{"id":6868,"date":"2025-05-28T12:42:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T16:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anovelapproach.ca\/submission_calendar\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=6868"},"modified":"2025-05-28T12:42:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T16:42:08","slug":"pfn-all-my-relations-seeking-submissions-on-volume-9s-theme-of-revolution","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/anovelapproach.ca\/submission_calendar\/event\/pfn-all-my-relations-seeking-submissions-on-volume-9s-theme-of-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"PFN – All My Relations Seeking Submissions on Volume 9’s Theme of: Revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"
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All My Relations<\/em>\u00a0is an art and literature magazine exploring themes of interconnectedness. Volume 9 explores the theme of \u201crevolution,\u201d and is open to racially and ethnically marginalized, gender variant, and disabled creatives only.<\/p>\n

Volume 1 explored the theme of familial (blood, adopted, affirming, community, or other \u201cfamily\u201d) loss or ancestry. Volume 2 explored the themes of colonization and decolonization. Volume 3 explored the theme of belonging. Volume 4 explored the themes of disability and accessibility. Volume 5 explored the theme of overcoming. Volume 6 explored the theme of resistance. Volume 7 explored the theme of rest. Volume 8 explored the theme of honoring our lost.\u00a0Read all the past volumes here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Too often we feel like revolutionary acts need to be larger than life, involving charismatic leaders, and so we get stuck doing nothing. But everything we do that runs counter to the colonial, capitalist, white supremacist world we live in\u00a0is<\/em>\u00a0the revolution.<\/h3>\n

\u2013 Chris Talbot<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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General Information & Volume 9’s Theme<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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We are not looking for<\/strong>\u00a0graphic or traumatic stories or dark fictional pieces written for shock value. We do not require that you center your or your relations\u2019 traumas. And we are not interested in the single story of harm and suffering.<\/p>\n

We are looking for<\/strong>\u00a0memories and imaginations of revolutions and revolutionaries, explanations of rituals and strategies to aid us in revolution, and envisioning a future following a successful revolution. We are looking for pieces that honor your experience, honor your journey, honor your imaginations, and\/or aid in communal healing and hope.<\/p>\n

We have a set of guidelines for what we will or will not read or publish for the emotional well-being of our readers<\/strong>\u00a0(internally and externally). Please review those guidelines (below) and only send us authentic, own voices (if applicable) pieces that follow them. (The principle of own voices means that pieces that refer to marginalized groups and their experiences are created by people who share that identity. Pieces that follow the principle of own voices reflect the contributors\u2019 own lived experiences and perspectives. Proximity to people with a lived experience is not a proxy for having that lived experience and will not be considered adhering to the own voices guideline.)<\/p>\n

We do not accept pieces that use AI content creation<\/strong>, including ChatGPT. AI content is plagiarism, even though the systems have been formulated to modify the end result from the stolen materials just enough to be indetectable and circumvent copyright laws.\u00a0AI copies existing works by existing creatives without their knowledge or consent. It is an inappropriate and inequitable tool for content submitted to\u00a0All My Relations<\/em>, especially as, at this time, the person using it can\u2019t track down and fairly compensate the original creators for their work.<\/p>\n

We are committed to editing with an equity lens<\/strong>, ensuring any edits are for clarity and not stylistic in nature. We are committed to never alter a writing style, the intention of a piece, or change the voice in any way. If we ever fail or come up short in this attempt, please do let us know.<\/p>\n

We are free to submit to and free to read. We will accept one written piece per person.<\/p>\n

Submissions are open and will close when we have reached 100 pages of content or July 5, whichever comes first.<\/strong>\u00a0To submit,\u00a0fill out our\u00a0submission form<\/a>\u00a0(one piece per entry in the form). Be sure to read all of our guidelines below before submitting.<\/p>\n

Because our issues often deal with mature topics, our publication is open to creatives aged 16+ only.<\/p>\n

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Submission Requirements<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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We expect submissions to be on the theme of \u201crevolution\u201d and submitted by racially or ethnically marginalized, gender variant, and\/or disabled creatives only.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We require\u00a0written submissions<\/strong>\u00a0to be under 5,000 words for fiction and nonfiction and under 5 pages for poetry, submitted in a Word Document or text file. PDFs will not be considered and will be rejected outright. Submissions must be in English as, unfortunately, that is the only language we can read. Do feel free to add words in a language other than English and we will consult Google or other resources, but the submission must be primarily in English.<\/p>\n

We require that you properly gender our editor.<\/strong>\u00a0Any submission that misgenders will be responded to unread. If you wish to address the editor, you can do so as editor, The Bitchin\u2019 Kitsch, The B\u2019K, or Chris. If you wish to speak about our editor, they use the pronouns they\/them.<\/p>\n

We will accept simultaneous submissions.<\/strong>\u00a0Please let us know if it is a simultaneous submission (in the \u201cAnything you want our editors to know about your piece\u201d section of the form) and\u00a0let us know as soon as you do<\/a>\u00a0if it has been accepted elsewhere and if you have permissions for it to appear as a reprint in this publication.<\/p>\n

Our form requires the following information:<\/strong>\u00a0your name as you\u2019d like it to appear, the name of the piece as you\u2019d like it to appear, trigger warnings if necessary, and answers to our identity questions.<\/p>\n

We aim to have a diverse publication from a diverse set of voices.<\/strong>\u00a0In order to make sure we do that, we need to know who you are. We will not deny someone based on identity unless it is deemed that the submission becomes inappropriate or appropriation due to the submitter\u2019s identity. Things that we would consider inappropriate or appropriation would include writing about what it\u2019s like to\u00a0be<\/em>\u00a0part of a historically marginalized community you do not belong to. We encourage people outside of the community to include people from historically marginalized communities, but we won\u2019t publish pieces that explain what it\u2019s like to\u00a0be<\/em>\u00a0part of those communities. We value inclusivity and believe the only way to do it right is with #OwnVoices.<\/p>\n

We don\u2019t want to read something that might be triggering without being in the right head space.<\/strong>\u00a0We would hate to deny something because it caught us off guard at a bad time. If appropriate, please include a trigger warning. Before you submit, make sure that it will not violate our submission guidelines (see the full list below).<\/p>\n

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List of Violations to Avoid<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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These are the things that will be rejected and could get you temporarily or permanently banned from\u00a0The B\u2019K<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0All My Relations<\/em>.<\/p>\n

If your submission violates any of the guidelines below, you will be informed and temporarily banned from submitting for one month\u2019s time.\u00a0A rejection for violating a guideline is not the start of an argument. You don\u2019t have to agree with our guidelines, but if you choose to submit to our publication, you have to follow our rules.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The temporary ban is as much for submitters as it is for us. We want to make sure that we are reviewing your submission with an open mind, and can\u2019t do that if you are rapid firing \u201cproof\u201d that you can write something else.<\/p>\n

If it is a flagrant violation or you argue with us or respond aggressively to a rejection for any reason, you will be permanently banned.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Likewise, even if your submissions to us are not problematic, but we are informed of problematic behavior outside of our publication against people from marginalized communities and can verify it,\u00a0<\/strong>you will not be welcome to our publication and we reserve the right to remove your work from past issues.<\/p>\n

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  • The piece implicates you in a crime.<\/li>\n
  • The piece is partially or fully plagiarized. This includes work that is AI-generated (AI is plagiarism \u2014 it copies existing works from existing creatives without their permission.) or the majority\/focus of the piece makes use of images that were not created by you (examples: photographs of murals \u2014 yes, you took the photograph, but the focus is on someone else\u2019s mural; collages where the collage pieces have not been radically altered and are therefore someone else\u2019s work).<\/li>\n
  • The piece uses fridging of marginalized people or children (the trope where a marginalized person is injured, killed, or demoralized in some way to move a privileged person\u2019s story or character development forward).<\/li>\n
  • The piece reduces people from marginalized genders or races to body parts, objects, or in another way dehumanizes them.<\/li>\n
  • The piece\u2019s main focus is sexual attraction or exploitation.<\/li>\n
  • The piece is erotica or is sexually explicit.<\/li>\n
  • The piece sexualizes a child. This means anyone under 18 years old, no matter what.<\/li>\n
  • The piece glorifies or sexualizes violence against marginalized genders.<\/li>\n
  • The piece mentions or implies molestation, sexual assault, or r*pe\n
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    • There is NO wiggle room on this. Our editor is a survivor and will not subject themself to the pain of reading this.<\/li>\n
    • Any violation of this guideline will result in an instant permanent ban from our publication. The trauma is too great and therapy is too expensive to deal with this.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • The piece includes content or slurs that could be considered racist, xenophobic, queerphobic, transphobic, sexist, misogynistic, fetishist, antisemitic, Islamophobic, ableist, audistic, or in any other way offensive to a protected class or minority. Your piece will be rejected\u00a0unless<\/em>\u00a0it is made clear within the piece or in an artist statement at the end that the behavior\/language is unacceptable, proper content warnings are provided, and the word is in some way censored in the piece (vowels replaced with * as an example we\u2019ve accepted). While I understand that some people are reclaiming words that have been used to disparage people that share an identity, not all our readers from that identity will be reclaiming that word and we need to think of their well-being as well.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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