For Issue 02, Vermilion Cinders, we seek offerings shaped by the remnants of tragedy. What remains after the fire has passed? What survives, transforms, or rises from the ashes? How you interpret this theme is entirely your own.
As a glimpse of what may captivate us, we offer the following: gothic summer, dragons, fairies, heat-drunk magic, red skies, blood moons, phoenixes, scorched kingdoms, and transformation.
We cannot wait to see what offerings you bring to the forest.
Submissions are: Open through July 20th.
What We Accept:
Fiction
Stories between 1,000–6,000 words.
Nonfiction
Up to 3,000 words. We welcome wide interpretations, provided the work meaningfully engages with the fantastical, the extraordinary, or the theme of the current issue.
Poetry
One poem per submission.
For Issue 02, we are accepting less poetry and encourage contributors to lean deeply into theme.
Micro Fiction/Flash Fiction
Stories under 1,000 words that still contain a complete narrative. We especially love pieces that feel like fragments of folklore, myths, or strange tales passed between travelers.
Art Offerings:
Gnome & Bone welcomes visual art that embodies the spirit of the magazine.
We are drawn to work that feels mythic, intimate, or unsettling—pieces that could exist beside our stories like relics unearthed from the same dark soil. Illustration, painting, collage, photography, mixed media, and experimental digital works are all welcome.
Artwork may accompany a written piece or stand as its own offering.
Cover Art Note: We are particularly seeking artwork featuring vermilion tones (the red-orange spectrum) for Issue 02 cover consideration.
Who May Submit?
While Gnome & Bone Magazine was created with a special love for unpublished voices, we welcome submissions from both published and unpublished writers.
The forest receives submissions only from those who have seen at least eighteen winters. (18+)
Simultaneous Submissions:
You are welcome to send work that is under consideration elsewhere. Let us know if your offering is simultaneous. If your piece is accepted by another publication, please inform us promptly so it may be withdrawn from our care.
Payment:
At present, the archives cannot offer coin. Contributors will receive publication, promotion, and the satisfaction of feeding the forest.
More information and submission form here.
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