Deadline: September 15, 2025 at 11:59 p.m.
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Our theme is FREEDOM. We are looking for works that explore this theme.
We uphold the Stonecoast community's goal to promote inclusivity, equity, and social justice through writing.
What do you think of when you hear the word "freedom"? What does it mean to have freedom? How does it feel when it's taken away? What is freedom when it infringes on someone else's?
The word connotes different definitions and bears different weights for each of us. It manifests itself in unexpected ways and settings, and remains absent or suppressed in so many others.
We want to read literature and take in media that explore, challenge, reconsider, or explode that concept for you.
Submission Guidelines
Genre Guidelines
Dramatic Works. We are seeking short dramatic works of all types. Plays, screenplays, and hybrid works including monologues, one-minute scripts, ten-minute scripts, and experimental works are all welcome.
For consideration for Online-Only Publication: limit submissions to 12 or fewer pages. One submission per author, per submission cycle.
Our theme is FREEDOM. We are looking for works that explore this theme.
We uphold the Stonecoast community's goal to promote inclusivity, equity, and social justice through writing.
What do you think of when you hear the word "freedom"? What does it mean to have freedom? How does it feel when it's taken away? What is freedom when it infringes on someone else's?
The word connotes different definitions and bears different weights for each of us. It manifests itself in unexpected ways and settings, and remains absent or suppressed in so many others.
We want to read literature and take in media that explore, challenge, reconsider, or explode that concept for you.
Submission Guidelines
- Send submissions via Submittable only.
- Please include a short cover letter and bio (50- and 100-word max., respectively).
- We accept one prose submission, one poetry submission (of up to three poems), or fivepieces of visual art per author, per submission cycle. Submissions that do not abide by these rules will not be considered for publication.
- Your work must be previously unpublished. (Stonecoast alumni may submit already published work for consideration as reprints.)
- We encourage simultaneous submissions. However, please withdraw your submission immediately if it's accepted elsewhere. If you submit multiple poems and one is accepted at another publication, please attach a note on Submittable identifying which poem is no longer available.
- Please adhere to standard manuscript format: Double spaced, 12 pt., Times New Roman font. Poetry may be single spaced. (If you tell us that diverging from these rules is integral to your piece, we will consider it.)
- While we love to represent stories with raw, emotional truth, we ask that you refrain from submitting pieces featuring excessive sex, violence, assaults, or suicide. We also ask that you include trigger warnings when needed.
- We will reject pieces determined to be written by the use of AI software.
Genre Guidelines
Dramatic Works. We are seeking short dramatic works of all types. Plays, screenplays, and hybrid works including monologues, one-minute scripts, ten-minute scripts, and experimental works are all welcome.
Excerpts from longer dramatic works are welcome if they stand on their own.
We are interested in pieces that represent diverse voices and creatively explore the many facets of freedom, including the presence and absence of it.
For consideration for Hybrid Publication: limit submissions to 5 or fewer pages.
For consideration for Online-Only Publication: limit submissions to 12 or fewer pages. One submission per author, per submission cycle.