Submission guidelines

What to submit

We encourage genre-bending short stories, poetry and personal essays from the following genres (as a starting point):

—Sci-fi

—Fantasy

—Contemporary

—Magical realism

—Spec-fic

—Gothic

—Horror

—Mystery

Each issue will have a general theme for you to respond to. We encourage broad interpretations; obvious, implicit or merely a focal point.
Issue themes will be announced on our website when submissions open.

Written submissions

What to include in your submission:

—Your beautiful work

—A short author bio of 150–200 words, and social media account (if you’d like to be tagged).

Please submit your work as either a Google doc (preferable) or a Word doc, with each individual work in a separate document.
No PDFs or work in the body of your email please :)

Please ensure that the subject line of your emailed submission contains the type of work you are submitting (‘short fiction’, ‘poetry’ or ‘personal essay’). You can leave out your name, as this will help us to anonymise your work for review.
For example: ‘Poetry submission for issue 2’

Word limits

—Short stories: up to 2,500 words, submit up to 2 at a time.

—Poetry: max 3–5 pages, no more than 5 at a time.

—Personal essays: up to 2,500 words, submit 1 at a time.

Cover submissions

We take submissions for the cover image of each issue! If you would like your work to be featured on the cover, please email us your file and artist bio. As with any written submissions, copyright remains with the original creator. Original images only, please.

File types: JPG, PNG or TIFF (>72 dpi)

Copyright

Please submit your work while it’s fresh and juicy (so, nothing that has been previously published). Copyright always remains with you, the author. No simultaneous submissions, please.

Sensitivity

We don’t support any form of prejudice or social discrimination. While we don’t censor free expression, we understand that some topics can be sensitive or triggering for others. If your work contains sensitive material (e.g., explicit or graphic material) get in touch with us via email to discuss.

Features

Features will be published individually, dependent on capacity. We would like to feature two or three features per month. Our general submission guidelines still apply, as above.

We ask that submitters send only one piece of work at a time for consideration.

Word limits for features

—Short stories: 1,000 words

—Poems: one page

—Personal essays: 1,000 words