"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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Friday Call for Submissions Love <3 Barking Sycamores

Barking Sycamores

Seeking Submissions on the theme of The Undiscovered Country  

Deadline: January 31, 2018.

From their website:

“Barking Sycamores is a literary journal entirely edited and operated by queer, neurodivergent people of color. We seek poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction,hybrid genre works (8,500 words or less), and art by neurodivergent writers and artists for our Issue 16. SUBMISSION PERIOD: December 1, 2017 – January 31, 2018.

Our theme for Issue 16 is “The Undiscovered Country.” We took our inspiration from the film Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, but you might also remember that the phrase “the undiscovered country” appears in Shakespeare’s Hamlet as the title character speaks of death: “from whose bourn no traveler returns.”

So, don’t limit yourselves to works that depict space exploration. We’re looking for creative pieces that explore themes of venturing into unknown lands, new ways of thinking, new interpersonal relationships, building new civilizations and cultures…you get the idea. We’re especially interested in works about journeys from which one does not expect to return unchanged, if one returns at all. We invite contributors to submit work that fits the theme as broadly or as narrowly as desired.

We also seek essays on the impact of neurodivergence on the creation of literary works (8,500 words or less) and book reviews (1,000 words or less).

The philosophy of our journal is unique, so we ask that interested creatives consult our submission guidelines before sending any work to us. Our guidelines are available on our Submittable page and on our general guidelines page.”

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Start the New Year by Sending Out Your Beautiful Work! Call for Submissions Love <3 HARTS & Minds Seeking Chromatography

HARTS & Minds is seeking submissions of original, creative work for our next issue: Chromatography.

Deadline: Feb 16, 2018
 
Open to interpretations of chromatography for creative work, including:
 
•    Colour symbolism
•    The materiality of colour – pigments, paints, textiles
•    Colour history
•    The significance of colour in different cultures
•    The effect of colour science and optics on the humanities
•    Synaesthesia, or hearing/tasting/smelling colour
•    Black and white or the ‘absence of colour’
•    Language and naming colour
•    Gendered, queer or so called ‘perverse’ colours
•    Colour and the emotions and the senses
•    Architectural colour and the environment
•    Colour theory
•    Natural vs. synthetic or unnatural colour
•    Colour in Advertising and Media
•    The psychology of colour
 
Submissions are open to poetry (3 short poems or 1 long poem), short stories, creative essays and book reviews (up to 4,000 words).
 
All submissions are accepted through e-mail at  editors@… until 16th February 2016.
 
Full guidelines and submission call can be found on their website
Follow them on Twitter @HartsMinds!

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Call for Submissions Love <3 K'in Seeking Poetry, Fiction, & Nonfiction

 

Reading Now For Our Inaugural Issue! 

Submission Details

Prose: 5000 words or less, open to content, form, structure.

Fiction: We welcome short stories of all shapes and sizes, from the mind-blowing traditional story to fiction that blurs the lines between forms, genre fiction, experimental fiction, etc. We also welcome flash and micro fiction.

Nonfiction: We’re looking for slow burns in a world of hot takes, questions asked instead of answers proved. We welcome a wide variety of nonfiction—traditional essay, narrative nonfiction, micro/flash memoir—and encourage experimentation, though not at the expense of factual truth. Too many true stories go untold, and we want to offer space to honor those voices.

Poetry: 3-5 poems, open to content, form, structure. Please don’t forget the power voice, sound, and time can have in poetry.

For all submissions, simultaneous submissions are permitted, but please let us know. To withdraw one part of a submission, please add a note in Green Submissions so that the information is instantly available to all editors. We will not process emailed withdrawal requests.
Experimental, traditional, playful, prayerful, celebratory, challenging: human—try us. Show us a new way to tell one of the millions of stories under that glorious sun.

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Complete Submission Guidelines Here 

 

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Friday Call for Submissions Love <3 Offbeat

The Offbeat: Call for Submissions

Submissions accepted year-round.

 From their call: 

“The Offbeat is calling for the thought-provoking, the humorous, and the quirky to submit work for our next volume! We’re looking for unique works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and sequential art. Submit writing that is intriguing and “off the beaten path,” but not unnecessarily explicit. Please go to offbeat.msu.edufor guidelines and to submit up to 3 poems or flash pieces (under 1000 words each), sequential art not exceeding 10 pages, or other pieces under 4,000 words. Simultaneous submissions will be accepted, but please inform us immediately if your work is being published elsewhere.”

Visit Offbeat HERE

Submission Guidelines HERE

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Friday Call For Submissions Love <3 Broadsided Press Seeking Ekphrastic Writing

Ekphrastic Writing Wanted

Bearing Arms:  Responding to Guns in American Culture

Deadline: December 27, 2017

Fee: $3

From their call: 

“We have, according to the constitution, the right “to keep and bear arms” in the United States.  But how, in the wake of Las Vegas, Pulse, Sandy Hook, Trayvon Martin, and other abuses of firearms—by citizens and in some cases by those trained to protect and serve—do we bear that right?  How do we bear it?

At Broadsided, we believe that art and literature belong in our daily lives. They inspire and demonstrate the vitality and depth of our connection with the world. We had to speak out—we had to make a space for you to speak out—on this issue…

We now ask you to respond with words.  Below are six works of visual art.  When you submit your writing, be sure to be clear as to which piece you are responding.

GUIDELINES: Our general guidelines for length apply.  There is a special button on Submittable for this feature.  The form asks you to indicate which artwork you are responding to.  If you respond to multiple pieces, please make sure the correlation is clear on your submission itself. Because poem and image will be presented together as a broadside, we are most interested in writing that opens new engagements with the art….”

To view the Visual Art and Get Full Submission Details, visit HERE 

Submit HERE

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Friday Call for Submissions Love <3 The Boiler Seeking Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Art

The Boiler 

Submission Period: Dec 15, 2017-Feb 15, 2018

From their guidelines page: 

“The Boiler publishes new and emerging writers on a quarterly basis.

Check submission periods below for our next cycle.

SPRING issue | Dec. 15 – Feb. 15
SUMMER issue | March 15 – May 15
FALL issue | June 15 – Aug. 15
WINTER issue | Sept. 15 – Nov. 15

We’re hungry for your best stuff.

We’re advocates of the writing we publish. Give us something to talk about.

Please note that we try to respond as quickly as possible, but please let us know if we take longer than 3 months to get back to you.”

Detailed Guidelines HERE

Visit & Read The Boiler HERE: 

 

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Flash Fiction Contest Call For Submissions Love <3 Streetlight Mag

From my sister-friend Trudy Hale, owner of the fabulous Porches Writers Retreat. 

Trudy wants y’all to get your Flash on! 🙂

 

Streetlight Magazine CONTEST DETAILS:

Send us your flashiest flash fiction, up to 800 words in length.

Please submit only one story per entry–multiple entries are permitted.

Prizes: 1st ($125), 2nd ($75) and 3rd ($50) cash prizes; winners will be chosen by our judges Erika Raskin & Suzanne Freeman.

Winners will be announced on Feb. 15, 2018 and all winning entries will be published in Streetlight.
Additionally, all contest entries will be further considered by our editors for general publication in Streetlight’s fiction category.

Deadline for entries is January 31, 2018 (midnight EST).

Please do not submit previously published work, and please notify us immediately if a piece is accepted elsewhere. Submissions fee: $10.

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Some Call for Submissions Love! K’in, a New Journal Seeking Diverse Voices

K’in, a brand new online literary journal, is seeking submissions of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction for our inaugural issue, set to be released May 2018.

We’re particularly interested in work from writers of color, women, persons with disabilities, members of the LGBTQ community, and others from underrepresented /marginalized communities. 
Experimental, traditional, playful, prayerful, celebratory, challenging: human—try us. Show us a new way to tell one of the millions of stories under that glorious sun.

Visit K’in!

Submission Guidelines

General:

We publish two issues a year—May 1 and November 1—and have reading periods from November 1-March 31 and June 1-September 30.

Submissions are accepted only through Green Submissions. Please include a brief cover letter and bio of not more than 50 words.

For all submissions, please include name and contact information on the document as well as in the online form. All submissions should be formatted with 1-inch margins and numbered pages. Prose manuscripts should be double-spaced.

Do not send previously published work (either print or online, including personal blogs). Upon submission to K’in, you agree that your work is original, unpublished, and that you are the author.

If accepted, K’in acquires First North American Serial Rights and First Electronic Rights. All rights revert to the writer after publication. Contributors agree to credit K’in if the work is subsequently reproduced online or in print.

Submissions will be responded to within three months. If you haven’t heard from us after three months, feel free to inquire by sending us a note through Green Submissions. For any work that is accepted, we will require an updated bio of not more than fifty words and a professional quality author photo. 

As much as we would love to be able to pay our contributors, unfortunately we are not able to do so. This is a labor of love for all of us, and we will do our best to honor and promote your work. 

Submission Details

Prose: 5000 words or less, open to content, form, structure.

Fiction: We welcome short stories of all shapes and sizes, from the mind-blowing traditional story to fiction that blurs the lines between forms, genre fiction, experimental fiction, etc. We also welcome flash and micro fiction.

Nonfiction: We’re looking for slow burns in a world of hot takes, questions asked instead of answers proved. We welcome a wide variety of nonfiction—traditional essay, narrative nonfiction, micro/flash memoir—and encourage experimentation, though not at the expense of factual truth. Too many true stories go untold, and we want to offer space to honor those voices.

Poetry: 3-5 poems, open to content, form, structure. Please don’t forget the power voice, sound, and time can have in poetry.

For all submissions, simultaneous submissions are permitted, but please let us know. To withdraw one part of a submission, please email us at kinliteraryjournal (at) gmail (dot) com 

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(Note: Although K’in is currently housed at Longwood University, we do not accept submissions from current students or employees of Longwood.)

 

 

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Call for Submissions Again :-) Spank the Carp Seeking Submissions

I love this publication. Check it out! 
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS to SPANK the CARP. 

We’re looking for flash fiction, short stories, and poetry, including shape poetry. 
If your work is thought-provoking, sophisticated, yet not pretentious or obscure, we’re interested. 
For submission guidelines and more information visit 

www.spankthecarp.com

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Friday Call for Submissions Love <3 K'in Wants Diverse Voices!

K’in: A New Journal Celebrating The Diversity of Voices Under Our One Sun

Now Reading for Our Inaugural Issue!

Seeking fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry for our inaugural issue, set to go live May 1, 2018.

About K’in

K’in is the part of the ancient Mayan Long Count Calendar system which corresponds to one day. It is the smallest unit of Maya time to be counted, and a common translation of the word means “one passage under the sun,” and it is this translation that moves us, as editors, as readers, and as writers ourselves, the recognition of how, all over the planet, the stories, the poetry, the moment-to-moment memoirs, of what it means to be human are being written every day.

We are determined to do what we can to celebrate the breathtaking range of beauty and diversity to be found each day, under that one sun. Our goal is to create a publication that makes a place for that range, for those diverse experiences, particularly making space for marginalized and underrepresented voices.

We are, all of us, so much more alike than we are different. We are, each of us, glorious, as glorious as that sun. And every voice matters.

Submission Details

Two issues a year—May 1 and November 1—reading periods from November 1-March 31 and June 1-September 30.

No previously published work. Simultaneous okay. Submissions are accepted only through Green Submissions. Please include a brief cover letter and bio of not more than 50 words.

As much as we would love to be able to pay our contributors, unfortunately we are not able to do so. This is a labor of love for all of us, and we will do our best to honor and promote your work.

Experimental, traditional, playful, prayerful, celebratory, challenging: human—try us. Show us a new way to tell one of the millions of stories under that glorious sun.

Visit K’in Website Here! 

Detailed Submission Guidelines Here! 

 

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