Events

Theme (“Dragon Hoards”) is not a strict requirement. The theme is preferred but not strictly enforced.

Our goal is to share the work of amazing creators with the world.

Tell us your stories of home. You can write about nostalgic summer days, but also about wishing for a home you never had. Or the home you want to make. Home is a complicated subject, let’s dig in.

Our themes are always open to far-fetched interpretations and are not limited to a narrow definition. Don't hold back, surprise us by submitting your finest work!

Spooky season is almost here, so it's time for tales of ghosts, hunters & ghost-hunters, stalkers & predators, sinister treasure-hunts & haunted houses - take the theme & RUN with it!

Where do you see signals? Is a signal the same as a sign? Which do you heed and which do you ignore? Do they recur? What are the images, instances, energies, and messages that guide our decision-making?

That’s the sound of your time running out to submit to our annual Halloween issue of Boo-din! All submissions should include concepts of time as a significant plot point or symbol.

Dreams and Visions features dreams, visions, nightmares or communications with nonhuman beings that respond in some way to this era of escalating danger and darkness—and ideally provide clarity and/or guidance.

We celebrate the rich history of baseball while also recognizing its vibrant present through essays, fiction, and poetry

For Volume 13, we’re rummaging through the discarded, the dirty, the overlooked. Show us the clutter, the chaos, the compost heap of human experience.

From the abyss to the great beyond to the other side of the wall, an unknown place is ripe for adventure. The unknown is so much more than a place, too—we don't know what we don't know, nor do we know why, how, or when. 

Enter fiction and narrative non-fiction themed around the natural world/the relationship between humans and nature

All work submitted in this category will be considered for general publication even if not selected for the Presenting feature.

Where'd it come from? It's a James "Slim" Hand lyric from a song about sitting in a bar in the corner at a table by a jukebox. Interpret however you like.

While this sub call does focus on women, we welcome subs from everyone. We’re not here to make it weird or police identity. It’s your art we’re after. If your work is resonant, heartfelt, and challenging, it can find a home here.

How do you answer this question? Have you found a way to describe our beliefs that covers most if not all Quakers?

In what ways does innovation interact with and influence concepts–and realities–of nature, place, space, culture, and identity?

We’re looking specifically for feminist, experimental, visual work that queers chronology, cracks open clocks, haunts archives, and burns blueprints.

We are looking for variety and originality. Tickle us, haunt us, gobsmack us. Choose your words carefully and leave our readers wanting more. And do it in a small space.

We are looking for your Autumn (that’s Fall, to our American readers) themed short stories. As ever, there is one main rule. It must make us laugh!

A howl can be grief, warning, prayer, or celebration - but always, it is a reaching. Who do we become when we are unheard? What remains when sound fades, and only the echo lingers?