"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

Posts tagged ‘personal essay’

Friday Call for Submissions Love <3 The Hunger

The Hunger: Seeking Submissions of Visceral Writing and Artwork

Deadline: December 15 (Rolling)

“Send us work that bleeds. We want to be devoured.”

 

The Hunger is a new journal of visceral writing that publishes fiction, poetry, nonfiction, hybrid work, and visual art in three issues yearly, appearing in the Winter, Spring, and Fall. The theme of “hunger” is not confined only to food, but hungers and thirsts of all kinds: the craving for connection, the human need to be filled or emptied, the devastating desires that define our most alive moments. 

For full submission guidelines visit www.thehungerjournal.com/submit.

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Daily Prompt Love <3 What We Yearn For

3 November 2017

Make art about deep longing, about where longing lives in the body. 

longing

 

Daily Prompt Love <3 Making Contact

2 November 2017 

Make art about eye contact. 

eye contact

Daily Prompt Love Catch-Up <3 Haints & Saints

30 October 2017

Make art about recovery.

recovery

31 October 2017

Make art about what’s haunting you.

haunting you

1 November 2017

At twelve, I took my confirmation name from St. Margaret of Scotland, wife of King Malcolm, who was particularly known for feeding the poor, for, though she was a queen, going out among them daily, and for inviting hundreds of the poor into the castle to eat.

It’s All Saints Day.

Make art about a saint.

St MArgaret

Daily Prompt Love <3 Warning

29 October 2017

Make art about the side effects. 

side effects

 

Daily Prompt Love <3 Persistence, Resilience

28 October 2017 

Make art about the shapes of persistence, of resilience. 

shape of persistence

 

 

 

Friday Call for Submissions Love <3 Leaping Clear

Leaping Clear Accepting Submissions for Spring 2018 Issue

Deadline: January 1, 2018

Their call: 

“Leaping Clear is dedicated to featuring accomplished artists and writers worldwide who work from a ground of contemplative practice. We present both emerging and established writers and artists from diverse backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives. We accept all forms of contemporary writing, art, music, and video. We value art that asks, “What is this?” and invites readers/viewers/listeners to explore deeply the difficulties, wonders, perplexities, joys, and mysteries of being alive now. For our next issue, we’re especially interested in fiction, essays, prose poems, and hybrid forms.”

Visit www.leapingclear.org for more information.

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Sick for a Week Prompt Catch-Up! 7 New Prompts!

21 October 2017

Make art about feeling like you can’t speak, about not saying things you need to say, about self-silencing.

silenced

22 October 2017

Make art about being new to language, a child learning language.

baby language

23 October 2017

Make art about the first naming of things.

naming

24 October 2017

Make art about a fever.

fever

25 October 2017

Make art about long sleep.

sleep dreams

26 October 2017

Make art about seeing the web.

matrix

27 October 2017

Make art about seeing the doctor.

doctor

Friday Call for Submissions Love <3 The Rush

The Rush

Call for Submissions

From their call:
“We are officially open for submissions in fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and visual art & photography. We seek high-energy pieces that reflect the rush of life, and we are delighted in our ability to pay writers.”
 
All submissions must be submitted through Submittable by November 15, 2017.
 
Submissions: https://therushmag.submittable .com/submit
 
Visit The Rush Website

 

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Daily Prompt Love <3 Asking

20 October 2017

Make art about what we really want to ask, but don’t. 

what we want to ask

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