Our Bold Voices celebrates the many different ways people experience life. We love to publish exciting and thoughtful fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. We especially want to hear from new writers.
Synopsis: Forbidden Love is the working title of our next collection of stories. We will gather stories of romantic relationships kept secret. These will focus on love relationships despite challenges from society, family, or religious beliefs. Our objective is to highlight the beauty of how we love and survive through the obstacles we encounter.
We encourage LGBTQ+ individuals, women, people of color, and writers from around the world to share their stories and poems. If you have a message or a story that is important to you, we would love to listen and amplify your voice.
We will accept submissions in the following categories:
- Poetry: Submit up to three poems. If submitting multiple pieces, we prefer to showcase a set from each selected contributor.
- Flash Fiction & Nonfiction: Submit up to three pieces (up to 1000 words each)
- Short Fiction & Nonfiction: Submit a single piece (1,200 – 5,000 words)
Guidelines
- We do not accept AI-generated or AI-assisted writing
- Only submit previously unpublished stories
- We strongly prefer first-person narrative
- No-cost submission will be open until September 30, 2026
- No pay, selected authors will receive two complimentary copies of the book
- Each submission will be created in Word and sent as an attachment and will include:
- Your full name and/or pen name
- Your country of residence
- A brief third-person bio (roughly 100 words)
- A brief introduction to your piece (between 300-500 words), explaining your inspiration for creating it, important context and key insights for the reader to know
- You’ll receive a response within 30 days
