The theme for Issue 4, to be published in March, is, “I want to change skin: tear the old one from me.” The visual prompt is this photograph by Claude Cahun:
Submissions for Issue 4 are not required to respond to the theme or prompt, but we give preference to work that does so. Please remember that responses to the theme or prompt should not be literal. You do not have to mention (or depict) the theme, or visual prompt, specifically. These are offered as inspiration only. Please read the Theme & Prompt page for more information.
Submissions are always open but the reading period for Issue 4 is February 1-13. Responses will go out between Feb 14 and 28.
cc bovarysme is a pseudonym. My name is Eric Jennings (he/him) – I am a writer and visual artist with a background in theatre and performance. My experiences as a survivor of childhood sexual victimization inform my work.