{"id":1847,"date":"2025-10-09T16:53:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T23:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/societyforritualarts.com\/coreopsis\/?page_id=1847"},"modified":"2026-03-15T10:27:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T17:27:37","slug":"roses-wildflowers-autumn-2026-submissions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/societyforritualarts.com\/coreopsis\/roses-wildflowers-autumn-2026-submissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Roses & Wildflowers Autumn 2026 Submissions"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n\r\n

Call for Autumn 2026<\/h1>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

OPEN NOW UNTIL JUNE 2026- Le Chat Noir<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Alternative Histories\u2026 With Cats<\/h2>\r\n

SUBMIT HERE<\/a><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Le Chat Noir<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Alternative Histories<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u2026 With Cats\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Carefully placed cats.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Submissions open NOW<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Closes June 2026, or when full<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Published Autumn Equinox, 2026<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

We are on Submissions Grinder<\/a> and Duotrope<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

We are looking for short stories, poetry, and audio.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Diana L Paxson is our guest editor! Read more about her here<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Submission Guidelines<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Audio Guidelines<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Priority until November 30 2025 for people in war zones and climate related disaster areas. Please note this in your cover letter.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Open to everyone December 1 2025<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n

How to Submit<\/h2>\r\n\r\n

Submit here using this Form<\/strong> https:\/\/forms.gle\/1wGnTuuCtg4ci2d16<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Please state:\u00a0 Autumn 2026 \u201cLe Chat Noir\u201d on your manuscript under the word count.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Manuscripts received before September 29, 2025, by any other method or not in <\/strong>Shunn Standard Manuscript Form<\/strong><\/a> will not be read.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Poets:<\/strong> Because we received many submissions from poets in many different formats, we require that you use Shunn as your guide and, importantly! put your name and contact information on your submission.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Place NO art in text. Use Shunn Manuscript Form.<\/strong>Payment<\/strong>is $20 per story, 7,500 words hard limit, and $15 per poem, 40 line limit. We do not accept flash fiction at this time.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Le Chat Noir: Alternative Histories \u2026 With Cats.<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

In history, be it in the wild or content in our houses,\u00a0Panthera<\/em>\u00a0or\u00a0Felinae<\/em>,\u00a0felis domesticus<\/em>\u00a0or the ancestor of the tabby on your couch,\u00a0Proailurus<\/em>, cats have had a unique place. Loved, adored, worshiped, cherished and hated, feared and persecuted in equal measure we dedicate this issue to\u00a0The Cat.<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Premise:<\/strong>\u00a0In an alternate world, Le Chat Noir at 84 Boulevard de Rochechouart, is presided over by\u00a0Madame La Chatte<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Les Hydropathes<\/a>, who eschew water for wine and advocate their sociopolitical and aesthetic agendas.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The patrons come through a secret door on the Seine from places and times where history has run very differently, all because of a\u00a0Cat<\/a>. What tales do the patrons of this establishment bring? What secrets are shared between the numbers by the\u00a0chanteuse<\/em>\u00a0of the evening and, especially, when the night grows old and even Paris sleeps? What empires have risen and fallen because of the whispers shared in the darkened corners of the Cabaret between worlds and at the edge of time?<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

It is here that Rodolphe Salis plays the role of\u00a0conf\u00e9rencier<\/em>\u00a0expounding upon the philosophy of\u00a0le Salon des Arts Incoh\u00e9rents<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

It is here that the\u00a0Les Dames Folles des Chats<\/em>\u00a0sip absinthe and plot revolution.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Madame La Chatte, herself, looks on all with wry amusement and a feline twitch of an ear and a Gallic shrug as she grooms her luxurious coat of fur.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

What Do We Want?<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

We want alternate histories with cats playing a major role in the tail \u2013er<\/em>\u2013 tale. Asking this question: What changed because The Cat told all? (Or didn\u2019t.)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Folk and Fairy tales re-imagined, Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Eerie tales, Cross-genre Noir, Climate Fiction, Science Fiction and Space Opera, Adventure Tales, Humor, Cozy, Hope-, Solar -, Cyber -, Steam \u2013 and Gaslight Punk \u2026 all are welcome.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Some inspiration:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n