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Welcome to 'With Painted Words'

With Painted Words is a monthly, online literary magazine. It was founded in September 2009 and our first issue was released on October 31, 2009.

The way that With Painted Words works is slightly different from other magazines; every month a new image is chosen as a prompt and, for that month, all submissions must have used it as their inspiration – no matter how slight, vague or metaphorical it is there must be some form of link between the image and the work.

If you want to submit a story, poem or artwork, visit the submissions page for full guidelines. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Thanks to our lovely readers we were voted #14 in the 2009 and #10 in the 2010 Preditors and Editors Poll at Critters (http://www.critters.org).

May 2012 - submissions open, close 25th

Above all else was submitted by Cheryl
To find out more about them please click here.

Submissions are currently open and have a deadline of 25th May 2012 at 23:59 GMT - Click here for details.

April 2012 - edition now available

'Party Favors' ~ by Harmony Hodges -click here to view-

'The Coaxer' ~ by Paul Magnan -click here to view-

'Death in a Dream' ~ by DewRina Lee -click here to view-

'Tomorrow' ~ by Venus -click here to view-

April 2012 - Inspirational Image

The April 2012 submission period sees an image from Bri Submissions of April 2012 are now closed, To find out more about the Current open Submission click here.

March 2012 - edition now available

'Two Livers' ~ by Harmony Hodges -click here to view-

'A date for dinner' ~ by Crystal -click here to view-

'Fresh' ~ by Seth Furman -click here to view-

'One Winter Day' ~ by Gloria Webber -click here to view-

March 2012 - Inspirational Image

The March 2012 submission period sees an image from Gali Submissions of March 2012 are now closed, To find out more about the Current open Submission click here.

February 2012 - edition now available

'On The Fourteenth Day' ~ by DewRina Lee -click here to view-

'Day Eight' ~ by Catherine Marinelli -click here to view-

'Chain of Hearts' ~ by Rachel J Bailey -click here to view-

'Rust' ~ by Anastassia Bougakova -click here to view-

February 2012 - Inspirational Image

The February 2012 submission period sees an image from Samantha Bell

Day 8 was submitted by Samantha Bell.

Submissions of February 2012 are now closed, To find out more about the Current open Submission click here.

January 2012 - edition now available

'A Mother's Burden' ~ by Jayne Thickett -click here to view-

'The Journey ' ~ by Kay D. Ziegler -click here to view-

'Refuge' ~ by Paul van Leusden -click here to view-

'Linney Carries the Boys' ~ by James Patrick Morrow -click here to view-

January 2012 - Inspirational Image

The January 2012 submission period sees an image from Alienne

Alienne is just a "normal" person, 60 yrs old, living near Bremen in Germany.

Submissions of January 2012 are now closed, To find out more about the Current open Submission click here.

December 2011 - edition now available

'Snowfall' ~ by Jennifer Michelle N. -click here to view-

'The Symbol' ~ by Harmony Hodges -click here to view-

'Interior Christmas (With Snow Angel)' ~ by Andrew J. Stone -click here to view-

'Slope of Perfection' ~ by Laura Johnston -click here to view-

'Wishful Thinking' ~ by Meghan Feldman -click here to view-

December 2011 - Inspirational Image

The December 2011 submission period sees an image from LK Thayer

Due to essential maintenance the December edition submission deadline will be 20th December, rather than the 25th.

I'm 53yrs. an actor, poet, photographer, who created the popular website "The Juice Bar" - www.lkthayer.wordpress.com/ - for poets & artists. also an award winning stage actress & member of The Actor's Studio.
My main passion right now is photography & exploring it's possibilities.

Submissions of December 2011 are now closed, To find out more about the Current open Submission click here.

November 2011 - edition now available

'The Invitation' ~ by Harmony Hodges -click here to view-

'The Dead Man' ~ by DewRina Lee -click here to view-

'The Doorway to Hell' ~ by Stef White -click here to view-

'The end of the beginning of the end' ~ by Jay Faulkner -click here to view-

November 2011 - Inspirational Image

The November 2011 submission period sees an image from Eric Braddock

Currently living in Southern New Jersey, I am pursuing a career as a freelance illustrator and also as a concept artist. Working primarily in the fantasy/sci-fi genre, I paint both traditionally in oils as well as digitally.

http://www.ericbraddock.com

Submissions of November 2011 are now closed, To find out more about the Current open Submission click here.

About Us

ISSN 2042-3543

Simply put this is a creative writing site that puts the adage, "a picture paints a thousand words" to the test. The premise is that, each month, an image will be given as a visual prompt and you will have up to one thousand words to tell the story that you are inspired to write ... using your imagination as the canvas and language as your brush.

We are open to submissions of artwork to inspire stories and stories inspired by the artwork - how very Ouroboros of us!