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Issue 2 Contributors

As our team work hard on stitching together our latest issue, we'd like to take a moment to thank everyone who has submitted a piece for 'Journeys'. A huge thank you to:

Adaria Crutcher Antonia Stassi Cierra Banks Ethan Riddle Nathan Trotman Pillar Blanka RJ Eaton Sofia Alleyne Shamik Banerjee

We're so glad to showcase your work.

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Make sure you're following us here, on Tumblr, or on Instagram for updates on our second issue!

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We're Back!

Creative Bastards Magazine is back with our Second Issue - Journeys!

We’re excited to return to produce a second issue of our magazine, following the theme of Journeys. Submissions open June 5th and close July 7th 2023. To find out more about how to submit, and view our submission guidelines, visit our website here.

You can also read our First Issue, for free, on our website!

We can’t wait to see what you come up with!

Please Note: Replies and responses to submissions will not be sent until after the submission window has closed. We currently aim to send responses starting July 17th.

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Creative Bastards Launch!

I am delighted to announce that we are launching the first ever issue of Creative Bastards Magazine next week!

If you are in or around Nottingham, or can get to us, please come and check out our Launch on November 21st at 7pm! We hope to see you there!

Book your tickets here: CB Magazine Launch Event Tickets, Mon 21 Nov 2022 at 19:00 | Eventbrite

We hope to see you there!

-Rebecca

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The Creative Bastards Magazine submissions are open! (Until June 20th, 2022) For Issue #1, Theme: Monster(s)

We accept many mediums, including: - Prose (Up to 1000 words) - Poetry (Up to 60 lines each) - Script (Up to 5 pages) - Comics (Up to 5 A4 pages) - Artwork (Up to 5 A4 Submissions) - Photography (Up to 5 A4 Submissions)

We accept up to 5 submissions of any medium per person. If you have work in an unlisted medium that you'd like to submit, don't hesitate to get in touch!

We are happy to accept questions about your submission through our social media (Instagram being our most active) or via email, [email protected] Please include the word 'Query' in your email subject to help us reply to you quickly.

Please note: We are a student-run magazine. This means there will not be any financial reimbursement for contributions to this issue. Additionally, dependent on the frequency of submissions, we may not be able to include your submission in this issue.

Even so, we hope you'll take up a pen, a stylus, lens, or brush, and let your creativity flow! We can't wait to see your work <3

-Ellis

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Contributors, thank you!

I would just like to say thank you to all our wonderful contributors to our first issue of Creative Bastards Magazine!

I have had the pleasure of being able to read through and admire all of the pieces Ellis has chosen for this magazine, and they are all wonderful! Thank you for sending in work and allowing us to showcase it in our brand-new magazine!

Nathan Trotman - On the Mantle Nick Barratt - What's That? David Talhadas - The Destruction of Kelper Isabella J. Mansfield - On learning that Medusa was not the villain Andrew Taylor - Murmur & Changes of Time not Space Esther Fisher - Here There Be Monsters Marjan Safiyari - A Gleaming Giant Monster Megan Sprous - Creepy Elle Jacobson - The Monster Under My Bed Marc Isaac Potter - Death 409 Sage Lai - Only Cowards Baulk at the Truth R.J Eaton - The Blue Devil Antonia Stassi - From Within Irina Tall - Artwork Elmo Moorby - A Night on the Moors

I hope that when the magazine comes out you all have a look because we have some absolutely brilliant work from some wonderful people, some of whom are close friends and course mates of mine! I am so proud of all our contributors, and I know Ellis is too.

Thank you everyone for your amazing work!

Please check out the magazine when it launches - a launch event is being planned as I write this, and Ellis wishes to make this accessible to everyone. I'll make a post when we have a date for launch and release!

-Rebecca (R.J. Eaton 😉)

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Cover design (draft)

Hello all! I'm very excited to be able to share with you a draft of our cover, for the first issue, which is currently in production!

I hope you love it as much as I do, though currently it's being updated to look even better on the final product.

Please let us know what you think (though hateful comments will be deleted) and come and say hi!

-Rebecca

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New logos!

Hi all! Just here to drop by and showcase our new logo designs, made by the incredible Ellis, the Editor in Chief and creator of this magazine!

Please, show us some love, we really need it! You can come talk to us here or on Twitter or Instagram!

-Rebecca