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Posts tagged ‘short story’

Daily Prompt Love <3 What We Inherit

10 October 2017

Make art inspired by this quote: 

When born you inherit what’s burning.~Liam Rector 

liam

Daily Prompt Love <3

9 October 2017

Make art about what balance means. 

balance

Call for Submissions Love <3 In Laymen's Terms: Innovation

In Layman’s Terms Seeks Submissions Related to Theme of Innovation

Deadline: January 7, 2018

 

In Layman’s Terms seeks submissions related to the theme of “Innovation.”

“We welcome poetry, creative nonfiction, photography, and visual art that showcases ingenious designs, technology, and structures, whether made by humans or found in nature. From duct tape to tools used by New Caledonian crows, we want to know about inventive solutions to problems. No fee to submit.”

For full submission guidelines, visit www.iltreview.com/submit 

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Daily Prompt Catch-Up <3 7 New Prompts!

2 October 2017

Make art about the fear behind hate.

fear behind hate

3 October 2017

Make art about the soundtrack of your life.

tom petty

4 October 2017

Make art about losing your grasp.

losing grasp

5 October 2017

Make art about being let down.

disappoitnment

6 October 2017

Make art about what’s out of place.

out of place

7 October 20017

Make art about coming together.

come together

8 October 2017

Make art about remembering what you need.

what you need

Daily Prompt Catch-Up <3 11 New Prompts!

21 September 2017

Make art about redefining what home means.

home

22 September 2017

Make art about building or tearing down fences.

fences

23 September 2017

Make art about the power of repetition.

repetition

24 September 2017

Make art about genetic memory.

genetic memory

25 September 2017

Make art about your last encounter with an angel.

angel

26 September 2017

Make art about dissent.

dissent

27 September 2017

Make art about healing touch.

healing touch

28 September 2017

Make art about that neighbor.

neighbor

29 September 2017

Make art about responding to hate with unity and grace.

no hate

30 September 2017

Make art about what’s present in the absence.

absence

1 October 2017

Make art about stepping away.

stepping away

Friday Call for Submissions Love <3 Placeholder

 Placeholder Magazine Seeking Submission 

No submission fee. Year-round reading period. Seeking original poetry, nonfiction, fiction, and visual arts.
From their call: “Placeholder Magazine is a fiercely independent critical voice covering contemporary arts, culture, and literature. We are a not-for-profit arts organization led entirely by volunteers. Through print and digital mediums, we provide an accessible forum for diverse voices.”


To see what has been published on Placeholder check out their website: www.placeholdermag.com


Their Guidelines
Nonfiction:
Nonfiction includes news articles, opinion pieces, how-to articles, profile and interview pieces, exposés, human interest articles, essays, humor and satire, historical articles, inspirational pieces, research articles, and round-ups. We’re open to a lot. Surprise us!


We accept all narrative styles and forms. Send us your masterpiece! Short stories must be under 6,000 words.


Poetry:Fiction:
Poetry can be of any length, style, or topic. You may send up to 5 poems at a time.


Visual Media:
Art and Photography must have a quality of 72+ DPI, without a watermark. Please include a description of your work/submission. Accepted file types are JPG, JPEG, PNG and total email file size should be under 10MB. Can be individual images or a series/project. If it is a project and file size exceeds 10MB, send it through Google Drive or Dropbox.


Submissions:
To submit your work, email to submissionsATplaceholdermagDOTcom. Please include the type of submission in the subject line (Example: Opinion Submission, Photo Submission, Satire Submission, etc.)

For more information regarding submissions please visit: www.placeholdermag.com/get-involved/

 
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Friday Call for Submissions Love <3 Tinge Magazine

TINGE Magazine

TINGE Magazine, Temple University’s online literary journal, is seeking submissions of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction.
T
he submission period for the next issue is open from September 1 until November 1, 2017.

Please go to tingemagazine.org for more information.

Submissions Guidelines Here

Daily Prompt Catch-Up! 25 New Prompts!

8 August 2017

Make art about heat rising, literal or metaphorical.

fire

 

 

9 August 2017

Make art about the smell of soil.

soil 2

 

10 August 2017

Make art about what you see in an animal’s eyes.

Moco Elegance

11 August 2017

It’s my brother Bill’s birthday. He would have been 48.

Make art about brotherly love, about real acts of brotherly love.

bill 1

12 August 2017

Make art leaning in, about what it means to you to lean in.

leaning 2

 

 

13 August 2017

Make art struggling to remember a dream.

dreaming

14 August 2017

Make art about putting things away.

putting things away

15 August 2017

Make art about struggling to stand.

struggling to stand

16 August 2017

Make art about the sound of children singing.

singing-children

17 August 2017

Make art about what you see in the sky.

see in the sky.jpg

18 August 2017

Make art about reaching for something.

reaching

19 August 2017

Make art about standing with strangers.

crowd

20 August 2017

Make art about a braggart who needs to be the center of attention.

braggart 2

21 August 2017

eclipse (n.)
c. 1300, from Old French eclipse “eclipse, darkness” (12c.), from Latin eclipsis, from Greek ekleipsis “an eclipse; an abandonment,” literally “a failing, forsaking,” from ekleipein “to forsake a usual place, fail to appear, be eclipsed,” from ek “out” (see ex-) + leipein “to leave” (from PIE root *leikw- “to leave”).

Make art inspired by the old meanings of the word eclipse: an abandonment, a failing, a forsaking.

eclipse

22 August 2017

Make art about a moment you were blind.

blind eye

23 August 2017

Make art about placing that call you’ve dreaded making.

phone call.jpg

24 August 2017

Make art about bullets.

bullets.jpeg

25 August 2017

Make art about an instance in which you countered hate with Love.

love will win

26 August 2017

Make art about the first signs of autumn coming.

leaf

27 August 2017

Make art about the art of the apology.

apology

28 August 2017

Make art about cooking together.

cooking.jpg

29 August 2017

Make art about learning to cry.

crying.png

30 August 2017

Make art about a secret you carry.

secret.jpg

31 August 2017

Make art about what’s being whispered.

whisper.jpg

1 September 2017

Make art inspired by a gray silk sky.

gray sky.jpeg

Daily Prompt Love <3 Rolling In

5 August 2017 

Make art about the storm rolling in.

storm.JPG

Friday Call for Submissions Love <3 Solidago, Seeking Tradition

Solidago Journal is open for submissions!

“We’re looking for prose, poetry, and art for our Fall 2017 issue. The theme is TRADITION, and our cover image (to which we also invite responses) can be found on our website (link below). We can’t pay our contributors, but all contributors will receive a complimentary copy of our print edition. No submission fee. We look forward to reading your work!”

Website: http://www.solidagojournal.com/

Submissions: http://www.solidagojournal.com/submissions/

 

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