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Blood Tree Literature is an online literary magazine dedicated to showcasing evocative, lyrical, and resonant writing that take linguistic risks to push the boundaries of conventional language and genre.

Blood Tree Literature is an online literary magazine dedicated to showcasing evocative, lyrical, and resonant writing that take linguistic risks to push the boundaries of conventional language and genre. We favor lyrical pieces that do not withhold depth or resonance. With that in mind, submit to us your best, the box under your bed marked UNSHARABLE, the orphan poem or black sheep fiction. Send us your experimentals; be vulnerable, be calculated. 

We publish twice a year, in summer and winter. As of 2024, we nominate for Best of the Nest and the Pushcart Prize, and as of 2025, we offer honorariums for published pieces. Our alternating themed contests also match award amounts in donations to a theme-relevant charitable organization.

BTL is a pro-choice, trans-inclusive, anti-generative AI, anti-racist publication.

Blood Tree Literature is an indie lit project based out of Canada & the United States, operating on the traditional territories of the Niitsítapi and Očhéthi Šakówiŋ nations, and the Homeland of the Métis.

Abusive or derogatory submissions are not allowed - not now, not ever. BTL is a pro-choice, trans-inclusive, anti-generative AI, anti-racist publication.

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Blood Tree Literature

<div>Hybrid can be defined as the undefinable. It is the crossroad between genres and forms, and otherwise exhibits unusual qualities that may be considered unconventional. &nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>This is for an unthemed issue. Please review the general guidelines on the homepage of the BTL Submittable before submitting.</div><div><br></div>Hybrid specific guidelines:

<div>  Maximum hybrid pieces in a submission: 3.</div><div><br></div><div>  Maximum word count: 2500. We like to keep it flash-y.</div><div><br></div>  Please note that we don’t typically gravitate toward heavily end-rhymed pieces nor YA-leaning stories.


IMPORTANT NOTE FOR SUBMISSIONS OF MULTIPLE PIECES:
If you would like to withdraw only a single piece or portion of your submission of multiple poems, please send a message through Submittable or email us at bloodtreelit@yahoo.com to do so. Do NOT mark your entire submission as Withdrawn unless every included portion has become unavailable, or else we will miss out on the pieces you still want us to consider!

Hybrid

This is for an unthemed issue. Please review the general guidelines on the homepage of the BTL Submittable before submitting. 

 Poetry Specific Guidelines:

  Maximum poems in a submission: 3.
  Please note that we don’t typically gravitate toward heavily end-rhymed poems.


 
 IMPORTANT NOTE FOR SUBMISSIONS OF MULTIPLE POEMS:
 If you would like to withdraw only a single poem or portion of your submission of multiple poems, please send a message through Submittable or email us at bloodtreelit@yahoo.com to do so. Do NOT mark your entire submission as Withdrawn unless every included poem has become unavailable, or else we will miss out on the pieces you still want us to consider!

Poetry

This is for an unthemed issue. Submit only one piece of creative nonfiction. Please review the general guidelines on the homepage of the BTL Submittable before submitting. 

 Nonfiction Specific Guidelines:
  Maximum word count: 2500. We like to keep it flash-y.

Creative Nonfiction

This is for an unthemed issue. Submit only one piece of fiction. Please review the general guidelines on the homepage of the BTL Submittable before submitting.&nbsp;

 Fiction Specific Guidelines:

<ul><li>Maximum word count: 2500. We like to keep it flash-y.</li><li>Please note that we don’t typically gravitate toward work that is Y.A. in nature.</li></ul>

Fiction

<div>We are seeking reviews of books written by contributors of Blood Tree Literature. A full list of books written by our contributors can be found on our website here. If you'd like to review a contributor book not listed or a forthcoming contributor book ARC, please query us at bloodtreelit@yahoo.com first.</div><div><br></div>Please read our existing contributor book reviews, as well as the general submission guidelines on our website or BTL Submittable homepage, before submitting to get a feel for the style and expectations of the work we publish.

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Reviews Specific Guidelines:

<div>  Maximum word count for reviews: 2500.</div><div><br></div><div>  Reviews must not have been previously published by another publication, organization, or review-centric platform (i.e. NetGalley, GoodReads). &nbsp;Exception: reprints of reviews are allowed only if it was previously published in a now-defunct and unavailable publication — please indicate in your submission if that is the case and attribute the publication of first appearance.</div><div><br></div><div>  Reviews that have been previously published to social media or review sections of distribution/non-review-centric platforms (i.e. Amazon, StoryGraph, Bookshop.org) are eligible for submission only if the submitted review has been expanded on from its original post. &nbsp;Exception: if your full review was posted on the aforementioned platforms in a language other than English, submissions of the full review translated into English are allowed.</div><div><br></div><div>  BTL offers a $15 USD honorarium for reviews accepted for publication.</div><div><br></div>  All other general submission guidelines apply.

Review must be of a book written by a BTL contributor. We do not accept reviews of any other books at this time.

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