Tales: Theme: The Kitchen The Writer's Workout Free Tip Jar Option

The 2024 theme is "The Kitchen".

Editor's tip: For much of recorded history, the kitchen has been the center—the heart—of the home. Food can bring people together or tear them apart. Important conversations happen around the kitchen table, kids learn self-sufficiency, and traditions begin in this space.

Accepted submissions for this anthology will be published in Tales from the Kitchen. This anthology is edited by Theresa Green.
Theresa is looking for well-developed concepts, inviting storytelling, clear description, and an occasional laugh to break the tension. Genre is yours to play with. I'll review pieces and contact writers with notes on a rolling basis during the call.

About the editor: Theresa is a co-founder of The Writer's Workout, developmental editor, and crime fiction writer. Her work is published in various literary magazines and anthologies under a pseudonym. www.premierliterary.com

Fiction up to 7,500 words
Poetry up to 50 lines

Submissions must include this Title Information in this order at the top of the document body, aligned left:

Name or Pseudonym, email
Entry Title
Tales
Word or Line Count

Submissions without correct Title Information as listed above will be rejected unread.
Submissions including fanfiction, religious, political, or erotic content will be rejected unread.
Please do not submit AI-assisted content.

Tales is an annual themed anthology. Each year, we announce the theme and accept fiction submissions for almost six months. This anthology is open to any writer, anywhere in the world.

Tales accepts fiction short stories and poetry. Please do not send creative nonfiction, essays, or art.
www.writersworkout.net/tales

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Rights:
The Writer's Workout requests one-time, non-exclusive serial rights with worldwide distribution.
We accept simultaneous submissions, previously published works, and you're welcome to submit your work elsewhere after we publish it.

This anthology is published in digital and print. Contributors receive a digital contributor copy. The Writer's Workout is a registered nonprofit organization run by volunteers.