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Solar Flare 2024 Results

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The Solar Flare contest from Sunspot Lit has been judged. Here is the list of finalists, with a special call-out to finalists that achieved the Best of rank, and the winner:

Finalists

Argestes, In Heat / Paloma Maria Freitas / Fiction

Impact / Katie Wilde / Art

The Banger / Rebecca Winterer / Fiction

Midday Living / Drie Chapek / Art

Goddess Musings #1 / Micaela Foreman / Fiction

Best of Category

A Lost Coastline / Dylan Seeman / Art

Winner

The Happy Son / JR Fenn / Fiction

The finalists have been offered publication alongside the winner. They can be found in the next digital quarterly edition, which can be downloaded free by visiting SunspotLit.com and going to the Editions tab.

They will also appear in the 2024 print edition, which can be preordered (shipping to US addresses included at no charge) here.

The journal’s standard open calls are still open. Deadlines vary, but the guidelines and current open categories can always be found here. Of special note is the novella open call, which is currently open until the end of this month.

Open Call Ends August 31, 2020

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Sunspot Literary Journal is dedicated to amplifying diverse multinational voices. We offer an Editor’s Prize of $50 for the annual edition. Artwork selected for a cover will be paid $20. Visit SunspotLit.com to download digital editions for free.

All types of prose from flash fiction and poetry to stories and essays, including scripts and screenplays, are welcome. We also accept long-form, novelette, and novella length works up to 49,000 words. Translations welcome, especially with access to the piece in the author’s original language.

One piece per prose submission; two works of visual art per submission.

Use the correct form according to the length of your prose and poetry. Works longer than allowed by the form used will be declined unread.

The Fast Flux options offer a two-week turnaround, with most responses going out within one week.

All submissions must be unpublished (except on a personal blog). Simultaneous submissions welcome. Submit as many times as you like.

Submissions must be sent through Sunspot’s Submittable page.

Book Agent Info

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John Weber of Serendipity Lit is looking for middle grade and YA fiction with universal themes and unique settings. Interested in realistic historical fiction, well-researched science fiction with no fantasy elements.

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Writer’s World Journal

Writer’s World Journal is a place for new and experienced writers. They accept horror, fantasy, science fiction, mysteries, and more up to 7,000 words.