#submitting fiction

[incognitopolls]

For example, writing fanfiction in which a canonically lesbian character has a relationship with a man; writing about a canonically asexual character having sex; etc.

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We ask your questions so you don’t have to! Submit your questions to have them posted anonymously as polls.

[m-c-easton]

Submission Spotlight: Blackbird

A lot of literary journals have closed until fall. This gives us months to dust off old stories and see if we can whisk them up into something tasty. When that happens, the online journal Blackbird is a great place to send stuff. #writing #publishing

Okay, so the bad news is that a lot of literary magazines have closed their doors until fall. The good news? You’ve got a few months to pull up that piece you’d given up on, dust it off, and see what you can make of it. If it fluffs up into something pretty tasty, Blackbird might be the literary magazine for you. Since 2001 (or 2002—different places on their website name different founding…

[podcast-bookclub]

Happy Audio Drama Sunday, everyone! Some updates this week regarding our plans for the audio fiction convention, so hang tight with me here:

Firstly - it's official, it's happening, time to get excited! The event will be held from Friday, January 31 to Sunday, February 2nd 2025, so be sure to mark your calendars! It'll be virtually through our Discord server, with panels streamed through Twitch.

Applications for those interested in being involved are live now and will be open until September 30th. If you have any questions regarding involvement, feel free to open a ticket in the server, or email finch@podcast-bookclub.com.

Application links:

Panelists

Event Volunteers/Panel Hosts

Artists

That's all, have a great week! We're looking forward to sharing more information both for attendees & generally about the event in the coming months and hope y'all are as excited as we are for this adventure ✨

[haveyoureadthisfanfic]

Summary: From a tumblr writing prompt "You have one super power: The ability to know without fail what the truth is to any asked question. You planned to help the world as a super hero. It took you six hours for the government to declare you public enemy number one and the most deadly super villain alive." The Soothsayer just wanted to help.

Author: @internallyscreamingfrootloop

Note from submitter: Ok, so like I know this isn't a fanfic, but I'm super excited about this fic and I wanna write fanfic of this archive fic no joke. It's not even finished yet.

[rpfshippingpolls]

⚠️ DON’T START DISCOURSE ABOUT RPF IN THE NOTES!! YOU WILL BE BLOCKED IF YOU DO SO ⚠️

Do you ship it?

Reason:

“Toxic yaoi... Kirov's death = Stalin's descent into madness.”

“Kirov was such close friends with Stalin that he would join his family vacations and they would go to the sauna together.”

[essektheylyss]

hi hello hi I need to scream for a sec but I HAVE A SHORT STORY IN A PRINT ANTHOLOGY! like a real actual physical book!!! the anthology as a whole is about resource scarcity and specifically the moment a resource runs out, and true to form I wrote a funky thing about time and grief and messy familial relationships and gardening. cuz what is there to do when something ends other than to keep maintaining your plants.

this isn't even to say you should totally buy this thing but if you do want to check it out, it's available for preorder

[daisywords]

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

[anonpolls]

AP: We are helping someone with their research today!

Thanks, Anon!

-submit your poll!-

[fictionalfoodpolls]

Fish Fingers and Custard from Doctor Who

[haveyouheardthispodcast]

Propaganda below the cut:

Actual play DnD podcast by the brothers McElroy (and father)

[incognitopolls]

We ask your questions so you don’t have to! Submit your questions to have them posted anonymously as polls.

[m-c-easton]

Submission Spotlight: Guernica

If you're looking for a lit mag to place short fiction with a slant towards originality (or even weirdness) and a lot of interiority, may I suggest Guernica? They're open now, and there's no fee. Competition is a tough, so send your best! #publishing

As of May 2023, Guernica is currently open for no-fee submissions here (follow their link to create a free Submittable account). Founded in 2004, Guernica publishes poetry, essays, fiction, criticism, and journalism online. Unlike most magazines, it pays contributors rather than staff; in fact, its staff are entirely volunteers. Rather than a university affiliation, the magazine is partnered with…

[crimeronan]

i impulse offered to share next week for irl writing group bc we didn't have anyone lined up. so then i had to spend all of last night making my original fiction not suck, in order to send it out to the group tomorrow. the good news is: i'm now thru my second edit of my second draft, and we're sitting at ~4600 words. the bad news is: i'm gonna reread and pick at this thing so many more times anyway. and also hell is real

[foundfamilyhq]

[rpfshippingpolls]

⚠️ DON’T START DISCOURSE ABOUT RPF IN THE NOTES!! YOU WILL BE BLOCKED IF YOU DO SO ⚠️

Do you ship it?

Reason:

“They were one of the bigger 1D ships from back in the day and they were a lot of fun to follow. All the guys lived in each others pockets but Zayn and Liam had some of the more fun interactions plus, just musically speaking, their voices sound amazing when harmonizing together.”

[matchstick-if]

Recurrent

New complete game! Made for the Single Choice Jam.

You’ve completed your mission. Your only remaining task is to make it home alive. How hard could that be? Turns out, it’s a lot harder than you think.

Recurrent was written for the 2024 Single Choice Jam, and you have one choice: Jump. Mind your timing, the obstacles are deadly and plentiful.

Play Recurrent