Unbordered: Issue Five: Thresholds Gold Star Program Gold Star Free Tip Jar Option

Deadline: Thursday, October 1, 2026 11:59 PM E. South America Standard Time (in 28 days).

A threshold is a place of suspension. It is the moment before the door opens, the breath before the word, the last look back.

For those of us who have left, life is lived in the thresholds: the one we crossed when we chose to go, the ones we cross each time we move between languages, between the people we were and the people we are becoming.

Issue 05 of Unbordered invites essays, nonfiction, poetry, and art that sit with these in-between moments. What does it mean to stand at the edge of something? What do we carry across, and what do we leave behind?

Categories: Nonfiction/Poetry/Art
File types: .doc, .docx, .pdf, .jpg, .jpeg, .png, .tif, .tiff, Portfolio
Number of Pieces:
1 piece per nonfiction submission.
Up to 3 pieces per poetry submission.
Up to 3 pieces per art submission.
Single File: Not required; may include a separate file/link for each piece.

Anonymous submissions are not required.
Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Reprints are not allowed.
Multiple entries are not allowed.

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