Last Leaves Magazine is now annual! The magazine will be open for submissions from September 1st through November 30th, with an annual release date of May 31st.
Submission Guidelines
Submissions are OPEN now through November 30th!
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Theme for Issue 11: Balance
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Issue 11's theme is inspired by our own life challenges. Recently, our editors have been reflecting and identifying ways in which their lives need a little more balance. Between work, family, passions, and everything else, finding time for it all can prove difficult.
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What needs more balance in your life? Where do you find yourself falling? Soaring? Maybe take a literal spin and tell us about a time you lost your footing on a trail (or one of those pesky sidewalks that jump out at us sometimes). Or maybe a time where you fell short of something important to you. Bring us on your journey.
Important: We are now accepting poetry and art submissions through Duosuma by Duotrope. Please do not send your work via email.
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Failure to adhere to the guidelines may invalidate your submission. If you have any questions or concerns surrounding the guidelines or the new submission manager, please send us an email at lastleavesmag@gmail.com prior to submitting. We're always happy to help! As always, our themes are very loose and open for interpretation, please don't feel limited to our description of the theme.
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Submission guidelines:
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We do not accept AI-generated art, photography, or poetry.
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For poetry: Please send up to 3 poems (no more than 10 pages) as a single Word (.doc or .docx) attachment. Please start each poem on a new page. All work should be single-spaced and in Times New Roman, 12-point font.
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For art / photography: Please send up to 3 art pieces as .tiff, .jpeg, or .pdf attachments.
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Do not include your name or contact information in the documents.
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Submitters are welcome to send work for both categories through Duosuma, once per submission period per category and up to 5 pieces in each category.
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Please include a brief 50-word bio. Include your name as you would like it to appear in the magazine, your email, and links to your website and/or social media (if desired). We will trim the bio as-needed if it exceeds the word count.
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Simultaneous submissions are accepted, though please send us a message ASAP if your work is accepted elsewhere. We do not accept previously published work, but we love reading your poems on Instagram @lastleavesmag.
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Please only submit once per issue and wait until the next reading period to submit again. We hope to respond to each submission within two months. As with most literary magazines, we’re volunteers and doing our best. We thank you in advance for your patience.
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For more information on what we publish, check out our editor interviews here and here. At this time, we're unfortunately not able to pay contributors. The PDF version of our magazine will always be free to download here.
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Authors published in our magazine retain full rights to their work to do with as they please following publication of the issue they're in. We simply ask for First North American Serial Rights and to be credited as first publication (i.e., "Work first appeared in Last Leaves Magazine, Issue X").
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