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.


December 2021 - submissions now closed

The Christmas Wish was submitted by Erean

Erean is a photographer from Rheinland-Pfalz / Germany


To find out more about them please click here.

Submissions are now closed.

December 2021 - Inspirational Image

The Christmas Wish by Erean The December 2021 submission period sees an image from Erean

Erean is a photographer from Rheinland-Pfalz / Germany

Submissions of December 2021 are now closed, To find out more about the Current open Submission click here.


November 2021 - edition now available

Micro Fiction'Madison Avenue Is Vacant' ~ by Karol Nielsen -click here to view-
Poetry'The Nomadic Flowers on Your Back' ~ by Shalom Galve Aranas -click here to view-
Poetry'Blinded Vision' ~ by Sreekanth Kopuri -click here to view-
Micro Fiction'Ladybug' ~ by David Clear -click here to view-

November 2021 - Inspirational Image

The Christmas Wish by Ming Myaskovsky The November 2021 submission period sees an image from Ming Myaskovsky

I'm a self-taught American artist and I have always enjoyed painting since I was a child. I believe in the freedom of colors created with imagination.

Submissions of November 2021 are now closed, To find out more about the Current open Submission click here.


October 2021 - edition now available

Poetry'A blabber' ~ by Muralidharan Parthasarathy -click here to view-
Poetry'The Littleness of Men' ~ by Jessica Xu -click here to view-
Poetry'Tumbling Knowledge' ~ by Agnes Clarke -click here to view-
Flash Fiction'Trick and Treat' ~ by Heather Haigh -click here to view-

October 2021 - Inspirational Image

The Christmas Wish by Chris  Howard The October 2021 submission period sees an image from Chris Howard

Chris Howard is a software engineer who writes science fiction and fantasy books and short stories. He’s just finished his sixth novel, the first book in a new contemporary fantasy series.

Submissions of October 2021 are now closed, To find out more about the Current open Submission click here.


October 2021 - Inspirational Image

The Christmas Wish by Abingdon Walks The October 2021 submission period sees an image from Abingdon Walks

Photographer from Oxfordshire, England.

Submissions of October 2021 are now closed, To find out more about the Current open Submission click here.


October 2021 - Inspirational Image

The Christmas Wish by G Clarks The October 2021 submission period sees an image from G Clarks

American Photographer.

Submissions of October 2021 are now closed, To find out more about the Current open Submission click here.


October 2021 - Inspirational Image

The Christmas Wish by San Lin  Tun The October 2021 submission period sees an image from San Lin Tun

San Lin Tun is a freelance writer of essays, poetry, short story and novel in Myanmar and English. He also draws cartoons and graphic artworks.

Submissions of October 2021 are now closed, To find out more about the Current open Submission click here.




About Us

ISSN 2042-3543
Publisher: Four Parts Press
Place of publication: UK

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!





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