The Open Sewers Collective

How to submit

• Processs

  Email

• Cover letter

  There are no requirements for your Cover Letter. Please do, however, add trigger warnings for your texts, if necessary.

• Eligibility

  No specific eligibility requirements

• Formatting

  Please submit texts as word documents. If your text requires special formatting that can't be featured, please submit the plain text in word and a formatted version in pdf or idd.

• Author's rights

  We publish The Open Sewers Collective in Germany. In Germany, there is a distinction between Urheberrecht and Nutzungsrecht. The Urheberrecht belongs to the creator of the text. It is intransferable. The Nutzungsrecht defines how the text is used by a third party, in this case us. Before publishing your text, you will be asked to give us what is called einfaches, inhaltlich beschränktes Nutzungsrecht, which means: All rights regarding your texts remain with you, but you give us permission to use them for the upcoming issue of our magazine. You can give the same permission to other parties, too. You can also allow us to use your texts to advertise our magazine on Social Media etc.You can revoke the Nutzungsrecht, the permission, in case of Nichtausübung, meaning we didn't publish your texts, or Gewandelter Überzeugung, meaning you no longer agree with or otherwise stand behind your text.

• Additional info

  We accept submissions in all languages, but require a translation for texts that are not in English or German. We advise for texts in languages other than English and German that you let a native speaker proofread your original and translation. We're, unfortunately, unable to pay royalties. Feel free to approach us if you run a bookshop or want a bookshop of your trust to sell The Open Sewers Collective. Feel free to reach out, if you want to feature us in your podcast/blog/newspaper etc. Spread the word about us on social media and tag us on instagram and Facebook with @opensewers and #opensewers.