Events

Submissions are restricted to women and gender non-conforming people.

In July we’re thinking about radical forgiveness. For ourselves and for others. How have you found redemption in this world?

School’s out for summer, and this month at the Throw, we want stories of junior rocketeers discovering the darker side of summer break. We’re looking for noir coming-of-age tales, set against the backdrop of freedom afforded by summer recess.

What happens when settings look fine — happy, even — on the surface, only for a distortion to be lurking just out of sight? What can the uncanny help us understand about ourselves, our relationships, our communities? 

In this issue we are looking for writing which connects with the Parisian city streets, the arrondissements, the banlieues—from the gilet jaune to haute couture, to anything that responds to the idealised, imagined, or very real versions of Paris.

The Latin word for promise is promissum from “send forth” so ponder, imagine, explore and send forth your promising speculations. We eagerly await them.

For Journal 14, we embrace the idea that there are two kinds of people in the workplace, in government, and in your life – those who handle. And those who spout. We love them both.

Beach sun on a hot summer’s day. The pick-up kickball game at your local park. Some nerves that make your heart rate spike. Working out, working hard, the fear that something won’t work out. What makes you sweat?

How are Friends organizing today? We've noticed that many people get a sense of belonging from affinity groups they belong to, whether based on identity (race, gender, or sexual orientation) or politics or spirituality. How do these groups speak to us as individuals? Does it even matter if they fit with traditional structures?

We’re looking for stories, essays, memoir and poetry to do with afterlives: life after death, life after work, life after having a baby, life after divorce… Anything to do with what follows a major change in life, when someone or something ends and significant adjustment occurs.

This issue focuses on practices that place musicality at the centre of the creative process, exploring its generative potential as a source of material, rather than treating it as merely a complementary or incidental layer of performance.

As we all experience life from our own unique perspective, no two journeys are ever the same, while every poem and every story has the potential to open up new avenues for fruitful exploration – for writer and reader alike!

In the midst of war, family life goes on, taking new form as adoptions, fosters, and blood relatives all choose love over conflict. Tell us the stories of how this happens, who is involved, what the consequences will be, and why it came to be that this choice was the best possible outcome.

The work must be written by a trans/genderqueer person, or at least one of the authors must be trans/genderqueer.

We’re searching for LGBTQ+ characters who have a central position within the story. This will be a diverse and inclusive anthology.