Submit your story. Five voices. One anthology.

Be published in Beginnings — from Pynewood Press.

Call for submissions

Pynewood Press is seeking five distinct literary voices to contribute to an inspiring collection of short stories entitled ‘Beginnings.’

Everyone and everything that exists had a beginning. While each experience is unique and often unpredictable, much like patterns found in nature, there are ingrained processes and coded steps that lead to germination, growth, maturity, and ultimately, death.

This cycle invites reflection on the question: what have you learnt at the end of a beginning?

We warmly invite you to be part of this exciting project by submitting your work to our editorial team.

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Rules/what we're looking for:

5 short fictional stories from 5 established or emerging authors
Stylistically strong; stirring, compelling, boundary pushing stories
Themes can include love, death, coming of age, seasons, faith, transitions, philosophy, linguistics, among others - we’re open to a plethora.
Submit in Ariel, 12pt, single spaced, 2,000 words max
Authors can submit 2 stories max
No simultaneous submissions or stories published in other periodicals
Submissions will be open for 2 months
No genre fiction/fan fiction or poetry.
Submissions are free.

Selected authors will:

Work with Pynewood Press and its editors - a maximum of 2 developmental edits and final copyedit/proofread.
Have their story featured in both print and digital format
Be interviewed and featured on the website and social media through