Our theme for Issue #10: PASSION
Submissions open July 1-31, 2025
We tend to think of passion as a purely physical phenomenon. And when, in this issue, the editorial team of The Apostrophe is calling for essays, stories, poetry, and novel excerpts on the theme of PASSION, we are fully prepared, albeit with some trepidation, to read your tales of physical obsession and gratified longings. Send us your poetry or prose about passionate nights (or teatimes!), stories of love gone wrong (or right!), or even thwarted passions.
But remember that passion can represent more than lust. In certain sets, discussions about a rare Pokémon can be just as intense as passions between people. The passion we feel as writers can also be experienced in other art forms: drawing, painting, music, or dance … or, likewise, by writing about these things. Remember that The Apostrophe also encourages artists and photographers to submit their work. (For that matter, since Substack recently upgraded its features, we’d be interested in receiving your audio works.)
Another area of passion is that of political conflicts. When they happen within communities, families, or even within one’s own mind, they can inflame passions as little else can. Although we’re not a political magazine, we’d love to hear about the passions that politics can generate. We read every story, poem, or essay that is submitted, and we receive far too few non-fiction pieces!
Or perhaps you lack passion. Are you a disenfranchised Gen Xer, a disenchanted millennial or a directionless Gen Zer, troubled by the absence of passion in your life? Write about that. Some of the greatest pieces of writing of the past century are aimless explorations of topics that ought to be the most boring things we’ve ever read, but somehow linger on in our memories.
Whatever your passion might be, we want to hear about it.
The theme for issue #10 is PASSION. Submissions are open from July 1 to 31, 2025. Issue #10 will be published starting on August 1, 2025. Visit our submissions page for more details.