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Sparks Literary Journal

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Sparks is a literary journal located in the midlands of Ireland that champions short stories, poetry and flash fiction that 'sparks' the imagination. Edited by cmrbright.bsky.social https://www.sparksliteraryjournal.com/submissions/

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Sparks Literary Journal @sparksjournal.bsky.social · May 8

You can grab your copy of Bealtaine 2 right now from our store!
Go over to our website and explore great new fiction and poetry on the theme of Music.
www.sparksliteraryjournal.com/store

Sparks Literary Journal @sparksjournal.bsky.social · 19h

Sparks is delighted to announce the cover art and contributors for Samhain 2!

Thanks to Jane McCloskey for her wonderful artwork - Silent Embrace - and to our wonderful contributors of prose and poetry!

Publication and Launch Event info will be announced in due course!

Sparks Literary Journal @sparksjournal.bsky.social · 17d

Our Cover Art Submission Window has closed!
Thank you so much to everybody who submitted artwork!

Sparks Literary Journal @sparksjournal.bsky.social · 18d

Submissions for our Cover Art for Samhain 2 close tomorrow at 5pm so you haven't got long!

You can submit via the link on our website!

Sparks Literary Journal @sparksjournal.bsky.social · 20d

You've only got 3 days left to submit to our Cover Art submission window!

Submit now via the link on our website!

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Sparks Literary Journal @sparksjournal.bsky.social · 24d

Submissions for our Cover Art for Samhain 2 are now open! You can submit via the Google Form in bio!

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Sparks Literary Journal @sparksjournal.bsky.social · 24d

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Sparks Literary Journal @sparksjournal.bsky.social · 24d

Submissions for our Cover Art for Samhain 2 are now open! You can submit via the Google Form in bio!

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Sparks Literary Journal @sparksjournal.bsky.social · 26d

Submissions for our Cover Art for Samhain 2 will open on Monday the 22nd! You haven't got long to wait!

Sparks Literary Journal @sparksjournal.bsky.social · Sep 11

Our Cover Art submission window for Samhain 2 has just been announced!

We will be opening for submissions of cover art from the 22nd until the 29th of September at 5pm! Submissions will be via a Google Form that will be on our socials and website page!

Sparks Literary Journal @sparksjournal.bsky.social · Aug 23

Submissions are now closed for Samhain 2! I'd like to thank everybody who has made a submission for our next issue! We received over 100 submissions and I aim to get back to everyone by mid October at the latest!
(Also: Sorry for the late posting - submissions closed at 5pm!)

Sparks Literary Journal @sparksjournal.bsky.social · Aug 22

Our submission window closes tomorrow for Samhain 2! Get your submission in fast!

Sparks Literary Journal @sparksjournal.bsky.social · Aug 21

There are only 2 Days until submissions close for our next issue! You can submit via our website or the link in bio! We are accepting submissions of short stories, flash fiction and poetry.

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Sparks Literary Journal @sparksjournal.bsky.social · Aug 20

There's just three days left to submit for our Samhain 2 issue!
Submissions close at 5pm on Saturday so you haven't got long to get your pieces in! Submissions are via the Google Form on our website!

Sparks Literary Journal @sparksjournal.bsky.social · Aug 19

Submissions close on Saturday so you haven't got long left to get your submission in!

Sparks Literary Journal @sparksjournal.bsky.social · Aug 12

Submissions are currently open for Samhain 2, our fourth issue! You can submit via the Google Form on our submissions page on our website!

Sparks Literary Journal @sparksjournal.bsky.social · Aug 16

You've only got one more week to submit to our fourth issue!

We are taking submissions of prose and poetry until the 23rd of August at 5pm! You can submit via the link in our bio!

Sparks Literary Journal @sparksjournal.bsky.social · Aug 12

Submissions are currently open for Samhain 2, our fourth issue! You can submit via the Google Form on our submissions page on our website!

Sparks Literary Journal @sparksjournal.bsky.social · Aug 9

SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN!

You can submit short stories between 1,000 and 6,000 words, Flash fiction under 1,000 words and Poetry of 60 lines or less for our fourth issue!

Submissions are via the Google Form linked on our website and in bio!

Happy Submitting!

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Sparks Literary Journal @sparksjournal.bsky.social · Aug 8

Submissions for our next issue open tomorrow! We'll be open from the 9th until the 23rd of August at 5pm! Get ready!

Sparks Literary Journal @sparksjournal.bsky.social · Aug 7

There are just two days now until we open submissions for our fourth issue, Samhain 2! You can read up on all our guidelines via the link in our bio!

Sparks Literary Journal @sparksjournal.bsky.social · Aug 2

There's just one week to go until our next submission window opens! You can find our guidelines on our website!

Sparks Literary Journal @sparksjournal.bsky.social · Jul 26

There are just two weeks now until submissions open for Samhain 2!

There is no set theme for this issue! Send us in your poetry, short stories and flash fiction from the 9th of August until the 23rd of August at 5pm!
Guidelines are on our website!

Sparks Literary Journal @sparksjournal.bsky.social · Jul 21

We are opening for submissions in August! You can find our guidelines here and see more information www.sparksliteraryjournal.com/submissions

Sparks Literary Journal @sparksjournal.bsky.social · Jul 8

News!
Our next submission window will open on Saturday the 9th of August and close at 5pm on the 23rd of August for our second Samhain issue!

There is no set theme for this issue. You can read more about our upcoming submission opportunity on our website!

Sparks Literary Journal @sparksjournal.bsky.social · Jun 26

You can now read Encore, a wonderful flash fiction piece by Mikala Smee from our Bealtaine 2 issue over on our website!

You can also get your copy of Bealtaine 2 via our Store page!

Sparks Literary Journal @sparksjournal.bsky.social · Jun 11

You can now read 'Dormant Truths' by Aisling Lee over on our website!

And we'd like to wish everybody a happy #Pride month!

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