Submission Theme: Seven Deadly Sins
a PUNK NOIR Magazine series for July 2025
WE’RE OPEN TO SUBMISSIONS.
Yes, it’s that time again. PUNK NOIR Magazine throwing another flash theme out there to sharpen your writing teeth on!
What’s your sin of choice? Is it Sloth? Perhaps you’re partial to a little Wrath? Or maybe your weakness is that lovely Lust? Whatever it may be, choose one of the seven deadly sins and write a crime caper about it in under 200 words.
I’m going to choose 14 of the best and publish them in Punk Noir during the seventh month. So get to it, folks.
Remember though, 200 words MAX!
(All pieces MUST be in a
Word Doc w/a 3rd person BIO)
Please give me some kind of a greeting, folks. Don’t just rudely attach your submission to an empty email and expect me to read it like you’re some kind of a literary megastar beyond simple salutations. I hate that.
Subs Open NOW until JUNE 27th
SUBMIT HERE
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(punknoirmag@yahoo.com)
Series Editor: Stephen J. Golds
Stephen J. Golds was born in North London, U.K, but has lived in Japan for most of his life. He speaks the language pretty well and makes great takoyaki.
He writes primarily in the noir and dirty realism genres and is the editor-in-chief of Punk Noir Press. Some of his writing influences are Charles Bukowski, John Fante, James M. Cain, Tobias Wolff, Sarah Kane and Jim Thompson.
He enjoys spending time with his daughters, reading books, traveling the world, boxing and listening to old Soul LPs. His books are Say Goodbye When I’m Gone, I’ll Pray When I’m Dying, Always the Dead, and Shadows Slow Dancing in Derelict Rooms. His poetry collections are Poems for Ghosts in Empty Tenement Windows I Thought I Saw Once, and Half-Empty Doorways and Other Injuries. He also has a short story and poetry collection titled Love Like Bleeding Out With an Empty Gun in Your Hand.
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Are multiple submissions okay?