Morrow Point: Call for Submissions Fall 2025
Morrow Point is accepting submissions for a limited period from October 5th-15th, 2025.
Theme: Creatures of the Night
We seek works of Poetry, Fiction, Nature Writing or hybrids that explore wildlife or mythical beings that are considered pariahs of society. What or who are we afraid of, reject or avoid? What can meeting our fears look like? What story do they tell?
Our fiction editor for this submission period is Roxanne Skelly.
Roxanne Skelly (MFA ’24, Western Colorado University, Genre Fiction and Screenwriting) predominantly puts her efforts into queer speculative fiction, although she’s been known to stray into other genres. When not writing, Roxanne spends most of her time building virtual worlds. She lives in Seattle with her wife.
Submission Details
- Open for Submissions: October 5th – 15th
- Cap: 100 submissions (first come, first considered)
- Accepted Pieces Published: Throughout October – December 2025
- Format: We publish poetry, short fiction, Screenplays, and nature writing nonfiction
Poetry: Up to 3 poems per submission (no line limit, but brevity is appreciated).
Nature Writing (Nonfiction): 1,000–4,000 words.
Short Fiction: 1,000–4,000 words.
Screenplays: we are seeking a script for a short film or play, or an excerpt from a longer work. 5-10 pages in standard screenplay formatting.
How to Submit:
- Submit your work as a Word document or PDF by uploading it to this form:
https://forms.gle/gTqDG9tRDW7aiuNH7 - Name your file with the genre you are submitting and the title of your work (i.e fiction_thewizardofoz.pdf), but do not include your name or any personal details in the file itself.
- Simultaneous submissions are welcome, but please notify us immediately if accepted elsewhere.
- We appreciate trigger warnings for violence, death, SA, and/or health and body horror. While Morrow Point will publish works that are dark in nature, we do not accept works that contain gratuitous or overly excessive violence, gore, SA, and/or health and body horror. If you are in doubt, please do add a trigger warning and we will notify you if your work is within our scope.
We look forward to reading your work!
— Morrow Point Editorial Team
What We Are Looking For:
Poetry:
Open to all forms and styles, from free verse to formal and experimental poetry.
Themes ranging from the personal to the universal, capturing moments of beauty, struggle, and transcendence.
Fiction:
Speculative leaning
Short stories and flash fiction that delve into the human condition, exploring complex characters and engaging narratives.
A mix of realist and experimental fiction that challenges conventional storytelling.
Works that question the boundaries of reality, envision alternate worlds, and provoke thought about the future and the unknown.
Emphasis on originality, world-building, strong character development, and thematic depth.
Nature Writing:
Essays, narratives, and reflections that celebrate and interrogate the natural world.
Writing that connects readers to the environment, evokes the senses, and inspires ecological awareness and action.
Features on natural history, environmental issues, and personal encounters with nature.
Lyrical prose, ecopoetry, hybrid works.
Payment, Copyrights, Legal Disclaimer
At this time we are offering our writers an honorarium of $15 per work of fiction, screenplay, non-fiction or poetry, payable via PayPal or Venmo.
You will retain all copyright and ownership of your work. By submitting your work, you are agreeing that Morrow Point may feature your work (with appropriate credit) in print, on social media, and on our websites. We claim non-exclusive, first rights. Once we have published your work, the rights to your piece revert back to you. We just ask you to give credit to Morrow Point as the first publisher of your work.
Legal Disclaimer: This publication is independently operated and was founded by alumni of the Graduate Program in Creative Writing at Western Colorado University. It is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or officially endorsed by Western Colorado University or any of its programs.
We look forward to reading your work!
— Morrow Point Editorial Team
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