Love Bites… Explained

Have a juicy short story you want to share? Love Bites is a new column that focuses on furthering XO’s platform of exploring and examining romantic and sexual landscapes through smaller, seductive pieces of no more than 200 words. Love Bites strives to reinforce and support our mission of uplifting marginalized voices in the Brown, RISD, and Providence communities: we hope to engage more voices through the short format and introduce new and unique perspectives to the magazine. Monthly themes will be posted on our Instagram a couple of weeks prior to the start of the month and submissions will be accepted via GOOGLE FORM for two weeks on average. For safety and comfort, submissions may remain anonymous or be published under a pseudonym. Additionally, we encourage you to submit multiple pieces if you are interested in doing so. Submissions will be reviewed and select short stories that best fit the theme and mission of XO will be published.

NOVEMBER’S THEME: The moment everything changed.

Tell us about a moment you realized you were in love with someone. Perhaps it was love at first sight. Perhaps it was a hookup you shouldn't have fallen for. Perhaps it was a friend you'd been stifling your feelings for. Take some creative liberty—feel free to write in whatever style, in whatever way, from whatever perspective, etc. The only rule is, make it a moment. Max 200 words.

Deadline: November 22nd at 11:59pm