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Issue one submissions - Alexithymia

«˚.💌 ⋆» This issue explores love through the lens of alexithymia—the inability to identify or describe emotions. What does it mean to love when you can’t articulate it? When the feeling is there, raw and real, but language falls short? It's about the ache of wanting to connect but struggling to translate heartbeats into sentences. Love that exists in silence, in glances, in absence.

Deadline : August 5, 2025 Writers and artists are invited to explore:

♡ Loving without understanding what you feel

♡ Emotional disconnects in romantic or platonic bonds

♡ The tension between deep feeling and emotional expression

♡ Love as gesture, presence, memory, or absence

never fully said, but unmistakably known

♡ The poetry of emotional distance

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Terms & Conditions

we are accepting the following:

♡ literary : short stories, flash fiction, creative nonfiction, letters, poetry, prose, articles, essays, and screenplays

word count: 1,000 max.

font: times new roman, size 12

format: google docs / pdfs

♡ art : drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture painting/illustration, graphic ceramics, digital design, photography and mixed media

format: jpg

Additional Notes

No hate speech, discrimination, profanity, extreme violence, or NSFW content.

♡ All literary / art pieces must be original.

♡ Plagiarism and AI usage are strictly prohibited.

♡ Submission language : English

♡ No fee/payment required.

if you plan on submitting multiple pieces (3 pieces max.), submit the form multiple times. self-published pieces (such as those shared on your own substack or instagram) are welcome. work published by another magazine, whether on their website, substack, or social media, is considered previously published and therefore ineligible for issue submissions.