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Fault Zone: Faultless?

Welcome to the eleventh edition of CWC-SF Peninsula’s Fault Zone anthology. We invite you to summon from your imagination, life story, and writer’s craft new and creative works sparked by this year’s theme: Faultless?

Pay special attention to the question mark. We’re not looking for stories of perfect lives, perfect people, or poetry that marches in rigid perfection. Is anyone or anything fault-free? Earthquake faults appear everywhere, not only in California. Our interactions with our fellow humans—and the other life-forms on our planet—are rife with error, correction, and retries. How do we come to terms with imperfection? Or is it our faults that make us who we are, and our loved ones the people we treasure? 

Submission of works rooted in California, especially our own northerly segment of the state, are encouraged, but that’s not a requirement for submission.

There is no entry fee to submit to Fault Zone.

Entries are limited to registered members of the San Francisco Peninsula branch of the California Writers Club. Those who are not members are enthusiastically encouraged to join—the club offers workshops, networking, and invaluable opportunities to grow as a writer. 

Current members are encouraged to renew for the 2024-25 year before submitting and are reminded that they need to retain membership through 2025-26.

Each member may submit up to four entries in total, and these may be a mix of poetry and prose. No more than two pieces by a particular member may appear in a given edition of Fault Zone. If you submitted a piece to a prior Fault Zone and it wasn’t selected, set that one aside. Send us something new!

SUBMISSION PERIOD: July 1, 2024 – October 31, 2024

PUBLICATION DATE: December 1, 2025

Multiple entries: Submit each piece separately, with the strictly-limited exception of the special case for haiku: a set of three related haiku may be submitted as one entry.

DO NOT combine multiple entries into a single submission. If you do so, we will consider only the first item in the file.

Simultaneous Submissions: Please do not submit elsewhere while we are evaluating your work for Fault Zone. If you decide to send it elsewhere, please withdraw your submission. Thanks for understanding!

FULL SUBMISSION GUIDELINES available here.  Please download and read this important information and additional details.


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