Guidelines

• We publish poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and hybrid works that challenge convention or use established forms with modern reinterpretations.
• Attach your written work as a .doc, .docx, or .pdf file, with a 12-point font like Times New Roman, Arial, or Georgia. Visual and cine poetry can also be submitted, often in .png, .jpg, .mp4, or .m4v formats.
• Prompt Poems may be announced and will be considered as an acceptable fourth poetry submission
• Poetry: Up to 3 poems per submission, maximum 6 pages total
• Micro-memoir and other Creative Nonfiction (~1,000 words)
• Personal Essays (~2000 words)
• Short Fiction (~2,500 words)
• Flash Fiction (~300 words)
• Art & Photography submissions also accepted, please include a page or two on your work
• Music or Video while these are not a focus, submissions may be considered for our social media and website
• Multiple submissions are allowed, however, please do not exceed more than two genres.
• Simultaneous submissions accepted; notify us immediately if accepted elsewhere
• Previously unpublished work only
• Include a brief bio: we want to know how the intersection of your identity and experience informs your work.
• If you have a piece that you strongly feel aligns to what we are looking for, but is longer than the guidelines, send us a sample that fits the length, along with a brief description of the rest of the work. We might work with you to consider the entire piece, break it into parts for future issues, or publish the sample as it is.
• We do not promote hate speech and reserve the right not to respond to correspondence that is racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, etc.