Submissions

From the Depths: Summer Issue 2012

Theme: Rearview Mirror

Media: Electronic/Digital (Print issues forthcoming.)

Publication Date: June 2012

Deadline: Open Until Filled

Haunted Waters Press is currently seeking works of prose, creative nonfiction and poetry for the summer issue of our quarterly literary journal, From the Depths. We are looking for short stories of 3500 words or less, flash fiction of any length, creative nonfiction of 1500 words or less, and poetry. Selected works may also appear as part of our online literary content.

Theme:

The theme for the summer issue of From the Depths is Rearview Mirror. This issue is all about what we left behind. A lost love, a misspent youth, a body in the road. We seek stories and poems that search for what has been forgotten or explore what might have been. Stretch the limits with false memories, misconceptions, or hidden truths. Think turning points, words left unsaid, fateful goodbyes, disastrous consequences, or the path not taken. Too deep? Then don’t be afraid to be literal. Who doesn’t love a good “killer in the back seat” story? Surprise us!

From our Submission Guidelines:

“We seek previously unpublished works unless otherwise stated in the call for submissions. We welcome both the profound and the quirky. We are open to most styles and genres of fiction including speculative, dark, experimental, and literary. We love flash fiction of any word count as long as it tells a complete story. We enjoy all forms of poetry including experimental, rhyming, free verse, and invented form. While we welcome deep, meaningful poetry, we also enjoy works that are witty, peculiar, or offbeat. Works of creative nonfiction should be real stories about real people, events, and ideas and should be eloquently written, thoughtful and compelling. As a general rule, we do not accept erotica. Profanity and violence, if used, must be integral to the story. We do not accept simultaneous submissions.”

From the Depths submissions will be accepted through our ONLINE SUBMISSIONS MANAGER. We accept multiple submissions but request that you have no more than four submissions pending. Please no simultaneous submissions. Your four submissions may be in any combination of prose, creative nonfiction or poetry. If you use Duotrope, we request that you report each individual work submitted. From the Depths is a “for the love of the project.” Authors receive exposure only, no monetary payment.

Please review our Submission Guidelines prior to submitting for details on formatting your submission.

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Online Literary Content

Theme: None

Media: Online/Electronic/Digital

Publication Date: Rolling

Deadline: Ongoing, no deadline

Haunted Waters Press is currently seeking works of prose, creative nonfiction and poetry to be included as part of our online literary content. We are looking for short stories of 3500 words or less, flash fiction of any length, creative nonfiction of 1500 words or less, and poetry.

Ideal for writers who prefer not to be bound by theme based submissions, there are no limitations other than what you will find in our Submissions Guidelines under “What we are looking for...”

“We seek previously unpublished works unless otherwise stated in the call for submissions. We welcome both the profound and the quirky. We are open to most styles and genres of fiction including speculative, dark, experimental, and literary. We love flash fiction of any word count as long as it tells a complete story. We enjoy all forms of poetry including experimental, rhyming, free verse, and invented form. While we welcome deep, meaningful poetry, we also enjoy works that are witty, peculiar, or offbeat. Works of creative nonfiction should be real stories about real people, events, and ideas and should be eloquently written, thoughtful and compelling. As a general rule, we do not accept erotica. Profanity and violence, if used, must be integral to the story. We do not accept simultaneous submissions.”

Submissions will be accepted through our ONLINE SUBMISSIONS MANAGER. We accept multiple submissions but request that you have no more than four submissions pending. Please no simultaneous submissions. Your four submissions may be in any combination of prose, creative nonfiction or poetry. If you use Duotrope, we request that you report each individual work submitted. Authors receive exposure only, no monetary payment.

Please review our Submission Guidelines prior to submitting for details on formatting your submission.

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Penny Fiction: A Flash Fiction Writing Competition

Theme: None

Media: Online/Electronic/Digital (Print issues forthcoming.)

Publication Date: Summer 2012 issue of From the Depths

Deadline: Monday, May 28, 2012

Haunted Waters Press editor, Penny Dreadful, is selecting works of flash fiction to be showcased in Penny Fiction, a new feature of our literary journal, From the Depths. Penny Fiction is dedicated to the art of flash fiction.

Summer 2012 Contest Rules:

•Entries accepted by email only. (Subject: Penny Fiction)
•Single sentence story thirty words or less.
•No theme or genre restrictions. (Rearview Mirror themes earn a star but no special treatment.)
•Previously unpublished works only.
•Type your entry in the body of the email.
•One entry per email.
•Multiple entries okay. One is fine. Four is cool. Twenty is borderline obnoxious.
•Include one interesting fact about yourself in under twenty words. No cut ‘n paste author bios. Undertakers, cat herders and favorite colors earn extra points. If we do not find you interesting, we reserve the right to make you appear more interesting.
•No attachments, cover letters, links, or long lists of previously published work.
•Like us on Facebook. (Not required, but it can’t hurt.)
•Penny Fiction is a “for the love of the flash” project. Authors receive exposure only, no monetary payment. Not even a penny.
•Haunted Waters Press holds publishing rights for ninety days following publication. Copyright remains with the author.
•Entry is taken to be acceptance of these conditions and rules.

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Submit to Haunted Waters Press: Penny Fiction