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​stay tuned for 
ISSUE 03:
GAUDY INFINITESIMAL

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​SUBMISSION PERIODS
S P R I N G (THEMED) ~ DEC 1 - JAN 31
​F A L L (UNTHEMED) ~ JUN 1 - JUL 31

​Click either the buttons or links below to submit:

content
​guidelines
  • Bleating Thing is a magazine of poetry, essays, printable hybrid work, and visual art. At this time, we do not publish fiction.
  • While we prefer essays to memoir/CNF, we recognize that these lines often blur. If you feel your piece has a strong perspective or theme that emerges in a dialectic way, you may submit in the essay category with the understanding that we will consider it as such.
  • Please read our "About" page and at least one issue of the magazine prior to submitting work.
  • We favor the visceral marginalia. While we understand this may (perhaps, even frequently) include the grotesque, we do not publish gratuitous depictions of sexual assault, violence, or self-harm.
  • We do not tolerate bigotry of any kind.
  • We do not accept previously published material, unless the previous publication is out of print and no digital archive exists. (This excludes personal social media or portfolios.)
  • We do not accept partially or wholly AI-generated content of any kind.

submission
​guidelines
  • You may submit one packet per category during any given submission period.
  • Please do not include any identifying information in the submission document.
  • Submissions will be accepted from midnight the morning of opening day and until midnight in the evening of the closing day of each submission period. Anything sent outside of those dates will be ignored. 
  • Submissions by form are preferred for organizational purposes, but you may also email [email protected]. If emailing, please include the genre(s) of your submission in the subject line of the email.
  • Simultaneous submissions are accepted! Please just indicate when submitting which piece(s) is/are simultaneous submissions and notify us ASAP if you've been accepted elsewhere (so we can cheer you on).
  • Cover letters are not required with submission (however, if you include a lamb emoji in the cover letter field of our submission form or in the body of your email, you will receive a virtual forehead kiss from our mascot lamb). 
  • Author/Artist bios will be requested upon acceptance. 
  • While some responses may come sooner, all decisions will be sent about 2 months after the end of each submission period (beginning of April in the spring, beginning of October in the fall).

upon
publication
  • By publishing with us, you consent to have your work reproduced digitally (including for use in promotional graphics) & in print. For visual artists, this may include having your image manipulated and/or color treated for promotional materials only.
  • Once the issue is live, all rights to published work(s) revert to you, the author. All we ask is that you acknowledge us as the original publishers of your work. 
  • Each contributor will receive a print-ready .PDF of the issue.
  • In the interest of accessibility, any print issues will be sold at cost. This does mean that at this time, we are unable to provide contributor prints.
  • If accepted, we ask that you wait one year from the postdate of your accepted submission before submitting again (for example, if you submit in the winter for publication in the spring and are accepted, we ask that you wait until winter the following year before submitting again). 
  • Our issues are formatted in A5 (5.83 x 8.27 inches).

poetry
  • ​Send up to 3 poems in a .doc, .docx, or .pdf file using the form.

flash
​fiction
  • Send up to 1500 words in a .doc, .docx, or .pdf file using the form.

essays

  • Send up to 1500 words in a .doc, .docx, or .pdf file using the form.

hybrid
  • Send up to 3 pieces blending multiple forms (e.g., visual poetry, collage poetry, collage essay, essay with poems in the footnotes, poem with an essay in the footnotes, etc.) in a .doc, .docx, .pdf, or .JPEG file using the form.

artwork

  • Send up to 5 pieces of ANY visual artform that can be reproduced in print (photography, illustration, sketch, digital manipulation, collage, etc.) using the form.
  • .pdf or .JPEG format
  • All files will be converted to CMYK 300 dpi
  • To be considered for a full-page, images must be at least 2550 x 3300 px 

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