reconcile the absurd. audio and literary works.

coalitionworks is an online journal by the coalition (Jaime Alejandro). We welcome short work grappling with the absurd nature of life and the cosmos. Work that carries in its glorious brevity the conflict between joyful human purpose and total futility.

Biannual issues and special releases published at coalitionfordigitalnarratives.org.

Once accepted, writers may provide audio readings! Non-paying market. 

The coalition is my creative home, and this creative home is open to all marginalized creators, working-class people with existential dread, and outsiders living in or who come from small towns. I welcome those who have experienced alienation, otherness, and the unbearable absurdity of our existence.

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coalitionworks

<div>Send joyfully absurd poems about one or all of the following:</div><div><br></div><div>1. The conflict between joyful human purpose and total futility. </div><div><br></div><div>2. The laughter of liberation before the existential abyss.</div><div><br></div><div>3. Little joys, primal screams, or any kind of meaning-making to soothe cosmic indifference.</div><div><br></div><div>Any form. Keep poems under a page each. No erotica at this time, maybe later. I don’t know.</div><div><br></div><div>Send poems with special formatting as images (jpeg, png), or pdf files. No big deal, we'll figure it out. </div><div><br></div><div>*Authors may submit audio readings of their work, once accepted.</div><div><br></div><div>Email: coalitionworks@artscalling.com</div>

Issue 12 Short Poetry (under a page)

Send joyfully absurd microfiction about one or all of the following:<div><br></div><div>1. The conflict between joyful human purpose and total futility. </div><div><br></div><div>2. The laughter of liberation before the existential abyss.</div><div><br></div><div>3. Little joys, primal screams, or any kind of meaning-making to soothe cosmic indifference.</div><div><br></div><div>No specific genre.</div><div>No erotica at this time, maybe later. I don’t know.</div><div><br></div><div>*Authors may submit audio readings of their work, once accepted.</div><div><br></div><div>Email: coalitionworks@artscalling.com</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>

Issue 12 Microfiction

Send joyfully absurd visual art about one or all of the following:<div><br></div><div>1. The conflict between joyful human purpose and total futility. </div><div><br></div><div>2. The laughter of liberation before the existential abyss.</div><div><br></div><div>3. Little joys, primal screams, or any kind of meaning-making to soothe cosmic indifference.</div><div><br></div><div>Email: coalitionworks@artscalling.com</div>

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