{"id":7414,"date":"2025-09-29T21:30:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T01:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anovelapproach.ca\/submission_calendar\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=7414"},"modified":"2025-09-29T21:30:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T01:30:22","slug":"pfn-the-calendula-review-a-journal-of-narrative-medicine-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-of-dormancy","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/anovelapproach.ca\/submission_calendar\/event\/pfn-the-calendula-review-a-journal-of-narrative-medicine-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-of-dormancy\/","title":{"rendered":"PFN – The Calendula Review: A Journal of Narrative Medicine Seeking Submissions on the Theme of: Dormancy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Submission Guidelines<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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The theme for Issue 5 is Dormancy:<\/span><\/p>\n

As we approach these cooler months, we invite you to send us work that reflects on states of dormancy, whether they be chosen, given, natural, unnatural, imposed\u2014stories of time spent resting, sleeping, going under; the experiences of liminal states of consciousness, or unconsciousness. We invite you to explore the seasons through their ability to direct us into, and out of states of action; the longer nights; the way the earth changes\u2014how it buries itself, and its creatures, in survival-slumber; the way our bodies and minds adapt; what ails us, what gives us hope. Please feel free to interpret the theme in as many ways as it brings meaning to you.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Please read this page carefully as it shares important information on submission guidelines and terms. Please also read through the HIPAA identifiers as we abide by those for all work. We look forward to reading\/viewing your pieces!<\/span><\/p>\n

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W<\/span>e receive submissions<\/span>\u00a0through\u00a0TCRSubmissions@cnsu.edu<\/a>\u00a0only, and have two reading periods per\u00a0<\/span>year<\/span>\u00a0(spring and fall)<\/span>. Fall issues are themed, spring issues are not. We ask for\u00a0<\/span>your best\u00a0previously unpublished prose, poetry, and hybrid work<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>in the realm of Narrative Medicine\u00a0<\/span>when we are ope<\/span>n.\u00a0We ask that if your work was accepted in a previous issu<\/span>e, that you skip a submission period and wait till the next one\u00a0before submitting again<\/span>. If you sent us work that was not accepted, you may submit new pieces for consideration. You are welcome to\u00a0<\/span>send any questions via the\u00a0contact form<\/a>, however, any work sent outside reading periods, or using the contact form, will not be read.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Poetry: We accept up to 5 poems in whichever format you see fit, but\u00a0no more than five pages in all; Times New Roman, 12 pt. font in a Word file. If you have specific formatting for your poem or you have embedded text within an image, please state this in the description of your submission (you may send us a PDF for reference if this applies). We are open to hybrid poetry pieces that include visual and written elements.<\/span><\/p>\n

Prose: We accept prose submissions (both fiction and creative nonfiction)\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0up to 3000 words. Please double-space your work and use Times New Roman, 12 pt. font. Please send your piece in Word format. We accept up to three pieces of Flash at once as long as the culminating word count is under 3000 words. Please put all pieces in one document with clear titles for each.<\/span>\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n

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