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StepAway Magazine StepAway Magazine is based in the north east of England This is flânerie for the twenty-first century. They will do so in one thousand words or less.

StepAway Magazine is an established online literary magazine that publishes the best urban flash fiction and poetry by writers from across the globe. The title of the magazine draws inspiration from Frank O’ Hara’s landmark flâneur poem, “A Step Away from Them”. Our magazine is hungry for literature that evokes the sensory experience of walking in specific neighborhoods, districts or zones within

a city. Our aim is to become an online repository of walking narratives. Our writers will lead our readership through the streets of his or her chosen city. There are no further rules. We want whatever you can share. Darren R Carlaw
[email protected]

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Queering the Landscape: LGBTQ+ Walkers in the City. We are eager to receive poetry and prose that ...
06/09/2024

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:
Queering the Landscape: LGBTQ+ Walkers in the City. We are eager to receive poetry and prose that describes the experience of the LGBTQ+ walker in the city.

https://stepawaymagazine.com/queering-the-landscape

Queering the Landscape: LGBTQ+ Walkers in the City The submissions window for StepAway Magazine's 'Queering the Landscape' issue is now open. We are ...

04/05/2022

The submission window for StepAway Magazine‘s ‘Fantasy’ issue is now open.

Customarily, our award-winning magazine is hungry for literature that evokes the sensory experience of walking in urban environments. Our forthcoming issue has a fantastic twist. We are eager to receive prose and poetry that evokes the sensory experience of walking through imaginary worlds. In celebration of science fiction, fantasy and all other genres of speculative fiction, we ask writers to lead us through the landscapes of unknown planets or parallel dimensions; dystopian cityspaces or elven villages. As the flâneur, flâneuse, or urban wanderer, moves through the labyrinthine streets of a city, observing and recording its dangers and delights, our writers will do the same – but in the realms of the unreal. Encounters with mythical creatures, strange architecture, and dangerous magic are probable, but the possibilities are endless. Build us a weird world and guide us through it.

Stating “Fantasy Issue” in the subject line of your email, submit one story, novel extract, or poem to: [email protected]

Submissions should not exceed 5000 words.

The deadline for submissions is: Thursday 30th June 2022.

We are excited to announce that the guest editor for this special issue will be novelist and poet Caroline Hardaker, author of Composite Creatures which was named as one of The Washington Post’s top science fiction novels of 2021.

Any further queries? Please email: [email protected]

StepAway Magazine: The Flâneuse Issue is now available online! Guest editor: Julie Hogg / Cover Art: Linda Wisdom www.st...
20/08/2021

StepAway Magazine: The Flâneuse Issue is now available online! Guest editor: Julie Hogg / Cover Art: Linda Wisdom www.stepawaymagazine.com

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: The deadline for StepAway Magazine’s ‘Flâneuse’ issue is approaching. Reminder -- the submission ...
03/07/2021

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: The deadline for StepAway Magazine’s ‘Flâneuse’ issue is approaching. Reminder -- the submission deadline is July 7th 2021. For more information please follow the below link:
https://stepawaymagazine.com/flneuse-call-for-submissions

The submissions window for StepAway Magazine's 'Flâneuse' issue is now open. We are eager to receive poetry and prose that evokes the sensory experie...

24/05/2021

Flâneuse: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
The submissions window for StepAway Magazine’s ‘Flâneuse’ issue is now open.

We are eager to receive poetry and prose that evokes the sensory experience of the female walker in specific neighbourhoods, districts or zones within a city. This special summer issue, in our 10th anniversary year, will celebrate how the flâneuse conceives, interrelates with, and inhabits public space and their relationships with particular cities.

We welcome literature inspired by the female gaze, celebrating the freedom felt, or not as the case may be, by women in an urban environment. We also welcome literature that offers a female perspective on architectural design and urban planning, or that explores the theories, ideas and work of women artists and writers with an urban focus, such as Vivian Maier, Rebecca Solnit and Virginia Woolf.

Stating “Flâneuse Issue” in the subject line of your email, submit one story or poem only to: submissions[at]stepawaymagazine.com

The deadline for submissions is July 7th 2021.

We are looking forward to reading your unique creative responses pertinent to this themed issue, and to paraphrase Woolf, your written spoils from the treasures of the city.

Julie Hogg
Guest Editor
julie[at]stepawaymagazine.com

Submissions are now closed for StepAway Magazine's issue. Thank you to everyone who contributed. The publication date ...
10/07/2020

Submissions are now closed for StepAway Magazine's issue. Thank you to everyone who contributed. The publication date of our summer issue will be announced shortly.

A new addition to our issue: "Locked out" by Julie Easley http://stepawaymagazine.com/archives/4288
01/05/2020

A new addition to our issue: "Locked out" by Julie Easley http://stepawaymagazine.com/archives/4288

she felt stranger than normal these days as if the world had stolen something precious, she thought she might enjoy not having to search for an excuse...

New contributions to our issue by Jayant Kashyap, Charlie Brice, Fran Edwards and Ilona Martonfi are now available to ...
22/04/2020

New contributions to our issue by Jayant Kashyap, Charlie Brice, Fran Edwards and Ilona Martonfi are now available to read online: www.stepawaymagazine.com

   

FOR POETRY AND PROSE (Non-fiction and Fiction) -19 WRITERS – in light of current events, we have decided to publish a...
24/03/2020

FOR POETRY AND PROSE (Non-fiction and Fiction)

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WRITERS – in light of current events, we have decided to publish a special issue of StepAway Magazine focusing on the coronavirus lockdown. Given that the majority of us are restricted from walking in public spaces, the issue will venture beyond the theme of the urban walking narrative with which our magazine is usually associated. We are eager to publish poetry and prose about observing the empty streets of the city from a position of isolation, dreaming of walking, social distancing, separation, loneliness, and every other aspect of life during this strange time. A publication date for this issue is yet to be decided, but it is likely that we will accept and publish work on a rolling basis with the aim of sharing a wide range of voices from across the world. Stay well. Stay home. Write. Submit: [email protected]

www.stepawaymagazine.com

25/09/2017

Our autumn issue will be published October 31st!

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StepAway Magazine is an award-winning online literary magazine that publishes the best urban flash fiction and poetry by writers from across the globe. The title of the magazine draws inspiration from Frank O’ Hara’s landmark flâneur poem, “A Step Away from Them”. Our magazine is hungry for literature that evokes the sensory experience of walking in specific neighborhoods, districts or zones within a city. This is flânerie for the twenty-first century. Our aim is to become an online repository of walking narratives. Our writers will lead our readership through the streets of his or her chosen city. They will do so in one thousand words or less. There are no further rules. We want whatever you can share. Darren R Carlaw [email protected]