We are looking for Poetry, Micro Prose, Flash Fiction, Flash CNF, Short Fiction, Short CNF, Novel Excerpts, Plays, Scripts, Art, Photography, Mixed Media, Cartoons, Comics, and Graphic Narratives.
For details on submission periods (yes, they vary according to genre/category), how-tos (yes, we have different submission procedures and multiple emails) and response times (and yes, they vary too), please check the relevant genre/category below.
Please follow the guidelines carefully so that we do not miss your submission.
Note: We request our previous contributors to skip one regular issue before submitting again. For example, if your work appeared in Issue 3, you are welcome to submit again for Issue 5. As much as we would love to read more from you, this is to ensure we can give space to new and diverse contributors.
In your submission email, please paste the following: I confirm this is my original work and has no use of AI. I also confirm that this work has not been published/curated before, in print or online, including on personal websites, blogs and social media.
Submissions sent without the above confirmation shall not be considered.
Poetry
The Google Form for Poetry will open on January 16, 8:00 AM Indian Time and close on January 26, 11:59 PM Pacific Time. (Google Form link will be shared here on January 16.)
Submit 1-3 poems, up to 50 lines each, or up to 200 words each for prose poetry.
Begin each poem on a new page.
Please upload your poems in .doc/.docx format. Upload a PDF only in case of special formatting.
File name: Your Name, Poetry
All responses will be sent out after January 26. If you do not receive a response by February 26, please query by emailing [email protected] with the subject line: Issue 4 Poetry Submission Status – [Your Name].
If your work is a simultaneous submission, to withdraw one or more poems, please email [email protected] with the subject line: Withdraw Issue 4 Poetry – [Your Name].
Micro Prose
Submissions to this category will open on January 16, 12:00 AM Indian Time and close on January 26, 11:59 PM Pacific Time. Submissions sent outside this window will not receive a response.
Submit 1-3 pieces, up to 400 words each.
Paste your work in the email body, in a readable font, with no paragraph indents.
Subject line: Your Name, Micro Prose
Email: [email protected]
All responses will be sent out after January 26. If you do not receive a response by February 26, please query with a follow-up email in the same thread.
Fiction / Creative Nonfiction / Novel Excerpt
Submissions to these categories will open on January 16, 12:00 AM Indian Time and close on February 8, 11:59 PM Pacific Time. Submissions sent outside this window will not receive a response.
Flash Fiction / Flash CNF: Submit 1 piece, up to 1000 words.
Short Fiction / Short CNF / Novel Excerpt: Submit 1 piece, up to 3000 words.
Paste your work in the email body, in a readable font, with no paragraph indents.
Subject line: Your Name, [category]
Email: [email protected]
Novel excerpts should work as a standalone piece. The novel can be a work in progress or scheduled to be published on or after April 15. Please provide the details in the email body.
We will try our best to send out immediate acceptances and declines, and some work we might want to hold for further consideration. Responses to all work, including those held for further consideration, will be sent out by March 8. If you do not receive a response by then, please query with a follow-up email in the same thread.
Play / Script
Submissions to this category will open on January 16, 12:00 AM Indian Time and close on February 28, 11:59 PM Pacific Time. Submissions sent outside this window will not receive a response.
Submit 1 piece, up to 3000 words.
Paste your work in the email body, in a readable font, with no paragraph indents, or attach as a .doc/.docx file, left aligned.
Subject line: Your Name, [category]
Email: [email protected]
Our responses will be rolling. If you do not receive a response by March 15, please query with a follow-up email in the same thread.
Art / Photography / Mixed Media / Comics / Cartoons / Graphic Narratives
Submissions to these categories will open on January 16, 12:00 AM Indian Time and close on February 28, 11:59 PM Pacific Time. Submissions sent outside this window will not receive a response.
Art / Photography / Mixed Media: Submit 1-10 pieces. Attach as .jpg/.jpeg/.png.
Comics / Cartoons / Graphic Narratives: Submit 1-3 pieces, up to 6 pages each. Attach as .jpg/.jpeg/.png.
If your files are too big to be attached, please upload them in a Google Drive folder and send us the link, ensuring our email has access to it.
Paste your artist statement, if any, in the email body, in a readable font, with no paragraph indents.
Subject line: Your Name, [category]
Email: [email protected]
Our responses will be rolling. If you do not receive a response by March 15, please query with a follow-up email in the same thread.
FAQs
Multiple Submissions: No, please submit in any one category during a submission cycle.
Resubmissions: Not unless requested.
Sim-subs: Yes, just let us know upon acceptance elsewhere and withdraw.
Reprints: No unsolicited reprints, please.
Submission Fees: No.
Payment: Sorry, we aren’t there yet.
Upon Acceptance:
We solicit bios and photos upon acceptance.
Do not withdraw an accepted work after giving us your go-ahead.
Do not request us to replace an accepted work with another work.
Do not ask us to put an accepted work on hold until you hear back from another publication. Please either confirm or withdraw.
If you do not respond to our acceptance email within 10 days of receipt, we will consider it as a decline on your end.
Rights:
Copyright of the work remains with the contributor.
We ask for First Electronic Publication Rights and credits when your work is republished.
We also ask for Archival Rights on our website indefinitely.
If we ever plan an anthology from the work published in our magazine, we’ll request permission from the contributor.
We nominate our contributors for awards and anthologies such as the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, Best Microfiction, Best Small Fictions, Best Spiritual Literature, etc.
