After having submitted to various literary magazines, you come to realize that the guidelines are there for the editors as much as they are there for you. Please read through all of the guidelines before submitting. Any sign that the guidelines were obviously not followed will result in your email being deleted, and no response will be given.

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Please note that we are unable to pay contributors but hope to be able to soon.

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What we are looking for: 

 

Livina Press’s motto is “whatever you want to write about is what we want to read.” Outside of the one themed issue per year, that started in 2023, there is no theme!

 

General Guidelines:

1. You may submit to multiple categories, but please have different documents for each category (and please label them with the category they relate to!).

2. Document Format: .doc/.docx (if submitting an experimental form of poetry, please submit a PDF as well).

3. Simultaneous submissions are accepted and absolutely encouraged! I just ask that you reply to the email you originally sent your work in and notify me that it has been accepted elsewhere (and congratulations!).

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Hard Guidelines:

1. No use of slurs or derogatory phrases.

2. No work that promotes or glorifies suicide, drug use, or contains excessive and unnecessary depictions of violence or gore.

3. If your work contains references or implications of suicide, self-harm, or assault, please include a warning at the beginning of your submission.

4. Livina Press accepts everyone and will not tolerate hate towards any person or group based on race, religion, national origin, sex, handicap, or family status.

 

How to Submit:

1. Please email submissions to editor@livinapress.com
    

2. Document format: .doc/.docx (if submitting an experimental form of poetry, please submit a PDF as well).
    

3. Response time is 3-5 weeks.
    

4. In the subject line, please format it as the following with the name of each work listed:
   [Genre] Your Name - "Work Title
    

5. Or if you are submitting to multiple categories:
   [Genre and Genre] Your name - "Work Title," "Work Title"
    

6. In the body of your email, please include:

   • ​​Your short (75-words or less), third-person author bio (please include the name you would like to known as/have your name appear in the magazine!)

   • If there is anything you would like me to consider while reading your work (like the background for why you wrote something), but please keep it brief (100 words or less)—and this is not required!

Example Subject Lines:

[Fiction] Laci Felker "The Statue"

[Creative Non-Fiction and Poetry] Laci Felker "Little Green House" and "The Calling"​

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Rights:

• Livina Press asks for first serial rights and archival rights. Rights convert back to the author after publication.

• In the future, if a piece that was first accepted and published through Livina Press is accepted elsewhere, I would ask that you please acknowledge Livina Press in the publication.