Micro & Art Call for The Metaworker Literary Magazine: Micro Call for The Metaworker Free

Welcome to our Micro category!

Do NOT submit general submissions here. That is a separate call. This call is for MICRO fiction and poetry ONLY.

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THIS MONTH'S THEMES:

"Inheritance – what we get from those who came before"
-OR-
"Alchemy and Botany"

Interpret these themes however you like, but make sure the theme is clear. That is, don’t just throw the words into a story and think that’s enough. We want to see how these themes inspire you.

Any genre is considered!
We encourage you to explore and play!
Surprise us with fresh perspectives and creative implementations.

Please pick ONE theme and submit only once in any category (Poetry, Art/Visual, Micro, Fiction, creative non-fiction, multimedia). Our standard guidelines (below) still apply.

We are so excited and can’t wait to read your submissions!

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WHAT WE WANT:
You may submit EITHER micro prose OR micro poetry, but not both.

Micro Prose:

• up to 5 pieces, 10 to 300 words each
• Send all pieces in a single file.
• Pieces that make every word count!
• Strong sense of place or character.
• Pieces that leave an emotional impact and/or that are more than the sum of their parts.

OR

Micro Poetry

• up to 5 pieces, each 60 words or less
  Send all pieces in a single file.
• Surprise us! (With wordsmithery :P)

DO NOT WANT:

• Text written, co-written, or assisted by generative AI or LLMs. (Spell check and basic grammar check are okay.)

• Prose pieces that read like the setup of a joke, with the last sentence being the punchline.
  
• General Call submissions. Those must be submitted using our other call.

Please place ALL of your submissions together in a single file. See our website for the full submission guidelines: https://themetaworker.com/submissions/