annually for a single poem.
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What makes a desert? Definitions of ‘desert’ include arid land, lifeless water, desolate areas, wild lands, or home for most of us in the Southwest. In issue six, we want to explore what perceptions shape our climate.
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Winners receive publication, promotion, and a cash prize.
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We want to give all people who make their way to Fathom a reason to engage their minds and their emotions. |
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The past, famously, is a foreign country – but in the twenty-first century, it’s one in which we increasingly seek solace. |
11 events,The phrase “fresh hell” embodies the intersection of humor and despair in the face of life’s twists and turns. We invite you to respond to this theme by with the tumultuous and unpredictable facets of human experience—personal, social, cultural, global, or otherwise. In this issue, we encourage you to deconstruct and redefine the notion of coda. How can the conclusion be a new beginning? Explore innovative methods of crafting closure, and let your creative expression find its ultimate resolution.
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Ev0king the Question: What is your favorite inexpensive, simple spell for prosperity?
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The Bad Day Book is exactly what it sounds like. A book for bad days.
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PFN – Pleiades: Literature in Context: On Disability [disabled and neurodivergent writers and poets]
PFN – Pleiades: Literature in Context: On Disability [disabled and neurodivergent writers and poets]
This folio aims to educate and celebrate what it means to navigate this neurotypical, able-bodied world, as someone outside of its perceived standards. |
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What does it mean to forgive? Are there any preconditions? Any limitations? What does forgiveness do to us and to the forgiven?
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Synkroniciti’s November 30th issue will have the theme of space and we will be posting a prompt every day on the subject of space. You are welcome to use this prompt to generate creative work.
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This year our editors are looking to read your best short narratives, whether they are stories, essays, poems, or hybrid forms.
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Nostalgia is about reflecting on the past. We invite you to share your stories and feelings, including moments of longing, cherished recollections, and heartfelt sentiment. |
1 event,Fiction and Poetry Writing Competition open to all Canadian authors with $700 in prizes and the chance to work with a professional editor and be published in an annual anthology!
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Issue Four will focus on the horror genre with three subcategories: An Ode to Poe, Apocalyptic, and Ghouls & Galore. |
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2 events,There’s no such thing as too short — if you can do the job in 50 words, have at it! — but our readers prefer pieces that tell or at least hint at a complete story.
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For our Winter 2024 issue, I invite you to join me in (metaphorically) opening the windows and shouting into the bitter air that awaits us SECRETS. |
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We're looking for works that explore the tenderness, sustenance, vicissitudes, and surprises of our friendships.
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100 words about 5 minutes of your life, on the theme of AWAY. Interpret any way you’d like.
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How has your experience with mental health challenges, mental illness, madness, and/or neurodivergence shaped your identity? Do you feel your identity is understood by others? |
5 events,The First Line is an exercise in creativity for writers and a chance for readers to see how many different directions we can take when we start from the same place.
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The prize is only open to short fiction, but it can be in any fiction genre and you may write about any subject you wish.
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The only rule is that the piece(s) must be created by 2 or more people working together.
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3 events,We are compelled by the strange and beautiful, drawn to the uncanny, fascinated by the fantastical, and relish risky realism that rattles our senses.
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We carry no expectations for the content or tone of submissions.
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We’ve all heard the phrase, “that’s one for the ages,” which suggests a strange, extraordinary, fantastical, or confounding event, situation, or tale that astounds and leaves us amazed. |