{"id":7126,"global_id":"anovelapproach.ca\/submission_calendar?id=7126","global_id_lineage":["anovelapproach.ca\/submission_calendar?id=7126"],"author":"4","status":"publish","date":"2025-08-07 19:42:53","date_utc":"2025-08-07 23:42:53","modified":"2025-08-07 19:43:17","modified_utc":"2025-08-07 23:43:17","url":"https:\/\/anovelapproach.ca\/submission_calendar\/event\/pfn-thorn-bloom-seeking-submissions-for-issue-3-on-the-splinters-we-carry\/","rest_url":"https:\/\/anovelapproach.ca\/submission_calendar\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/events\/7126","title":"PFN &#8211; Thorn &#038; Bloom Seeking Submissions for Issue 3 on: The Splinters We Carry","description":"<div class=\"T7n0L6\" role=\"listitem\">\n<div id=\"comp-kzq1x7ys__item1\" class=\"comp-kzq1x7ys YzqVVZ wixui-repeater__item\">\n<div class=\"\" data-mesh-id=\"comp-kzq1x7ys__item1inlineContent\" data-testid=\"inline-content\">\n<div data-mesh-id=\"comp-kzq1x7ys__item1inlineContent-gridContainer\" data-testid=\"mesh-container-content\">\n<div id=\"comp-kzq1x7zf__item1\" class=\"Z_l5lU ku3DBC zQ9jDz qvSjx3 Vq6kJx comp-kzq1x7zf wixui-rich-text\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\">\n<p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">Thorn &amp; Bloom\u00a0seeks work that examines the thorns embedded in societal conditioning\u2014how they puncture autonomy, distort self-perception, and perpetuate cycles of harm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">We welcome submissions in any genre and any style, and are particularly interested in stories that:<\/span><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">\u200b<\/span><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\">\n<li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">\n<p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">Expose systemic thorns: How do politics, capitalism, racism, sexism, or other structures wound us?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">\n<p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">Unmask psychological thorns: Shame, guilt, fear, or inherited trauma\u2014how do they shape identity?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">\n<p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">Trace the scars of compliance: Childhood lessons on obedience, silence, or self-sacrifice\u2014what did they cost you?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">\n<p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">Reveal moments of resistance: When did you first feel the thorn? How did you try to pull it out?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">\n<p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">Interrogate repression: What truths have you been forced to swallow? What happens when they claw their way back up?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">We want stories that draw blood, not for shock, but for honesty. This issue is a space for rage, grief, defiance, and the quiet acts of survival that keep us going. As t<\/span><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">he name reflects, we believe that growth often comes through puncture wounds and acknowledging the thorns is the first step toward healing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">With a focus on inclusivity, radical reflection, and unapologetic truth, this issue will confront the spines we\u2019ve been forced to swallow\u2014and the strength it takes to spit them out.<\/span><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">\u200b<\/span><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">PUBLICATION: September 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">Please read the guidelines before submitting your work. Any work that does not meet our guidelines will automatically be disqualified.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"T7n0L6\" role=\"listitem\">\n<div id=\"comp-kzq1x7ys__item-kes5qvaj\" class=\"comp-kzq1x7ys YzqVVZ wixui-repeater__item\">\n<div class=\"\" data-mesh-id=\"comp-kzq1x7ys__item-kes5qvajinlineContent\" data-testid=\"inline-content\">\n<div data-mesh-id=\"comp-kzq1x7ys__item-kes5qvajinlineContent-gridContainer\" data-testid=\"mesh-container-content\">\n<div data-mesh-id=\"comp-kzq1x7z7-rotated-wrapper\">\n<div id=\"comp-kzq1x7z7__item-kes5qvaj\" class=\"SsY_2i comp-kzq1x7z7\">\n<div class=\"UGHfip wixui-vertical-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"comp-kzq1x7zb__item-kes5qvaj\" class=\"Z_l5lU ku3DBC zQ9jDz qvSjx3 Vq6kJx comp-kzq1x7zb wixui-rich-text\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\">\n<h2 class=\"font_2 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">Guidelines<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"comp-kzq1x7zf__item-kes5qvaj\" class=\"Z_l5lU ku3DBC zQ9jDz qvSjx3 Vq6kJx comp-kzq1x7zf wixui-rich-text\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\">\n<p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">redrosethorns publishes original short stories, creative non-fiction, fiction, poems, prose, memoirs, academia and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\">\n<li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">\n<p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">Please submit your work through our secure online forms found on the right side of this page. You may submit your work either by uploading documents in PDF or Word format.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">(If you experience any issues with uploading your document, please reach out to us at\u00a0<a class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\" href=\"mailto:contact@redrosethorns.com\" data-auto-recognition=\"true\">contact@redrosethorns.com<\/a>.)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">\n<p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">All submissions must be uploaded to the forms portal on the right side of this page.<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">To comply with GDPR and CCPA requirements regarding the secure handling of personal data, we can only consider work submitted through our official submission portal. Please\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">do not<\/span><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">\u00a0email your manuscript to our email address.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\">\n<li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">\n<p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">Only submit work that has\u00a0not\u00a0previously been published, in print or online.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">\n<p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">You retain all copyrights of your work, and full license to use your work after\u00a0Thorn &amp; Bloom\u00a0publication.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">\n<p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">All written work needs to be 2500 words max.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">\n<p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">You can submit as many pieces as you wish, though only submit one piece at a time. Please note that not all pieces submitted may be selected.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">\n<p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">We do not charge for submissions, however, donations are always appreciated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">\n<p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">Please note that we do not offer compensation for pieces published in our publications. 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