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Submission Deadline: Portland Review: Verna Marion Nugent Chapbook Contest

The Internet 001 SE Cyberspace Lane, Portland, OR, United States

Portland Review is accepting submissions for the Verna Marion Nugent Chapbook Contest, judged by Porochista Khakpour. Fiction and nonfiction fitting the theme of Invisible Labor are welcome. Winners receive $500 and publication as a chapbook included within the Labor anthology issue. No simultaneous submissions considered, including submissions for Portland Review's Labor anthology. Work should be between 15 – 25 pages. Emerging writers only. See the website for more details.

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Submission Deadline: soft surface poetry

The Internet 001 SE Cyberspace Lane, Portland, OR, United States

softsurfacepoetry@gmail — this week is your last chance to submit for the fall issue before I put it together :) soft surface publishes poetry and contemporary art projects by women, LGBTQIA, gnc folks, BIPOC, and/or otherwise marginalized voices. accepted contributors are paid.

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Submission Deadline: Oregon Humanities: Spring 2020, “Union” Issue

The Internet 001 SE Cyberspace Lane, Portland, OR, United States

We are now accepting submissions for the Spring 2020 issue of Oregon Humanities on the theme “Union.” Share an experience of coming together or pulling apart, of being a whole or a piece. Tell us about the possibilities or challenges of institutions, things, or people joining or splitting. Explore a historical or current event that shows the effects of merging, association, coalition, separation, or partition. We’re looking particularly for stories that relate to challenging questions, diverse perspectives, and just communities. Tell us something we’ve never heard before. Show us something from a different angle. Make us feel, see, hear, smell the world anew. We welcome all forms of nonfiction writing, including all forms of essays and journalism, and excerpts from forthcoming or recently published books.…

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Submission Deadline: Pathos: Fall 2019

The Internet 001 SE Cyberspace Lane, Portland, OR, United States

This cutie has a tattoo on his left forearm that says “submit to pathos” but he’s a little too shy to show. Deadline extended to October 28th! Get that work in!! pathoslitmag.com & pathosliterarymag@gmail.com 😳 You must be a current student at Portland State University to be considered for publication. We are funded by PSU and serve as a creative outlet for its students. We are happy to point non-students toward local publishing resources, but cannot publish non-students at this time. Please only put your name and identifying info in the specified section of the form. All submissions are blind — only the managing editor will know the identity of the submitter until after selections have been made. This eliminates conflicts of interest and ensures a fair…

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Submission Deadline: The Gravity of the Thing

The Internet 001 SE Cyberspace Lane, Portland, OR, United States

Our Fall 2019 reading period is open until October 31st. The Gravity of the Thing accepts defamiliarized works in the following general categories: Short: tell us a story in 3,000 words or less; we are interested in fiction, creative nonfiction, self-contained excerpts, and genre-bending forms. Flash: a fiction, creative nonfiction, or genre-bending story under 500 words. Poetry: share up to three poems, prose poems, or multimedia works for a combined count of 500 words or less. Six Words: a story in six words; you may share up to five stories per submission, but only one will be chosen. Baring the Device: brief essays for our Baring the Device column; click here to learn more.

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Submission Deadline: Deep Overstock: Issue #7 “Horror”

The Internet 001 SE Cyberspace Lane, Portland, OR, United States

Horror writers and artists! Please submit to our upcoming issue. Submissions are due next Wednesday, November 20th 👻 General Guidelines We publish fiction, poetry, comics, art, images, medical reports, plays, essays, philosophies, sculptures, sounds, mushroom dataset analyses, magic spells, fairy tales, folklore, riddles, jokes, horoscopes, death-predictions, and more. Surprise us! Simultaneous submissions are fine, just tell us if the piece gets accepted elsewhere. No previously published works (though personal blogs are fine). Include a short bio about you, your work, and your role as a bookseller, librarian, or book collection steward in the body of your email. If you have been published previously, we will use your previously used bio unless you provide an updated one. Submissions over 3000 words might not be considered. Email…

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Submission Deadline: smoke + mold: TRXST NO1

The Internet 001 SE Cyberspace Lane, Portland, OR, United States

TRXST NO1 (pronounced "trust no one") a folio of Black + Trans/GNC Writing on the super-natural & para-normal. edited by jayy dodd & Casey Rocheteau call for submissions: The Black “normal” forms its own spectrum from fantastic to fearsome. Since the Black person & objectively the Black body has been read through OTHER normals, “supernatural” or parallel myths get (mis)read — consider then when calibrating a frequency to the Black paranormal? As we navigate the humanities we make & refuse every day what unexplainables keep us going. This issue addresses nature, the outside, the atmosphere as a site of Black paranormal activity. Are the ghosts trans? Are the demons cis? Are you certain the trees don’t all know each other & have intricate handshakes? Send…

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Submission Deadline: Buckman Journal: The Marie Equi Prize For Poetry

Buckman Publishing PO Box 14247, Portland, OR, United States

Buckman Journal is proud to announce The Marie Equi Prize For Poetry. One poet will receive $200.00 and appear in Buckman Journal 004. There is no entry fee. Firebrand Marie Equi (1872-1952) was a Portland physician, suffragette, birth control advocate, labor activist, and perhaps the first publicly known lesbian on the west coast. The prize is open to Oregon and SW Washington residents only. Please send 4 to 6 poems, or 4 to 6 pages of unpublished poetry (no more than 6 pages). Do not print your name or any self-identifying annotation on your submission. Please include a cover letter with a contact email address AND phone number. Only winning or honorably mentioned submissions will be notified. Simultaneous submissions are fine. Email submissions are NOT…

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Submission Deadline: Frontera Magazine, Vol. 3 “Natural States”

The Internet 001 SE Cyberspace Lane, Portland, OR, United States

Frontera está abierta para recibir entregas hasta el 1 de febrero (tendremos una semana extra si nos avisas por email.) Frontera es una revista bilingüe, escrita en Inglés y Español, y queremos recordarte que esos son los únicos idiomas que se aceptan. El tema del Vol. 3 es ESTADOS SILVESTRES, deja que la esencia del tema, en cualquiera manera, te inspire.  Frontera Magazine is currently open for submissions until February 1st (we observe a one week grace period if sent to our email). Frontera is an English-Spanish bilingual literary magazine, and we happily remind you that those are the only two languages we accept. The theme of Vol. 3 is NATURAL STATES, so let the nature of the theme and whatever it means to you, inspire you. Guías básicas //…

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Submission Deadline: The Gravity of the Thing: Spring 2020

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Our Spring 2020 reading period is open until April 30th. The Gravity of the Thing accepts defamiliarized works in the following general categories: Short: tell us a story in 3,000 words or less; we are interested in fiction, creative nonfiction, self-contained excerpts, and genre-bending forms. Flash: a fiction, creative nonfiction, or genre-bending story under 500 words. Poetry: share up to three poems, prose poems, or multimedia works for a combined count of 500 words or less. Six Words: a story in six words; you may share up to five stories per submission, but only one will be chosen. Baring the Device: brief essays for our Baring the Device column; click here to learn more.

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