submission guidelines

we are now reviewing submissions.

the basics:

• We accept up to two pieces of prose, five poems, and five 2D artworks per submission.

• Please submit prose pieces as separate documents, poems in a single document, and visual pieces, including a list of works, in one document if possible.

• Please keep each submission under 7,500 words. 

• Include a brief bio with your work.

• Please attach your submissions as a .doc, .docx, or .pdf. Artwork will also be accepted as .png and .jpg.

• On very rare occasions do we accept previously published work. Please let us know if that is the case with your piece.

• We accept simultaneous submissions, but please inform us if your work is accepted elsewhere.  

• We publish work in translation. Translators are responsible for acquiring author and publisher permissions. 

• Authors retain the copyright to their work. 

• We accept work by both published and previously unpublished authors. 

• We can offer you some money: $40 for content published digitally, $100 for prose published in print, $50 for each poem published in print, and $100 per artwork published in print.

likes: 

• We appreciate genre-bending & genre-blending. 

• We believe trying and failing to work through difficult ideas and feelings is more worthwhile than staying comfortable in what you know. Asking questions is better than answering them.

• We very badly want to be kind.

dislikes: 

• We’re put off by snark or fashion in lieu of rigorous thinking. 

• We will not consider discriminatorily offensive or hateful content for publication. 

• Please do not use Courier.