A Velvet Giant is an online, genreless literary journal. We love ambiguity: flash pieces, found pieces, cross-genre experiments, the "poem" that thinks it might be a story, the "story" that thinks it might be a poem. Retellings and reimaginings. Work that chips away at institutional structures. Work that breaks everything down so that it can build.
A Velvet Giant is a collective space for work that exists outside the boundaries of genre. We recognize that it can feel impossible to talk about writing without categorizing it. When we say genreless, we don’t mean apolitical. Writing that resists binary categories such as fiction/nonfiction or poetry/prose is inherently queer and inherently political. We want writing that exists in the world, that resists tradition and expectations to build towards new ways of creating, feeling, and being.
Please read our previous issues to learn more about what we are interested in reading and publishing.
Our submissions are currently open until May 15th, 2024 by 11:59PM EST.
Please send your submission as an attachment consisting of no more than 3 pieces, 10 pages total maximum (writing double-spaced), attached to one email as a single file. We are open to work that takes the shape of basically any format: words, recordings, visual art, hybrid forms, etc. We are open to translated original work (unpublished). If you submit a “found” or “after” piece of writing, please credit the text you are sourcing from and include the source text with your submission for reference.
We do not categorize work by genre, so please do not tell us what genre you're sending us (if you know). If you include a cover letter (welcome, but not required), you might say something along the lines of “included are three pieces of writing” rather than “three poems.” We strongly encourage you to read our journal prior to submitting.
All submissions should be sent to the editors at:
avelvetgiant@gmail.com
with the subject line “SUBMISSION” along with the number of pieces you are (e.g. “SUBMISSION — 3 PIECES”).
In the body of your email, please include a short, third-person bio, to be featured alongside any piece or pieces accepted for publication. You may include links to social media profiles and/or a description or explanation of your work, although this is not required.
Please only send previously unpublished work. However, we are open to reprints if the work you are submitting was previously published in a defunct journal.
Simultaneous submissions are welcome. Let us know if your submission is accepted for publication elsewhere before we're able to get back to you.
We ask that past contributors wait at least 6 months following their publication to submit future work for consideration. Please wait 1 month to resubmit if you have received a rejection.
Send us the stuff you’re excited about!
We pay our contributors $20 per author upon publication.
Please read our about page and archive of previous issues to learn & become familiar with what kind of work we are interested in reading and publishing.
We are especially interested in work by genderqueer & LGBTQ+ people, women, people of color, global writers, people living with disability and/or chronic pain/illness, and survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.
Please do NOT send us work that is misogynistic, racist, homophobic, transphobic, antisemitic, or otherwise oppressive or exploitative in nature. If you’re not sure, don’t send it.
You can expect to hear back no more than six months from when you submitted.
We ask for first serial rights, and we ask that any future publications of accepted work will acknowledge A Velvet Giant.
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