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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Laughter is the best medicine. We are looking for stories about something that happened to you in your life that made you and the people around you laugh out loud. We can't wait to hear your true stories. We want them to be silly, outrageous and hilarious, and they absolutely must make us laugh!
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Send us pieces about music, background noise, or other aspects of your sensory or extrasensory perception. What do you see, feel, and/or remember when you hear certain pieces of music or environmental sounds? How have you been able to minimise the noise and increase the good vibrations in your life?
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We define holiday stories as those that involve any holiday from US Thanksgiving through New Year’s Day, or stories that reference those holidays. (There are many such holidays, so let your imagination fly.)
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8 events,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.
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How you interpret the theme is up to you. We like stories that grab us from the beginning, make us think, and keep us enthralled, as well as essays and memoir with a strong voice and a unique point of view.
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We're drawn to poetry that is alive to and interested in its own relationship to language |
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We’re looking for stories, essays, memoir and poetry on anything that relates to nocturnal happenings: dating, working the night shift, crime, clubbing, dinner, sex, partying, witchcraft, ghosts, childbirth, insomnia, even nocturnal wildlife. |
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13 events,The United States is a young and idealistic country that sits at a crossroads, especially as the geopolitical order shifts. What do we want the next 250 years to look like?
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We want to see your best work, regardless of form, style, or subject matter.
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First Prize: £200 plus publication in a future edition of the New Contexts anthology & invitation to read the winning poem at a future Contextual virtual poetry reading event. |
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Can you write a killer story about betrayal in under two hundred words?
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Harken back to days gone by and show us the happy moments of the past. |
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This issue is gay prom and Brown Bag is inviting everyone to put on their gayest outfits and dance the night away. |
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Messy Misfits Club zine is looking for stories with out of bounds content– We want to be raw, rebellious and let our voices be heard. The Messy Misfits are meant to be downright dirty! |
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Your work should always be just as long (or as short) as it needs to be.
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Well Projects third anthology, Resurrection Charms, engages with the language of ‘returning’ implicit within projects of ecological restoration and explores what a ‘future modelled on the past’ is meant to look like. |
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For our August 2024 edition, the theme is CIRCUS
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We have no definitive preference for what are looking for, we enjoy a variety of genres and styles and consider anything.
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Silkworm 17 has an optional theme of Bird. Feel free to interpret the theme in any way and remember that the theme is optional. |
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We celebrate the rich history of baseball while also recognizing its vibrant present through fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry.
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We want to hear about crafts, construction, repairs, destruction, recipes, art and inventions (time machines included, working or not).
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Come to the table. July is all about food. The meals we’ve made, the tables we’ve shared, the way food has impacted your life. Eating is universal, sharing a meal is universal, how does it factor into your story?
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1 event,Misfortune is a universal human experience that can sometimes shape our lives in important ways. We invite you to craft work that explores adversity, setbacks, personal tragedies, unexpected challenges, and the resilience of humans.
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