Flourish Magazine: Submissions open for Issue 6: The ‘Mind’ Issue

Do you like making art, crafting, taking photographs, writing poetry, stories or blogs? Interested in getting creative? We’re looking for those with lived experience of cancer to submit to our magazine!

Eligibility
We are looking for artwork, photography, creative or personal writing, craft, pottery, or anything creative for Issue 6 of Flourish Magazine, a free print and digital magazine by and for the cancer community, around the theme of the ‘Mind’.

Read previous issues of the magazine here

We are looking for contributions from those:

• living with or beyond cancer.
• living in relation to it, i.e. a friend or family member of someone who has experienced cancer.
• working with people with cancer, such as carers or healthcare professionals.

You do not need to have any experience of art or done anything creative before. 

We are particularly interested in submissions from Global Majority communities, d/Deaf and disabled communities, the LGBTQ+ community, as well as those living in or around Bristol, South Gloucestershire or Gloucestershire – so please feel free to identify this in our submission if you’re comfortable to do so.

All contributions must be sent to flourish.mag@artlift.org by 10pm, Friday 31st January 2025.

Theme: ‘Mind’
After our issue on the Body, for Issue 6 we turn to the Mind. As always the theme is open to any and all interpretations and nothing is off limits! But here’s some questions to inspire you:

How do you manage your mind?

Is it loud? Quiet? A friend or foe?
Mindfulness or mindlessness?

What about hive minds?

What do you and don’t you mind about cancer?

Submission criteria: 

• Writing submissions should not be more than 700 words.
• Submissions of artwork or photography should be high-resolution.
• Photographs of craft, pottery, etc. should be high-resolution.
• Please ensure you own the copyright to any work submitted.

We look at everything that is sent to us, but cannot guarantee your work will be selected for the magazine. If you have questions about our selection process, please get in touch on flourish.mag@artlift.org.

If you are a health or care professional, nutritionist or therapist and would like to be featured or interviewed for the magazine, please contact Editor Natalie Beech on flourish.mag@artlift.org

We’ll let you know if your work has been selected for the magazine by Friday 14th February 2025.

Important: This is a volunteer and unpaid opportunity. If your work is included in the magazine, we’ll send you a copy of the issue and you will be credited.