{"id":6742,"date":"2025-04-22T19:06:59","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T23:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anovelapproach.ca\/submission_calendar\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=6742"},"modified":"2025-04-22T19:07:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T23:07:30","slug":"pfn-call-for-submissions-to-icebreakers-lit-theme-close-encounters","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/anovelapproach.ca\/submission_calendar\/event\/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-icebreakers-lit-theme-close-encounters\/","title":{"rendered":"PFN – Call for Submissions to Icebreakers Lit. Theme: Close Encounters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Theme (Close Encounters)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Icebreakers wants your almost, maybes. Your brushes with the other worldly. Your longings. Send us your work that explores your interpretation of “close encounters” (Aliens in no way required. Though of course we still love them <3 ).<\/p>\n

Collaboration<\/strong><\/p>\n

At our minty liquid core, Icebreakers is about fostering connection within the lit community. As such, general and themed submissions should \u00a0be the work of two or more authors \/ artists (no max). If you\u2019re coming to the party with collaborators already in mind, great! If not, please \u00a0see our \u201cspin the bottle\u201d opportunity\u00a0here.<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

What we accept<\/strong><\/p>\n

Icebreakers is interested in poetry, flash, fiction, essays, creative nonfiction (CNF), that weird little thing you wrote in your notes app but don\u2019t know what to call, etc. We want your art, and we know that art comes in many glorious forms. We aren\u2019t too picky about rules, but to keep this reasonable, here are a few requests:<\/p>\n