Your go-to rebel child literary magazine for fun, hot, and sexy everything XO 💋

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Your go-to rebel child literary magazine for fun, hot, and sexy everything XO 💋 The Hot Mess Press was established in 2026 as a printed literary magazine by Brooke Choppin and Angie Pickering. We are a woman-managed independent magazine based in Houston, Texas. 


The Hot Mess Press

-THEME: "MAIN CHARACTER ENERGY" - Tell us the stories or moments, or feelings that made you feel like a main character. The good, the bad, the ugly, the hot, and the messy.<div><br></div><div>-THIS IS A NON-FICTION ONLY ISSUE: We accept submissions of the following genres: creative non-fiction, poetry based on real events, personal essay, memoir, multimedia artwork, and photography. </div><div><br></div><div>-Please do not submit artwork or photography on a PDF or a Word document - it must be a JPEG, PNG, or TIFF file. </div><div><br></div><div>-Poetry has a 30-line MAX (We will be closing to poetry after 30 poetry submissions.)</div><div><br></div><div>-Writers and artists must own the rights to their work.</div><div><br></div><div>-By submitting to us, you are agreeing to allow us to make minor copyedit and technical corrections to your work. Any substantive edits will be made only with your consent.</div><div><br></div><div>-We have a zero-tolerance policy for AI usage for submissions. If we find you used AI, current and future submissions by you will be automatically rejected.</div><div><br></div><div>-Authors must be at least 18 years of age. </div><div><br></div><div>-Please only submit ONE work at a time, but you can submit up to THREE TIMES. If you submit multiple submissions in one form, we will not consider your work. </div><div><br></div><div>Submission deadline is August 31, 2026, at 11:59 PM Central. Submitting work doesn't guarantee it will be accepted for the upcoming edition of The Hot Mess Press due to limited space and the number of submissions. We appreciate reading all of your work! </div>

The Hot Mess Press

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