We want to read your work. Here’s how you can get it to us.
1. Join Twitter and follow us.
2. Once we follow you back (patience is a virtue), go to your Direct Messages.
3. Write your submission and send it to us. Make sure it’s under 140 characters. It is now only optional to include enough room at the end to leave a space, then put the at symbol and your Twitter handle (e.g. Once upon a time the end. @FadedPaper). Some contributors prefer this because it makes your story or poem easier to identify as yours on Twitter, but it’s no longer a requirement, because posting is now a two-tweet process that includes bios with contibutors’ Twitter handles.
You can also be old-school and send your submission via email or text message to textofiction@gmail.com. If you do this be sure to include a very short bio and a picture we can display.
We want literary works of infinitesimal size, but immeasurable weight. Send us things that make an impression disproportionate to their length. In short, wow us. If your piece has line breaks, please indicate them with a forward slash (e.g. end / start). Otherwise, make sure your piece can be read without them.
Oh, and let Duotrope’s Digest (and through them, us) know how we’re doing.
Rights
Textofiction requests exclusive electronic rights for 30 days, and non-exclusive archival rights.
We also request:
- print anthology rights. If we find money to print, included authors receive notification, a chance to refuse, and one copy.
- permission to extend reprinting and archival rights on published works for promotional purposes, including: printed promotional and informational materials, press releases, prize nominations, etc.
The writer retains all other rights. Submitting to Textofiction automatically constitutes agreement with these terms.
Textofiction thanks Escarp and Nanoism for their inspiration.
