When submitting fiction and poetry, please be sure that each work is:
Submissions (including simultaneous submissions but not reprints) are accepted online only via our submissions page. If your submission does not follow the guidelines presented, the readers will immediately disregard it without further notice. Those creatives selected for publication will be contacted. If you haven't been contacted within 1-3 months, consider your submission rejected. If rejected, please refrain from submitting new work for 90 days. TL is currently a non-paying market.
Please note: You are allowed to submit upto five (5) works per season*, which means you can submit 5 of one thing (5 poems), or a combination of 5 things (2 short stories, 1 poem , and 2 pieces of art). If you are submitting multiple pieces, your submission should package all the pieces into ONE (1) document - spacing and clearly labeling content so as to easily be understand where one piece stops and another begins.
* Seasons of publication run from Feb 14 to May 13 (Spring), May 14 to Aug 13 (Summer), Aug 14 to Nov 13 (Fall), and Nov 14 to Feb 13 (Winter).
- Original and Unpublished
- Formatted correctly according to Shunn (fiction/poetry), including 1" margins on all sides, page numbers, and American Letter (8.5"x11", not A4)
- Typed in Times New Roman 12-point font using the TAB key for indents (do NOT use the ruler, paragraph, indent, or spacing features)
- No longer than 7,000 words (short fiction), 2 pages (poetry), or 20,000 (serialization)
- Written in English
- Saved in WORD Document (.doc/.docx) format with SS (short story) or P (poem) or S (serialization), author last name, shortened title, and genre (EX: SS_Stephens_TheVampireArgos_Paranormal)
- Original and Unpublished
- High-quality photography (300 dpi/high resolution)
- Saved as a .jpeg
- Labeled with artist's name, title of piece, material, and year created (EX: Stephens_Argos_Acrylic_2018)
Submissions (including simultaneous submissions but not reprints) are accepted online only via our submissions page. If your submission does not follow the guidelines presented, the readers will immediately disregard it without further notice. Those creatives selected for publication will be contacted. If you haven't been contacted within 1-3 months, consider your submission rejected. If rejected, please refrain from submitting new work for 90 days. TL is currently a non-paying market.
Please note: You are allowed to submit upto five (5) works per season*, which means you can submit 5 of one thing (5 poems), or a combination of 5 things (2 short stories, 1 poem , and 2 pieces of art). If you are submitting multiple pieces, your submission should package all the pieces into ONE (1) document - spacing and clearly labeling content so as to easily be understand where one piece stops and another begins.
* Seasons of publication run from Feb 14 to May 13 (Spring), May 14 to Aug 13 (Summer), Aug 14 to Nov 13 (Fall), and Nov 14 to Feb 13 (Winter).
