Island Literary Journal Call for Submissions
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The deadline passed on 19 May 2025. The details below are kept for reference.
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Applicant criteria
- NationalityNo specific nationality required
- AgeNo specific age required
- GenderBoth
Opportunity criteria
- LocationRemotely
- Deadline2025-05-19
Opportunity description
We are excited to announce Island Literary Journal are accepting submissions for poetry, short stories, art and photography.
Submission conditions:
- Island Lit welcomes submissions from international writers of any background, including first-time writers.
- Short Story: Please send one story, maximum 5000 words, as a Word attachment. Please also include the word count in the document.
- Poetry: You may submit up to four poems. Please include all poems in one document, as a Word attachment. (Currently closed for submissions).
- Art and Photography: Submit a maximum of four pieces.
- Submissions must be high resolution images as JPEG files and include the title and a short description about the work in the body of your email.
- All poetry and short story submissions should be previously unpublished (this includes websites, personal blogs etc.).
- Submissions should be in English, but may be translations (copyright permission is the responsibility of the translator).
- Art and photography submissions should be previously unpublished, however, they can have appeared on social media.
- Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please notify us should your work be accepted elsewhere.
- Entrants must include a bio (max 50 words) in the body of your email.
Entry fee: free (there is no submission or reading fee)
Deadline: currently ongoing
Benefits
Opportunity to have your work published in IslandLit.
Eligibility criteria
Works must be original, mostly unpublished, written in English, and adhere to the specific requirements for each category.