{"id":7107,"date":"2025-07-31T19:12:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T23:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anovelapproach.ca\/submission_calendar\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=7107"},"modified":"2025-07-31T19:14:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T23:14:31","slug":"f-fiction-potluck-contest-siblings","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/anovelapproach.ca\/submission_calendar\/event\/f-fiction-potluck-contest-siblings\/","title":{"rendered":"F – Fiction Potluck Contest Theme for July 2025: Siblings"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FICTION POTLUCK<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n
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July Challenge:<\/span><\/h5>\n

Sibling Relationships<\/span><\/h3>\n

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up to 5,000 words<\/span><\/p>\n

Deadline: August 15<\/span><\/p>\n

Find submission links below the rules<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A Tip from our guest judge, Will Kelly:<\/span><\/h5>\n

I’m looking for plot driven narratives with strong characters. I enjoy reading slice-of-life pieces, where the characters feel three-dimensional and relatable. I want personality to take center stage, but that can come in a variety of ways: siblings banding together great, sibling rivalries awesome, siblings coming-of-age and learning about their true-selves amazing, siblings looking back on mistakes they’ve made works for me. Whatever genre you write best is what I want to read.<\/span><\/p>\n

Prizes!<\/h5>\n

This quarter is officially sponsored by\u00a0Duotrope<\/a><\/span>; the first place winner of this quarter’s challenge receives Duotrope service for free for two years (valued at $100)!<\/p>\n

The Basics<\/span><\/h2>\n

Fiction Potluck\u00a0is free to enter and open to fiction writers of all ages around the world. One entry per person per challenge.<\/span><\/p>\n

Submissions are accepted through Dropbox, Duosuma, and email (submissions [at] writersworkout.net).<\/span><\/p>\n

Submissions are accepted six weeks at a time, starting i<\/span>n\u00a0January,\u00a0April,\u00a0July, and\u00a0October. The challenge and guest judge will change each open period. The guest judge picks the challenge\u2014we never know what we’ll get!<\/span><\/p>\n

The selection team reads all entries that follow the submissions guidelines as explained below. Entries are read blind. The team chooses the finalists and contacts everyone.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Finalist author names and bios are posted on this page and announced in our monthly mailer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The guest judge reads the finalist pieces and chooses three winners. Each of the three winning pieces is published on our blog and linked through this page. Winning entries will be published as received.<\/span><\/p>\n

General Rules<\/span><\/h2>\n