Cosmic Daffodil Journal

Cosmic Daffodil Journal

@cosmicdaffodil.bsky.social

📚Literary Magazine. Est. Oct 1st '22. 💚Submissions are OPEN 🤍Theme: Buds and Blooms: Volume 2 💙EiC: @callmemadib.bsky.social 🌼Instagram/Threads: @cosmic__daffodil

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AN IMPORTANT UPDATE FROM THE EDITORS:

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🌼BUDS & BLOOMS: VOLUME 2🌼

🌸Call for Submissions: Poetry, Flash Fiction & Nonfiction, Short Story, Visual Art, and Photography🌸

~ Submissions close on April 15th ~

Submit here: duotrope.com/magazine/cos...

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Ren Hang, Journal of Depression.

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Kahlil Gibran

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tell us about doubt - Small Wonders A priest / of the Universe / began

We love a good erasure poem, where the poet creates a poem by removing words from an existing text. In "tell us about doubt", Rath Mercury has gifted us with a two-stranded poem about the universe.

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Image showing an illustration of a cloud and the words 'connecting poets and teachers'. Text in an orange star reads 'Double Bill! Free for teachers & poet-educators', with two arrows pointing to text in white on a red background, which reads 'Poet and teacher reading group, Monday 16 march, 4.30-5.30, Zoom' and 'Poetry Jam Jar CPD session with poet Rachel Piercey, Tuesday 24 March, 4-5pm, Zoom'. Below a logo for The Poetry Society in white and text in an orange box reading 'Find out more at bit.ly/CloudChamberPoetry'

Teachers/edu poets! Join our online network Cloud Chamber on 16 March for a relaxed reading group discussion. And on 24 March poet Rachel Piercey will deliver a CPD session on the Poetry Jam Jar - a simple tool you can use in the classroom. Both sessions are FREE & on Zoom

bit.ly/CloudChamberPoetry

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Two Poems by robin herold – beestung

"each factory runs right up until
the weather halts it. sometimes

the people are the weather."

—robin herold

beestungmag.com/issue26/two-...

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"The mindset is to stay curious and be challenged."

👏 Contributor @darrencdemaree.bsky.social was interviewed in @pinchjournal.bsky.social! Find it here: buff.ly/2Av56OK

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We've got our proof copy of Issue 8: Collage! Release soon!!

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MOONROT IS NOW LIVE 🌙✨️

Submissions are open on Duosuma!

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The Way by David Rosenthal 

on a line from Wang Wei

This is the way I do things now:
I grimace through the sudden gripping pains 
that always take me by surprise somehow,

and minimize whatever fleeting gains 
I manage day to day. The simple lunch 
I pack with care the night before contains

low sodium, low fat, whole grains, a bunch 
of apple slices that have slightly browned 
by one o'clock, but still provide a crunch

that pleases me - the tartness and the sound 
redeem the chalky rattle of the pills 
I swallow for my breakfast. I have found

a fragile string of minor gifts fulfills 
me most these days - one of midlife's clichés, 
though less so than a vain pursuit of thrills.

Some years from now, I'll run across the phrase,
"in middle age I came to love the tao," 
and laugh, and while away my latter days.

Here’s a poem I had in @cosmicdaffodil.bsky.social a couple years ago. Just because I’ve been thinking about it lately.

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Cosmic Daffodil Journal's little sister MOONROT launches on March 1st.

MOONROT is a home for the unpretty truth, the sacred grotesque, and the art that still breathes even after everything else has decayed.

UNLEASH THE ROT
03.01.26

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West Trade Review are looking for essays that explore creative life expansively conceived (broader than only literary).

Send personal essays exploring creative practice, support for the literary or creative life, hopes/desires/goals for the arts.

Details:
buff.ly/nO13G7Y
#writingcommunity

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Submissions close in 9 days! Metachrosis Issue 6 15th Dec - 28th Feb  We'll be accepting submissions of all forms of art and writing. Send in your work via Duouma and curatorspace. Check out our submission guidelines on our website.  Below is a black and white image of a plant.  Metachrosis Magazine

9 more days! Submissions are open for issue 6 of Metachrosis Magazine. We are accepting all forms of art and writing through Duosuma and Curatorspace, with all information and links available via metachrosislitmag.com/submission-g... . #opencall #subsopen #litmag #artmag #opencall

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A Japanese idiom for the awareness of impermanence.

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🚨 e(i #9 CALL FOR SUBS! 🚨

Our 9th issue is all about 🌈 CO-LLAB-OR-ATIONS!!

There's NO THEME / subject restrictions. The only rule is that the work submitted must be a collaborative effort!

🚨 Fill out our Google form IF YOU NEED A PARTNER: buff.ly/OtPlTWY

Deadline April 30

engineidling.net

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🌼BUDS & BLOOMS: VOLUME 2🌸

Call for Submissions! We are looking for poetry, flash fiction & nonfiction, photography, and visual art.

Check out our website for more information. Submissions close on April 15th 🌻

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🚨 e(i #9 CALL FOR SUBS! 🚨

Our 9th issue is all about 🌈 CO-LLAB-OR-ATIONS!!

There's NO THEME / subject restrictions. The only rule is that the work submitted must be a collaborative effort!

🚨 Fill out our Google form IF YOU NEED A PARTNER: buff.ly/OtPlTWY

Deadline April 30

engineidling.net

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Eager to dive into MOONROT? @moonrotjournal.bsky.social

Check out this Q&A to learn more 🌙

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INTRODUCING...MOONROT

Cosmic Daffodil Journal's little sister 🌙

MOONROT does not promise comfort.

It promises truth, teeth, and transformation.

#WhereDarknessBlooms

Instagram: moonrot_journal
Bluesky: moonrotjournal.bsky.social
X: moonrot_journal

Subs open March 1st

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COSMIC DAFFODIL SUBS OPEN

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Happy friday! Here’s a few places you should check out if u haven’t already!

@cosmicdaffodil.bsky.social
@okaydonkeymag.com
@stonecirclereview.bsky.social
@splitlipthemag.bsky.social
@the-engine-idling.bsky.social
@underscoremag.bsky.social
@ghostcitypress.bsky.social

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:

🌼🌹Buds & Blooms: Volume 2. 💐🌸

Flowers. In all forms.

Submit on Duosuma 🌻

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paraselenemagazine.com/submit/

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What if we just put up a giant sign that says Books

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Ebook Collections | Discover Ebooks Now - Enhance Your Reading — Cosmic Daffodil Journal Explore curated ebook collections featuring fiction, poetry, and visual art at Cosmic Daffodil Journal. Discover inspiring literary compilations today.

In the mood for a good read? Check out our 13th issue TIDAL LIGHT which is also FREE to download 🌊✨️

cosmic-daffodil.squarespace.com/ebook-collec...

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Delighted to have a poem in the TIDAL LIGHT issue of @cosmicdaffodil.bsky.social! 🌊

You can read ‘flying mobula’ below and the rest of the wonderful issue here: static1.squarespace.com/static/62f08...

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Such a thrill / honor to be in the latest edition of @cosmicdaffodil.bsky.social

You can find me on page 50 at the link below!

cosmic-daffodil.squarespace.com/s/TIDAL-LIGH...

#Writer #Writers #BookSky #writing #indyauthor #books

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Tap into Poetry Edition 18 is out now, featuring works from @ronita.bsky.social @coledone.com and @youcanandyouwill.bsky.social

tapintopoetry.wordpress.com/2026/02/01/t...

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Submissions for the 2026 prize year are now closed. The 2027 prize will open again in autumn 2026.

Our judges are now reading, and the competition timeline is as follows:

Longlist announcement: March 2026
Shortlist announcement: April 2026
Winners announcement: June 2026, at the Writer’s Day event at the University of Bristol

Submissions for the 2026 prize year are now closed.

We would like to extend our sincere thanks to everyone who entered this year’s competition. We are extremely grateful for the time, care, and creativity that went into each story.

Keep an eye on our website and socials for announcements!

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