
Submissions

Guidelines
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Submissions are now closed. We will announce the dates of our submissions window for issue 3 later in the year (2023)​.
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If you are from a group or community that has to fight especially hard to have your creative work seen/heard, we'd love you to submit to us.
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Previously unpublished work only.
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One submission per person per submission period.
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Please submit in one of the following categories:
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short story up to 4000 words​;
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creative nonfiction up to 4000 words;
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flash fiction up to 1000 words;
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poetry up to 3 pages. This can be between 1 and 3 poems. Please begin each poem on a new page;
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work in translation up to the word/page limit of the relevant category;
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visual art/photography up to 2 pieces (in a single document).
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If you exceed the relevant word count or submit too many pieces, your work will not be considered.​
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If you are submitting work-in-translation, you must first gain permission from the relevant publisher. Please include the text in its original language.
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Your work must be submitted in one attachment via our website link.
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We do not accept submissions by email or outside the submissions period.
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Please use a readable 12-point font: single-spaced for poetry (each poem on a new page) and 1.5-spaced for fiction and CNF.
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Documents must be named as follows: Genre + title. For example: 'Short Story. The Yellow Wallpaper'; 'Poetry. How Do I Love Thee'; 'Visual art. Guernica.' For poetry please name the document using the title of the first poem.
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Strong language or content is fine by us, but we have no time for exploitative, abusive or discriminatory pieces.
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Please include content warnings where relevant.
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Do not include your name anywhere on the document itself as we are fully committed to reading blind. If your name appears on the document, the piece will not be read.
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We believe writers and artists should get paid for their work. We are delighted to pay €200 for short stories or creative nonfiction (cnf) pieces, €100 per poem, €100 for flash fiction, and €100 per visual art piece published. Each contributor also receives a free copy of the magazine.
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We’re all writers and we submit simultaneously ourselves, so feel free to do the same. But do let us know straight away if your piece is accepted elsewhere.
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Upon publication all rights revert to the author. Some work published in the magazine may appear on the website at a later date. Extracts may also appear on our social media feeds.
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We aim to respond to all submitters within three months of the end of the submission window – but response times may be impacted by the volume of submissions received. We will, however, reply to everyone and will strive to offer constructive feedback and encouragement.