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Submissions

(Note: There will be no Spring/Summer 2025 issue. The team is taking the time to reorganize, expand, and develop other avenues of the publication. Stay tuned; we will remain active online).

 

All are welcome to submit, but we especially seek experimental forms and work from marginalized voices. As of 2025, we are going from three to two online issues per year. We will also produce an annual print anthology of the best work from the year.

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Fall/Winter Issue - August 1 - October 1

Spring/Summer Issue - February 1 - April 1

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Anything submitted outside of these windows will not be read.

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Name ALL FILES: Title of Piece, Your Name as you would like it published. Please send work as a doc or docx attachment; do not paste it to the body of the email. This includes artist statements/descriptions for visual pieces.

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We accept:

  • Fiction

  • Poetry

  • Creative Nonfiction

  • Craft Essays

  • Literary Criticism

  • Experimental/Hybrid Prose

  • Flash Fiction

Note: We very rarely accept genre fiction, but will still consider!

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All visual work must be accompanied by an artist statement or description of at least 50 words

  • Photography

  • Visual Art

  • Film and Animation - Under 5 minutes

  • Performance - Music, Dance, Theatre under 5 minutes

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Per Reading Period:

Please only submit ONE story or essay

You may submit up to THREE poems

Maximum word count is 8000 words

If you submit multiple poems at once that are NOT a cohesive collection, attach them as separate files.

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Per Year:

If your work is accepted and published you must wait a full seasons cycle to submit again

(ie. if you had a poem published in Spring/Summer 2024 you should wait until Spring/Summer 2025 to submit again)

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How To Submit

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Send your work to submit@samefacescollective.com

 

Subject Line:

1. Genre - Your Name (ie. Poetry - Alice Brown)

-Please use your name as you would like it published, so if you use a pseudonym or nickname, use that in the subject.

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Email Body:

2. Short cover letter

3. A brief (under 200 words) third-person bio. If you have Instagram, include your handle so we can tag you.

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Attachments:

1. Writing as a doc or docx

2. Images as a jpg, jpeg, or png

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DUE TO THE VOLUME OF SUBMISSIONS AND SMALL TEAM, ONLY SUBMISSIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THESE GUIDELINES WILL BE CONSIDERED.

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We accept simultaneous submissions, just let us know if your work has been accepted elsewhere.

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You retain the rights to your own work upon publication. All published work is immediately put in consideration for our annual print anthology.

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