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Diagonals is an all-new online-based international literary festival aimed to celebrate literature in all its powerful glory with all its various and enchanting faces, shapes, colors and sounds as well as to push it in new and uncharted directions and territories. Every day of the year.
Today, we are proud to open the doors of Diagonals Literary Festival to the world!
It's a festival for authors and readers alike—the very people who keep this art alive and thriving.
To celebrate the festival's release, all items in the Diagonals Store are 20% off until midnight on May 1st. Apply coupon code CELEBRATE
In addition, all submissions completely free (and free of any catches)!
Submit your work using one of these forms:
Submission Form (Fiction) FREE (maximum 8,000 words)
Submission Form (Non-fiction) FREE (maximum 8,000 words)
Submission Form (Play/Screenplay) FREE (maximum 130 pages in pdf format)
Entering our Official Selection will not only ensure that your work will be seen and read by a growing global readership as the festival continues to expand, but it also entitles it to compete for the forthcoming Diagonals Staff Awards and Readers' Diagonals Awards.
Now, we understand how hard it is to get and hold people's trust, especially with a new venture like this one and in an environment of virulent online scamming, which makes it all the harder a task to pursue.
But make no mistake. That won't stop us. Your trust is our most precious asset and we will NEVER abuse it or take it for granted.
In our daily lives too many things divide us. Our true hope is that this festival is going to become the opposite—a vibrant and beloved place full of people—and other weirder creatures—of all sorts, backgrounds, nationalities, cultures, tastes and imaginations, all coming together to tell each other marvelous stories.
We will do our very best—every day—to deliver on our promises.
So, let's get this started! Let's celebrate literature. Together. Wherever you are in the world.
—The Diagonals Team