OPEN CALL: Crooked Spine
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CROOKED SPINE: WHAT YOU WORSHIP
Short fiction, and poems for our fourth issue. We keep themes vague but please do not submit something way out of the guidelines.
SUBMISSION WINDOW:
September 1st -- October 23rd
WORDCOUNT:
1,500 -- 3,500
PAYMENT:
$20 + a contributor copy
WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR:
What You Worship is seeking horror about devotion and the price it demands. Familiar cults, religions, and ancient gods are welcome when the work finds something unexpected inside them; however, what you worship can mean a lover, a body, a career, money, fame, tradition, technology, grief, etc. Give us rituals, offerings, obsession, obedience, doubt, conversion, blasphemy, and sacrifices that cannot be taken back. We are drawn to character-driven horror, a strong atmosphere, and creative theme interpretations.
PLEASE DON'T SEND
Reprints
Slurs or sexual violence used as shock
Any Ai generated work. All work will be screened for Ai use
REPRINTS?
No
MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS?
Yes
SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSIONS?
Yes
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Response within 2 weeks of close
FORMATTING GUIDELINES:
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
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