Taking Submissions: Tales of Winter Shadows

Submission Window: July 4 – September 6th, 2024
Payment: $20.00 for original fiction, $10.00 for poems , $5.00 for reprints
Theme: As cold and silence envelopes the earth, and all things lie dormant, we all move inward and lean toward hibernation, shadow work and self-reflection.
Note: Reprints Welcome

Opens for Submissions July 4

The next edition to our popular YULE anthology will be opening this summer for submissions.

Submissions open July 4 – September 6

Send manuscripts to [email protected]

Subject EVERGREEN SUBMISSION

Word Count: 2,000 to 7,000 for stories

Up to 4 pages for poetry

$20.00 for original fiction

$10.00 for poems

$5.00 for reprints

Format your story in Shunn Manuscript Format The more submissions we get, the less exceptions we are able to make.

Title your file – Author Name – Evergreen – Story Title EX: Spears-Evergreen-Toxic

**Make sure your name and email are at the top of your document

**Your cover letter and bio NEED to be in the body of the email.

As cold and silence envelopes the earth, and all things lie dormant, we all move inward and lean toward hibernation, shadow work and self-reflection. From all over the world, within the darker days live many celebrations of good triumphing over evil, light’s victory over darkness and of seeds planted deep, waiting to slowly reach for the sun and burst into life.

What we want: Your unique, fictional stories of the dark and stillness and what light brings out of the shadows. Stories of transformation. Stories of cold forests, elves and magickal places. Stories of witch magick, the occult and ghosts. We want modern retellings of Yaldā, Soyal, Roman Saturnalia or the Dongzhi Festival. Stories of the winter solstice, Bodhi Day, Diwali, Hanukkah, Christmas, Omisoka, and Kwanzaa. Look into your ancestral roots and tell us about the long dark nights and short, but bright, days of light your ancestors endured, and tell us how they made it through.

We reply to all submissions that follow the guidelines and do not insult us. Simultaneous submissions are fine, but please let us know if your work has been accepted elsewhere.

Via: Speculation Publications.