submission guidelines

general submissions are currently closed.

the basics:

• We accept up to two pieces of prose and five poems per submission.

• Please submit prose pieces as separate documents and poems in a single document.

• 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.

• 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• We accept work by both published and previously unpublished authors.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 digital content and $100 for work 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.