Pariahs Anthology 2015

Submissions are open for the “Pariahs: Writing From Outside the Margins” anthology.

Authors are invited to submit creative non-fiction, prose, poems and short stories up to 4,000 words or a maximum of three poems. All submissions will be read blind; thus, your name or contact information should only appear on your cover letter. Please submit previously unpublished work only. We accept simultaneous submissions, but please notify us as soon as possible should your work be accepted elsewhere. 

The theme for this anthology is “Pariahs.” We encourage submissions that provoke thought or discussion about this topic from the writing perspective and address one of the following questions: as a writer, have you ever felt left out and expected to only write from the place where you stand (specific to gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, geography, education, etc)? Has academia, such as the MFA experience, limited you and your perspective? Have you been left out from “mainstream” literature or the writing industry? Do you feel silenced as a writer?

We require a $5 submission fee. Call for submissions runs from May 31st through September 1st.

Submissions will be accepted through the Pariahs Anthology’s Submittable site only.

Reminder: Do not include your name or any identifying marks on your submission, if received with such it will be disqualified.

Please email the editors at pariahsanthology2015@gmail.com with any questions.

We look forward to reading your work!