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Taking Submissions: The Lost Poetry Club Season 1 Episode 9

October 31

Deadline: October 31st, 2024
Payment: Over 300 words: £0.015 per word. Under 300 words: £5 flat rate.
Theme: Tell Me When It’s Over
Note: Reprints Welcome

Tell Me When It’s Over
This theme is all about endings—be they personal or global. Whether it’s the quiet end of a relationship or the loud bang of an apocalypse, we’re looking for pieces that deal with finality. What happens when it’s all falling apart? How do we face or avoid the end, or prepare for the aftermath?

Current Deadline: October 31st, 2024

What are we looking for?

Currently, we are working on our 1st Season based on planned episodes, but we also accept rolling submissions.

         We prioritize:

  • Originality and depth

  • Fresh & Unique perspectives

  • Craftsmanship

  • Meaningful interpretations of submission themes (tip: avoid being too literal)

  • Suitable for audio

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​We encourage submissions that allow us to explore new worlds—whether that’s through speculative landscapes, imaginative settings, or narratives that break free from the constraints of reality. Help us escape the everyday!

What to Submit:

Our main focus is on speculative fiction (fantasy, sci-fi, horror, mystery, weird, slipstream),

but we embrace a variety of genres and formats, including non-fiction.

  • Short Stories/Scripts: Up to 15 mins or 3000 words.

  • Poetry/Flash Fiction: Up to 5 mins or 500 words.

  • Songs/Music/Other: Approx 1.30 – 5 mins

  • dystopian

  • urban fantasy

  • weird fiction

  • slipstream

  • speculative

  • afro-futurism

  • gothic

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  • Cosmic horror

  • Lovecraftian horror

  • folk tales

  • retellings

  • mythpunk

  • magical realism

  • surreal

Our umbrella focus is the following:

  • fantasy

  • sci-fi

  • horror

  • weird

                         This includes all sub-genres, such as:

Compensation: 

  • Over 300 words: £0.015 per word. 

  • Under 300 words: £5 flat rate.

Rights:

  • If previously unpublished, we claim first-world on-going non-exclusive rights (text and audio) with 120 days of exclusivity from publication. However, we do accept reprints. 

  • Any audio adaptations produced belong to us solely.

  • Other formats like recordings and music are licensed on an on-going, non-exclusive basis.

How to Submit:

  • Use the current theme as your email subject.

  • If the current theme doesn’t suit, please feel free to send in your work anyway, at any time, as it may be suitable for future themes. Title your subject: Theme Unknown.

  • Make sure the word count is clearly stated somewhere.

  • If submitting written work: pdf file or Docx.

  • OR, if submitting recorded work: high-quality mp3/wav file (accompanied by a pdf transcript and the full cast and crew list, if applicable).

  • Simultaneous submissions are permitted (but don’t overdo it, please).

  • Well-formatted: awkward formatting or mistakes are not the end of the world, but there are limits…

  • Clarkesworld’s list of “Hard Sells” is a good guide for what not to submit. You can check those out here

  • Any further questions, please reach out to [email protected].

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Send Your Submissions

Here

Via: The Lost Poetry Slub.

Details

Date:
October 31
Website:
https://www.thelostpoetryclub.com/opentheme

Venue

The Lost Poetry Club
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Organizer

The Lost Poetry Club
Email
[email protected]
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