'tis the (new) season calling for submissions
The Abandoned Dreams Collective is now accepting submissions for season 3 for the theme....
Greetings dear dreamers,
A few months ago on our instagram page (follow here if you haven’t already) I, half jokingly, floated the idea of having a Taylor Swift themed season. I didn’t expect the idea to get much traction to be honest. Among my family and friends, my absolute love for and devotion to Ms Swift has reached parody status but I don’t expect other’s to really “get it” and get on board. To my great surprise, this idea was met with an overwhelming amount of interest so I started considering it more seriously.
Then one day during one of my innumerable listens of the Taylor Swift Complete Collection playlist of Spotify, one lyric stood out to me, perfect for this newsletter, perfect as a theme:
Writing letters addressed to the fire
When you know its not going to change anything but you do it anyway
When you’ve tried and tried again and know there’s no hope anymore
When you’re saying that thing just to be able to close a chapter
When you know you can’t really say anything because of what it may lead to
When you need to declare a person, place or picture in your mind hopeless to be able to find hope elsewhere
When you just need that one chance to end it on your own terms
When you don’t need that thread of connection to retain its hold over you
If you have a story to share about any of these states of being, read on
I want it to read a little like you're spinning, and descending into this alternate world that you've conjured up.
I want it to feel like a half forgotten dream you wake up from at 4:47 am, where you hold on to the ephemeral moments that you remember in snatches and flashes and try to slip back to them before they disappear into nothingness that never was.
I want people reading it to feel seen and feel okay to sometimes want something so much you start living in the world where you've willed it to happen, your imagination acting as a fuzzy blanket lulling you to remain there.
If you have that, I hope you’ll consider submitting to us at theabandoneddreamscollective@gmail.com
I’m looking for non-fiction writing (letters, essays, poems) of 1500-1800 words. If you have something in another format that you feel strongly about, feel free to make your case for why it fits perfectly within this project and I’ll keep an open mind.
Email your completed piece to me in a Word doc with a short introduction about why you think your piece is a great fit for us by 28th February 2023
As always,
Much love and many dreams,
Nirmitee