Taking Submissions: Diet Milk Magazine Food Themed Issue Window
Submission Window: May 1st – May 15th, 2024
Payment: $10 per poem, $15 per short story
Theme: Food
From May 1st – May 15th, Diet Milk Magazine will be accepting submissions for its annual themed mini-issue. We will be open to poetry and prose. While the most detailed information can be found on our website, here’s a quick rundown of what potential contributors need to know!
2023 THEME: FOOD
GENERAL GUIDELINES:
- All submissions must fall under the Gothic umbrella, but aren’t required to be a specific genre
- All submissions must adhere to the current theme
- No reprints or multiple submissions
- Simultaneous submissions permitted, though we ask to be informed promptly if your work is accepted elsewhere!
- Submissions should be .doc, .docx, or .pdf
P O E T R Y :
Poets may submit up to three poems at a time. No single poem should exceed one page in length.
P R O S E :
Authors may EITHER up to 3 stories of less than 999 words OR a single story of 1k—2k words. Stories exceeding 2025 words will be rejected automatically.
Responses, Rights, & Payment
- Please allow up to six weeks for a response. After that, send a gentle nudge via email
- Diet Milk Magazine asks for first serial rights. Upon publication, all rights revert back to the creator. A contract will be provided upon acceptance
- All payments made via PayPal. For more information on pay scale, visit our website