Events

We’re looking for pieces that embody the spirit of Nocturnia: eerie, elegant, unsettling, or uncanny. This is not just horror — it’s the haunting echo in a quiet room, the bittersweet memory that resurfaces at midnight, the beauty in the grotesque.

This issue is not themed. Send us your best tension-filled poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.

We look for work that is creative, grounded in concrete images, and playful, though "playful" needn't equal light. We want your horror, your heartbreak, and your fury. We just want it delivered in interesting, surprising ways that remind us why we fell in love with language to begin with.

What do you consider a valued inheritance? It could be an object of sentimental value, a lesson from a loved one, a characteristic passed down through generations, a spiritual blessing or gift, or even something else you consider valuable.

We want fiction with memorable characters and realistic plots, poetry that is fresh and original, and nonfiction that is both thoughtful and entertaining.

Although the essay holds the central role at DPA, we are open to other genres, including experimental, poetry and flash non-fiction, as long as there is a first-person point of view.

How do you deal with loneliness? Do you embrace it? What has your loneliness taught you?

What ideas does the word GRAVY evoke for you? Are you thinking about cash, a meal, a scorched mess in a pan? Where does the word take you?

Cordite Poetry Review is an Australian and international journal of poetry, criticism and research.

Disunion is absence and aftermath, breakage and becoming. We welcome interrogations of dismantling and what emerges in its wake.

We encourage submitters to simply have fun with the theme, or ignore it entirely.

Can Justice then be relied on to be Fair? What really does Justice mean? To you? To me? To us?

We've all got something to say about cellphones, so share your thoughts.

We want your cozy holiday memories. The power of a winter storm. The sparkling beauty of a frozen landscape.

Curiosity, everyday magic, and exciting newness can fill the soul with wonder.

What’s on your wish list–for yourself, for those you love? Being a good friend is a gift, as is knowing how to be.

The Periwinkle Pelican Lit is a small labour of love, an indie passion project, and an ode to writers, poets, and dreamers everywhere.

We want true tales from your life. Honesty that possesses both the situation AND the story. Intensely personal experiences that reflect universal truths about what it means to be human.

Show us what it means to arrive.

We invite you to contribute pieces that embody the Palestinian experience—its struggles and its enduring capacity for hope, creation, and collective flourishing. Let this issue be both an act of remembrance and a celebration of life; a space to honour the voices and visions that persist, even under siege.