"This work is unlike any other, in its range of rich, conjuring imagery and its dexterity, its smart voice. Carroll-Hackett doesn’t spare us—but doesn’t save us—she draws a blueprint of power and class with her unflinching pivot: matter-of-fact and tender." —Jan Beatty

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Sometimes the Prompt Comes in Intervals

11/17/2015
Daily Prompt
 
Kept hittin the snooze button 🙂 
Make art about the need to keep dreaming.
snooze_button

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100s of Writing and Creativity Prompts!

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Don’t forget to check out the hundreds of writing and creativity prompts here on the Writing Prompts Page!

Pass it on! The more beauty we bring to this troubled world the better!

https://marycarrollhackett.com/writing-prompts/

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Daily Prompt Catch-Up!

11/14/2015

Met up with sweet friends to commemorate the anniversary of my brother’s death. Make art about a difficult anniversary.

11/15/2015

House filled with family, and ghosts. Make art about what haunts you.

11/16/2015

“I once was a child am a child am someone’s child”~Victoria Chang

Make art about feeling like a child.

 

ghost child

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Monday Must Read! Jenny Sadre-Orafai: Paper, Cotton, Leather

 

sadre-orafaiMonday Must Read! 

This week meet Jenny Sadre-Orafai, the author of Paper, Cotton, Leather (Press 53) and four chapbooks. Recent poetry has appeared in Tammy, Loose Change, Bear Review, Linebreak, Redivider, Eleven Eleven, Thrush Poetry Journal, PANK, and Rhino. Her prose has appeared in The Los Angeles Review, The Rumpus, The Toast, and South Loop Review. She is co-founding editor of Josephine Quarterly and an Associate Professor of English at Kennesaw State University.

Jenny’s Website!

http://www.jennysadre-orafai.com

Get Jenny’s Book

Paper, Cotton, Leather (Press 53)

http://www.press53.com/bioJennySadreOrafai.html

Read Jenny’s Work Online

Poetry

“The Burn I Put” in Bear Review

http://issuu.com/bearreview/docs/bear_review_1.1/1

“How Much Gospel” in Loose Change

http://loosechangemagazine.org/jenny-sadre-orafai52/

“The Morning of Your 35th Birthday” in Linebreak

https://linebreak.org/poems/the-morning-of-your-35th-birthday/

“Karaj” in Thrush

http://www.thrushpoetryjournal.com/may-2014-jenny-sadre-orafai.html

Creative Non-Fiction

“Kamehameha The Great” in The Rumpus

http://therumpus.net/2012/05/kamehameha-the-great/

“Live Bears “ in The Toast

http://the-toast.net/2014/02/05/live-bears-on-living-in-tourist-towns/

“The Prettiest Girls in the World Are Born in Alabama in The Rumpus

http://therumpus.net/2014/01/the-prettiest-girls-in-the-world-are-born-in-alabama/

Hear Jenny read!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCYioPwKz1I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZScp7oxC9U

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Friday Call for Submissions Love! Posit: A Journal of Literature & Art

Friday Call for Submissions Love! 

Posit: A Journal of Literature & Art 

Posit considers submissions between September 1st and May 31st, via Submittable.

Posit publishes four issues per year of finely crafted contemporary literary and visual art. Due to the large number of excellent submissions we receive, we are currently reading for publication in mid- and late- 2016. We are looking for innovation, aesthetic vision, and accomplished craftsmanship. Our tastes are non-sectarian, with an interest in the experimental. We accept simultaneous submissions, but please notify us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere.

Posit considers only unpublished written work, and acquires first-time North American rights upon publication. Thereafter, all rights revert to the author, and the work may be reprinted as long as appropriate acknowledgement to Posit is made. No such restrictions apply to visual art submissions.

  • Poetry: 3-6 poems, no line limits, but no epics, please.
  • Fiction and hybrids: 1000 words or less.
  • Visual Art: Please submit six to twelve jpeg images, an inventory list, an artist’s statement and a one-paragraph bio.
  • Film and animation: no longer than 3 minutes, please.

See Posit’s website for complete details.

 

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Special Sunday Call for Submissions! SubTerrain

 

SubTerrain

Issue #73 (Spring) – Theme: “SECRETS”

Deadline: February 15, 2016 (postmarked—can also submit online via Submittable. See their website for more info).

Poetry, fiction, nonfiction exploring the idea of secrecy. Personal, corporate, governmental, military—secrecy is used to cement personal relationships, to guarantee state security, to harbour knowledge. Some consider secrecy one of the main sources of human conflict. “We intend to open the doors on the subTerrain confessional.”

For submission instructions, see Writer’s Guidelines: www.subterrain.ca

 

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Friday Call for Submissions Love! New Journal: Mockingheart Review

 

MockingHeart Review

Deadline: December 1, 2015

Call for Inaugural Issue: Submissions for the inaugural issue of MockingHeart Review open November 1, 2015 and close December 1, 2015. We favor poems that express the complexities of the human heart in clear, precise, and lyrical language. Poems should call out to us, not let us sleep or turn away. Bring us poems that gleam and palpitate with intimacy. We seek visionary works that are visceral and that will leave us emotionally undone. We encourage poems that speak to the personal and political inasmuch as the political relates to the person/a. We accept poetry only. Prose poems are welcome.

Guidelines:

We accept poetry only. Prose poems are welcome.
Works that require extensive special formatting are discouraged.  Our apologies in advance.

Here is a .pdf of Frequently Asked Questions for submitting poetry that generally apply:  How to Submit Poetry

We seek works of the highest literary quality. We expect your best work in its final form.

We favor poems that express the complexities of the human heart in clear, precise, and lyrical language. We want poems that call out to us, that won’t let us sleep or turn away. Bring us poems that gleam and palpitate with intimacy. We hope for visionary works that are visceral and that will leave us emotionally undone. We encourage poems that speak to the personal and political inasmuch as the political relates to the person/a.

We believe metaphors. Entrance us with imagery that transforms. We are especially intrigued by imaginative language which melds the real to the surreal, and are pleased when this is done well through artful craft. We question reality. So should your poems.

We do not like poems that utilize clichés or are not finely wrought. We shy away from experimental verse, unless it appeals to our aesthetic and succeeds in moving us. We want works that convey meaning and possess emotional impact, or convince us there is no meaning to be understood.

We favor poems of shorter length, generally of a line length of 30. There is room for flexibility regarding this.

If you are unsure if your work falls within these guidelines, send it to us anyway. We will respond during the selection process and may be able to help to further clarify through conversation.

Your publishing history does not matter, but the quality of the work does.

Our issues will showcase only the best selected works. We will publish issues (3) three times a year.

Unpublished poems only. Simultaneous submissions okay, if the Editor is notified immediately of publication elsewhere. Expect to hear from us in less than (4) four weeks’ time.

Submissions outside of reading periods, unless solicited, will be ignored. If your work has been accepted for an issue, please wait six months before submitting again, within an open submission period. Also, please wait to hear from us regarding a submission before sending more work.

MockingHeart Review cannot pay our contributors at this time.  Rights revert to author upon publication, although MockingHeart Review reserves the right to anthologize, in printed or electronic format, material originally published here. If work that has appeared in this journal subsequently appears elsewhere, the editor requests MockingHeart Review be acknowledged as the place of first publication.

Submissions for the Inaugural Issue will open November 1, 2015 and close at midnight December 1, 2015.

Website: mockingheartreview.com.

Email: mockingheartreview@gmail.com

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Daily Prompt: Trauma & Becoming

Daily Prompt
 
I am not who I was 5 years ago.
 
Make art about the Becoming after trauma.trauma
 
#writingprompt #art #poetry #fiction #nonfiction #wordsmatter #trauma #ptsd

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Friday Call for Submissions Love! Twisted Vine

 

 Friday Call for Submissions Love!

Twisted Vine

Open for Fall Submissions

Deadline: November 15, 2015

Produced by graduate students in the Interdisciplinary Studies Department at Western New Mexico University, Twisted Vine Literary Arts Journal is a multidisciplinary focused arts journal currently seeking literary fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, interviews, drama, cross-genre, and visual art for fall 2015. While we love prose with a strong narrative voice and poetry that highlights concrete images, we also appreciate non-linear and experimental work. Issues are published biannually online at the end of each semester. Please visit www.twistedvine.org for more information. We look forward to reading your work.

Guidelines

Twisted Vine Literary Arts Journal is committed to showcasing undiscovered talent in the literary and visual arts. Twisted Vine seeks to publish an eclectic mix of ideas and values. We are open to all genres, though we have a special affinity for hybrid works that transcend traditional genres. The editors of Twisted Vine strongly encourage submissions that are interdisciplinary in nature (poetry about math is one example), progressive, and unexpected.

All written material submitted should be in Arial or Times New Roman 12 point font, double spaced, and adhere to basic guidelines of grammar and spelling (with obvious exceptions for creative license).

Twisted Vine reads blind, so we ask that you do not include any identifying information within your submission.  

Once a submission is selected for publication, the contributor’s name will be revealed to the staff, and additional information may be requested. We make every attempt to respond to all submissions within 2 months. Editors may provide specific feedback on works submitted but there is no guarantee.

Please limit submissions to one document, video, or collection of images per genre category at one time. If you are submitting poetry, please include no more than six (6) poems in a single document. If your submission includes more than one file, please use one ZIP file before submitting. Once you have received a response from us, you are welcome to submit again. We are looking for quality over quantity.

Twisted Vine is not interested in gratuitous sex or violence. Please keep all submissions “PG-13.”

We only accept original, unpublished material. We consider any work that is available for public viewing on social media, personal websites/blogs, or any other open source to be previously published.

If your submission is accepted elsewhere please notify us immediately by adding a note to your submission in Submittable.

Fiction Guidelines

Please limit short fiction to 4,500-5,000 words. Fiction genre includes but is not limited to romance, fantasy, science fiction, mystery, etc. We are looking to compile a diverse and eclectic body of work that represents the interdisciplinary theme of our journal. Stories should have strong narration, character development, plot, and so forth.

Creative Non-Fiction Guidelines

Creative non-fiction submissions are limited to 4,500 words. We are looking for eclectic submissions in this genre that compliment our cross-disciplinary focus. We are open to a broad range of material, however your submission must remain literary in essence.

Poetry Guidelines

Twisted Vine accepts both traditional and experimental poetry. We do not adhere to any specific guidelines for style or content and only ask that your poems reflect artistic excellence. We highly encourage poems that represent interdisciplinary themes.

Please submit no more than six (6) poems per document. Along with the written version of the poem, contributors are welcome to submit audio or video readings of their poetry for consideration on our website as well.

Art Guidelines

We accept original graphic art, photography, paintings/drawings, cartoons and all others forms of visual art in .jpg or .jpeg format. We are not genre specific, but will give preference to pieces that capture the spirit of our interdisciplinary theme.

You may submit up to six (6) images that represent a cohesive collection. If submitting more than one image, please title each image file with the same name and corresponding numbers (example: Carnival1, Carnival2, Carnival3, etc) and submit as a ZIP file. Editors reserve the right to publish any part or all of a collection submitted.

Interview Guidelines



Twisted Vine accepts audio, video, and transcribed interviews. Please limit all audio and video submissions to 10 minutes or less in length and all transcribed interviews to 4,500 words or less. Stylistically, we want interviews that discuss cross-disciplinary studies, literature, and, the arts at large. The edgier the better, but keep it above the belt.


Video Guidelines



We are looking for short, experimental videos with an interdisciplinary approach to artistic and literary subject matter. We are open to a wide range of possibilities in this category and will know what we like when we see it. We prefer videos under 5 minutes and definitely no longer than 10 minutes in length. Please polish your work as needed (before submitting) so that you are exhibiting the best of what you have to offer. Please, no unsolicited series, newsreels, or readings of unoriginal work.

For more on what we’re looking for, please check out our editor’s interview with Jim Harrington on Six Questions For…

Twisted Vine is currently a non-paying market.

Twisted Vine website: http://www.twistedvine.org/

Editor/General Questions:  twistedvine.ce1@gmail.com

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Daily Prompt Catch-Up :-)

Daily Prompt Catch-Up 🙂 

10/15/2015
I have one dog who thinks she’s Houdini, constantly coming up with magic ways to get out of my fenced yard. Make art about escape.

10/16/2015
“The sky hangs up its starry pictures: a swan, a crab, a horse”~Barbara Crooker Make art inspired by constellations.

10/17/2015
I’m conducting a workshop this weekend on Writing Prayer. Write your own prayer, or chant, or gratitude letter. Make art that is prayer.

10/18/2015
Nighttime & Dreams Daily Prompt
Last night I dreamt my beautiful friend Beth and I were escorting a huge group–hundreds–of people on some kind of trek to safety through a beautiful wild desert-like landscape. Beth walked in the front of the long long line of people, and I covered the back, making sure we lost no one. I carried a small child, a little boy with outrageously blue eyes, on my hip, We had planned for years for the time when we would have to do this, and so we knew what we had to do to get them where we were taking them safely. It felt good and strong and somehow celebratory, despite knowing it was a rescue and there was so much that had to be done. I was very glad to have Beth there with me.
Make art about rescue.

10/19/2015
First frost of the fall 🙂  My cold frames are keeping the winter garden safe. Make art about protecting something from the cold.

10/20/2015
Today included seriously the most amazing nap 🙂  Make art about naps.

10/21/2015
Thinkin on Call & Response. Call and response is a form of “spontaneous verbal non-verbal interaction between speaker and listener in which all of the statements (‘calls’) are punctuated by expressions (‘responses’) from the listener.” Make art using a call & response exchange.

call & response

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