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SUMMARY:PFN - Bi Women Quarterly Seeking Submissions on the Theme: Child Free
DESCRIPTION:Limited Demographic: Submissions are restricted to bi+ women who identify as trans\, non-binary\, cis\, and beyond. \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-bi-women-quarterly-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-child-free/
LOCATION:Bi Women Quarterly
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SUMMARY:N - Call for Submissions to HerStry: "It’s Kind of a Funny Story"
DESCRIPTION:Limited Demographic. Submissions are restricted to “women identifying persons\, including bigender/polygender persons\, cisgender women\, intergender persons/intersex persons\, non-binary persons/gender non-conforming persons\, transgender women/transfeminine persons\, two-spirit.”\nYou wanna hear something funny? In September we’re looking for your stories of mishaps and mistakes to make us laugh and cringe. We want to know about the time you locked yourself out of the house in your underwear and had to borrow your next door neighbors phone. We want to know about the road trip gone wrong\, the family vacation from hell\, and the time your mother-in-law almost burnt down the house on Thanksgiving. Make us laugh. Make us be glad it wasn’t us. Tell us about the time you accidentally sent your crush a text professing your love for them. \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 between 500–3\,000 words.\nDocuments should be double spaced\, 12Pt font with 1 inch margins.\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. All accepted pieces receive $20 payment.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/n-call-for-submissions-to-herstry-its-kind-of-a-funny-story/
LOCATION:HerStry
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SUMMARY:PFN - Halfway Down the Stairs Seeking Submissions on the Theme: On the Road
DESCRIPTION:Fiction OPEN\n\nWe accept fiction related to the theme of the issue. The fiction editors are looking mostly for short stories\, but we are happy to consider well-crafted flash fiction. We don’t want to be too strict with the guidelines\, because we appreciate originality\, creativity\, and stories that are off the beaten path. We like stories that grab us from the beginning\, make us think\, and keep us enthralled. Stories should be written confidently and fluidly\, avoiding too many adjectives or too much dialogue. We will be negatively distracted by poor grammar\, clichés\, and a lack of editing. \n\nDates:\n\nOpen to fiction submissions through 01 February 2022* (approx. 36 days from now).0\n\nAudience:\nOpen to a broad Audience. Excluding: Children.\nGenres:\n\n\n\n\nGENRE\nSUBGENRES\n\n\n\n\nGeneral General\n\n\n\nOpen to all/most Genres Open to all/most Genres\nExcluding: Erotica.\n\n\n\n\nStyles:\nOpen to all/most Styles\, including: Humorous\, Literary\, Mainstream\, Realist.\nTopics:\nOpen to all/most Topics\, including: Other (May vary).\nTheme(s): Frontiers\nTypes/Lengths:\n\n\n\n\nTYPE\nLENGTH DETAILS\n\n\n\n\nFlash Fiction Flash Fiction\nUp to 1\,000 words.\n\n\nShort Story Short Story\n1\,000 – 5\,000 words.\n\n\n\n\nPayscale:\nWe list broad pay categories rather than payment pecifics. Check with the publisher for details.\n\n\n\n\n\nNo monetary payment No monetary payment.\n\n\n\n\nSubmissions:\n\n\n\n\nELECTRONIC\nPOSTAL\nREPRINTS\nSIMULTANEOUS\nMEDIA\n\n\n\n\n OK\n No\n No\n OK\nText format submissions\n\n\n\n\n\nAlways check guidelines for details and restrictions. If you aren’t familiar with these terms\, see our  glossary.\n* We do not know the time and/or timezone\, so we cannot be more precise. Submit early to avoid disappointment.\n\n\n\n\n\nNonfiction OPEN\n\nWe accept creative nonfiction related to the theme of the issue. Halfway Down the Stairs is specifically looking for essays and memoir with a strong voice and a unique point of view. We publish well-written\, honest writing that inspires emotion. Humor is also appreciated. \n\nDates:\n\nOpen to nonfiction submissions through 01 February 2022* (approx. 36 days from now).1\n\nAudience:\nOpen to a broad Audience. Excluding: Children.\nStyles:\nOpen to all/most Styles\, including: Humorous\, Literary\, Mainstream\, Personal.\nTopics:\nOpen to all/most Topics\, including: Other (May vary).\nTheme(s): Frontiers\nTypes/Lengths:\n\n\n\n\nTYPE\nLENGTH DETAILS\n\n\n\n\nEssay Essay\nUp to 3\,000 words.\n\n\nNarrative Nonfiction Narrative Nonfiction\nUp to 3\,000 words.\n\n\n\n\nPayscale:\nWe list broad pay categories rather than payment specifics. Check with the publisher for details.\n\n\n\n\n\nNo monetary payment No monetary payment.\n\n\n\n\nSubmissions:\n\n\n\n\nELECTRONIC\nPOSTAL\nREPRINTS\nSIMULTANEOUS\nMEDIA\n\n\n\n\n OK\n No\n No\n OK\nText format submissions\n\n\n\n\n\nAlways check guidelines for details and restrictions. If you aren’t familiar with these terms\, see our  glossary.\n* We do not know the time and/or timezone\, so we cannot be more precise. Submit early to avoid disappointment.\n\n\n\n\n\nPoetry OPEN\n\nWe are rarely willing to be lenient with the theme when it comes to poetry\, and will do so only if the submission is very good. \n\nDates:\n\nOpen to poetry submissions through 01 February 2022* (approx. 36 days from now).1\n\nAudience:\nOpen to a broad Audience. Excluding: Children.\nGenres:\n\n\n\n\nGENRE\nSUBGENRES\n\n\n\n\nGeneral General\n\n\n\nOpen to all/most Genres Open to all/most Genres\nExcluding: Erotica.\n\n\n\n\nPoetry Forms:\nOpen to all/most Forms.\nStyles:\nOpen to all/most Styles\, including: Humorous\, Literary\, Mainstream\, Realist.\nTopics:\nOpen to all/most Topics\, including: Other (May vary).\nTheme(s): Frontiers\nTypes/Lengths:\n\n\n\n\nTYPE\nLENGTH DETAILS\n\n\n\n\nPoem Poem\nNo line limits known; Up to 3 pieces.\n\n\n\n\nPayscale:\nWe list broad pay categories rather than payment specifics. Check with the publisher for details.\n\n\n\n\n\nNo monetary payment No monetary payment.\n\n\n\n\nSubmissions:\n\n\n\n\nELECTRONIC\nPOSTAL\nREPRINTS\nSIMULTANEOUS\nMEDIA\n\n\n\n\n OK\n No\n No\n OK\nText format submissions\n\n\n\n\n\nAlways check guidelines for details and restrictions. If you aren’t familiar with these terms\, see our  glossary.\n* We do not know the time and/or timezone\, so we cannot be more precise. Submit early to avoid disappointment.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-halfway-down-the-stairs-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-on-the-road/
LOCATION:Halfway Down the Stairs
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - About Place Journal Seeking Submisins on: Shaping Destiny: Election Season\, Before\, During and After
DESCRIPTION:Shaping Destiny: Election Season\, Before\, During and After\nThe election is upon us. We have been watching how rights have been taken away and how so many things that meant progress are being attacked and reversed. The inequitable economy is looming\, evidenced by daily suffering from food and housing insecurity. \nMany issues improved over the last 80 years\, but are now in danger. Civil and reproductive rights\, an awareness of colonialism\, the development of gender-positive norms all came into existence\, only to be attacked. More recently\, the college campuses have erupted in support of Palestinians and against the genocide in Gaza. The support for Palestine is a sharp break from the past and will continue in spite of intense repression. \nThis election will have consequences. Sharp divisions in society could get worse with feared consequences arising. The threat of authoritarianism is very real and creates a world of reaction\, which promises to drag society back before the days of the civil rights movement and the counterculture\, and to result in even more widespread incarceration of both immigrants and others. Any efforts to address climate change and protect the non-human will likely disappear. \nNow\, before the election\, we are called upon to expose the attacks and show ways that we remain strong. There is no doubt that things would get much worse under another Trump presidency. Biden also makes it harder with the support for Israel and other disappointments. How these play out is rich ground for your insights about how we can get through the next months. We expect that the submissions will reflect such tension. \nAfter the election there will be work\, however the election goes. The fight to regain lost rights is a powerful voice\, as we see in moves to reverse limits on and criminalize reproductive freedom in critical states. The campus encampments will not vanish\, police violence will continue to see local and national exposure and resistance. Immigration and concomitant conflicts will continue. Indigenous people still cry out for freedom and sovereignty. The land needs protection and love\, as do all its creatures\, of which humans are only a small part. Art is a force for all this. \nBlack Earth Institute is committed to a worldview that integrates social justice with a commitment to protecting the environment and engaging with these issues through spiritual practice and creative art. We encourage contributors to explore how matters of the spirit and environmental thinking influence their observations about the coming election. \nShaping Destiny is looking for your work reflecting the pre-election\, election\, and post-election periods. We are looking for poetry and prose (creative nonfiction\, fiction\, and flash essays).
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-about-place-journal-seeking-submisins-on-shaping-destiny-election-season-before-during-and-after/
LOCATION:About Place Journal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to PRISM international. Theme: Spells
DESCRIPTION:GENERAL SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:\nSubmissions must be made through Submittable. We do not accept submissions via email or mail\, except from incarcerated writers. For all other submitters\, we charge a $3.00 reading fee per submission. Writers for whom the $3.00 fee is prohibitive are welcome to submit using the Inclusive Access option on Submittable. \nSubmissions should be typed\, double-spaced\, and paginated. Please specify the genre of your submission in your cover letter. All submissions should be set in Times New Roman\, 12-point font. \nInclude in your cover letter your full contact information (including your email address) and a bio of 50 words or fewer that makes reference to where you live. \nWe accept simultaneous submissions\, and we ask that you let us know if your piece is accepted elsewhere\, OR withdraw it from our Submittable. We purchase first North American serial rights and pay $40 per printed page for prose and $45 per printed page for poetry. Contributors also receive two copies of the issue in which their work appears. \nWe encourage submissions from Indigenous writers\, writers of colour\, writers with disabilities\, LGBTQQIP2SAA+ writers\, and writers from other intersectional and marginalized groups\, including low-income earners. If you identify as one or more of the above and would like to let us know\, please mention it in your cover letter. \n\nPROSE GUIDELINES\n\n\nWe accept fiction\, creative non-fiction\, and literary essays. We do not publish rhetorical\, academic\, or strictly journalistic non-fiction.\n\n\nOur preferred length for submissions is 4\,000 words or less. We have a limited page count and aim to feature a variety of voices.\n\nSubmit only one piece at a time\, unless you are submitting flash fiction or non-fiction (under 1\,000 words)\, in which case you may submit up to three pieces in a single document. Please wait to hear back before submitting again.\n\nIf you have any questions about these guidelines or a piece you’ve already submitted\, please email Sierra Louie at prism.prose@ubc.ca. \n\nPOETRY GUIDELINES\n\n\nSubmit up to four poems\, to a maximum of six pages. Do NOT submit six one-page poems.\n\n\nWe welcome cross-genre and interdisciplinary poetry and poetics.\n\n\nIn your cover letter\, please specify the number of poems you are submitting and list the titles of the poems.\n\n\nPoetry submissions should be typed and single-spaced. If you would like to submit poems with alternate spacing\, please mention it in your cover letter and submit a PDF instead of a Word document.\n\n\nIf you have any questions about these guidelines or a piece you’ve already submitted\, please email Ayda Niknami at prism.poetry@ubc.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-prism-international-theme-spells/
LOCATION:PRISM international
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Snowflake Magazine Seeking Submission for the Sapphic/Achillian Issue
DESCRIPTION:The Sapphic/Achillian Issue\n\n\n\n\nSnowflake magazine is looking for submissions of poetry\, essays and flash fiction from self-identifying queer creators. Being queer already often sits outside the norm\, so we encourage your pieces to do the same – really think outside the box! \n​For the safety of our editors\, submissions without detailed trigger warnings will be rejected outright.\nThe submission itself should either be made by or involve an artist who identifies as LGBTQ+ (or both!). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease read the relevant submission guidelines before you submit.Click here to open them in a new window.\n\n\nOften it is easy to assume that the majority of the LGBTQ+ community is mostly just the Ls and Gs\, but that isn’t the case\, and is not the primary focus of this issue.  \nSapphic\, and its MLM equivalent Achillian\, seeks to understand and explore the idea of same-sex/gender relationships among cis and trans people. We want to hear from the gay transmascs or the cishet couple that became a lesbian relationship. We want to hear from the polyamorous bisexual with a same-sex partner\, or non-binary people vibing hard together in their puddle of genderfluid. We want to hear from the girls\, the guuurls\, the butches\, the fags\, femmes\, twinks\, DINKs\, dykes and bears. The aros\, aces and the greys. \nWhatever your gender identity or sexual preferences\, put the ‘same’ in same sex/gender and show us in writing and poetry how you homo your sexuality. \n\n\nHave you read the Illiad and stories of Achilles? What are your thoughts on the different historic interpretations of Achilles and Patroclus’ relationship?  \n\n\nHow do you feel about the famous fragments of Sappho’s writing “someone will remember us I say even in another time”? \n\n\nWhat is your first experience of finding someone the same sex or gender as you attractive? \n\n\nWhat are some quintessential examples of gay/lesbian culture? Including specifically gay transmasc or lesbian transfemme culture? \n\n\nDo you identify as ‘T4T’? Why do you think many transpeople do? \n\n\nHave you ever been in an opposite gender relationship\, and how did it compare to a same gender one? \n\n\nWhat stereotypes of queer culture do you personally identify with or find hilarious? i.e Transfemme tech geeks\, transmascs with pet rats and septum rings\, bisexuals with cuffed jeans and rolled up sleeves\, lesbians moving in together after a week of dating and adopting 100 rescue dogs etc \n\n\nHave you ever been in love with your best friend and realized you were gay/lesbian because of it? \n\n\nWhat movie or fictional character was your “queer awakening”? \n\n\nWhat makes a man/woman/person beautiful to you? \n\n\nWhat does gay/lesbian domesticity look like to you? \n\n\nHow does it feel as someone who is outside the gender binary to have a self described gay/lesbian person fall for/ be attracted to you? \n\n\nFlagging: what rituals\, secret languages and social queues have we evolved over the years to flirt and signal to each other discreetly. \n\n\n“When I’m with a woman it’s lesbian\, when I’m with a man it’s gay” how does this description of non-binary attraction feel to you? Does it resonate with your own experiences? \n\n\nWhat examples of gay and lesbian solidarity do you love throughout history? Eg “cocksuckers for muffdivers”\, LGSM\, and lesbians caring for aids victims. \n\n\nHow does it feel to grow up having to “translate ” the romances we see in popular media to suit us. \n\n\nThe Bechdel-Wallace test was originally a comic about being able to imagine female characters as lesbians. Why has this meaning often been overlooked? How does this change your views on it if you didn’t know this before? Do you have a personal equivalent for creating your own queer headcanons? \n\n\nDescribe your perfect day with your significant other. \n\n\nHave you ever had a waiter choose which of you to assign as “the man” in the relationship by giving them the bill when out on a date? How did it feel? \n\n\nWhat historical examples do you know of gay and lesbian couples teaming up for security and fake heterosexuality\, beards and frocks? \n\n\nWhat are your thoughts or experiences of gay and lesbian couples teaming up for sperm donations/ surrogacy? \n\n\nAs a trans person do you feel welcome in gendered gay/lesbian spaces such as bars\, saunas\, support and social groups? What are your experiences of this? \n\n\nThe experience of a “straight” couple having to redefine their relationship with their own sexuality when one transitions is not so rare. Have you experienced this?
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-snowflake-magazine-seeking-submission-for-the-sapphic-achillian-issue/
LOCATION:Snowflake Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - The First Line Seeking Submissions that begin: "When she was eight\, Alice Henderson briefly held the world record for filling her mouth with marbles."
DESCRIPTION:The purpose of The First Line is to jump start the imagination–to help writers break through the block that is the blank page. Each issue contains short stories that stem from a common first line; it also provides a forum for discussing favorite first lines in literature. 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. \nWe love that writers around the world are inspired by our first lines\, and we know that not every story will be sent to us. However\, we ask that you do not submit stories starting with our first lines to other journals (or post them online on public sites) until we’ve notified you as to our decision (usually four weeks after the deadline). When the entire premise of the publication revolves around one sentence\, we don’t want it to look as if we stole that sentence from another writer. If you have questions\, feel free to drop us a line. \nAlso\, we understand that writers may add our first line to a story they are currently working on or have already completed\, and that’s cool. But please do not add our first line to a previously published story and submit it to us. We do not accept previously published stories\, even if they have been repurposed for our first lines. And\, just to be clear\, we do not accept simultaneous submissions. \nOne more thing while I’ve got you here: Writers compete against one another for magazine space\, so\, technically\, every literary magazine is running a contest. There are\, however\, literary magazines that run traditional contests\, where they charge entry fees and rank the winners. We do not – nor will we ever – charge a submission fee\, nor do we rank our stories in order of importance. Occasionally\, we run contests to help come up with new first lines\, or we run fun\, gimmicky competitions for free stuff\, but the actual journal is not a contest in the traditional sense. \nFiction: All stories must be written with the first line provided. The line cannot be altered in any way\, unless otherwise noted by the editors. The story should be between 300 and 5\,000 words (this is more like a guideline and not a hard-and-fast rule; going over or under the word count won’t get your story tossed from the slush pile). The sentences can be found on the home page of The First Line’s website\, as well as in the prior issue. Note: We are open to all genres. We try to make TFL as eclectic as possible. \nPoetry: We do accept poetry\, though rarely. We have no restrictions on form or line count\, but all poems must begin with the first line provided. The line cannot be altered in any way. \nNon-Fiction: 500-800 word critical essays about your favorite first line from a literary work.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. \nAll Submissions: Writers should include a two- to three-sentence biography of themselves that we can use in the journal should your story\, poem\, or essay be accepted. \nMultiple Submissions: We don’t mind if you want to submit multiple submissions for the same issue. However\, it is unlikely we will use more than one of your stories or poems in the same issue. \nSubmissions: We prefer you send manuscripts via email to submission (@) thefirstline (dot) com. We accept stories in MS Word or Word Perfect format (we prefer attachments). Please do not send pdf versions of your story or links to Google docs. Make sure your name and contact information\, as well as your bio\, are part of the attachment. Stories also can be sent to The First Line‘s post office box. No manuscripts will be returned without an accompanying SASE with sufficient return postage. \n\n\nNotification: We don’t make decisions about submissions until after each issue closes. We typically send notices four weeks after the issue’s deadline to everyone who submitted. You can also check the website’s home page for each issue’s production status. \n\n\n\n\nPayment: We pay on publication: $25.00 – $50.00 for fiction\, $5.00 – $10.00 for poetry\, and $25.00 for nonfiction (all U.S. dollars). We also send you a copy of the issue in which your piece appears. You’ll receive your money and issue at the same time. \n\n\n\n\n\nNote to our international writers: Postage cost for sending author copies overseas is a little high\, so we are reducing international author payment by the amount it would cost to send one author copy overseas. However\, if you would like to receive an electronic version of the issue (PDF) instead of a hard copy\, author payment will not change.
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LOCATION:The First Line
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Ki Seeking Submissions about: Sound and Silence
DESCRIPTION:Submissions for Issue 3 are now open! \nFor Issue 3\, we are thinking about sound and silence. Sound could be taken in the literal sense\, as auditory sensory input\, soundscapes\, sound art—it could also mean the sound of drones\, auditory weaponry and sonic-psychological warfare. On the other hand\, sound and silence implies dissent\, the eruption and censure of the protest or the riot. We are especially excited to welcome submissions that engage this conceptual territory\, loosely defined. \nA far from comprehensive list of possibilities: soundness\, sounding out\, sounding off\, having a voice and hearing voices (cf. Moten and Harney)\, sounding like\, resonance\, dissonance\, dissent\, silence\, silencing\, awkward silence\, noises\, musical genres and their relationship to writing (eg. punk and zines)\, not-language\, negation\, auditory excrescence. \nThis issue would especially welcome multimedia work that makes use of our online format\, e.g. animated work\, soundscapes\, ambient sound art\, and noise poetry\, notation systems\, scores\, and translation/transposition. \n\nPlease note that while we celebrate creative work in all its infinite forms\, we are unlikely to publish pieces that adhere strictly to the conventions of one particular genre(e.g. fiction and poetry that does not engage critical\, political\, or theoretical thought and practice). \nSubmission Guidelines\n\nProse submissions—fiction\, nonfiction\, reviews\, etc.—should be 1\,500 words or less. If you have citational material\, this will not factor into the word count. Please send only one prose submission at a time. \nPoetry submissions should comprise no more than 5 poems in a single document. We encourage sending a .pdf in order to preserve formatting. \nSimultaneous submissions are welcome; please notify us should any work submitted be accepted for publication elsewhere.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-ki-seeking-submissions-about-sound-and-silence/
LOCATION:Ki
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:F -  The CRAFT Literaray First Chapters Contest 2024
DESCRIPTION:Isn’t the start of something new incredibly\, deliciously exciting? Here at CRAFT\, we want to share in that excitement by reading the first chapter(s) of your novel in progress. We long to immerse ourselves in novels over the summer\, and what could be more thrilling than sampling the newest work out there? For the 2024 First Chapters Contest\, we’re eager to read your first 5\,000 words. \nSubmissions are open June 1 to August 4\, 2024. Guest Judge Kimberly King Parsons will choose three winning excerpts from fifteen anonymized entries. Learn more in our guidelines below! \n\n\n\nGUIDELINES:\n\n\n\nThe First Chapters Contest is open to all fiction writers; CRAFT is a market for adult literary fiction.\n\n\nInternational submissions are welcome. Work must be written primarily in English\, but some code-switching/meshing is warmly welcomed.\n\n\nPlease send excerpts of book-length fiction only—please submit the first chapter or chapters* of your unpublished novels/novellas. Your novel need not be completely written.\n\n\nPlease do not submit short stories or nonfiction essays.\n\n\nPlease adhere to the 5\,000 word count maximum*.\n\n\nWe review adult literary fiction\, but are open to a variety of genres and styles\, as long as you show excellence in your craft.\n\n\nSubmit previously unpublished work only—we do NOT review reprints or partial reprints for contests (including any form of self-publishing such as on blogs\, personal websites\, social media\, et cetera.). Reprints will be automatically disqualified.\n\n\nWe allow simultaneous submissions—writers\, please notify us and withdraw your excerpt if your work is accepted elsewhere.\n\n\nWe allow multiple submissions—please submit each excerpt as a separate submission accompanied by an entry fee.\n\n\nPlease note the $20 entry fee per submission.\n\n\nKindly double-space your submission and use Times New Roman 12. (Feel free to contact us directly if you need to change these formatting requirements for better accessibility.)\n\n\nPlease include a brief cover letter with your publication history (if applicable)\, and a summary of your book-length project. Also include any necessary content warnings\, in consideration of our reading team.\n\n\nWe do not require anonymous submissions\, but the guest judge will read the shortlist anonymized.\n\n\nWriters from historically marginalized groups will be able to submit for FREE until we reach fifty free submissions. This free category will close when we reach capacity. No additional fee waivers will be granted.\n\n\nWe do not discriminate on the basis of age\, ancestry\, disability\, family status\, gender identity or expression\, national origin\, race\, religion\, sex or sexual orientation\, or for any other reason.\n\n\nAdditionally\, we do not tolerate discrimination in the writing we consider for publication: work we find discriminatory on any of the bases stated here will be declined without complete review.\n\nAny AI-generated work submitted to this contest will be immediately disqualified.\nUnless you’ve already secured the necessary permissions\, please do not include quoted song lyrics in your submitted work.\nAny work that does not adhere to these guidelines will be automatically disqualified.\n\nArtful Editor is offering every entrant a 10% discount for query services—they will critique and edit your query letter\, synopsis\, and first fifty pages. Coupon code provided upon contest entry.\n\n\n\n*Your entry may include more than your first chapter\, up to 5\,000 words total\, but should contain complete sections—please do not leave us hanging midparagraph just to maximize word count—and must be the first chapter(s) of your book-length project\, as if you were querying agents or publishing houses.\n\n\n\nAWARDS:\n\n\n\nFirst place will receive $2\,000 and a full manuscript critique of the novel or novella\, up to 100K words\, by Artful Editor.\n\n\nSecond and third place will receive $500 and $300\, respectively.\n\n\nFirst\, second\, and third place will receive an agent query workshop by Annalise Errico of Ladderbird Literary Agency—Annalise will offer feedback on the first 5\,000 words of the project\, the summary\, and a query letter.\n\n\nThe top three excerpts will be published in CRAFT\, each with an introduction by Guest Judge Kimberly King Parsons.\n\n\nEach publication will include an author’s note (craft essay) written by each of the three winning writers.\n\n\n\n\nFINE PRINT:\n\n\n\nFriends\, family\, and associates of the guest judge are not eligible for consideration for the award.\n\n\nOur collaboration with editorial professionals and agents in the judging and awarding of our contests does not imply an endorsement or recognition from their agencies\, houses\, presses\, universities\, et cetera.\n\n\nCheck out our 2023 winners for examples of the type of work we seek.\n\n\nAs we only consider unpublished writing\, and will publish the winning excerpts in December 2024\, anything under contract to publish prior to March 2025 should not be entered.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-the-craft-literaray-first-chapters-contest-2024/
LOCATION:First Chapters Contest
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:F - Call for Submissions to Stone's Throw. Theme: Sports
DESCRIPTION:Baseball is winding down\, football is starting up. Basketball players are at camp\, and hockey players are on ice. Meanwhile\, Uncle Nicky can’t stay away from the track. That’s right\, this month\, we want stories about sports. About the dreams involved. About the gambling. About the competition. About the broken bones. If it involves sports and it’s noir\, we’ll see you at the finish line. \nStone’s Throw will open for submissions from the first of every month. We’re looking for all the same dark fiction\, crime and noir as our usual submissions\, but with a target length between 1\,000 and 2\,000 words\, and aligned with the monthly submissions prompt (see below). We’ll read through the best\, choose the one story that shines brightest\, and publish it online the following month\, paying $25 per accepted story. \nAfter a year\, we’ll collect all twelve stories into a Stone’s Throw Anthology\, to be published alongside our other print issues. \nPLEASE NOTE: Contributors are asked to limit submissions to one written work per open call and we’re only publishing one accepted story per author per calendar year over at Stone’s Throw\, since the year’s stories will be collected in a standalone anthology at the end of the year. \nAnd from the Department of Things We Never Thought We’d Have to Say Department: Anyone found to be submitting a story that uses AI or language modeling software will have their story instantly rejected; they will be banned for life from submitting to any other RHP open calls; and they will be the object of open public ridicule and scorn. Come on\, people — let’s not contribute to the eventual subjugation of humankind by the machines\, okay?
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-call-for-submissions-to-stones-throw-theme-sports/
LOCATION:Stone’s Throw
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Moss Piglet Zine Seeking Submissions on: The 1970s
DESCRIPTION:Submissions of Stories\, Essays & Poems\nEach month\, we provide a new theme to inspire artists and authors to create their work. Our theme for September  is The 1970s. Who were you in this decade? An adult\, a teen\, a child\, or just a glimmer in someone’s eye?  \nPlease send text submissions in .doc\, .docx or PDF formats to info@krazines.com. \nAs our publication is digest-sized\, we prefer short poems and prose pieces.  Your stories and essays may go up to 1\,000 words\, but anything beyond that total won’t be considered. \nYou may provide multiple submissions\, but don’t go crazy. Someone has to read all of the stuff that comes across our desk. \nWe’re OK with simultaneous submissions and previously published work. Just cite the place where your writing has previously appeared. \nIf you have a fancy title like Poet Laureate\, Writer-In-Residence\, or you have been knighted by a King or Queen\, we’d be happy to include that information in our publication. \nYou retain all rights to your work. \nWhen in doubt or you just want to say hello\, contact us. info@krazines.com.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-moss-piglet-zine-seeking-submissions-on-the-1970s/
LOCATION:Moss Piglet Zine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PF - Written Tales Chapbooks Volume XVI Theme: Summer
DESCRIPTION:Submissions Open — WT Chapbook Vol. XVI\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nAs the sun blazes in the sky and the days stretch longer\, we invite you to dive into the spirit of summer. This is your chance to capture the warmth\, the energy\, and the experiences that come alive during these sun-drenched months. Whether it’s a nostalgic short story about childhood summers\, a heartfelt poem that captures the beauty of a sunset\, an adventurous piece of flash fiction or a true story set on a summer road trip\, we want to see how summer inspires you. \nLet your creativity bask in the light of this season. Paint us a picture of the endless possibilities that summer brings\, evoke the emotions tied to long\, lazy days\, and engage our readers with your vivid and passionate portrayals of summer. \nWe’re eager to see where your creativity takes you in this sunlit journey. Let your words bring the heat and magic of summer to life. \nGuidelines\n\nOne (1) submission per entry with no more than four (4) total submissions. Submission with more than one entry per form will not be accepted.\nShort stories cannot be over 1500 words max.\nAll work submitted must be original and written by you\, the author. We seek unpublished work for our chapbooks.\nNo A.I. derived work allowed of any kind. It must be written by you\, and you alone.\nEntries with basic spelling or grammar errors will be rejected. Please double-check your work before submitting.\nSubmissions not properly formatted will be rejected. Please add paragraph breaks before submitting.\nPlease include your name or pen name\, bio\, and website in the form below as we list it in the “Writers Bio” section. Bio should be written in the third person. If bio is missing\, we will not consider your submission for publication.\nAll selected authors for the Chapbook will receive a copy of the e-book edition via a download link.\nAny author we select for publication is offered a coupon for 30% off our subscriptions.  This include access to all content on writtentales.substack.com including past\, current and future e-ChapBooks.\nYou must read and agree to the disclaimer below to submit your work.\nTo read the complete details of our guidelines\, please click submission guidelines. \nWritten Tales magazine is self-funded; we are not able to pay for submission at this time. Please keep checking back as we update our guidelines often. To learn more about the magazine\, please read our about page. \nSelected work will appear on our website with a chance to be featured in our Written Tales Chapbook. They’re available to paid subscribers in multiple digital formats. Those authors selected for the Chapbook will receive a free digital copy.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pf-written-tales-chapbooks-volume-xvi-theme-summer/
LOCATION:Written Tales Chapbooks
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Parcham Online Seeking Submissions on the Theme of Music
DESCRIPTION:Your mother’s heartbeat when you’re still inside her womb. The unmistakable coo of a koel\, a song sparrow’s irresistible spring song\, a cardinal’s earnest tweets — each a symphony so sweet to wake up to that\, to paraphrase one of Rabindranath Tagore’s songs\, it makes the very sleep it breaks\, coveted. \nSnatches of a keertan from a gurdwara\, azaan from a mosque\, bells ringing in a temple\, organ playing in a church\, the music of prayer bowls and gongs… \nMusic\, perhaps the most inscrutable\, yet the most intimate of all aesthetic forms. Ancient yet immediate\, an ally for celebrations\, a therapy for sorrow\, a vehicle to voice dissent\, a lullaby to fall asleep to. \nFor all its therapeutic power\, music can and has been used to sinister effects. In Germany\, during the Nazi regime\, German composer Richard Wagner’s music was used not only to glorify Nazism\, but would even be played during acts of torture in concentration camps as a tool for psychological torment for jews. In 1994\, during the Rwandan genocide\, radio stations broadcast music with lyrics that encouraged Hutus to commit violence against Tutsis. In more recent times in India\, H-Pop or Hindutva Pop\, a genre of music that uses nationalistic and religiously charged lyrics and seeks to establish the supremacy of Hindus by normalising Islamophobia. \nBut then you also have musical warriors of the other — the good\, the empowering — kind. The Concert for Bangladesh saw musicians like Ravi Shankar\, Ali Akbar Khan\, George Harrison\, Ringo Starr\, Eric Clapton and Bob Dylan performing in a pioneering charity event held in 1971-72 to raise funds for Bengali refugees displaced during the Bangladesh Liberation War. Between the 1920s and the 1960s\, Paul Robeson used the power of his baritone to literally give a voice to the oppressed the world over. In India\, from Dalit rappers to independent musicians writing and performing songs to protest controversial bills like the CAA and NRC\, rivers of music continue to flow through and bringing to life\, the human condition. \nWhat happens to musical traditions when people and entire communities migrate — willingly or not — migrate? Palestinians\, Rohingyas\, Romas…What is lost? What remains? What metamorphoses? \nIn this issue of Parcham\, we’re seeking to follow your journeys with music. Share with us the ways in which music moves you. Possible themes might include\, but are in no way limited to: \nMusic for the spirit\nMusic as politics \nMusic from the margins -- the musical practices of marginalized communities\nMusic as performance -- concert memories (as a performer or listener\, etc.) \nNature's music\nMusical discoveries (what happened when you heard a new kind of music for the first time and fell in love with it?)\nMusic beyond borders -- the ways in which music transcends the boundaries of time and space.\nWe are looking for POEMS/ SHORT STORIES (Originally in English or in Translation)\, Non-Fiction/ Personal Essays) that deal with Music in any form but not restricted to the sub-themes listed above. Please send in a maximum of 3 poems for the poetry section. The Non-Fiction submission and Personal Essays should be no more than 2000 words. To the authors of the original short fiction and translators of short stories we request you choose/write stories that highlight the theme of the issue.\nPoetry: Please send in your previously unpublished poems (not more than 3) in a single MS Word document at parchamonline@gmail.com with the subject line Poetry Submission. Please ensure your name is on every submission attachment you send in for clarities sake.\n\nFor Fiction/ Short Stories: Please keep in mind that short stories should be not more than 4\,000 words and should address the theme that this issue will showcase. Send in the short story to parchamonline@gmail.com with the subject line Short Story
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-parcham-online-music/
LOCATION:Parcham Online
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:NF - Call for Submissions to Root Quarterly. Theme: Glass Houses
DESCRIPTION:“People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.” It’s a phrase that evolved from Chaucer and on through the proverb mill\, with Benjamin Franklin and others taking turns at the wheel. It’s related to the idea that “those without sin should not cast the first stone” in that both convey a sense of needing to be self-aware about our own faults and vulnerabilities before we attack others. Though we live in a selfie culture\, we seem to have become correspondingly less self-aware. What can we do to pause\, and to reflect? What might help us in the process of regarding others as full human beings\, even when we may disagree with them? Why do we hate hypocrites so much? \nWHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR: \nFiction\, including experimental fiction and erotica\, is welcome. Please send pieces of 500 to 2\,000 words. \nPersonal essays or articles for our “Switchbacks” section that relate points of inflection in a person’s life that have taken them to an unexpected and new place. Please send full pieces for consideration. \nTONE & STYLE \nIt’s okay to have a distinctive voice! But we’re also looking for writers who will largely forgo snark\, condescension\, bullying\, point-scoring\, self-serving virtue signaling\, etc.\, and will instead try on for size some finesse\, awe\, grace\, wit\, and humility. It’s okay to have questions and not answers. Ideas and issues are complicated\, and they take time to unwind. \nWe’re also looking for people who aren’t afraid to write a piece even if people within their bubble might disagree with it. Two great examples are here in The Atlantic and here in Seattle’s Weekly\, The Stranger. Both are written by hardcore liberals who are willing to call on other liberals to be more rigorous with their arguments. \nBe wild\, be funny\, be weird\, be contrarian. The worst we can say is ‘no.’ \nCOMPENSATION \nThis is a volunteer-run project\, and it’s a barn-raising in every way. Printing bills are expensive. But we know your time is valuable and that art isn’t free. That’s why we’ve got a subscription-based model and we don’t give our content away online. \nWe typically give honorariums of $50 to $150 depending on the piece and its length\, as well as for artwork contributions that illustrate articles. Longer\, solicited profiles or articles will be compensated at 10 cents per word\, to be determined at the time we agree on a proposal and consult our current funds. If there’s a piece that absolutely needs to be written but would require more time and research\, we’re willing to look into grants that may fund the work; we are a fiscally-sponsored project of Cultureworks in Philadelphia\, and can accept tax-deductible contributions. \n*If you are suffering from financial hardship and can’t afford a single issue at $15\, you may send an email to editor@rootquarterly.com and we’ll work something out. \nHOW TO SUBMIT \nTake in all of the above\, do a little reading\, cozy up with an issue. \nThen you can send us an email keeping all those guidelines and principles in mind. If you’re sending a personal essay or cultural criticism and we haven’t worked with you before\, please send your full piece as a submission and a 75- to 100-word contributor bio. \nWe thank you in advance for considering joining our community.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/nf-call-for-submissions-to-root-quarterly-theme-glass-houses/
LOCATION:Root Quarterly
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Bronze Bird Books Climate Change Anthology: Localized impacts of climate change
DESCRIPTION:Climate Change Anthology Submissions\n\n\n\nBronze Bird Books (www.bronzebirdbooks.com) is preparing a standalone anthology focused on climate change and related themes. We are especially interested in localized impacts. How has your community been affected by climate change? What might the future have in store for your region\, according to the modeling or changes you’ve witnessed firsthand? \n\nWe will be accepting submissions until August 15th\, 2024. \nOur objective is to view this high-stakes global issue through a personal and localized lens\, making the subject matter more relatable\, thus inspiring change initiatives. This anthology will primarily include poetry\, though we are also open to “cli-fi\,” essays\, or letters to future generations. Works addressing pollution or environmental degradation will also be considered. Beyond adverse impacts\, we’ll also consider literary works conveying a reverence for nature and sensitive ecologies. \nPublication Notes / FAQ: \n\nAugust 15th is the deadline for submissions.\nIf your submission is accepted for publication\, we will notify you by September 1st. If you haven’t heard from us by then\, consider it a pass. (Since email deliverability can be a complex ordeal with many variables\, we recommend that you periodically check your spam folder in case we don’t directly reach your inbox.)\nSubmitted work should not have been previously published; needless to say\, it should also be original\, true to your experience\, and not written entirely by a bot!\nWe generally prefer poetry without complicated formatting. Longer lines of poetry don’t always fit in our standard 6” x 9” trim size. If it’s a prose poem\, it’s OK. Otherwise\, anticipate that very long lines may spill over if you exceed 68 characters and consider rebalancing your line breaks.\nStories and essays for this collection should not exceed 2\,000 words.\nAll submitted works should have titles. We include a table of contents and need to refer to your work in some way.\nContributors grant First Publication Rights to the Bronze Bird Books climate change anthology. All rights revert to the author after publication. We will work to promote this collection and all contributors therein\, with bios and promotional links included at the end of the manuscript. All accepted contributors will receive a digital copy of the collection; the press does not have the resources to provide complimentary print copies.\nAfter you complete this Google Form\, you should receive a copy of your submission. That email copy may alter the appearance/formatting of your submission; however\, rest assured that we have received the text as you intended.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-bronze-bird-books-climate-change-anthology-localized-impacts-of-climate-change/
LOCATION:Bronze Bird Books
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - Songs of Eretz Poetry Review Seeking Submissions on: Something you can hold in your hand
DESCRIPTION:What We Publish:  We publish quality poetry of any genre and length congruent with our themes\, including traditional poems\, form poems\, prose poems\, and narrative poems. We also consider extraordinarily good poems that are incompatible with our themes (general submissions). \nWhat We Pay:  We pay a semi-professional rate of seven dollars per poem. \nHOW TO SUBMIT \nFailure to follow these simple guidelines will result in your submission being discarded or returned to you unread! \n\nPlease resist the urge to include anything with your submission that we do not specifically request\, especially your bio (we like to read as blindly as possible)\, credits (we treat the novice and the experienced equally)\, or explanatory notes (if you believe your poem requires an explanation\, please revise it until it doesn’t).\n\n 2. Submit up to THREE poems to:   \nSubmissions@SongsOfEretz.com \nThere is no fee to submit.\n \n 3. Your Subject Lineshould be formatted as follows:  [Poetry Submission][Title][Oiet’s Last Name] \n4. If you are submitting more than one poem\, each should appear in a separate email\, and each email should include a separate cover letter.  If your poem has multiple numbered sections\, each section will “count” as ONE poem.  If your poem contains more than three sections\, query first. \n5. Your poem(s) must appear in the body of your email(s).  WE DO NOT ACCEPT ATTACHMENTS FOR POETRY.  If your poem needs to be presented in an attachment due to special formatting\, query first. \n6.Include a cover letter in the body of your email(s) with answers to the following questions \n(and remember NOT to include a biography at this process stage): \n– Is yours a simultaneous submission or not?  We DO accept them. \n– How did you discover Songs of Eretz? \n– How would you like us to indicate your name if we publish your work (ie: your byline\, for example\, “By Sammie Smith”)?  NOTE:  We do NOT accept work composed by a collaboration of poets or artists. \n– What is your contact information?  Include at least your city & state.  Include your country if you reside outside of the United States.  It is strongly recommended that you include your phone number as well\, in case we need last-minute input from you (this has happened). \n– Would you like to be added to our Email List? \nAgain – Do NOT include a biography at this process stage. \n\n Reprint Policy:We DO NOT accept previously published work.\n\n\n Simultaneous Submissions Policy:We accept sim subs.\n Multiple Submissions Policy: Please wait until after your poem(s) is/are published in or rejected by Songs of Eretz before sending more.\n\n\n Response Time: Please query if you have not received at least a preliminary response in twenty-onecalendar days.  We no longer offer editorial feedback.\n\n\n Rights To Your Poetry: If your work is accepted and you agree to join the ranks of the other fine poets who have been published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review\,your work will appear in the quarterly issue for which it was submitted. In exchange\, you will grant Songs of Eretz the first worldwide publication rights\, first worldwide electronic rights\, non-exclusive archival rights in perpetuity\, non-exclusive anthology rights in perpetuity\, and exclusive reprint rights in perpetuity.\n\nAll other rights will revert to you upon publication\, but we would appreciate the courtesy of allowing Songs of Eretz an exclusive for a few months if that is not too much trouble. \n12.  Acknowledgement:We expect to be acknowledged as the venue of the firstpublication should you reprint your work. \n\nPublished Format:  Editors make an effort to format a poem as it is submitted\,  such as a concrete poem or other special formats. However\, due to format limitations on Blogger\, editors have the right to publish any poem aligned left\, right\, or centered.\n\nQueries:  Use Editor@SongsOfEretz.com for queries.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-songs-of-eretz-poetry-review-something-you-can-hold-in-your-hand/
LOCATION:Songs of Eretz Poetry Review
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:F - WayWords Literary Journal Seeking Flash Fiction
DESCRIPTION:Submissions Guidelines\nYour formatting is important! A professional presentation could mean the difference between publication and the dreaded rejection letter. The Writer’s Workout accepts submissions formatted to industry standard: Chicago Manual of Style (CMS) with slight alterations\, depending on when they’ve last updated their system. All Writer’s Workout submissions should follow the guidelines below. \nThe Writer’s Workout runs simultaneous open calls with different review teams. \nCheck our publication FAQ here. \nThe Writer’s Workout runs simultaneous open calls with different review teams. \nThe Writer’s Workout accepts .doc\, .docx\, .odt\, and links to Google Docs*. If you have questions about the submission guidelines that are not answered here\, please email Theresa.Green@writersworkout.net. \nGeneral Formatting\nWhen formatting your submission\, use the guide below. All submissions should be in English. \nBegin your document with your Title Information (below)\, add one blank line\, then begin your entry. \nFont: Times New Roman or Arial\, 10 or 12 pt\, black text. \nSpacing: single spaced with 1″ (25.4 mm) empty margins on all sides. \nIndentations: indented using Tab or auto-indent set to 0.5″ (12.7 mm). \nNever use the space bar to indent paragraphs. \nLayout: no extra blank space* before or after paragraphs \nScene breaks are designated by one blank line. \nNever add your entry title a second time between your Title Information and entry. \nAll submissions accepted via email: submissions@writersworkout.net \nSome submissions accepted via Dropbox\, where linked.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-waywords-literary-journa-seeking-flash-fiction/
LOCATION:WayWords Literary Journal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - orangepeel literary magazine Issue 8.5 Theme: Bubblegum
DESCRIPTION:submissions for issue 8.5\, bubblegum\n\n\nThis form accepts most file types. It will only accept one piece at a time. Please familiarize yourself with our submission requirements at https://orangepeelmag.wordpress.com/submit/ before submitting! \n\nOur theme for this issue is bubblegum. We’re putting together a love letter to pop\, fun\, and youth\, and taking these things seriously. Camp and kitsch are invited. We are also opening up submissions to reviews for the first time; send us your appraisals of media from books to songs\, concerts to movies\, with bonus points to reviews of works you love that don’t receive enough good press. Some suggestions to get your mind going: a collage of teen magazine cutouts; a comic about high school dorkiness; a review of the soundtrack for a Disney Channel original movie; a poem about what was hot in 1998. \n\nThis form closes at 11:59 pm on August 17. Responses will be sent out by August 25. If you have not received a response before that date\, check spam\, then reach out to orangepeellitmag@gmail.com.\n\n\n\nsubmission requirements:\nwhat do we want?\n-We are seeking unpublished prose and poetry! \n\nPosting your work on social media does not count as publication and we’re happy to consider anything you’ve shared in this manner. Work that has been published in other magazines\, zines\, journals\, online publications\, books\, etc. is considered published and not eligible for this magazine.\n\n-We consider simultaneous submissions\, assuming that you contact us if another publication plans to publish a work that you submitted to orangepeel. If you’re unfamiliar with simultaneous submission etiquette\, this is a good resource. \n-We primarily conduct submissions through our Google Form. \n-We don’t consider artist bios alongside works and they will be ignored if included in a document. \n-Please submit each work separately. \n–orangepeel asks for the First Serial Rights to published works. \n\nwritten submissions\n-Written work can be original prose\, poetry\, prosetry\, flash\, essays\, missives\, and more. It can be fiction or creative nonfiction. Please no articles\, critical essays\, or translations of another person’s work. We welcome toying with form/hybrid approaches. \n–2500 words or less please! We check the word count before reading. \n-We will consider work in various languages. For written work\, we ask that an English translation is provided if the full original piece is not in English. If you speak languages other than English\, we totally encourage your use of those languages in your piece! \n-By submitting your work\, you allow our staff to make grammar and spelling edits where needed. If your work is accepted and we believe that any more substantial edits are required\, we will ask you before making them. \n-We have a limit of two submissions per category per person. We consider prose and poetry as one category. \n-Please submit written work as Word docs or Google Docs. We do not consider .pdfs\, .pages\, or .txt files. \nWe will be considering pop culture reviews for the bubblegum half issue. Reviews may be of any media and must follow the above requirements for written submissions.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-orangepeel-literary-magazine-issue-8-5-theme-bubblegum/
LOCATION:orangepeel literary magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - Call for Submissions to Clepsydra Literary and Art Magazine. Theme: Cascade
DESCRIPTION:Submissions have opened forIssue 5: CASCADE.\n\n\nLike the water rushing down a cascade\, poetry can help express an outpour of emotions. \n​ \nWe share our feelings and express our emotions through the spoken and written word. However\, barriers may exist to prevent sharing of thoughts and feelings leading to isolation and depression. It has been studied that poetry is an artform that allows people to express themselves in ways traditional communication cannot. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nThere is evidence showing the therapeutic benefits of poetry\, even across various vulnerable groups such as those dealing with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder\, seniors\, including those with dementia\, and troubled adolescents. Poetry acts as a non-medical intervention to promote public health and wellbeing\, with significant potential in enhancing quality of life. Let us come together and freely share our thoughts and feelings—a cascade of emotions. \n\nIn our fifth issue\, Cascade\, we invite you to share your stories\, feelings\, wishes\, fears\, and maybe even a hint of your soul with others.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\nhow to submit to clepsydra\n\n\nsubmitting guidelines\n\n\npoem submission guidelines \n\n\nAt this time\, no literary works other than poems may be submitted. \n\n\nUp to five poems are allowed in a single document.  \n\n\nThere is no line minimum or maximum.  \n\n\nPlease start all poems on a new page. \n\n\nAny font and any font size are accepted\, as long as the text is clearly legible—unless this is part of the poet’s intention.  \n\n\nAny spacing and margin size are accepted\, as long as the text is clearly legible. \n\n\nPlease do not write any text that can identify the poet (name\, awards\, etc.) on the submission. \n\n\nPlease have the submission in a .doc\, .docx\, or .pdf format.  The filename should include the title of the entire piece. \n\n\nWe only accept unpublished works. If your piece is accepted or will be published elsewhere\, please notify us so we can withdraw your submission from Clepsydra. \n\n\n\n\n\n\npublication information\n\n\nClepsydra does not charge for submissions and publications. At this time\, Clepsydra is not able to provide payment for publication. Poets and artists will retain full rights after publication\, but we would like to receive credit for the poem or art’s first publication.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-call-for-submissions-to-clepsydra-literary-and-art-magazine-theme-cascade/
LOCATION:Clepsydra Literary and Art Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Rough Cut Press Seeking Submissions on Water
DESCRIPTION:WHO WE ARE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRough Cut Press publishes fiction\, nonfiction\, and poetry. We release a monthly issue with works by emerging and established voices from within the LGBTQIA community. \nWe seek personal\, lyrical\, critical\, and experimental work in under 650 words. We accept submissions year-round\, we don’t charge a submission fee\, and we offer each writer an honorarium. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSubmit Your Work\nWe seek work of all genres by writers from the LGBTQIA community. We do not define or gatekeep what it means to be a queer writer: if you think your work belongs here\, then it belongs here. To get a sense of what we publish please read some of our former issues. We don’t know what we like until we see it. Each month we announce a different theme\, but don’t worry if the work you submit doesn’t quite fit: we often build issues and themes around work that takes us by surprise. \nSimultaneous submissions are encouraged; we ask that you notify us if your work is accepted elsewhere. Written submissions are limited to 650 words. Please leave your name off of the submission itself and send one piece per submission\, in PDF format. We do not charge a submission fee or a subscription fee; we offer all published artists a $25 honorarium as compensation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSubmit Your Work:\nOur theme this month is water. Please send your submission by 8/27/24. You will hear from us within sixty days of submission if your work is accepted for publication.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-rough-cut-press-seeking-submissions-on-water/
LOCATION:Rough Cut Press
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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UID:5573-1725004800-1725037200@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:PFN - Limit Experience Journal Seeking Submissions on: Ageless Sexuality: Libidinal Innocence & Wisdom
DESCRIPTION:LEJ Magazine explores culturally impacting libidinal beliefs and practices across borders\, ages\, and unmentionable social mores. We are excited to publish exploratory\, highly imaginative\, views\, opinions\, and journalism. \nBe bold and run free with your creative expression. Our mission for the magazine is to inspire our audience to expand their notion of creativity by emboldening both the logical and ephemeral definitions of cultural innovation\, ingenuity\, and inventiveness. \nHave fun! Be playful and most importantly\, submit well thought out multilayered work that speaks to your deepest libidinal human drive in Jungian terms\, the desire to express oneself beyond the pale! \nWe look forward to reviewing your work\,
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-limit-experience-journal-seekingsubmissions-on-ageless-sexuality-libidinal-innocence-wisdom/
LOCATION:Limit Experience Journal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:F - On the Premises Mini-Contests #44 Theme: Expertise
DESCRIPTION:Short story contest #44\nEXPERTISE \nFor this contest\, write a creative\, compelling\, well-crafted story between 1\,000 and 5\,000 words long in which one or more characters with significant expertise in some area matter to the story. The expert(s) DO NOT have to be the story’s main character(s)\, though it’s fine if they are–the judges won’t care either way. We’re also open to the idea that your story’s character(s) with expertise might be either wrong\, or frauds\, or idiots. (Or they’re legitimate experts!) However\, the idea of expertise\, and at least one person who has it (or doesn’t?) has to matter to the story. \nGENRE RULES: No fiction aimed at readers younger than 12\, no exploitative sex\, no over-the-top grossout horror\, and no stories that are obvious parodies of (or other uses of) well-known fictional worlds/characters created by other authors. (So\, no “fan fiction”.) Other than that\, we’ll take anything from the most super-realistic literary drama to crazy farces (real-world or otherwise) to any variant of science fiction or fantasy you can imagine. Read our past issues and you’ll see. \nDEADLINE: 11:59 PM Eastern Time\, Friday\, August 30\, 2024 \nOne entry per author. There is no fee for entering this contest.\nRemember to take all identifying information out of your story! Tell us who you are in the space provided in the web form cover letter you get when you click on the “submit” button\, NOT in your story! No headers\, no bylines… just the story.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-on-the-premises-mini-contests-44-theme-expertise/
LOCATION:On the Premises
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:PFN - The Nelligan Review Seeking Submissions on the Theme: Fuck Trump
DESCRIPTION:The Nelligan Review accepts unsolicited submissions of fiction\, essays\, and poetry. We accept both English and French submissions. \nOur first themed issue: FUCK TRUMP. Give us everything anti-Trump. \nSimultaneous submissions are acceptable as long as we are notified immediately if the manuscript is accepted for publication elsewhere. \nWe accept previously published work and unpublished work\, we just ask that it be your best work. If submitting previously published work\, please let us know where it has been published prior to submitting it here\, and that you hold the rights to it. \nIf submitting translated work\, please include the original text. \nWe suggest to all who submit that they read the most recent issues of The Nelligan Review to acquaint themselves with the material we publish. \nThe Nelligan Review is an inclusive literary and cultural review journal that is striving to help increase the diversity\, equality\, resilience\, sustainability\, and discoverability of the arts sector. We  accept work from all those that are eighteen years of age or older.  Upon acceptance of your work\, we ask only that you hold the rights to the work that permits us to publish it here\, in a non-exclusive manner. \nDue to the volume of submissions\, please note that editorial responses are taking up to 90 days. \nPoetry: 5 poems/submission \nProse: 5\,000 words/submission \nAt this time\, The Nelligan Review is able to pay an honorarium of $10.00 per contributor.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-the-nelligan-review-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-fuck-trump/
LOCATION:The Nelligan Review
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Valiant Scribe Literary Journal Issue V Theme: We Are Resilient
DESCRIPTION:Announcing Valiant Scribe Literary Journal Issue V: W.A.R. (We Are Resilient). Issue V will focus on resilience in the face of war or its aftermath. We welcome submissions of previously unpublished fiction\, non-fiction prose\, and poetry. Each person can submit up to 5 poems\, and the word count limit per prose piece is 3\,000 words. Submissions should be in English. Submissions in other languages are also welcome but should be accompanied by an English translation.Only digital submissions are accepted. Kindly indicate “Issue V” in the subject line of your e-mail. Please send a single Word document attachment containing* a brief cover letter with your name\, 100-word third-person bio\, and submission(s) to contactvaliantscribe@gmail.com. *Please note that everything about your submission should be in a single Word document. An introductory note in the body of your e-mail is welcome but not required. We will not consider your submission if you do not follow these guidelines. Judgement will be blind. Valiant Scribe volunteers will anonymize entries.Submission fee:None. Compensation:Contributors will receive a complimentary e-copy of the collection and $10 per piece. Notifications: We will notify contributors by e-mail in September.Publication:The issue will be published in December. 
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-valiant-scribe-literary-journal-issue-v-theme-we-are-resilient/
LOCATION:Valiant Scribe Literary Journal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PN - Chicken Soup for the Soul Series. Theme: Change your habits & attitudes / change your life
DESCRIPTION:Change your habits & attitudes / change your life \nThe deadline for submissions is AUGUST 31\, 2024. \nHabits. Attitudes. Breaking bad habits and replacing them with good habits play an important role in self-care. Change your attitude and you can change your life. And self-care – including mental\, emotional\, physical\, and spiritual wellbeing – is vital to ensuring that your needs are met. It’s probably what we neglect the most. \nWe are looking for true stories about how you realized a certain habit or attitude was detrimental to you\, what you did to change that\, and the difference it made in your life. \nHere are some ideas that might prompt you to recall a story you’d like to share: \n– Your strategy for making new habits that are better for you\n– Your strategy for breaking bad habits\n– How you made a conscious decision to change\n– How changing your habits and attitudes reduced your stress and improved your fitness\, health\, relationships\, work\, fun…\n– How proper self-care improved your life\n– What changes did you make to put yourself first on your “To-Do” list?\n– Did you eliminate people from your life\, or at least reduce your exposure to them\, as part of your plan? And if you couldn’t\, did you at least change how you reacted to them?\n– Did you take back control of your life? Take back the power?\n– Did stepping outside your comfort zone help you create new\, better habits?\n– How deviating from your routine helped you break a habit\n– Did keeping a journal help?\n– How you made a new\, good habit and conquered an old\, bad one\n– Breaking familiar patterns and how that helped\n– Baby steps to change – step by step\n– Learning to say “no” – setting boundaries\n– Learning to ask for help\n– Did you work with someone to make the changes? An accountability partner? A family member or friend?\n– Did you teach someone else how to break bad habits\, make new ones\, change their attitude\, reclaim their power?\n– Have you become more assertive or outspoken? Changed how someone treated you? \nYou have time! If this story callout has prompted you to make a positive change in your life – that one you’ve been thinking about – then go for it. Make the change and then write about it in a few months! \nThis book is slated for Summer or Fall 2025 and the deadline for submissions is August 31\, 2024. \nRecipe for a Winning Chicken Soup for the Soul Submission\nA Chicken Soup for the Soul story is an inspirational\, true story about ordinary people having extraordinary experiences. It is a story that opens the heart and rekindles the spirit. It is a simple piece that touches our readers and helps them discover basic principles they can use in their own lives. These stories are personal and often filled with emotion and drama. They are filled with vivid images created by using the five senses. In some stories\, the readers feel that they are actually in the scene with the people. \nChicken Soup for the Soul stories are written in the first person and have a beginning\, middle and an end. The stories often close with a punch\, creating emotion\, rather than simply talking about it. Chicken Soup for the Soul stories have heart\, but also something extra—an element that makes us all feel more hopeful\, more connected\, more thankful\, more passionate and better about life in general. A good story causes tears\, laughter\, goose bumps or any combination of these. \nThe most powerful stories are about people extending themselves\, or performing an act of love\, service or courage for another person. \nGuidelines for a Chicken Soup for the Soul story\n\nTell an exciting\, heartwarming or funny story about something that has happened to you or someone you know. Your story should be written in the first person and should be about yourself or someone close to you.\nTell your story in a way that will make the reader cry\, laugh\, get goose bumps or say “Wow!”\nThe story should start “in the action” and draw in the reader. Do not start your story with an introduction about what you are going to say\, or end with a concluding paragraph about what you just said.\nDon’t be afraid to speak from the heart. Many people tell personal stories for the first time in our books\, and they find it to be a cathartic and productive experience. We do let you use a pen name for your story if you do not want to use your real name.\nDon’t try fancy moves with tenses. Writing in the present tense about something that happened in the past rarely works.\nKeep your story to 1200 words or less. Tighten\, tighten\, tighten!\nYour story must be true. No fiction\, no creative writing.\n\nWhat a Chicken Soup for the Soul story IS NOT:\n\nA sermon\, an essay or eulogy.\nAn “as told to” story written by you for someone else. If you ghost-write a story for someone\, we thank you for helping that person share his or her story. That person’s name will be listed as the author and he or she can acknowledge your help in the bio section.\nA term paper\, thesis\, letter or journal entry.\nAbout politics or controversial issues.\nA biography or testimonial.\nA journalistic article about a third party that reads like a newspaper article.\n\nGuidelines for a Chicken Soup for the Soul poem\n\nWe love poems that tell a story. A Chicken Soup for the Soul poem does the same job as a story. The reader goes away having learned your story\, just through poetry instead of prose.\nWe do not publish poems that do not tell a story.\nWe also do not publish poems that seem overly focused on rhyming and read more like greeting cards.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pn-chicken-soup-for-the-soul-series-theme-change-your-habits-attitudes-change-your-life/
LOCATION:Chicken Soup for the Soul Series
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:F - 21 Futures Anthology Series Seeking Submissions the Theme: Financial Fallout
DESCRIPTION:Anthology Competition\nUp to $1\,850 in prizes \nDebt\, a growing wealth gap\, and the debasement of currency. The future of many economies looks dark. \nWhich catastrophic failures will we see in the next 100 years? And how will it affect ordinary citizens of the world? \nKonsensus Network seeks fiction submissions (up to 3\,000 words) for its forthcoming anthology 21 Futures: Financial Fallout. The 21 best stories will feature in the anthology and will be eligible to win the following prizes: \n\n1st place: $1\,000 + feature interview\n2nd place: $500 + podcast appearance\n3rd place: $250 + social media shoutout\n4th place: $100 + signed book\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat we DO want:\n\nStories with a clear beginning\, middle\, and end\nStories which include diverse and realistic characters we can root for\nStories with a unique angle on dystopia. Be creative and think outside the locations and tropes of typical sci-fi.\nStories which make us care. Stories with love\, loss\, joy\, pain\, and everything in between.\nStories which offer some kind of hope for the future.\n\n\n\nWhat we DON’T want:\n\nStories with unnecessary violence unconnected to the plot\nNationalism\, hate speech\, erotica\nThe promotion of centralized alt coins or ‘cryptocurrency’\nManifestos on ways of life\nPoetry or excerpts from novels\nSatoshi Nakamoto origin stories\nStories based entirely on real-life events using real-life characters\n\n\n\nStories must be written in English (editing provided if English is not your first language). Maximum 3\,000 max words.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-21-futures-anthology-series-seeking-submissions-the-theme-financial-fallout/
LOCATION:21 Futures Anthology Series
CATEGORIES:Contest
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UID:5596-1725091200-1725123600@anovelapproach.ca
SUMMARY:PFN - Karma Comes Before: the Mag Seeking Submissions for Issue 004. Theme: Body
DESCRIPTION:Hey friends! Thanks for considering us for your work! We’re currently OPEN for submissions for Issue 004: BODY until August 31st. \nKarma Comes Before is a literary arts community and magazine showcasing queer\, POC and differently abled voices\, but open to all writers and artists! \nWe accept submissions once a year for our print and digital issue\, and we’d love to have a peek at your brilliant work. Send us your short memoirs\, flash fiction\, poetry\, and prose for a chance to be showcased. \nReady to submit? Here are the deets:\nHow to submit:\n\n\n\n\nWe accept submissions via email. Send your submissions to kcbthemag@gmail.com. Please include a 3-4 sentence bio and your social media handles. NO COVER LETTER REQUIRED (who wants to read or write those?) \nWhat we accept: \nLet’s get specific! We accept one short memoir under 3\,000 words\, three flash fiction pieces under 1\,000 words each\, and up to five poems per submitter. \nWe DO NOT tolerate hate speech of any kind and we ask that you send your work with any relevant trigger warnings upfront. \nWe’re also open to previously published work\, as long as it fits the theme of the issue. \nWho can submit: \nWe accept creative work from all storytellers and artists! You don’t need to be previously published to submit to us; if you have a story to tell\, we want to read it! \nWhen to submit: \nSubmissions for Issue 004 are CURRENTLY OPEN until August 31st! \nI submitted! Now what?\nIf your work is selected\, we’ll send you a victory dance-inducing email from kcbthemag@gmail.com—and here’s the best part: If we feature your work in the magazine\, we might use it for some of our awesome merch (with your permission\, of course!). And guess what? We’ll shoutout your social media handles in the product description and share 50% of the profits with you via PayPal! \nWhy submit to KCB? \nBecause we’re the grooviest\, glitchiest\, most glorious literary magazine on the internet! But seriously\, we’re a platform for emerging writers and artists. We’re passionate about living authentically and partying with intention. And we strive for safety\, inclusivity\, and beyond that\, transformation. We welcome you to join us on this journey and can’t wait to hear from you!
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-karma-comes-before-the-mag-seeking-submissions-for-issue-004-theme-body/
LOCATION:Karma Comes Before: the Mag
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to Sinister Wisdom: A Multicultural Lesbian Literary & Art Journal. Theme: Gender Diverse Lesbians
DESCRIPTION:Gender Diverse Lesbians\nLimited Demographic: Submissions are restricted to lesbians. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGender nonconformity has long\, thick\, roots in Lesbianism\, but the coexistence of being other gendered and Lesbianism is as varied in its narrative as what is meant by “gender diverse\,” “nonbinary\,” and/or “other gendered.” The controversy surrounding French Lesbian philosopher Monique Wittig’s statement\, “Lesbians are not women\,” provides a snapshot into this tension. This conclusion stemmed from her broader argument that woman is a social and political class defined by the patriarchal heterosexual contract; that man and woman are categories of dominance. Conceptualizing Lesbianism as resistance to the patriarchy-as freedom to be and love whoever despite the existing man-made binaries of humanity’s social roles\, places Lesbians outside of “man” and “woman.” \nWittig rejects the reclamation of woman as playing into the system of oppression and ultimately upholding it. Though not an argument for other genders and radical in its rhetoric\, her argument may be appropriated to tell a more gender inclusive story of Lesbianism. Us nonbinary\, gender diverse\, and genderqueer Lesbians are doing exactly what our cisters are doing: conceptualizing\, existing\, and loving outside of what is structured to have power over us. Yet\, our lives are not just theoretical\, philosophical\, or political arguments. We are not just bodies that you impress and practice your ideologies on. \nThis issue aims to hold space for Lesbians who explicitly fall in between (all over and simultaneously at) trans identities conceptualized as places on opposite ends: trans men and trans women. This issue seeks to honor and affirm Lesbians outside of the sex/gender binary in all forms that it may take and to include nonconcrete gender identities found in all cultural specifics. \nAction\, place\, and physicality. The discourse around gender has been so simultaneously concrete and abstractly individualistic. What does it mean to be trans\, but to not transition? Why is transness qualified by action? What if the change were only social\, and not medical? What happens when consider nonbinary as a subculture? How may we appropriate the language and theology of our Lesbian/Queer ancestors to foster a more gender diverse Lesbian world? \nWe seek essays\, short fiction\, poetry\, and oral histories that tackle these questions and more. Of utmost importance is a representation of gender diverse Lesbian lives in all forms. Please submit once through Submittable; submissions should be in one document (up to 10 pages). Include a brief bio (four to five sentences) in the body of the email\, along with any social media links. \nSinister Wisdom is a multicultural lesbian literary & art journal that publishes four issues each year. Publishing since 1976\, Sinister Wisdom works to create a multicultural\, multi-class Lesbian space. Sinister Wisdom seeks to open\, consider and advance the exploration of Lesbian community issues. Sinister Wisdom recognizes the power of language to reflect our diverse experiences and to enhance our ability to develop critical judgment as Lesbians evaluating our community and our world. \nContributors will receive a one-year subscription to Sinister Wisdom and a copy of the issue.  \nSubmission Guidelines\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMaterial may be in any style or form\, or combination of forms. \nMaximum: five poems\, two short stories or essays\, OR one longer piece of up to 5\,000 words. We also accept book reviews; please contact Julie Enszer with your pitches. \nPlease proofread your work carefully; do not send us changes after the deadline. \nPlease send a short contributor biography between 25 and 125 words with your submission. \nSinister Wisdom acquires first North American serial rights for all work that we publish. By acquiring first North American serial rights\, authors guarantee that publication in Sinister Wisdom will be the first publication in North America. That is\, the work has not appeared previously in another journal\, in a book\, online\, or in other forms of publication. In rare instances\, Sinister Wisdom will reprint work that has been previously published. Authors should discuss with the editor and publisher PRIOR to submission. \nMany questions about rights are answered here: https://www.pw.org/content/copyright \nWe STRONGLY prefer that you submit your work through Submittable\, our online submission management system. Using Submittable ensures that both of our editors have an opportunity to see and consider your work and helps us ensure a timely response to your submission. If you CANNOT use Submittable for some reason (you are incarcerated\, for instance\, or you do not have internet access)\, please see the guidelines below.
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LOCATION:Sinister Wisdom
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SUMMARY:PFN - 3Elements Literary Review Seeking Submissions Incorporationg the Three Elements: Poison Ivy\, Hologram\, and Fire Escape
DESCRIPTION:Submission Guidelines\n\nThe three elements for the current submission period are: Poison Ivy\, Hologram\, Fire Escape.\nDue August 31\, 2024\, for our fall issue\, no. 45.\n\n\nWhat does 3Elements enjoy reading?\nWe appreciate good writing in any genre. We especially like edgy writing that offers insight into darkness. We prefer character-driven stories as opposed to plot-driven ones. We relish a piece with a great deal of heart and more than a little bit of Truth (note the capital “T”). We want to read a story that makes us feel edified or philosophical or amused or creeped out or angry or melancholy or inspired or\, best yet\, all of these things together. \nWe find stories that include gratuitous violence distasteful. Sexism\, racism\, or other forms of intolerance are intolerable to us. That said\, you can certainly reveal a character through his/her prejudices; just don’t use a story to perpetuate negative stereotypes or ignorance. The world is already bursting with both. \nUsing the elements\n3Elements Literary Review  is a themed literary journal\, and all THREE elements (the specific words\, Poison Ivy\, Hologram\, Fire Escape) given for the submission period must be included in your story or poem for your work to be considered for publication. NO EXCEPTIONS WHATSOEVER. \nYour story or poem doesn’t have to be about the three elements or even revolve around them; simply use your imagination to create whatever you want. You can use any form of the words/elements for the given submission period. For example\, if the elements are: Flash\, Whimsy\, and Seizure; we would accept the usage of Flashed\, Whimsical\, and Seizures. \nHow to submit your work\nWe will only accept previously unpublished (including digital/online content) work submitted to us through Submittable. You can easily submit material to us from our Submit page. Any work that is sent to us as an attachment\, or in the body of an email\, through our ‘Contact’ page\, or any other way outside of Submittable will automatically be declined. \nLength\nThere is no minimum word count\, but please keep your fiction and nonfiction submissions under 3\,500 words. Poetry must be under two typed pages. \nBio\nIf you’re accepted for publication in 3Elements Literary Review\, we\, as well as the readers of our publication will naturally want to know a little more about you\, as well as your writing background\, so providing us with a bio is very helpful! \nSubmission fee \nSubmitting material to 3Elements Literary Review is absolutely free. \nSubmission period category limits\nWe will only accept the following number of submissions per submission category: Fiction and nonfiction is capped at no more than two submissions per submission period. Poetry is limited to three submissions per submission period. \nMultiple submissions\nWe do not accept multiple submissions within the same document/file. Each submission (fiction\, nonfiction\, poetry) must be submitted individually. \nSimultaneous submissions\nSimultaneous submissions are completely fine with us. Our only requirement is that you notify us as soon as you can if you intend to publish your piece with another publication. \nFeedback\nWe regrettably cannot give individual feedback on submissions. \nPayment\nUnfortunately\, there is no pay at this time.
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LOCATION:3Elements Literary Review
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - Arc Award of Awesomeness. Prompt: How to Breathe Under Water
DESCRIPTION:In April 2020\, Arc began a monthly prize – a 50/50 cash prize\, a vintage object d’art (loosely interpreted) and the all the honour and respect that comes with winning the Arc Award of Awesomeness.\nAugust Prompt:\n“How to Breathe Under Water” \n\n\n\nJudged by Arc’s Associate Poetry Editor Alison Goodwin \n\n\n\nA friend recently recounted a challenging period when he felt like he was living under water. Then\, he said\, it was as if he grew gills. This month’s call welcomes poems about breathing under water. \n\n\n\n\nContest Guidelines\nDeadlines\n\n\nMailed entries posted before the last day of each month will be considered\, but please clearly indicate which month’s prompt your poem(s) responds to. \nEntry Fees\n\n\nArc welcomes Award of Awesomeness entries from Canada\, the United States\, and around the world. Participants from Canada are encouraged to tape a Toonie to their entry submitted via snail mail. Participants from the US are welcome to include $2 USD in cash in their envelopes. All other Entrants outside Canada must submit entry fees in Canadian funds. \nOnline payment of the entry fee can be sent via e-transfer to payment@arcpoetry.ca or via PayPal to arc@arcpoetry.ca. Online submission of 5 or more poems can pay the entry fee here. \nRules\n\n\n\nPoems must be a response to the monthly Arc Award of Awesomeness writing challenge.\nEntrants may only submit one unpublished poem with each $2 fee. If you want to submit multiple poems you may pay online with a minimum of 5 entries ($10)\nEntrants need to include their name\, address\, and email address with their poems (so we can send you your awesome prize)\, as well as the month’s prompt that their poems responds to.\nNo entrants (including winners\, honourable mentions\, or authors of shortlisted poems) may substitute\, before\, during\, or after judging\, a revision of any poem already submitted to the contest.\nNo poems will be returned.\nSubmissions\n\n\nThe winning entry will be published on the Arc website. We would ask the winners to provide us a photo of themselves and their prize. \nPlease mail your entry to: \nil your entry to: \nArc Award of Awesomeness\nArc Poetry Magazine\nPO Box 269 Stn B\nOttawa\, Ontario\nCanada\, K1P 6C4 \nOr\, if submitting multiple entries online: please email entries to poty@arcpoetry.ca
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LOCATION:Arc Award of Awesomeness
CATEGORIES:Contest
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