WHAT TO KNOW BEFORE YOU SUBMIT

• Participation in the anthology is open to active members of The Writer's Block only (meaning dues paid in full).
• One page of your 40-page section will be devoted to YOU! So, technically, you have 39 pages because one page will be reserved for your bio (mandatory), photo (optional, but highly encouraged), and dedication(s)/acknowledgements, etc.
• All contributors must attend 4/6 Planned Critique Sessions (PCS), beginning in September and ending in February. PCS is held monthly, including the summer and holiday months. The limit for PCS is ten pages per month. All submissions must have cycled through PCS by the end of January.
• Once the PCS process is complete, you will  submit your bio (short - one to two paragraphs), photo (optional), and submission.
• A photo shoot is planned for February for those who desire/need a headshot. Photo fees are included in anthology fees and dues.
• All members who participate agree to assist with the marketing and selling of the anthology. 
• All members who participate will receive two free copies of the anthology. Additional quantities of books may be purchased at the wholesale rate.
• Participating members will share the cost of publishing the anthology. Estimated expenses include cover design, editing, formatting, file conversion, printing, and shipping. The anthology will be published in both print and ebook formats. We anticipate total production costs to fall between $2,000 and $5,000. An estimated per-member contribution will be calculated once the final number of contributors is confirmed.
• You must declare your intention to participate by September 1st using this link.

1. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Submissions are accepted between August 1st to September 30th and published in December of the following year. All genres are welcomed, and you can submit with or without an agent, from anywhere in the world. 

Members only may submit short fiction and nonfiction, poetry, essays, memoirs, excerpts, and short plays totaling no more than 40 pages. Feel free to include a combination of works i. e., poetry and essay or short story and poem. It’s your 40-page section to fill as you desire.

• If you are strictly submitting all poetry, the limit is five poems total (which may or may not fill 40 pages).
• If you are submitting short scripts, you must submit the written version, but it will be performed and published in audio version. However, you will have creative input on the production of the audio performance.
•  All submissions must be in English and previously unpublished in print or online.
  

Prose, Poetry & Art

• We accept simultaneous submissions but ask that you notify us immediately if a piece is accepted for publication elsewhere.
• All submissions of writing and artwork will be seriously evaluated and considered for publication.
• We do not have deadlines. We accept submissions year round, but the cut-off period for each issue is at least one month before publication.
• You must be 25 years old and older to be published with us. 
• Prose writers are invited to submit literary fiction/nonfiction of no more than two thousand words. Poets may submit up to five poems.
• Please do not send requests for book reviews unless you are a previous contributor, some of the work in the book was originally published with us, and/or the book is scheduled for release within three months or has just been released.

2. WORD COUNT/ART AND SUCH

• Prose (fiction and nonfiction): not to exceed 39 pages
• Poetry: 1-5 poems
• Drama: 5-minute, One-Act play (not to exceed 35–39 minutes of stage time)
• Art: 1-3 pieces per issue as accompanying pieces only

3. LANGUAGE, ETC.
Profanity: Allowed but not encouraged. Excessive profanity will be rejected.

Themes: All themes allowed including sexual assault, domestic violence, drug abuse and suicide as long as they are not romanticized. Works that are racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, ableist, audist, hateful or riddled with -isms and -phobias will not be published, unless transformative, but can be censored if excessive or ill-intentioned.

Explicit Content: Allowed (think romance, coming of age, first kisses, etc.), but we will not publish works that are overly sexual (erotic, pornographic, explicit descriptions of rape, beastiality, necrophilia), excessively violent, or unnecessarily gory.

4. TIMING
The review process can take up to eight (8) weeks. We will contact you once a decision has been reached. No need to bombard with email inquiries.

5. FILE TYPES
Writing: docx, Google Docs
Artwork: png, jpg
Photography: png, jpg
**Absolutely no screenshots**

​6. RIGHTS

• ​One Time First World Serial Rights. We reserve the right to publish your work prior to any other party throughout the world in our Lit Zine, whether in English or translated into a foreign language. Copyrights revert to the author immediately upon publication.
• Second Serial (Reprint) Rights: We reserve the right to republish your work after the piece has already been published by another publication. Copyrights revert to the author immediately upon publication.
• Subsidiary Rights. We reserve the right to anthologize your work at any time in a collection of works from our publication in whole or in part for domestic or foreign publication.
• E-Rights. We reserve the right to publish, display and transmit your work in all digital and electronic media. 
• Right of Refusal. We reserve the right to refuse to publish any content or reject any story pitches for any reason.
• The anthology is published by 3rd Person Press, the official publishing house of The Writer’s Block, Inc.
  

7. FINE PRINT

• The Writer's Block, Inc. is a nonpartisan organization. The publishing of certain topics does not equal our endorsement of any ideas, and while we do research writers before publishing, we are not responsible for their views or opinions, and our views and opinions are our own and not influenced by any parties or entities.
• The Writer's Block, Inc. does not align with any political party, and will never publish information or content about any known or covert hate groups.
• Plagiarism. The Writer's Block, Inc. has a no-tolerance policy for plagiarism. The originality of all published work is confirmed through WriteCheck.
• ​All content is subject to editing and/or rewrites, and if factual information is found to be erred after publication, we will publish a statement of retraction.

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