Submission Guidelines
WE ARE CURRENTLY OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS TO ISSUE 1.
We respond to all submissions within 72 hours.
Each issue, one piece will be selected to receive a $20 monetary award, regardless of genre.
Simultaneous submissions and previously published pieces are welcome. If your piece was previously published, please let us know where so we can credit the original publication.
Submit only once per category per quarterly submissions cycle. You may submit in more than one category.
❋ Poetry (including prose poems)—
Up to 3 poems on a single document, with titles in bold. The document should be no more than 6 pages long.
Preferably submitted as a Google Document, but a PDF is allowed if necessary to preserve the form of a piece.
12-pt Times New Roman 1.5 spacing is our standard, preferred font, but we understand that variations may be used to best reflect the author’s intent.
Up to 2 prose pieces (short story, micro fiction, creative nonfiction, plays, essay, excerpt, etc) on a single Google Document. 12-pt Times New Roman 1.5 or 2.0 spacing is required.
There is a word-count limit of 3,000 words per piece.
❋ Prose—❋ Visual Art—
Up to 5 pictures, attached separately. Submit a PNG, PDF, or JPEG.
Paintings, drawings, digital art, collages, photography, and other static, uploadable images.
One short animated film under two minutes.
Upload the video to Google Drive and submit the link to us through the Google Form. Please ensure sharing permissions are set to “anyone with the link can view.”
❋ Animation—ANIMATION SUBMISSION FORMOne video under three minutes of spoken word, storytelling, choreographed dance, comedy, theater, monologue, or any other type of performing arts.
Upload the video to Google Drive and submit the link through the Google Form provided. Please ensure sharing permissions are set to “anyone with the link can view.”
❋ Performance—PERFORMANCE SUBMISSION FORM(If the piece is hybrid, any option may be chosen depending on which best reflects the author’s intent.)