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The Icarus Writing Collective @icaruswritingcollective.com · 14h

The end of September means it's Best of The Net time! From our latest issues, we are so proud to champion these members of our Collective for the upcoming award season. Congratulations! 💛 And if you haven't yet, make sure to check out each issue and see exactly what you're missing out on.

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is your sign to browse a lit mag this weekend. ✏️ 📖

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The Icarus Writing Collective @icaruswritingcollective.com · 25/09/2026

THANK YOU ALL: For your belief in our little mythic magazine and for continuing the most human traditions of telling stories and creating art. Issue 06: Alchemy will come out later this Fall, until then, the work continues 🤍

Issue 06: Alchemy recieved the highest number of submissions in the history of The Icarus Writing Collective.

239 Total Submissions

In just one month, and over hald were sent in during the last 72 hours.

145 Short Fiction
73 Flash Fiction
21 Art

The most submissions we've ever recieved for each category.

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The Icarus Writing Collective @icaruswritingcollective.com · 14/09/2026

Hi all, we’re posting this because we want to highlight that this is not an appropriate nor a professional way to engage with a literary magazine. If our policy of requiring pronouns and trigger warnings is not agreeable to you, you are more than welcome to submit to another magazine.

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The Icarus Writing Collective @icaruswritingcollective.com · 11/09/2026

And our next phase begins: reading 🤎 We have so much exciting things to share coming soon, and of course, thank you so much for all of your support in helping us gather everything we need to make 06: Alchemy our best issue yet. Thank you, and we'll share more soon. 📜🧪⚗️🤎⚡️🌿

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The Icarus Writing Collective @icaruswritingcollective.com · 11/09/2026

Since this has come up in our submission forms. No, we will not remove the "BS questions" such as asking for pronouns or if your piece contain trigger warnings. It's about mutual respect. Both EICs are queer & we often publish very queer work. If that upsets you, we are not the lit mag for you.

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The Icarus Writing Collective @icaruswritingcollective.com · 10/08/2026

SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN 🌟💫 We are officially open for the sixth issue of The Icarus Writing Collective, ALCHEMY. Get ready to experiment, be it scientific or magical. What wondrous ponderings will you strive to discover in this issue? 📜🧪⚗️🤎⚡️🌿 www.icaruswritingcollective.com/submit

The Icarus Writing Collective's sixth issue, Alchemy, is now open for submissions. Submit via our website at www.icaruswritingcollective.com/submit, and submissions close on September 10, 2026.

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The Icarus Writing Collective @icaruswritingcollective.com · 08/09/2026

Watching submissions come through en masse during these past few days has been incredible. Thank you to everyone for their interest in our humble mythic mag! ARE YOU STILL WRITING? Don't wait! You have until September 10 @ 11:59pm EST to submit to ALCHEMY www.icaruswritingcollective.com/submit

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The Icarus Writing Collective @icaruswritingcollective.com · 05/09/2026

With just five days left to submit to 06: Alchemy, what questions do you have for the editors? 🤎

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The Icarus Writing Collective @icaruswritingcollective.com · 03/09/2026

Submissions close in SEVEN DAYS for our sixth issue: ALCHEMY 📜🧪⚗️🤎⚡️🌿 Submit here: www.icaruswritingcollective.com/submit

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The Icarus Writing Collective @icaruswritingcollective.com · 10/08/2026

We open for submissions TOMORROW! In light of this new era of TIWC, we have updated our Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions. We are still the independent magazine you know and love: we will never charge a submission fee and will always pay upon acceptance.

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The Icarus Writing Collective @icaruswritingcollective.com · 01/08/2026

Submissions will open for our sixth issue ALCHEMY on August 10 💛 Science and magic. Transmutation and transformation. Elixirs, potions, curses. Alchemical, elemental, fantastical. What will you discover? www.icaruswritingcollective.com/submission-g... 📜🧪⚗️🤎⚡️🌿 #litmag #literarymagazine

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The Icarus Writing Collective @icaruswritingcollective.com · 07/05/2026

Have you checked out our fifth issue yet? Maybe these teasers will pique your interest! 🌸👀 www.icaruswritingcollective.com/blossom

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Charlie Freelander @charliefreelander.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

My shirt story Saints, Babes and Madmen is in this issue of the Icarus Writing Collective. Read for free online or order a paperback! It is a tribute to Arthur Conan Doyle, bless his earnest heart. (Check out the Cottingley fairy photo hoax before reading to get the most out of it).

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The Icarus Writing Collective @icaruswritingcollective.com · 01/05/2026

Blessed Beltane, happy May Day, and most of all... we're celebrating the launch of ISSUE 05: BLOSSOM 🌻🌸🪻 ✨ READ IT HERE: www.icaruswritingcollective.com/blossom 💛

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The Icarus Writing Collective @icaruswritingcollective.com · 30/04/2026

Part three of teasers from our upcoming issue, 05: Blossom, that sprouts out of the soil TOMORROW.

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The Icarus Writing Collective @icaruswritingcollective.com · 30/04/2026

🪻 COVER REVEAL 🏺 Issue 05: Blossom is nearly here! We cannot wait to share this issue with you all, but to whet your appetites until then, please enjoy the BEAUTIFUL cover for this springtime edition of The Icarus Writing Collective. 🌱 COMING FRIDAY: Beltane, May Day, May 1st. 🌻

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The Icarus Writing Collective @icaruswritingcollective.com · 27/04/2026

Part two! And there's even more where this came from. 🤍

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The Icarus Writing Collective @icaruswritingcollective.com · 22/04/2026

Announcing our upcoming 05: Blossom contributors! 🩷🌻

Introducing our Blossom contributors. In Short Fiction: Jennifer Ansara, A.K. Aspen, Jess Evans, Charlie Freelander, Lou Gallaher, Alex Glebe, K.M. Hale, Catherine Hurcombe, Pravy Jha, Isabelle Knops, Lin Laguna, Alexandra Lopez, Altas Schultz, Jason Telese, K.A Vasquez, Sam Williamson. In Flash Fiction: Tiffany Chu, S. Leigh Ann Cowan, Taria Karillion, Cassie Lipton, Kelly Murashige, Florian P., Brittany Redd, S.E Roberts, Riley Shin, Haley Wartalski. In Art: Beverley Ann Abrahams, Chelsi Fiore, Lynsey France, Nasta Martyn, Ritiksha Sharma, write me. These are our contributors in Issue 05: Blossom. The graphic is a text-based post with a muted purple background with a subtle floral motif.

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Danai Christopoulou | VILE LADY VILLAINS out NOW @danaiwrites.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

My book is out today in the UK! If you like Shakespeare, this book might be for you. If you hate Shakespeare, this book might be for you. But if you hate Agamemnon… this book is definitely for you! www.penguin.co.uk/books/470416...

A coffee mug and a book on a table. The mug features the PM announcement of Danai’s book, Vile Lady Villains, and next to it is the hardback cooy of the book

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The Icarus Writing Collective @icaruswritingcollective.com · 08/04/2026

And officially, work on Issue 05: Blossom is underway! Please check your emails if you have not yet already done so about the decision on your submissions. Reading for this issue was a blast, and as EIC Liz says, we are whimsy-maxing 🦄🌼🧚‍♀️☀️🌱🌸🦋✨

A posted that reads: The Icarus Writing Collective, a mythic magazine. Thank you for your submissions! Stayed tuned for Issue 05: Blossom. All responses have been sent out.

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The Icarus Writing Collective @icaruswritingcollective.com · 25/03/2026

New look, same mythic magazine you know and love! 🪽☀️

The new symbol of The Icarus Writing Collective in a dark espresso background, gold and white colorway. The white wing comes out of the golden sun's circle with the magazine's name curving around it.

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The Icarus Writing Collective @icaruswritingcollective.com · 09/03/2026

While we may not have hit a record on sub quantity, the pieces we do have absolutely is wowing us in quality! This upcoming issue will be something special 🌟

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The Icarus Writing Collective @icaruswritingcollective.com · 03/03/2026

Whew, submissions are all in and its time to get reading. Just in time for Daylight Savings in my neck of the world, so here's to the little bits of Spring we can clutch on to 🌻

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The Icarus Writing Collective @icaruswritingcollective.com · 01/03/2026

Friends, we are in the final hours for our open submission call for Issue 05: Blossoms 🌸🦋 Get your submissions in by Midnight EST, or earlier/later depending on where you are in our humble universe. ⭐️ www.icaruswritingcollective.com/submit ✨

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The Icarus Writing Collective @icaruswritingcollective.com · 01/03/2026

Less than 24 hours remain! Get your submissions in now 🌻 www.icaruswritingcollective.com/submit

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s. m. hallow @smhallow.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

On March 31, Hedone Books will be closing. After March 31, How to Survive This Fairytale will not be available for purchase. Thread. 🧵

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The Icarus Writing Collective @icaruswritingcollective.com · 25/02/2026

It's the last week of submissions being open for Issue 05! 🌸🦋 You can find out all you need to know on our website: www.icaruswritingcollective.com/submit ❕Submissions close on March 1 at 11:59pm EST ❕

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The Icarus Writing Collective @icaruswritingcollective.com · 15/02/2026

Just two weeks left to get your submissions in to our fifth issue! Find everything you need on our website 🪽☀️ www.icaruswritingcollective.com/submit

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The Icarus Writing Collective @icaruswritingcollective.com · 12/02/2026

We're still open and accepting submissions! www.icaruswritingcollective.com/submit 🌱💛✨

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s. m. hallow @smhallow.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Please consider HOW TO SURVIVE THIS FAIRYTALE, a novella-length queer retelling that focuses on the fairytale characters whose stories aren’t about them. Many readers are calling this indie novella their favorite book of the year. www.smhallow.com/how-to-survi...

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The Icarus Writing Collective @icaruswritingcollective.com · 12/02/2026

Oh to live closer to the Met Cloisters so I could gaze upon her beauty (The Unicorn Tapestry)

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The Icarus Writing Collective @icaruswritingcollective.com · 01/02/2026

Today is the day, friends! Submissions for fifth issue of The Icarus Writing Collective are now open. We're looking for fiction prose and art all about fae and flowers. 💜

A poster announcing the open submission call for The Icarus Writing Collective for their fifth issue. The background is a muted purple with a faint flower textile. The text is a royal purple and light cream, with a yellow for emphasis. There are vines and leaves decorating the tops with a scattering of buttercups. The text reads, "The Icarus Writing Collective, Issue 05: Blossom. Submissions are open. icaruswritingcollective.com/submit. Closes March 1st. Accepting Flash Fiction & Short Fiction"

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The Icarus Writing Collective @icaruswritingcollective.com · 02/02/2026

Submissions are open, the sun is out past 5pm in our section of the world. So, to celebrate: What questions do you have for the editors? 💛

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The Icarus Writing Collective @icaruswritingcollective.com · 01/02/2026

Today is the day, friends! Submissions for fifth issue of The Icarus Writing Collective are now open. We're looking for fiction prose and art all about fae and flowers. 💜

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The Icarus Writing Collective @icaruswritingcollective.com · 23/01/2026

Just over one week until submissions open for our fifth issue! 🌱☀️ www.icaruswritingcollective.com/submission-g...

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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

We'll be reading stories for ✨ What Elegant Stars: Queer Tales of Impossible Style ✨ from January 15th to April 15th. Give us stories of satellites and sewists, terminals and tailors, dandies and dying stars. <6k words. 8¢/word. simsub ☑️. multiple submissions 🚫. www.neonhemlock.com/submissions

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The Icarus Writing Collective @icaruswritingcollective.com · 15/01/2026

Get ready to bloom! On February 1st, The Icarus Writing Collective will open to prose and art submissions for our FIFTH Issue: Blossom 🌼 Fae and flowers will be at the heart of this spring issue. 🪻 Visit www.icaruswritingcollective.com/submission-g... to learn more. #litmag #literarymagazine

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Marigolds textile in tan and muted purple, there stands a purple box with text that announces that submissions for this writing magazine will be opening soon. "The Icarus Writing Collective, a myth magazine" reads acrozs at the top, "Issue 05: Blossom" in the center above a graphic of tan sakura and buttercup flowers. Below that, "Submissions open February 1. www.icaruswritingcollective.com to learn more."

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The Icarus Writing Collective @icaruswritingcollective.com · 14/01/2026

Coming soon. 🌷🦋🌼🌱🌸🧚‍♂️🌻

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The Icarus Writing Collective @icaruswritingcollective.com · 14/01/2026

"Instead [pop culture adaptations] are just another stage, another layer being added on top of older ones. By interacting with these modern works, we bring our own ideas to them—and then we too, whoever we may be, become part of mythology." - Joshua Frydman, 'The Japanese Myths'

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