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Submissions

All are welcome to submit, but we especially seek experimental forms and work from marginalized voices. We publish three issues per year (Winter, Spring/Summer, and Fall). Our reading periods are as follows:

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Winter Issue - December 15 - February 1 

Spring/Summer Issue - April 15 - June 15

Fall Issue - August 15- October 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 samefacescollective@gmail.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. 

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