Call for Submissions Now Open: Unity, Volume 2: A Speculative Art, Poetry, & Fiction Anthology

UNITY, VOLUME 2: A SPECULATIVE ART, POETRY, AND FICTION ANTHOLOGY

Submissions: Open through September 2021 (This is an extension from the original May 1 deadline.)

Penned in the City: You must be a member of Penned in the City: A Creative Writing Group for All or be invited by the Editor in Chief, M. Jes​ú Estrada, to submit your work. Penned in the City members will be given priority. You can join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/204660916823940.
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Genre: Speculative Art, Poetry, & Fiction

Theme: UNITY. Together we are stronger! Whether the tone be comedic, romantic, or dark, we are not looking for a blatant moral of the story; it is up to you how you work the theme. Works that speak towards the transformation of our world to a better one are preferred.

The Editorial Board Will Accept: Fiction, Poetry, Art, and Photography. *You can submit two works per category, for a maximum of six submissions.*

Reprints: Yes, if rights have reverted. Please let the Editor in Chief know if it has been published elsewhere. 

Fiction Word Count: Fiction submissions must be 500 to 3,000 words in length.

Poetry Length: Poetry submissions must be 2 to 40 lines in length.

Formatting: Both Fiction and Poetry must be Shunn formatted and submitted as an MS Word document or *.pdf. Art or Photography should be sent as an image file with a minimum quality of 300 dpi. If the file cannot be attached, contact the Editor in Chief at pennedinthecity@gmail.com for Dropbox access.

Compensation: Barrio Blues Press will pay accepted writers and artists in hard copy or *.pdf. *Restrictions apply for some international countries; these contributors will be given a *.pdf copy.*

Deadline, extended: September 30, 2021, midnight. Anywhere on the planet. 

Submit: Emailed attachments to pennedinthecity@gmail.com.

Contributor Contracts: Once all works have been accepted, contracts will be emailed out after the September 30 deadline.

Contributors are highly encouraged to join the UNITY ANTHOLOGY CONTRIBUTORS Anyone submitting or interested in submitting group on Facebook. There, the editorial board answers questions and sends out updates, polls, and announcements about Unity​ volumes. Join today!
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Please, read the submission requirements carefully before sending your work. 

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