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Wordgathering

Closed
Length
Up to 2,500 words
Pay
Unpaid
Fee
No fee
Simultaneous
Allowed
Reprints
Reprints welcome

What they accept

Wordgathering is a digital, open-access biannual journal of disability poetry and literature published at Syracuse University; it gives preference to writers with disabilities while welcoming work from anyone whose work relates to disability. Its fiction call requires a query before submission and takes one prose piece of up to 2,500 words during reading windows from March 1 to May 1 and September 1 to November 1. Submissions are free and contributors are not paid.

Literary
AI policy
Wordgathering accepts only original work that has not been generated in whole or in part by artificial intelligence tools, while permitting and respecting the assistive use of AI as an accessibility accommodation.

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