Call for Collaborative Submissions: Icebreakers Lit

It’s chaotic good. It’s giving Furbies howling at the blood moon. It’s that reoccurring dream you keep having about David Bowie as Jareth the Goblin King in Labyrinth (just me?).

We like 80s and 90s nostalgia, nods to pop culture, and vulnerability. We like good writing that doesn’t take itself too seriously. We also like being surprised and things that don’t quite follow the rules so, if your work is none of this but you think we’ll like it, send it anyway. This space is for letting creativity flow without getting in our own heads.

At our minty liquid core, Icebreakers is about fostering connection within the lit community. As such, general and themed submissions should be the work of two or more authors / artists (no max). If you’re coming to the party with collaborators already in mind, great! If not, please see our “Spin the Bottle” opportunity for artists 18+.

Please submit all work through our Submittable page.

In addition to these more “formal” submissions, all work created through our Ice Ice Baby Collaborative Challenges on Twitter will be published on the website.Icebreakers is interested in poetry, flash, art, fiction, essays, CNF, that weird little thing you wrote in your notes app but don’t know what to call, etc. We want your art, and we know that art comes in many glorious forms. We aren’t too picky about rules, but to keep this reasonable, here are a few requests:

- Poetry – up to 3 pieces in any form, any length

- Micro and flash fiction – 3 pieces per submission
- Visual Art – up to 3 high resolution images

- Short fiction, CNF, and everything else – 1 piece per submission, 2500 words or under (unless stated otherwise in calls for submissions) 

We also accept simultaneous submissions and previously published work. Just let us know if you’re published elsewhere so we can do a little celebratory dance with you.

If accepted, you grant us first publication and archival rights, and the rights always return to you AND your writing buddies. Please be cool and credit (and tag!) Icebreakers Lit if your work is published elsewhere in the future. We love celebrating you. Seriously.

Unfortunately, we are not YET a paying market.