SUBMISSIONS
To submit your work for issue 11 of The Waxed Lemon, please review the submission guidelines below.
To submit, you will click on the link where you will be taken to a Google form. Please answer all the relevant questions and then upload your submission as either a Word document or a PDF file.
Submission Guidelines
PLEASE DO NOT submit to more than one category.
Work should not have previously been published in print or on social media.
Send no more than 3 poems. Poems should be no more than 30 lines long.
Send 1 piece of flash fiction. Flash should be under 500 words.
Send 1 story. Story should be under 2000 words.
We are not accepting ART submissions at this time.
Gaeilge agus Fáilte. Irish language submissions encouraged.
Submit your work in a single file as a Word attachment in .doc or .docx or as a PDF.
Please use single spacing and 12 point standard font.
Submit only during open submission periods - Monday 4th May 2026 to Saturday 3oth May 2026.
Send any queries to:
thewaxedlemonsubs@gmail.com
Submissions which fail to adhere to the above criteria will not be considered.
The Waxed Lemon is a two-person organization and for this reason it can take up to 16 weeks before we can respond to submissions. We are aware that this is a long time to wait. Therefore, we are happy to accept simultaneous submissions. We just ask that if work you have submitted to us is accepted elsewhere, that you let us know as soon as possible.
Pilot Payment Scheme
The Waxed Lemon is introducing a payment scheme for Issue 11.
Contributors will receive €50 per poem, €50 per flash fiction piece, and €100 per short story published.
This is a pilot payment scheme. We are grateful to the The Arts Office, Waterford City & County Council for their support of this scheme.
All contributors will receive a complimentary copy of the issue in which they are published.
Submission link here.
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