The Lost Poetry Club

01/03/2024

2nd THEME: THE FOUR HUMOURS

When our nature is out of balance; tempers, like fevers, run high. Step into the bewildering world of the Four Humours, where ancient alchemy meets the intricate tapestry of the human psyche. Split into four acts: Sanguine, Choleric, Phlegmatic, and Melancholic. Treat us to characters whose flaws are their undoing, whose struggles mirror our own, and whose tales resonate with the raw intensity of big emotions and larger-than-life personalities.

Submission Guidelines (check website for full guidelines):
- Up to 5 mins or 500 words for poetry/flash fiction/songs
- Up to 15 mins or 1800-3000 words for short stories/plays
- Compensation: £0.015 per word (flat £5 rate for under 300 words)
- Original work only. Reprints accepted.

If the current theme doesn’t suit you, please feel free to send in your work anyway, as it may be suitable for future themes.

Current Deadline: Mar 31st 2024
Website: www.thelostpoetryclub.com
Email: [email protected]

27/02/2024

14/02/2024

OPEN CALL for NEW PODCAST
The Lost Poetry Club ​is a brand-new audible zine centering the bizarre, the horrifying, and the what-ifs. New Episodes bi-monthly with an exciting new theme every time. Imagine attending an open mic story-telling night in the cellar of that haunted house on the hill or the canteen of a starship that traverses time and dark dimensions. What stories would you hear? Would they inspire awe or disgust? Hope in the future or existential dread?
To apply please email us at [email protected] and include:
* your age/playing age
* native accent/accent abilities
* a voice example (e.g. a voice reel or a phone recording)
* whether you can record at home
For further details, please go to our website: www.thelostpoetryclub.com

08/02/2024

OPEN CALL for AMERICAN ACCENTS

Please include in your email:
- your age/playing age
- native accent/accent abilities
- a voice example (e.g. a voice reel or a phone recording)
- whether you can record at home

For more information, please visit our website: https://www.thelostpoetryclub.com/

26/01/2024

ROLLING OPEN CALL for VOICE ACTING OPPORTUNITIES

Please include in your email:
- your age
- accent abilities
- a voice example (e.g. a voice reel or a phone recording)
- whether you can record at home or are Bristol-based, etc.

We regularly update our website with upcoming roles, so please check our opportunities page or sign up for our newsletter: https://www.thelostpoetryclub.com/opportunities

30/12/2023

Calling for Submissions to A New Podcast Celebrating Eccentric and Weird Fiction

THE LOST POETRY CLUB
*COMING 2024*

A brand new audible zine centering the bizarre, the horrifying and the what-ifs. New Episodes bi-monthly (for now) with an exciting new theme every time. Imagine attending an open mic story-telling night in the cellar of that haunted house on the hill or the canteen of a starship that traverses time and dark dimensions. What stories would you hear? Would they inspire awe or disgust? Hope in the future or existential dread?

Genres: Sci-fi, Slipstream, Weird Fiction, Near-Future, Retellings, Folk-Tales, Fantasy, Magical Realism, Surrealism, Dark Fantasy, Speculative…

Formats: Mainly Short Stories, Poetry, Flash Fiction, Short Plays/Extracts, (but open to) Personal Stories, Dreams/Nightmares, Songs, Soundscapes, Fictional or Real Mini-Docs, Interviews, and whatever else you can dream up…

1st THEME: THE CHRONICLE

Imagine the diary of an awakening A.I.'s consciousness, ship logs chronicling a perilous journey through an ominous patch of space, an unearthed time capsule housing century-old audio solving an enigmatic mystery. Does your chronicle unravel the epic tale of a forgotten civilisation’s rise and fall or narrate the everyday escapades of a lone passenger adrift at sea? Perhaps your chronicle is a tangible artifact, a relic hidden by a secretive order, demanding protection or destruction. Think intricate field notes of a planetary explorer, official documents from the desk of a demon, heartfelt letters exchanged between lovers existing in parallel dimensions, ancient spells encapsulated in a mystical grimoire. Each entry unfolding a unique tale, from the artificial to the mystical…

Submission Guidelines:
- Original work only
- Compensation: 0.015 per word
- Up to 5 mins or 500 words for poetry/flash fiction/songs
- Up to 15 mins or 1800-3000 words for short stories/plays
- Include your name in the file name
- You may either submit a recording of your work to be aired or a written version to be recorded/dramatised by us. Written work should be shared as a Google doc or docx file. Recorded work as a high-quality mp3/wav file (accompanied by a Google doc or docx transcript) to [email protected]
- If the current theme doesn’t suit, please feel free to send in your work anyway at any time, as it may be suitable and used for future themes.
- Clarkesworld’s list of “Hard Sells” is a good guide for what not to submit
- Current Deadline: Feb 30th 2024