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Journals — General Guidelines for All Submissions

• 8P Publications is dedicated to providing opportunities to new talented authors and creators; as such, each submission will be evaluated based on its own merits and not prior publishing credits.
• All submissions will be considered, however; published authors and creators are invited to submit previously unpublished works.
• The publishing world is a harsh mistress, so submission of your work to multiple journals is fine by us; please let our editorial staff know immediately if your work is accepted for publication elsewhere, so we may remove it from the review queue.
• The list of prospective authors is lengthy, and our editorial staff is small; response times vary from four weeks to “a really long time.”
• We will respond to every submission, but cannot provide detailed critique comments on your work.
• At this time, we are unable to compensate authors and creators with actual or virtual currency; if your piece is published in immemorial adumbration, you will receive a complimentary copy of the journal in which your piece appears.
• 8P secures one-time printing rights and optional mechanical rights (for possible publication on the web or in an electronic version of the journal) to your work; authors retain all ownership and other rights.

Journals — Prose and Poetry Submissions

• The tone of both immemorial adumbration and intentional intimation tends toward dark satire; poems about colorful fields of blossoms and prancing, fluffy bunnies are deleted sight-unseen.
• That said, life is not all bad, and ours is not a bleak journey into existential nothingness; works should close in such a way that the reader could, if she makes a mental effort, view the conclusion as positive in some respect.
• Works including references to robots or ogres are moved to the top of the review pile; yes, we know this is unfair.
• While our journals are forums for short prose and poetry, there are no requirements on length; if your piece is actually a novella or an epic poem, however, we may suggest it be published as a standalone chapbook.
• Submissions are accepted as email attachments only, in a file format that can be opened by Microsoft Word (plain text, rich text, or Word formats, for example); within your document and your submission email, include your name and full contact information.

Prose and poetry submissions should be directed to iawriting@eightp.com.

Longer Form Works

8P Publications is not accepting submissions of longer works (novels, non-fiction books, graphic fiction, etc.) at this time.  Announcements will be made on this web site’s main page and via the email alert list once this changes.