{"id":6655,"date":"2025-03-26T23:20:32","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T03:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anovelapproach.ca\/submission_calendar\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=6655"},"modified":"2025-03-26T23:22:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T03:22:22","slug":"f-trash-cat-lit-flash-pop-up-spring-2025-theme-collectors-special-collections","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/anovelapproach.ca\/submission_calendar\/event\/f-trash-cat-lit-flash-pop-up-spring-2025-theme-collectors-special-collections\/","title":{"rendered":"F – Trash Cat Lit Flash Pop-Up Spring 2025 Theme: Collectors & Special Collections"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Just like all trashcan dwelling critters, we\u2019re looking for treasure in unexpected places.<\/p>\n

Like the tenacious fungi and beetles that thrive in dark, abandoned spaces.
\nThe plant that discovers a sliver of soil in an
\nocean of paving slabs,
\nthen blooms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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For this special issue of Trash Cat Lit, we want stories about characters with special collections.<\/p>\n

We want weird and creepy, strange and magical,
\nkitsch and retro, disturbing and diabolical.<\/p>\n

Give us your characters pretty things, tatty things, special hand-me-down things. Their secret things, displayed things, haunting things and first-things-they\u2019d-save-from-a-fire-things.<\/p>\n

Collections that bring joy, sadness, nostalgia, fear.
\nThat take up just an inch of shelf space or are crowding someone out of their home, or their mind.<\/p>\n

coins, spells, teapots, heartbreaks, plants, books, vinyl, scars, memories, thimbles, clocks, skulls, wine, taxidermy, souls, cameras, postcards, antiques, butterflies, nightmares, maps, video games, cigarette cards, seeds, lies, puzzles, cassette tapes<\/p>\n

You can write in any genre you prefer.
\nBe romantic with a collection of rare roses in a secret garden,
\nor surreal with a room full of sentient porcelain dolls,
\nor sci-fi with an alien\u2019s collection of humans.<\/p>\n

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This theme lends itself to the humorous, the strange,
\nthe horrific and the magical, as well as contemporary stories all about human truth.<\/p>\n

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What Trash Cat Wants<\/h2>\n

We love a really good story with a compelling voice.
\nStart strong, finish with a punch, leave us with your words lingering long after we turn off the lights\u2026<\/p>\n

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Submission Guidelines<\/h2>\n
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