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WAYWORDS TRIBUTES
This quarterly literary journal welcomes work from writers around the world in all stages of their writing career. Each issue includes a separate space for writers to share tributes in creative nonfiction.
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If you have a tribute essay, open letter, or other CNF piece, send it in! Let us help you honor that subject.
Please try to refrain from sending us abuse and suicide topics.
Recovery pieces are welcome!
Since 2020
OPEN CALL through Nov 20, 2025
Tributes are separate from the theme; they can be for, to, or about anything you want. We've published odes, open letters, personal essays, recipe stories and other creative nonfiction styles in this section since WayWords opened in 2020.
Submissions
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Submissions must be in English and include the required Title Information (below).
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Limits:
up to 5,000 words of creative nonfiction
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Formatting:
Keep formatting professional, please: readable font, empty lines for scene breaks, empty margins, etc. You can find recommended settings on the Submissions page​.
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Title Information
Please add the following to the top left of your document body (not in the header margin):
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Name or Pseudonym, email
Piece Title
WayWords TRIBUTE
Word or Line Count
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If your submission was previously published, please credit your publisher below your word/line count.
Accepted file types: .doc, .docx, .odt
Submissions accepted via email (submissions [at] writersworkout.net) OR Dropbox OR Duosuma.
Live, unlocked Google Docs or Microsoft Word links are accepted via email.
We must be able to download your file. We will not request access and we are not responsible for locked docs.
Please be sure your Title Information includes the word "Tribute" on the third line.
If using Duosuma, please use the special TRIBUTE call.
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The Writer's Workout will not review fanfiction, religious, political, erotic, or AI-generated/assisted/copied content.
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Rights
​The Writer's Workout requests one-time, non-exclusive serial rights with worldwide distribution. We will not retain rights to republish your work in an additional collection.
We accept simultaneous submissions, previously published works, and you retain the right to submit your work elsewhere after we publish it.
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AI Statement
Works published by The Writer's Workout are for entertainment purposes. These publications should not be used in whole or part for content mills, reproduced without written approval, or for training Artificial Intelligence. Humans work very hard to produce the creative works featured in our publications; they deserve our respect.
If you need to withdraw, please let us know.
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This literary journal is published in digital and print. Contributors receive a digital contributor copy. The Writer's Workout is a registered nonprofit organization run by volunteers.
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Issue Info
Check the status of recent, current, and upcoming issues.
Issue 17: Kindness
Released!
This issue is available in digital and print. See below for links.
Issue 18: Kids Write!
in review
January 1 -
February 20
Must be under 18 to submit
Issue 19: Mountain
OPEN CALL
April 1 - May 20
Issue 20: Messy
coming soon
July 1 - August 20
Issue 21: Wonder
coming soon
October 1 - November 20
Recently published:
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Issue 17: Kindness
This extra-long issue features the collected works of Katerina Apostolides, Maisie Archer, Karen Beatty, Gail Vallance Barrington, Juliette Beauchamp, William Cass, Judith Beth Cohen, Seth Cupery, Arthur Davis, John Delaney, John A. deSouza, Laurie Didesch, Patricia J. Dorantes, Katherine Edgren, Edwin Fairbrother, Hugh Findlay, Betty Naegele Gundred, T.R. Healy, Jennifer Jorgensen, Nancy Jorgensen, Stephen Kingsnorth, Howard Osborne, Kathleen Reidy, Vivien Strachan, Anna Summerville, Ann Tiplady, Wayne Via, and Yolanda Wysocki
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Stats and Info:
Published 360+ pieces & counting!
On average, WayWords publishes 42% of submissions received. This journal rarely solicits specific authors for work; everything we publish comes from open calls. We accept unagented submissions.
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​Submission to WayWords will always be free. WayWords is published in digital and print; contributors receive a digital contributor copy. Learn how to claim your authorship on Amazon here.
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Check our FAQ for more information.
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WayWords is published in digital and print.
Contributors receive a digital contributor copy.
Starting with issue 17 (kindness), WayWords is available at EBSCOhost.
Find out what this means here.
The Writer's Workout is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit run entirely by volunteers.
Your submission is a charitable donation; we appreciate your support!
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