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Closes on Thursday, October 15, 2026 11:59 PM EDT (in 35 days).

Every life is made of pieces.

Some fit together effortlessly. Others remain jagged, weathered, or unfinished. Yet together they tell a story that no single fragment could tell alone.

MOSAIC invites artists to examine how individual fragments - memories, identities, relationships, places, and experiences - combine to form something larger than themselves. Whether exploring beauty born from brokenness, the many facets of identity, or the patterns that connect seemingly unrelated moments, we welcome work that reminds us no single piece tells the whole story.

For this issue of Cosmic Daffodil Journal, we invite poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and visual art that explores the beauty of fragments becoming whole. Consider memory, identity, community, family, grief, joy, culture, nature, transformation, or any interpretation that speaks to you. Whether your work celebrates connection or embraces the spaces between the pieces, we want to see the picture only you can create.

POSSIBLE INTERPRETATIONS:

Identity: masks versus authenticity, growing into yourself, gender or sexuality, cultural identity.
Memory: family stories, nostalgia, childhood remembered in fragments, photographs & keepsakes.
Relationships: found family, communities, friendships that shape us, love told through little moments.
Nature: patchwork forests, bird feathers, coral reefs, flower fields, geological layers.
Society: different cultures living together, immigration, collective history, shared humanity.
Visual aesthetics: broken ceramic tiles, stained glass, pressed flowers, vintage paper collage, kintsugi.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

We only accept PDF documents for submissions.
Submissions that do not follow the theme will not be considered.
Submissions will close on 10/15/2026 at 11:59 p.m. EST. We will not consider submissions emailed to us after the deadline.
Please check out our website for more information: Cosmic Daffodil Journal Website
Thank you for your continued support!

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LIGHTS OUT

Cosmic Daffodil Journal's fourth publication will be centered around the horror genre. There are three different categories to submit to. Please mention the category name with your submission.

AN ODE TO POE: Psychological horror. Gothic, gruesome, gritty, gore. Losing control of one’s mind. Madness. Violence. What is scarier: a monster or the mind?

APOCALYPTIC: Eco-horror. A world on fire. Polluted air and water. Human survival hanging on by a thread. Can it be saved, or is it too late?

GHOULS & GALORE: Fantasy horror. Witches brewing potions, malevolent specters lurking in the shadows, what once was dead is now alive.

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Nature as a whole; deer grazing on grass in a forest, the stars on a clear night, children playing in an ocean inlet, birds chirping in tree canopies, a babbling brook by a cottage in the mountains. What is nature to you?

Natura defined as:

1. the whole system of the existence, arrangement, forces, and events of all physical life that are not controlled by humankind

2. all natural phenomena and plant and animal life, as distinct from human beings and their creations

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