Submission Guidelines

SUBMISSIONS ARE CURRENTLY CLOSED

  • The Icarus Writing Collective will use Google Forms to collect submissions. Anything submitted through email will not be considered.

  • We accept simultaneous submissions, as long as you notify us that your piece has been accepted elsewhere. Unfortunately, we are unable to accept previously published works.

  • You’re welcome to submit once to each category.

  • We are able to award writers a $5 honorarium, paid through Venmo or PayPal.

  • Writers retain all rights to their work after publication. The magazine acquires first serial rights including print and electronic, after that, rights belong to the author. If you decide to publish your work in a larger collection, we just ask that you credit us for first publication.

  • Please include any content or/and trigger warnings in the form.

  • Please remove any identifying information from the document you upload.

  • If you feel your writing doesn’t fall strictly into short fiction or flash fiction (such as a hybrid form like autofiction for example), you’re welcome to submit to the category that fits the word count and explain what it is and why.

  • Work generated by A.I. is not tolerated or accepted. Anyone found submitting A.I.-generated writing or art will not be able to submit to future issues.

Please look at our categories below for the specific guidelines per each form.

Word Count: 1000-5000

  • Please submit only one piece per submission period.

  • Double-spaced preferred, but not mandatory.

  • .docx and .doc uploads only.

  • Please include on the form how your story connects to our theme and magazine briefly.

Word Count: Under 1000

  • You’re allowed to submit up to 3 different flash fiction pieces per submission period.

  • Please include them in the same document file, each on a separate page with its title.

  • .docx and .doc uploads only.

  • Please note in the form how your story connects to our theme and magazine briefly. (If submitting multiple, please explain for each.)

 
 

DETAILS ON ART SUBMISSIONS

  • Unfortunately, we are unable to accept artwork previously commissioned by another party or published elsewhere.

  • We accept all two-dimensional mediums, digital and traditional. Unfortunately, and this may go without saying, we cannot accept sculpture or three-dimensional pieces. However, a photograph of said work is entirely okay and encouraged.

  • Photographers must also include written or digital permission from models at the time of submission.

  • Any photographed objects must be in the public domain, taken in public areas, or free to use.

  • Artists retain all rights to their work.

Please look below for the submission guidelines specifically for artwork.

  • You’re allowed to submit up to 3 pieces per submission period, of any art form.

  • WE DO NOT ACCEPT A.I. ART.

  • .png, .jpg, .jpeg, or .pdf files only.

  • Please include on the form how your art connects to our theme and magazine briefly.