{"id":7612,"date":"2025-11-28T00:02:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T05:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anovelapproach.ca\/submission_calendar\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=7612"},"modified":"2025-11-28T00:02:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T05:02:59","slug":"pfn-eternal-haunted-summer-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-the-good-neighbors","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/anovelapproach.ca\/submission_calendar\/event\/pfn-eternal-haunted-summer-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-the-good-neighbors\/","title":{"rendered":"PFN – Eternal Haunted Summer Seeking Submissions on the Theme: The Good Neighbors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Winter Solstice 2025: The Good Neighbors.<\/strong>\u00a0Submission Period: 1 November through 1 December 2025.<\/em>\u00a0The fae. The fair folk. The hidden ones. Send us your best poems, short stories, and essays about the fae as seen from a Pagan\/polytheistic, witchy, and mythological point of view. Send us poems about the peri of ancient Persia, Marie de France writing her famous lais, the favorite trees of the Good Neighbors, or Nicnevin of Scottish lore. Send us short stories about the armored fairies of the Orkney Islands, an urban fantasy about a lawyer who specializes in negotiating with fairies, a retelling of a classic fairy tale (with Fairy Godparent), or a story about a father trying to cure his child of elfshot. Send us essays about the impact of Lucy Allen Paton\u2019s research on later scholars, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle\u2019s Theosophical view of fairies, fairies as fallen angels, or the collection and composition of the Childe Ballads.<\/p>\n

Submission Guidelines<\/strong><\/p>\n

We\u2019re looking for hymns to Odin and Inanna and Sekhmet and Pele. Prayers to Hermes and Brigid and Asherah and Amaterasu-omikami. Short stories featuring (or otherwise referencing) Lugh and Yinepu and Hekate. Every poetic form, from sonnet to rhyming couplet to free form, is acceptable. There is no set length.<\/p>\n

Any genre of short story is welcome, from mystery to fantasy to true lifeish to reimaginings of classic myths, provided the Deities and heroes are treated respectfully (no bashing someone else\u2019s Gods, please!). Please limit your story to 3000 words or less (though a smidge over is fine).<\/p>\n

We are also interested in reviews of: classic works of literature (such as new translations of\u00a0The Eddas<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0The Iliad<\/strong>); books about the ancient world; books by modern Pagan authors about contemporary Paganism\/s; academic journals and popular magazines that deal with Pagan themes or issues of interest to Pagans, such as\u00a0The Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion<\/strong>,\u00a0Biblical Archaeology Review<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0witches&pagans<\/strong>; and comic books and graphic novels.<\/p>\n

We are also interested in essays that address the nature of the Deities, the mythologies of the various pantheons, folklore, ritual, et cetera and et cetera. So, for example, we would be keen to read your essay on Hermanubis and how He relates to Hermes and Anubis. Or, your essay examining primary sources for The Cailleach. Or, a discussion of the evolution of Veles from (benevolent) God of the Underworld to (Christian) demon and how Polish and Slavic Pagans are resurrecting His worship.<\/p>\n

Simultaneous submissions are fine, but please let us know as soon as possible if your work is accepted elsewhere.<\/p>\n

The Big No-Nos.<\/strong>\u00a0We absolutely WILL NOT accept submissions of writing or artwork created with AI software (e.g., Midjourney, ChatGPT). No generative AI. Any work must be wholly the creation of a human being. The use of assistive AI, such as spellcheck, is fine. In other words, use the tools to create something yourself, don\u2019t let the tools do the creating for you.<\/p>\n

Absolutely no ancient aliens. Pieces featuring Atlantis, Mu, UFOs, aliens, or subterranean civilizations, as well as levels of gore, violence, and sexual content will be judged on a submission by submission basis.\u00a0No plagiarism.<\/strong>\u00a0We trust you to be honest. If we discover that a submission has been plagiarized it will be rejected; if the discovery is made after publication, the submission will be removed and payment must be refunded to\u00a0EHS<\/strong>. And be prepared to be stomped by the Fates for your poor character.<\/p>\n

AI Training Prohibition:<\/strong>\u00a0The creators of the individual poems, short stories, essays, and other works that appear in\u00a0Eternal Haunted Summer<\/strong>\u00a0retain control of their work. The creators retain all rights to their work; the appearance of that work in\u00a0Eternal Haunted Summer<\/strong>\u00a0is agreed upon by both parties, and compensated as agreed. Any use of this publication and the works it contains to develop and \u201ctrain\u201d AI in any way, for any reason, is\u00a0prohibited without the express permission of the creator\/s<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Submission Address:<\/strong>\u00a0lyradora@yahoo.com<\/p>\n

Please be sure to note in the subject line if your submission is fiction, poetry, essay, or review.\u00a0Please only submit during the open reading period. Submitting outside of that window will make the editor very grumpy.<\/p>\n

While we have no doubt that everything you have written is absolutely amazing, please limit yourself to three poems; or one short story; or one essay; or three reviews per acceptance period. Please send all submissions as a .rtf or .txt or .doc\/.docx attachment, or in the body of the email, to\u00a0lyradora@yahoo.com<\/a>\u00a0during the acceptance period.<\/p>\n

EHS<\/strong>\u00a0will pay a flat rate of $5.00 for an original piece. We retain first electronic publishing rights. After the piece moves to the archives and the new issue is posted, all rights revert to the author. Payment will be made via PayPal. No checks or cash. If you do not have a PayPal account, payment may be made in the form of an online gift certificate to Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Bookshop.org, or Kobo (all purveyors of fine literature). All payments will be made before the issue is launched on the Solstice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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