#Publishing & Submissions

[wordsnstuff]

Standing Water: Wordsnstuff Writing Challenge [in collaboration with RUNT magazine]

Welcome to RUNT Magazine. We are an indie print publication celebrating visual art, literature, and the distinctions that make us human. Our aim as a magazine is to cultivate a vibrant community that promotes exploration and creativity instead of stifling it.

We’ve put together these prompts to hopefully inspire you to submit to our upcoming issue with the theme of STANDING WATER [click link for more info!]. If you feel inclined to express yourself in a different media, we accept all forms of writing (fiction, non-fiction, essays, poetry, etc.), photography, art, or anything that moves you! There is no submission fee and we encourage you to submit as much as you like.

The deadline is December 31st, 2024 and we can’t wait to see what you come up with! Submit for free here!

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Write from the perspective of a favored toy of your childhood.

If future you met present you, what would you talk about? What would you think of each other?

Your hometown has mysteriously disappeared. As you stand looking where it once stood, what memories come to mind?

You’re aging (spoiler alert). Write dual perspectives about one character who embraces that fact and one that rejects it.

You wake up in your childhood bedroom, magically a child yourself. You get to experience a Christmas as a kid again. Describe what you’ve missed about this as an adult, even down to the smells.

It’s been MANY years since you’ve stopped aging. You’ve watched friends and family pass on, never letting yourself fall in love or get attached. You spot someone that you remember from your childhood, also unchanged. Who is it? Do you say anything to them?

You’ve just discovered you were switched at birth. What do you imagine the life you could’ve had was like?

Tell a true story about your childhood. The first one that comes to mind. Maybe even the one you don’t think is even worth writing about at all.

You’ve spent decades running from the small town that labeled you a weird kid, but when you find an old yearbook and see your old self staring back at you, you realize you’ve made a nightmare of the only person who understands you. Make amends with the younger version of yourself, you were just a child.

Every morning, you sit at the same desk, doing the same work, feeling your potential slowly wither away, but you convince yourself it’s fine. What would happen if you stopped telling yourself that this is all there is?

Write the day in the life of an inanimate object that feels it is not being used to its full potential.

Write your first break up from the other person’s perspective.

Your spouse is a writer and has been incredibly secretive about their current book. It’s been published and as they’ve finally allowed you to read it, you’re slowly realizing this all sounds far too familiar.

You awake with your eyes closed, but you don’t remember falling asleep. “It wasn’t your fault,” you hear a voice say. What do you see when you open your eyes?

A once famous person reflects on their career as they slowly being to feel they are being forgotten by the public.

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[shinesurge]

here's a pitch read my comic where i analyze over and over what it means to be cut into a unique and agonizing shape before you even know what's happening then you're forced to spend the rest of your life trying to figure out how to deal with that. also rocks talk to you sometimes. kidd commander.

[onenicebugperday]

@petzah394 submitted: Heres a couple cute little spiders ive seen

I think the first one is an Opisthoncus parcedentatus based on google lens results and no clue what the second miniscule green one is.

Area is northern New South Wales Australia if you wanna try and ID further

They are indeed very cute! The first one is in the genus Opisthoncus but I think O. parcedentatus is unlikely as it's much rarer than other species in that genus and I doubt that google can differentiate them based on that photo. In general, google is awful at accurately IDing bugs.

As for the green one, there are quite a few bright green spiders in your area, so I'd need a clearer photo to ID it! We'll just say it's a friend :)

[humming-fly]

I mentioned the BIG VAMPIRE CHOMPERS before and here they are.

-Submission ^

Yup! I love the cover art for the fullmetal editions of the manga, I’m fairly confident I have every piece of merch ever made with that design on it :P (not counting all the different translations of the manga, just have japanese and english for that~)

[sdv-confessions]

the below confession was submitted off anon:

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I really wish there had been a cut scene or some kind of interaction between Sebastian and Alex. There's a dialogue where Alex mentions that he thinks Seb is weird for how he dresses but that's all the interaction ive seen. They both have emotional issues with their parents and I feel like they could be really good friends. I just like the idea of them having some sort of "yeah parents suck sometimes" convo to merge the hayley/alex sam/seb/Abigail groups a little. I have a similar feeling about Abigail and Hayley. Abigail feels like her parents don't understand her or how she chooses to express herself and Hayley is all about her self expression.

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[the-erato-anthology]

welcome! we're the 'erato anthology', a small, independently run literary magazine dedicated to creating a safe space for all emerging writers looking to share their passion and art with the world.

the theme for our first issue is 'performance', and the theme is completely up to your interpretation. let your imagination run wild!

we accept prose (up to 1500 words), poetry (up to 30 lines), flash fiction, essays, critical analysis of television shows or books (because i know people like to share their theories, i know i do), fanfiction (up to 1500 words and sfw only, please), essays and book reviews. we also absolutely adore reposting details or advertising about any books you're writing, so feel free to send those through!

you can also submit your work directly to our blog, and we will queue it to be posted.

we know how daunting it is sharing your work with the world, especially with the rise of artificial intelligence in creative writing and the commercialization of literature in places such as booktok (it seems like their is a 'recipe for success' and if your writing doesn't fit that, it doesn't get recognised), so we created the 'erato anthology' as a safe space to share your unique ideas that don't necessarily fit into mainstream literature.

submit your work here (submissions close january 16th (EDIT: they now close by february 1st) for the first issue of the anthology but the blog submissions are open all year round)

some of our wonderful staff writers include @angellekookie, @inspirationallybored, @that-cameo and @xaliaver! if you want to apply, please send an ask.

see the FAQ post here

[project-sekai-facts]

The lighting in the opening sequence of the Netsu Ijou 3DMV is designed to mimic the opening of the original MV. The original MV starts out very dark, with only the character's eyes and hair being a bright red, though it gradually fades to being in full color and brightness. In the 3DMV, a similar effect is created with the red lighting, being much harsher and only lighting up parts of Kanade and Mafuyu's hair and eyes at the start, and becoming brighter towards Ena and Mizuki's parts, allowing us to see them much more clearly.

Submitted by @purpleparasol

[thingspeoplesayintoontown]

[the960writers]

Post from Threads, here the info from the Website:

Currently Accepting Submissions (short-stories) For Our Next Anthology "Distant Worlds" Heads up! This next anthology will be sci-fi themed with a target release date of fall, 2024! Submissions should be 1,500-4000 words long and otherwise conform to the guidelines

4000 words... maybe someone who can write short will find this interesting 😊

[ellisnyeland]

I wish I could write really short stories. I want to write flash so so bad. Do you know how many publications there are out there that pay incredibly good money but only publish flash? Like at least five, off the top of my head, and that's just SFF. Unfortunately I think the shortest story I've ever written came in just under 2000 words.

[critter-creature-or-beast]

Submitted for classification by @pedestriansquirrel

"My cat Freckles!"

[daisywords]

Just submitted a piece to a publication for the first time ever 😍 can't wait to get my first rejection 😍

[pokemon-npcs]

[pancakeke]

jess have you seen the joanns skeleton sewing machine bc i really want you to see it. i feel like you’d appreciate it

this thing driving me bonkers cause a sewing machine has a part called a “foot” but it AINT that

[wbmc666]

WBMC Submissions Open for 2024!

It's that time of the year again! We are looking for short comics and zines by trans/queer authors to publish in 2024! This is a paid opportunity and you don't need a finished project to apply. Apps are open till the end of the year!

We've increased author payment and doubled the size of zines we can print this year, thanks to our generous patrons!

Application and details:

[fuckyeah-beringandwellsfics]

Reset

submitted by: anonymous

Reset (215989 words) by scotchplaid Chapters: 23/23 Fandom: Warehouse 13 Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Myka Bering/Helena "H. G." Wells Characters: Myka Bering, Helena "H. G." Wells, Pete Lattimer, Claudia Donovan, Irene Frederic Summary: Set several years after the end of Season 5, this fic sees the return of H.G. Wells to Warehouse 13. The Warehouse and, by extension, the world is under threat, and H.G. is the only one who can save it. However, in order to set the world right, she has to fix all that has gone wrong in her life, starting with Myka . . . .

Please tell us why you like this fic so much!

Well written fix-it, set several years after the end of season 5. It has adventure, mystery, humor, angst and everything that we could want in a fanfiction

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Remember that you can submit fics to be featured here, too! Here's the link to the submission form (Google Form)! I am nearing the end of the queue, and would love to hear about your faves! Find every fic that was already recommended here (Google Spreadsheet)