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About the magazine

Call Me is an online, remote literary initiative that emerged from a need for direct, unmediated dialogue in contemporary prose. Founded as a recurring open call, it invites writers to submit work under the constraint of a bracketed address—'Call Me {Brackets}'—a formal gesture that foregrounds the act of speaking to someone specific. The project's ethos is rooted in the belief that prose gains urgency when it acknowledges its addressee, whether real or imagined. By operating without a physical venue, Call Me positions itself as a distributed, accessible platform that prioritizes the text's internal address over institutional prestige.

Submitting your work

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Approach Call Me with a single prose piece that explicitly engages the bracketed address. The bracket is not a gimmick but a structural prompt: consider who is being called, why now, and what the act of calling makes possible. Avoid generic submissions; the editors value concision, tonal control, and a clear sense of an implied listener. Since the project is online and remote, there are no geographic constraints, but the work should feel complete in itself—no excerpts from larger manuscripts unless self-contained. Read previous calls carefully for length and formatting specifics, and submit only when the address feels necessary rather than decorative.

Submission calls

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OpenDeadline · 2026-11-01

Call Me: Call Me {Brackets] — Poetry

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OpenDeadline · 2026-11-01

Call Me: Call Me {Brackets] — Prose

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OpenDeadline · 2026-11-01

Call Me: Call Me {Brackets] — Visual Art

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