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Print & Litfest Submissions<\/h1>\n

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2026-2027 Edition: Strange Company<\/h2>\n

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Deadline:<\/em> November 16th, 2026, 11:59 PM<\/h2>\n

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If you are submitting unthemed work or work that cannot feasibly be printed<\/span> (ie video, works longer than 3,000 words, audio), please see the “Online Submissions” tab.<\/h3>\n

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  • All types of poetry will be considered<\/li>\n
  • All written work should be in a single document, with each poem or prose piece starting on a new page<\/li>\n
  • Ensure your name does not appear anywhere in the submission document(s), and if your name\u00a0must<\/em>\u00a0appear within the content of the piece, understand that your submission screening process may no longer be anonymous unless we are able to redact it<\/span><\/li>\n
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  • Up to 3 poems may be submitted in each submission window<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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        All submission types use the below form:<\/span><\/h3>\n

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        Things we think embody\u00a0Strange Company<\/em>:<\/span><\/p>\n

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        The odd one out in a group, a clown at a birthday party, secludes forced to mingle with society (scientists, introverts), professional mourners, exotic pets, stalkers, bugs or vermin in your place of residence, strangers (your new neighbor, the person you\u2019re next to on a flight, etc), ghost possession, otherworldly forms of life\/cryptids, the feeling of being watched, the uncanny valley, feeling emotions in situations where they don’t belong (ex: feeling elated in the face of death), the feeling of a new experience\/meeting a new person\/starting a new job, etc<\/span><\/h3>\n

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        Examples of media we think embody Strange Company<\/em>:<\/span><\/p>\n

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          My Neighbor Totoro<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n
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          Sixth Sense<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n
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          Cathedral by Raymond Carver<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n
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          Lust by Susan Minot<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n
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          William Faulkner and Southern Gothic literature<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n
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          The Monsters are Due on Maple Street<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n
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          and more…<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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