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.”
5 January 2018
Make art about gossip, about those who feel the need to gossip, about the fear and envy that drive gossip, about the sad look-at-me of those who feel the need to stir the pot, about turning away from the gossiping tongue.
4 January 2018
The dogs and I footprinted our two inches of snowfall, and left some breakfast out for the others with whom we share this little patch of woods.
Make art about someone with whom you feel blessed to share space.
3 January 2018
Make art about a big freeze, literal or metaphorical, or about a slow thaw.
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
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Today starts Year Three of my Daily Prompt Love ❤ May we all find inspiration and hope and peace and Love–always Love–in 2018.
1 January 2018
Make art about what’s next.
Mary Carroll-Hackett: Poetry and Prose 
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