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SUMMER/FALL 2025Theme: Reflection and Growth
You are not an inanimate object, but a human. Full of hope, joy, pain, struggle, sadness, love, yearning. Your existence is precious and not guaranteed.
It is easy to work or worry yourself into the ground, buried by rock after rock, weight after weight, of the world's mighty problems. If you do not give yourself time to be… you. To nourish that which is yourself, it can disappear or become but a faded perspective of you.
For those views that you want to cherish and keep, reflect often. Be conscious of who you are and what it is to be comfortable in your own skin, even when that means being comfortable with the feeling of being uncomfortable.
You are only human. You may feel torn or pulled between perspectives and ideal outcomes. Let that feeling flow through you. That feeling, of letting yourself feel uncomfortable, but accepting it as okay and not needing to pass judgment: that is growth.
Consider this feeling and how your art, writing, or cooking helps you feel more connected to yourself.
For this edition, send us something that makes you reflect and represents your growth. Share your vision through writing, visual art, or creative recipes. Transform your dish with ingredients influenced or transformed by the perspectives and reflections of where you have been. Write a poem about the power of knowing oneself. Paint a colorful abstract that speaks for you using no words, just an indescribable flow of feeling. Whatever strikes your fancy. You may submit 2 recipes or poems or visual art pieces or short stories in each category.
How to Submit
On our submission page via Duosuma: here. It will open for submissions on the date listed above (as open calls go live).
The Shallot is open to artists with lived mental and emotional health experiences. Artists in all locations/countries are invited to apply.
We accept the following (please see our website for specific guidelines):
- Nonfiction
- Fiction
- Poetry
- Drama
- Experimental
- Creative Recipes
- Visual Art
Accepted artists will choose between an honorarium (currently $15) or an artist’s copy of the journal.
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