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The Whole Wide World Anthology

A project of Sweetycat Press (see other related projects).

Permanently Closed: This project is permanently closed to submissions (August 2021). We provide the following information as an archive.

About

Sweetycat Press wants to put some creative fun in your summer. We’re going to collectively write the greatest crime caper novel in the history of the universe! am seeking episodes about the worldwide adventures of Detective (Curly) Knucklewad and his assistant Miss (Wanda) Wowzer as they go on the manhunt for the unknown thief of the Limp Noodle Sauce recipe stolen from a secret government food laboratory in San Francisco, U.S. Your episode of their adventures should take place in one geographical location only. (Preferably set in the place where you live or know from your own experience there) Your episode can be in any genre (except hardcore erotica), written in whatever style you like to write, including poetry. It can be as nonsensical as you would like to make it or totally serious. Your episode can be about or mention either Detective Knucklewad or Miss Wowzer, or both, but should include one of them. NOTE: They don’t know the thief so they are following many different leads. Almost everyone they encounter is a suspect. The crime SHOULD NOT be solved in any episode. They are on a worldwide hunt to solve the crime, so this is about that, not about actually solving it. Remember, in crime stories the questions are often raised but not answered or concluded until the end, which will be written by a pre-selected author.

Country of Publication & Year Established

United States
Established in 2021

Publication Medium & Frequency

Print Publication Print Publication
One-time publication

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

Open to all/most Genres, including:
Mystery/Crime Open to all/most Subgenres

Lengths:

Flash Fiction: 50 - 1,000 words.
Short Story: 1,000 - 3,000 words.

Styles:

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

Topics:

Other: See guidelines.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

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

Collapse section Poetry Closed

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

Open to all/most Genres, including:
Mystery/Crime Open to all/most Subgenres

Lengths:

Poem: No line limits known.

Poetry Forms:

Open to all/most Forms.

Styles:

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

Topics:

Other: See guidelines.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

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

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Dates

Last Updated: 22 May 2026

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