Call for Submissions from Maryland Writers: Artists from Maryland

 

Issue 2 Timeline: 

March 9th to April 26th: Submissions open for all genres
April 26th to May 4th: Final round of judging
May 5th: Responses to all submitters
May 7th: Announcement of honorees and payment

All responses will be sent out by May 5th. If accepted, you MUST respond by May 7th to be paid. We will only pay through PAYPAL and ZELLE. 

For clarity: the editor-in-chief will not be deciding the winner or the runner-ups. The EIC (Aldrin Badiola) will be anonymizing each of the submissions, and sending them to the judges for Issue 2: Diamond Abrams and nat raum. The EIC, however, will be deciding the finalists that will be included for publication alongside the winner and the runner-ups.

Payment goes as follows (all honorees will be published alongside payment):

Winner: $40 USD
Runner-ups: $20 USD
Finalists: $10 USD

GUIDELINES:

The following are necessary for your submission to be considered:

• A cover letter. Nothing too fancy! Just explain whether what you’re submitting is a simultaneous submission, if it has been previously published, and tell us about who you are and where in Maryland you are from!

• A short artist bio (around 50 words, but we're flexible), since we want to get to know you and promote anywhere you may have been published before.

Genre specific guidelines (maximum of four pages/documents, depending on genre):

• 1 to 3 poems, each on a new page, as a .pdf or .doc/.docx file

• 1 to 2 prose pieces (fiction or nonfiction, max. of 2000 words) each on a new page, as a .pdf or .doc/.docx file

• 1 to 4 pieces of art as separate .jpeg or .png files (Attaching alt-text is appreciated, however we are also willing to work with you to create alt-text.)

• You are allowed to submit multi-genre, it just must fit in the five document upload limit and follow the genre restrictions.

• No AI-created works. No discriminatory, gory, or excessively sexual content (when in doubt, submit with content warnings).

• We do accept previously published pieces, but only if you have permission from the previous publisher. We also allow pieces from Artists from Maryland to be published elsewhere after the fact, just credit us!

• We do accept simultaneous submissions, just notify us immediately if part of your submission is accepted elsewhere so we can congratulate you.

• If you submit when we are closed, your submission will be deleted and left unread.

• If you are rejected, please wait three months before submitting again, unless otherwise requested. If you submit before that period is over, your submission will be deleted and left unread, and all future submissions will be given the same treatment.

We request the nonexclusive rights to publish your works with us. Artists maintain the right to republish the work they publish with us, elsewhere, after our publication.

Submit your work here.