The first-ever Fog Forest Magazine theme is Enter The Forest.

 

We want to see forest imagery, metaphors, photos, poems, short stories, artwork… everything! We love the gothic, surreal, abnormal, and unconventional. Don’t be afraid to be too weird with it! Show us the dirt, trees, rot, moss, fog, cryptids, decay, moonlight, anything you can create related to the theme (it can be loosely based and metaphorical or literal, whatever you want! It just has to relate to the theme.)

 

We figured this would be the perfect first theme since it will set the tone for all of Fog Forest, given this is the first project!

 

RULES AND INFORMATION

 

1. All types of creatives are welcome to submit! Visual art, poems, lyrics, essays, short stories, photos, and even content from videographers are welcome. (While we can’t include an actual video, we can include stills and text and would love to work with you on this! If this is you, send an email to fogforestcreative@gmail.com following submission.)

2. AI is strictly prohibited

3. You keep all the rights to your stuff! We’re not taking anything from you, we just ask for the right to publish it in our magazine, and possibly website/social media.

4. No offensive, racist, homophobic, sexist, transphobic, etc. content is allowed. This is a community meant to uplift each other, not tear people down.

5. You can submit as many works as you want! There’s no limit. For submitting multiple, please assure all are related to the theme and fill out the form separately for each work.

6. We will contact you through email! If your email changes, please let us know.

7. We welcome creatives of all experience levels!

8. Works can be created specifically for this theme or earlier works that apply.

 

If you are wanting to participate and are feeling stuck, here are some prompts! (Formatted as writing prompts but can be interpreted into any medium)

 

• Being lost in the woods as symbolism for isolation, loneliness, etc.

• Create a cryptid/form of folklore and tell me about it!

• How death fuels life, (mushrooms, decomposers, etc)

• Describe a day in the woods, what season is it, what can be heard, what is hiding?

• A story of a person who lives in the forest completely alone

• Talk about something you are struggling with through nature metaphors

• What would you ask the forest if you had the chance?

• Write from the POV of an animal/plant you wouldn’t normally think about

• How does the forest relate to you in everyday life

• Create a fantasy forest and describe how it functions