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Poetry submissions should be no more than 50 lines (poetry does not have to be long, intelligent and meticulously edited to be brilliant, by the way). When submitting your poem, please ensure that it’s formatted in the way you want it to be published in a PDF document. All types of poetry are accepted (and encouraged)
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This includes, but is not limited to; short stories, vignettes, and narratives that are condensed to an ideal word count of 1500 words. (Remember, fiction writing doesn’t have to be linear. Show me a snapshot of a story from the middle, the end, the beginning or the beginning of the end!)
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This includes, but is not limited to; essays, discursive texts, stream of consciousness prose and journal entries. Whatever your heart desires, preferably within the space of 1500 words.
What am I looking for?
Please submit all entries to thesecretgardenjournal@gmail.com
Whilst the journal is in beta testing stage, submissions will be open until the end of the year. The first issue of The Secret Garden Journal will hopefully come out January 2025, depending on the rate of submissions. If all goes accordingly, the journal will come out every two months.
SUBMISSIONS CLOSE JANURARY 1ST, 2025.
Preferably, submissions of fiction and non-fiction would be no more than 1500 words, and submissions of poetry would be no more than 50 lines.
However, I understand the turmoil of having to cut down writing that you are proud of, so this word count is more a recommended suggestion than a mandatory rule of submission. 100-200 words over the word count isn’t a dealbreaker, however, please do not submit entries that are over 2000 words, unless they are showstoppingly brilliant and will change the course of literature as we know it.
Please also ensure that all entries have a name, pseudonym or initial, or they will be marked as ‘anonymous.’ A unique title for your work is strongly recommended!
Please submit as a PDF if your work has a unique structure, or send an enquiry if you need to submit your work using any other format.