What is the Big Whoopie Deal?
"Cormac McCarthy Standard of Fiction or Shitty Nonfiction" said some dude who comes from Twitter. But that's unfair because he doesn't even mention Poetry and we publish Poetry too.So if you want to read those kinds of things then head to our website and read for a bit. You'll either agree with that dude who comes from Twitter or you won't. And one way or another he would have been good marketing and publicity stunt pulls even if that wasn't his inital aim or intention.
We're trying to cut you in on the deal. Why everyone wants a piece of lanky striking pen from the second time we talked about it.
This is The Big Whoopie Deal.
Big Whoopie Deal is more what it isn't than what it is. It's about creating timing. Dropping the ball and then picking it up again. Flipping the inside door open to have a look around. It's not the most titilating example of literature but it goes to the same gala as Tom Hanks and The Team Of Class '93. Groundhog Day and Mrs Doubtfire. That's not even the same onion bag but someone has to parry it.
But what are we looking for, exactly?
Exactly is hard to say except to say read everything on our website. If you do read everything on our website and you still think that your writing is similar in some way or another and that the net might be wide enough for through-fare of cattle, then send it to us. If it sounds boring then it is and it isn't. Then there's The Surprise Package. The one that we didn't know we'd like but we did for some reason.
GENERAL SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
Multiple submissions: obviously allowed.
Simultaneous: don't care. Don't eve notify us.
WORD COUNTS:
Flash: up to 1000 words.
Short Stories: 1000-8000 words.
Nonfiction: up to 8000 words.
Poetry: 5 poems max.
Manuscripts: all sorts. No limits.
All submissions are to be made via Submittable:
SUBMITTABLE
LGBTQIA+ 🌈
People give it The Big I Am. They Talk The Talk. Bark Woof Woof. Diversity and Inclusion is not Just A Trend. We are open for LGBTQIA+ submissions. This means inclusion. This means writers. All writers. To write about inclusion. Poetry. Nonfiction. Fiction. We want your words, your visual artwork, all the things in relation to LGBTQIA+. No mean feat. We shouldn't have to mention it, right? If it's equality, why do we need to say anything? Why is there a word for this? Let's tackle it head on for now. Some catch-up needs to be played. Some noise. A crushing perhaps. A wake-up, revolution, not evolution? We want this platform to elevate the problems that humans have produced for themselves. A kick in the teeth no? In which direction this time? Some anger, but how to channel it? We're stuck. We've been stuck for some time.
Words got us into this. They'll get us out of it.
LGBTQIA+. Let's do this now.
100 words
It's the absolute classic. The nail me to the cheeseboard and rinse out my underpants. We're all throwing tangerines at the shower curtain. How to tell everything in 100 words? It's the number 1 contest, played by all adorned in chicken hide. Big Whoopie Deal is awarding 1000 BUCKAZOIDS (what are they, like the OG Bitcoin, created in some Japanese Pixelated Video Game from 1989 as a sort of digital currency, a precursor, a prophecy of sorts?) to the winner of this contest ($1000).Remember, not 99, not 176. 100 only and maximum allowance.
Manuscripts
We're looking for a Manuscript, our first, and second and hopefully on to the Penguin standards: Bog-Stanley reading books for washed pants and emerald cookies.
Poetry Collections, Chapbooks and The Like, are especially sought after. We have these grand ambitions of making Poetry read by more people.
Nonetheless, some Fiction and Nonfiction ends up reading like poetry- you get these poets that write novels to appeal to a larger audience on the side plate- these are the ones we're talking about and we're interested in these too.
Novels, Novels, Novels, and Novellas by the same token.
PRIZE TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
1. Big Whoopie Deal (BWD) will have the exclusive world rights to publish the winning piece(s) in online form and to represent foreign rights on the author’s behalf. The author will be contracted with a standard agreement.
2. The entry must not be plagiarised and be must not infringe upon the right / copyright of any person / entity.
3. Multiple and simultaneous submissions are permitted.
4. Entries will be taken up until the date of winner announcement.
5. For all current contests, winner(s) will be announced by end of June 2025, and entries will be taken up to 5 days prior.
6. Work can and will be declined at any point prior to the award of the prize / the notification of winner(s).
7. The price for entry will be specified on Submittable pages. BWD reserves the right to change this entry price.
8. The prize money is specified on Submittable pages.
9. BWD reserves the right to make multiple offers of publication as well as not to award the prize.
10. BWD reserves the right to vary the rules and conditions of entry and to make any amendments to the published schedule as deemed necessary.
EDITORS: Tim Tompson, Suzanne Pearl.