HODGEPODGE: Writers in the Attic
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The Cabin is now accepting submissions for the fifteenth annual Writers in the Attic writing competition. Writers are encouraged to send their work on the one-word theme, "HODGEPODGE," in any creative format they wish for example poetry, fiction, nonfiction, etc.
About the Theme
We make stories and poems from what precious things we can salvage: odds and ends of our days, jumbles of memory, mishmashes of loves, griefs, fears, and joys. Give us writing that wades into life’s mess, assesses what’s left in the fridge and makes something from what only looks like nothing. Send us dispatches from moments held together with duct tape and shoelace. Give us precarious proposals, DIY adventures, and whatever’s been forgotten in the back of the desk drawer. We want your mismatched socks, your spare buttons, your hodgepodge hearts.
What is HODGEPODGE to you?
Submission Guidelines
- Writing should apply, abstractly or literally, to the theme “Hodgepodge.” Work unrelated to the theme will be disqualified.
- Keep entries under 1,500 words, please!
- Although we love that you're inspired, no photos, illustrations, or artwork.
- Submissions must be typed, Times New Roman, 12pt font, and double-spaced (if prose).
- To allow for blind-judging, leave personal information off the submission itself.
- The entry fee is subject to your interpretation.
- Send us your piece(s) by 11:59 PM on Sunday, March 15, 2026.
- Writers will be emailed in the spring as to whether or not their work was selected by the judge for publication!