Last year’s issue of THE BASTILLE literary journal.

Think of this as the Jesse jigsaw issue.

We are hoping for poems and prose that fit together like a strange jigsaw of vibrant, arresting images or moments of lives. The connections will emerge by chance. To link the jigsaw pieces we suggested you include some of these words: Jesse, orange, clock, steps, a letter, 44, dress.

What sex is Jesse? You choose.

Flash fiction (up to 500 words, send up to 3 pieces): Focus on conflict or making us care about Jesse.

Poetry (send up to 3 poems, max 40 lines each, to fit A5 pages): Give us narrative or a point of view – Jesse’s point of view or a point of view on Jesse.

Photographs, art: Send strong images that are suggestive of a life lived. Include any of the things in the list (Jesse, orange, clock, steps, a letter, 44, dress).

Deadline: midnight 31st October 2015
Format: Word document or rtf
Format for art, photographs: send as jpeg 330dpi
Send to: themag.paris AT gmail.com

How to get published:
1. Work must not have been published before.
2. Simultaneous submissions fine if you tell us as soon as your work is accepted elsewhere.
3. Include a 50 word bio.
4. Send it in the format we ask for, respect the length requirements and page size.