- Yes we publish poems, but...
- Submissions can't run longer than ten poems
- Send all poems as a single attachment
- Yes we publish short fiction, flash fiction and creative non-fiction, but...
- Submissions really shouldn't run longer than 8,000 words
- Submissions should be single-spaced.
- Don't be so topical, no one cares, it doesn't matter.
- Don't include page numbers in your submission, nothing is being printed out.
- Please do include your name and a third-person bio with your submission.
- Please don't include a cover letter.
- Upon acceptance submitted pieces which appear in their entirety on personal blogs or anywhere else online either must be removed from those websites or replaced with excerpts.
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