Theme: Tidal Wave
The theme reveal and submissions for paid subscribers opened last week and free submissions are now open to all! Tidal Wave explores major change, new beginnings, uncertainty, and resilience. The magazine itself exists in a dreamy, liminal nighttime space.
Please see the mood board here. Below are some prompts to get you started:
Poetry: 2-5 Poems. Max 10 pages.
Write a poem that includes the word “saltwater” or “waterlogged.”
Write a poem about a ripple effect.
Write poem with an unreliable narrator.
Fiction: Max 3,000 words
Write a story about something you've done 100 times.
Write about a character that hesitates to get in the water.
Write about characters with a yin-yang dynamic.
Personal Essay: Max 3,000 words
A time you were a fish out of water.
Your earliest memory, and why you think that is.
A time you rose from the ashes.
Write about a the rise and fall of an achievement.
Prompts for Visual Art: 1-5 works relating to the theme
Visual art may include illustration, photography, film, or other digital work.
Spiral.
The beginning, middle and end.
A new day.
Rainfall.
A week in my life.