We welcome experimental or traditional pieces of fiction, nonfiction or poetry, and also photography.
Nonfiction for us includes the essay as well as memoir.
Controversial topics are fine with us. We would be most pleased to publish your piece.
But we do have high standards. All pieces will go to readers, then to the appropriate editor, then to the editorial board. No one editor’s taste will determine which piece is accepted but rather a consensus will be reached.
SOLSTICE is a quarterly magazine. We hope to respond to your submission within approximately two months or less. We accept only online submissions for our online journal.
GUIDELINES:
When you submit your piece, we do require that you fill in our info form and include a very short bio.
With your subscription info, you will be entered into our database and receive updates and info on our contests and other events. Should you wish to “unsubscribe,” simply send us an email.
Your name, telephone number and email address should be typed at the top of the first page of your piece.
Poetry: Four poems maximum, single-spaced, with 12-point type.
Fiction: Up to 20 pages, double-spaced, one inch margins, 12-point type, sequentially numbered pages. We seek unique voices. (Fiction for us includes the literary short story and genre short stories, mystery only.)
Nonfiction: Up to 20 pages, double-spaced, one inch margins, 12-point type, sequentially numbered pages. We seek unique voices. (Nonfiction includes the memoir and the essay.)
Photography: Please submit a group of between 3 and 9 JPEG’s, maximum width of 1000 pixels, resolution of 72. Each image should have a title. In addition, submit a short bio statement as well as a brief commentary about the images that you have submitted.
We do not accept multiple submissions, so please send us only one piece at a time. We do accept simultaneous submissions, but please let us know right away if your piece has been accepted elsewhere by sending an email with the title of your piece to submissions@solsticelitmag.org.
We only accept unpublished work, unless solicited. One we have published your work, you are free to send it elsewhere. We hold first-and one-time rights only, although we reserve the right to request selected pieces for future anthologies. You reserve the right to decline our offer.
We’ve kept our submission guidelines to a minimum because we want to encourage you to submit your best work. We are looking for established and also new voices. Out of the collision of diverse voices can come dialogue, and maybe a hint of unity, and maybe even peace, a solstice of the mind.
