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Snowflake Magazine

Literary Magazine

Flash Fiction

Flash Nonfiction

Poetry

Review

Interview

Art

Photography

Wtf is genre, send anything

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Snowflake Magazine latest issue

An LGBTQ+ networking initiative centered around a published creative showcase. Join our community of queer writers, artists and creators!

Highlights

This magazine may have some eligibility requirements

Please double-check before submitting.

  • Vibe:Weird / outsider / wtf even is it
  • Response time:
    1-3 months*
    Editor reported data
  • Acceptance rate:
    ?

Pays£15

Find more details in the Genres section

FeeNo

  • Accepts simultaneous submissions

    What's that?

    When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time

  • Accepts previously published

    What's that?

    When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary

  • Nominates for prizes

  • Active on social media

  • Available in print

  • Provides contributor copies

    From the editors

    Contributors receive either a free pdf copy or a £2.99 discount on the print edition of the issue they feature in.

  • Has examples online

  • Offers expedited response

    What's that?

    Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee

Fiction - 250 words max

Max words: 250

Max pieces: 1

Sub Genres: All / surprise us, Literary

Payment: £ 15

One piece per creator. Please include a brief note or synopsis (around 25-50 words) in the same file as your piece for our editors, to help us quickly understand the premise and how it links to the theme. Please format your work using Times New Roman, font size 12 and double spaced. Please use a .doc, .docx or PDF format if this will preserve the unique format of your work (if this is the case, please note this in your brief summary).

Nonfiction - 500 words max

Max words: 500

Max pieces: 1

Sub Genres: All / surprise us

Payment: £ 15

Brevity: keep submitted articles and essays brief and concise. ​ Clarity: non-fiction submissions should have clear aims and direction. ​ Sensitivity: all pieces should be written with an awareness of IPSO ethics guidelines. Opinion, news and discussion pieces will be expected to be able to produce reliable evidence for claims made, if requested. ​ We’re interested in interviews and reviews, but we would prefer an emailed pitch first to reduce the risk of wasting your time. This type of non-fiction is more likely to be featured on the website than in the magazine. Please format your work using Times New Roman, font size 12 and double spaced.

Poetry

Max lines: 25

Max pieces: 3

Payment: £ 15

Please send each poem in a separate word file to allow us to process each piece individually. All forms welcome, experimental, traditional, free verse, prose etc. Please keep your poems under 25 lines. We understand that sometimes every line is important and thus we may consider poems slightly longer than 25 lines if you are unable to edit them shorter. However, anything over 30 lines will be rejected outright or may be considered for our blog only. This line limit is due to print magazine restrictions. Please format your work using Times New Roman, font size 12 unless this is not possible for the intended format of your poem (in this case, please note this in your creator summary). Please use a .doc, .docx or PDF format if this will preserve the unique format of your work.

Review

Payment: £ 15

emailed pitch first

Interview

Payment: £ 15

emailed pitch first

Art

Max pieces: 3

Payment: £ 15

Please bear in mind: we are looking for works related to/inspired by the respective issue’s theme. These can be photographs of paintings, sculptures or other physical pieces as well as digital art and design. We welcome works that are part of a series, though please be aware that we may only publish one or two of the three presented pieces. We also accept digital-only pieces for our website such as animations, videos and interactive works, though please email us before submitting providing a description and a pitch, as we will need to work with you to ensure these are worth your time and ours, and to ensure they are presented correctly. Technical specifications: We require hi-res (minimum 720x720 or higher) images at 96 dpi or above, and please stick to the aspect ratios 1:1, 3:2, 4:3, 5:4 or 16:9 if possible, this helps us present your work beautifully on our A5 pages. Any works submitted that do not fit these requirements (and therefore may not fit the magazine layout) may be declined as a result. Images that are over 3000px resolution in height or width will be scaled down if needed. Not sure about Aspect Ratios? Check out this guide from Shutterstock, and this Aspect Ratio Calculator from Bellevue Fine Art. Not sure if your piece fits these requirements? Let us know if you need your image checked in your description! We will endeavour to give all artwork a single full page, but unusual sizing, orientation or other constraints may mean we use the artwork across half a page, or multiple pages. Please only send pictures and photographs as a JPEG, PNG or PDF format.

Photography

Max pieces: 3

Payment: £ 15

Please bear in mind: we are looking for works related to/inspired by the respective issue’s theme. These can be photographs of paintings, sculptures or other physical pieces as well as digital art and design. We welcome works that are part of a series, though please be aware that we may only publish one or two of the three presented pieces. We also accept digital-only pieces for our website such as animations, videos and interactive works, though please email us before submitting providing a description and a pitch, as we will need to work with you to ensure these are worth your time and ours, and to ensure they are presented correctly. Technical specifications: We require hi-res (minimum 720x720 or higher) images at 96 dpi or above, and please stick to the aspect ratios 1:1, 3:2, 4:3, 5:4 or 16:9 if possible, this helps us present your work beautifully on our A5 pages. Any works submitted that do not fit these requirements (and therefore may not fit the magazine layout) may be declined as a result. Images that are over 3000px resolution in height or width will be scaled down if needed. Not sure about Aspect Ratios? Check out this guide from Shutterstock, and this Aspect Ratio Calculator from Bellevue Fine Art. Not sure if your piece fits these requirements? Let us know if you need your image checked in your description! We will endeavour to give all artwork a single full page, but unusual sizing, orientation or other constraints may mean we use the artwork across half a page, or multiple pages. Please only send pictures and photographs as a JPEG, PNG or PDF format.

Wtf is genre, send anything

Payment: £ 15

We are happy to consider pieces that transcend or do not fit these mediums. Feel free to reach out to us if you have questions or something to pitch.

How to submit

  • Processs

    Google / other forms

  • Cover letter

    Please also send us a short bio (this is limited to 250 characters or less). This bio may appear on the Snowflake Magazine website if your work is published in the magazine. Feel free to include a link to your creative website, physical or digital shop, or social media. Be aware that each issue has a specific theme, which authors are encouraged to approach from a distinct and personal angle. Please ensure your work is sufficiently linked to this theme, and feel free to explain the link in your creator bio.

  • Eligibility

    LGBTQ+ creators18+

  • Formatting

    Please format your work using Times New Roman, font size 12 and double spaced. Please use a .doc, .docx or PDF format if this will preserve the unique format of your work (if this is the case, please note this in your brief summary).

  • Author's rights

    All rights reserved. Please be aware that submitting to Snowflake Magazine grants us the full rights to publish your submission on our website or in our magazine, it also gives us permission to use your work in any of our marketing materials, where it may be minimally edited to include our branding or information. All work remains the intellectual property of the creator. We will endeavour to inform you of any use of your work before it goes live or is disseminated, but this may not always be possible, and you can of course revoke this permission at any time with the exception of works already printed.

  • Additional info

    Make you feel at home: cozy, meme-friendly, a sense of community, all that stuff Accept previously published The submission itself should either be queer themed or from an artist who identifies as LGBTQ+ (or both!).

Tracker statistics

18

Total submissions tracked

44 days

Average response time

75%

Average acceptance rate

14 days

Fastest response time

118 days

Slowest response time

*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 244 days, 258 days

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About

Snowflake magazine is looking for submissions of art, poetry, essays, flash fiction, photography, interviews and articles from self-identifying queer creators. We are happy to consider pieces that transcend or do not fit these mediums. Being queer already often sits outside the norm, so we encourage...

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Founded

2021

Country

GB

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    Editor Mairnan Barton avatar

    Mairnan Barton

    Editor-in-Chief

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    Matt David

    Art Editor

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    Tayo Adekunle

    Art Editor

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    Ame McLachlan

    Fiction & Poetry Editor

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    Benny Ashmore

    Fiction & Poetry Editor

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    Delphine Martineau

    Content Lead

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    Sebastian Nucinkis

    Project Coordinator

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    Frankie Blaus

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