Musings 1.2, Metamorphosis: Submissions
Submissions are now closed. If you are interested in receiving a copy of the zine, please join us at The Muse on July 28 from 6-8 pm for our Launch Party and Teen Open Mic Night. More info for that event here!
Be sure to read all guidelines carefully before submitting; submissions that do not follow these guidelines will automatically not be considered for publication.
Teen writers and artists — want to get published? Submissions for our in-house literary zine Musings are open now! If you’re a writer or artist between the ages of 13-19, local to the Hampton Roads area, we want your work! We accept submissions of prose, poetry, and comics, as well as visual art and photography. Guidelines for each genre are below. The theme for this issue is METAMORPHOSIS — you may follow this as literally or as loosely as you’d like.
The deadline for submissions is June 30, 2023. Fill out the form below to submit. You may submit once in each category; please fill out the form separately for each submission. Please only submit work that has not been published before. We hope to see your work soon!
Guidelines:
*Submissions are read blind. Please do NOT include name or any identifying information in the submission document itself, including the title. Title should be formatted as NameOfPiece_Genre. For example, a short story called “Ghost Stations” should be titled GhostStations_Fiction.
Please include a short bio (nothing fancy, just a sentence or two about yourself!) written in third-person.
All prose submissions (fiction and nonfiction) must be a maximum of 1500 words; 750 words or under is preferred. File types accepted: .doc, .docx
Poetry: You may submit up to three poems, each 35 lines or fewer. Submit all poems in one document and start each poem on a new page. File types accepted: .doc, .docx
Comics: Submit a high-quality (min. file size 1.5 mb), vertically oriented image of your comic, up to 6 panels. Panels must fit on one half-letter page (5.5 x 8.5 in). Please note, comics will be printed in color. File types accepted: .png, .jpeg, .jpg
Visual art and photography: Submit a high-quality image (min. file size 1.5 mb) of your art. Please note that dimensions may need to be modified in order to fit the format of the page. Art will not be printed in color. File types accepted: .png, .jpeg, .jpg
We want your work — don’t let technological difficulties get in the way! If the embedded form does not accept your submission, please make sure that your file is one of the accepted file types for your genre. If problems continue, please email your submission to kristen@the-muse.org with the subject title Musings Submission. In the body, include all the information the form asks for and attach your submission.