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All submissions should follow the core code of the magazine: write or illustrate something fantastic. 

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Fiction and Flash Fiction:<div>Fiction submissions should be no longer than 3,500 words.</div><div>Fiction submissions that are 1,000 words or fewer will be reviewed as flash fiction.</div><div>Fiction submissions should be double-spaced and in a size 12, no-nonsense font (Arial, Times New Roman, etc).</div><div>Please send no more than two fiction pieces and two flash fiction pieces per issue.</div><div>We can work with Word DOC, DOCX, and PDF files for fiction submissions.</div>

Fiction

Flash Fiction

<br><div>Each submitted poem should be no longer than 50 lines and under three pages.</div><div>Please send us no more than four poems per issue.</div><div>We can work with Word DOC, DOCX, and PDF files for poetry submissions.</div>

Poetry

The theme for our Winter 2027 issue is TETHERED.<div><br></div><div>Tethered: to be fastened, confined, or limited. Some things keep us tethered, and others we tether to ourselves. Submit your poetry, art, fiction, or flash fiction that speaks to what it is to be tethered. As always, please keep in mind that we are not always literal with how we read our themes.</div><div><br></div><div>The deadline to submit to the Winter 2027 issue is January 3rd at midnight EST. Our general guidelines still apply for themed issues; please read the guidelines below before submitting.</div><div><br></div><div>Art<div>We have no limits on the number of art submissions each artist can submit per issue.</div><div>For art, we can take JPG, PNG, and PDF files.</div></div>

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