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Become a Featured Author in Our Next Anthology

Have you ever seen a story in the lines and colors of a painting? Have a sculpture’s curves and shadows ever conjured a poem in your mind?

Artwork inspires some of our favorite poems, paintings, and songs. A poem might describe specific images in a painting. People in a photograph could feature in a short story. An essay may explore a sculpture’s tumultuous history, or a flash fiction piece may invent one.

Your inspiration can be a painting, sculpture, photograph, mural, installation, etc. We want your poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and essays (1,500 words max). Of course, rough drafts are welcome! As long as your piece is inspired by a single work of art, the possibilities are limitless. Fifteen finalists will be published in a printed anthology alongside original artwork and celebrated by friends, family, and fellow authors at a book release party and signing.

Submit Your Writing Piece

Please enter an email address you check regularly as this will be our main point of contact. If we cannot reach you, another piece will be chosen.
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Max. file size: 20 MB.
Please do not submit your piece as a Google Docs file from your OCPS email. We will not be able to access it, so it will not be considered for publication. If you are working in your OCPS Google Drive, you can download your document as a Word Doc and submit that. Thanks!

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