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Guidelines

"An online creative writing magazine for chronically ill and disabled writers and artists."

"An online creative writing magazine for chronically ill and disabled writers and artists."

Vibe

We're just chilling here

Response Time

up to 6 weeks / 30 days

Acceptance Rate

100%

  • Payment

    No

  • Fee

    No

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    Yes

  • Expedited response

    No

  • Available in print

    No

  • Provides contributor copies

    No

  • Examples online

    Yes

  • Active on social media

    Yes

Accepted genres

6 genres

Flash Fiction

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 2

2 pieces max per submission period, TOTAL word count cannot exceed 2000 words

Flash Nonfiction

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 2

2 pieces max per submission period, TOTAL word count cannot exceed 2000 words

Poetry

Max pieces: 3

individual poem length cannot exceed 3 pages

Review

Max words: 500

Max pieces: 3

Book/novel reviews

Art

Max pieces: 5

Photography

Max pieces: 5

Flash Fiction

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 2

2 pieces max per submission period, TOTAL word count cannot exceed 2000 words

Flash Nonfiction

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 2

2 pieces max per submission period, TOTAL word count cannot exceed 2000 words

Poetry

Max pieces: 3

individual poem length cannot exceed 3 pages

Review

Max words: 500

Max pieces: 3

Book/novel reviews

Art

Max pieces: 5

Photography

Max pieces: 5

Statistics

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Track submission

13

Total submissions tracked

30 days

Average response time

100%

Average acceptance rate

7 days

Fastest response time

88 days

Slowest response time

How to submit

Process

We use our own submissions form. Please title your submission: First Name _ Last Name _ Individual Piece Title (Example: “John_Smith_Disability as Visibility.” If sending more than one piece, please send them as individual attachments.

Cover letters

Please include a short, third-person author bio. Your author bio should not exceed 150 words. 75-100 words are preferable. Please let us know, if any, which social media platforms you would like us to share in the magazine upon publication.

Eligibility

Creators w/ disabilities

Formatting

Written submissions must be in .doc, .docx, or .pdf. Prose pieces must be double-spaced; poetry can play with spacing as long as it remains readable. All pieces should be written in a standard font such as Arial, TNR, or Calibri. All pieces should be in size 12-16pt.

Rights for published work

This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.

Additional info

Make you feel at home: cozy, meme-friendly, a sense of community, all that stuff Helpful: reposting other opportunities on their Twitter:)

About the Magazine

Founded in 2021 | United Kingdom

Wishbone Words Magazine was founded in 2021 by Hollie Warren in the Lake District, UK. The idea is to create a safe, supportive and understanding online platform to share our voices, allow healing through vulnerability and to showcase underrepresented talents and voices. If we can encourage more compassion and understanding, we are achieving the aim we set out to do!

Masthead

We currently list only main editors, more will be added later! If you are an editor, you can edit your masthead in our admin panel :)

Hollie

Editor-in-Chief

Noelle

Editor

Eli

Editor

Zoey

Editor