short Portraits for an “American voices” series
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Unleash Lit champions authentic storytellers across diverse communities, and we feel called to reflect the true stories of citizens, rather than their leadership. Get close up, get personal. Tell the story of a day in your life.
We are currently seeking short, personal accounts of what life is like in 2025. These short portraits are narrative nonfiction and may be delivered in prose, poetry, and/or hybrid representation. No matter the lens, we ask for a day-in-the-life format. Reflect on what it means to be a citizen and a person in America in 2025.
Please submit only one piece of prose or up to five (5) poems or photographs at a time. All poems may be submitted in a single document. Multiple prose submissions will be accepted but must be submitted separately.
Word limit: 500 words.
Include a third-person bio of up to 200 words.
Please, no AI-generated work. These are your stories, and our hope is to capture as many honest American experiences as possible, but we will only accept the highest quality work.
Simultaneous submissions are accepted. Let us know if your work is accepted elsewhere. Reprints are accepted if the author maintains rights to the work. We may ask to anthologize some of these pieces.
Unleash Lit acquires the non-exclusive right to include your work online and in our archives. Upon publication, rights revert to the author. We are unable to pay for submissions, but we will actively support our writers and nominate select manuscripts for awards.
NOTE: The submission fee is to help us operate (and minimize the number of AI-generated spam submissions we receive), but if you cannot afford it, please email your submission to info@unleashcreatives.com
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