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Life During Wartime

A project of Pankhearst (see other related projects).

Permanently Closed: This project is permanently closed to submissions. We provide the following information as an archive.

About

As the poet said, Imagine all the idiots voting together as one. Imagine no compassion. It’s easy if you try. Now, imagine one of these right wing fascist and/or theocratric dildos gets elected President, while his friends and family sweep the Senate and House. Imagine a country run by Donald Trump, the Brothers Koch, and the Open Carry Mouthbreathers who think it all went wrong when people stopped whuppin’ slaves and women were allowed to wear shoes. The people who think the answer to school shootings is to give teachers guns. Now imagine you live in the country those people rule, the country they build. The Holy American Empire. Imagine you’re trying to raise a family, finding it harder every day, worrying perpetually about your monthly payments. Watching the rich get richer while you struggle to pay for your child’s medication. Imagine you’re about to be put on the train “home”, even though you were born in Illinois. Imagine you got you one of them there satanic gay marriages. Imagine you’re a soldier and the things your government may ask you to do — at home or abroad. Imagine you’re a teenager wondering how the hell you are ever going to afford the life TV promised you. Or college. Either way. Imagine you’re a Muslim in a country governed by the Christian Right. Imagine black lives, brown lives, and poor lives don’t matter, and everybody knows and acts accordingly. Imagine twenty years on: a brand new civil war. Now write me a story. Yes, we’re talking immediate future dystopia blues.

Country of Publication

United States

Publication Medium & Frequency

Print Publication Print Publication
One-time publication

Fiction Closed

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Americans.

Genres:

Science Fiction Subgenres: Contemporary/Near Future, Dystopian

Lengths:

Flash Fiction: Up to 1,000 words.
Short Story: 1,000 - 7,500 words.
Novelette: 7,500 - 10,000 words.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary, Mainstream.

Topics:

Society/Culture: See guidelines.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Multiple entries: Unknown.
Media: Text.

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Life During Wartime Submission Statistics

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Dates

Last Updated: 22 May 2026

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