Call For Submissions
Dulcet Literary Magazine is excited to announce its next call for submissions, November 1 – 30th. We will be curating works of fiction, poetry and visual art for our second issue, set to be released in February 2025.
Theme: Dusk & Dawn
Our themes are meant to be a source of inspiration not a barrier for submitting quality work, so feel free to explore your own creative take on this theme. If a piece wanders off the theme path but is in tune with what we’re looking for overall (see below), we will follow.
FICTION
• Literary short stories that pack an emotional punch with nuanced depth and uplifting undercurrents.
• Stories that dive deep into the complex center of things and untie the knots.
• Like life, not every story has to have a happy ending, but all should have a sense of resolve or a weighty revelation that promotes hope or forward motion.
• Give us your smart, feel-good stories, “that gave me goosebumps” (in a good way) prose, nuanced and relatable characters, situations, and topics.
POETRY
• Powerful / lyrical / striking / simplistic / impactful poems.
• Poems that draw connections to readers by writing truths.
• Words that move.
• Poems that create vivid imagery.
• Poems that create an unexpected depth of feeling.
VISUAL ART
Eye-catching and impactful photography, paintings, mixed media, digital art, collages. All visual art submitted will be considered for the cover.
GUIDELINES:
• Submit up to 5,000 words in prose.
• Submit up to 5 poems.
• Submit up to 10 pieces of art.
• Include brief bio written in third person.
• Attach a word document with one short story or up to five poems in one document.
• 12 pt. font and double-spaced formatting is appreciated.
• If submitting artwork, please include one PDF of all artworkyou wish to submit or upload each piece (up to 10) individually.
• Simultaneous submissions are fine, but please let us know promptly if work is no longer available.
• Previously published work will not be accepted.
• We do not charge a reading fee.
• We are unable to offer monetary compensation for our contributors at this time, but each contributor’s work and bio will be promoted on our website and socials. Each contributor will also be considered for our Creatives Interview Series.
• Selected works may be requested for future anthologies.
• We do nominate for The Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net.
• Please allow up to 8 weeks for a response.
• We do not accept work created by AI. Any submissions not created by a human author will be automatically rejected.
Submission Period
November 1, 2024 - November 30, 2024
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Contact Name
Kristin Helms
Contact Title
Editor-in-Chief
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