Rock & Sling, a journal with a longstanding commitment to literary craft, opens its reading period for creative nonfiction. The editors seek essays that engage the full range of the genre, from memoir and personal narrative to journalistic inquiry and documentary reportage. This call is not for fiction, poetry, or hybrid experiments that fall outside the essay tradition; it is specifically for work that operates within the capacious boundaries of creative nonfiction. The journal's editorial vision favors work that demonstrates formal control, intellectual rigor, and emotional resonance. There is no fee to submit, and the word limit is set at 5,000 words, though longer works will be considered. This signals a preference for concision and discipline, but also an openness to ambitious, book-length excerpts or extended essays when the material warrants it. The single-submission-per-window policy underscores a respect for the reading process and a desire to give each essay careful attention. What artists receive is publication in a respected literary venue, editorial collaboration, and placement within a community of writers who take the essay seriously as an art form. There is no cash prize attached to this call, and no entry fee; the reward is the work itself, brought to readers who value its integrity. The curatorial stance is one of discernment: the editors are looking for essays that feel necessary, that could not have been written by anyone else, and that reward rereading.