MERGE SEEKS SUBMISSIONS FOR THE
SECOND ISSUE
FOCUSED ON BLACK WOMEN
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
The second issue of Merge Literary Magazine will be dedicated to women’s issues from a Black perspective, although Merge is not a women’s magazine. We seek work from Black writers and artists on what Black women face in the world as women/girls: mothers, wives, or single women.
● Celebrate women’s successes and triumphs with us.
● Discuss the portrayal and labels that society places on women through web-based media, television, and music.
● Share portraits of women who love passionately, as well as women whose love has turned to anger and hate.
● Share work that speaks to issues including sexism, violence, and sexual harassment. Send us work about the inequity women face.
● Share accolades for women who struggle for human and civil rights.
● Love and romance poetry and writing welcome.
● Send us pieces about the uniqueness and beauty of Black women. “Black girl and Black women magic.”
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
What kind of work is Merge Literary Magazine looking for?
MERGE seeks poetry about the Black experience in the social, political, educational, religious and family realms. We seek work that is creative, unique and edgy. We welcome poetry, short stories and essays, fiction and nonfiction about diverse issues that touch the spirit. We encourage issues that make us think, respond and take action.
Merge Literary Magazine will cover a plethora of topics, with each quarterly issue having a different focus.
We accept unsolicited submissions.
Previously published and simultaneous submissions are accepted.
Please submit up to four poems per quarterly issue. We will accept submissions of two short stories or essays per quarterly issue.
We accept submissions of two visual artworks per quarterly issue.
There is no payment for accepted submissions.
Please email submissions to [email protected].
We carefully consider each submission and will respond within 4-8 weeks.
Include your contact information with submissions including name, email address and phone number.
Include a brief biography in the the email.
Submissions are accepted in a word document or copied into the body of the email.
• Authors retain all rights to their work.
• We may participate in promotional venues for the magazine and we reserve the right to use poems and other writings as promotional pieces for Merge Literary Magazine.
• Your permission will be required for use of your work in an anthology of submissions.
• Authors will receive credit for their work.
Please join our Facebook group and Instagram page for updates on Merge Literary Magazine.
We appreciate your interest and submissions.
SECOND ISSUE
FOCUSED ON BLACK WOMEN
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
The second issue of Merge Literary Magazine will be dedicated to women’s issues from a Black perspective, although Merge is not a women’s magazine. We seek work from Black writers and artists on what Black women face in the world as women/girls: mothers, wives, or single women.
● Celebrate women’s successes and triumphs with us.
● Discuss the portrayal and labels that society places on women through web-based media, television, and music.
● Share portraits of women who love passionately, as well as women whose love has turned to anger and hate.
● Share work that speaks to issues including sexism, violence, and sexual harassment. Send us work about the inequity women face.
● Share accolades for women who struggle for human and civil rights.
● Love and romance poetry and writing welcome.
● Send us pieces about the uniqueness and beauty of Black women. “Black girl and Black women magic.”
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
What kind of work is Merge Literary Magazine looking for?
MERGE seeks poetry about the Black experience in the social, political, educational, religious and family realms. We seek work that is creative, unique and edgy. We welcome poetry, short stories and essays, fiction and nonfiction about diverse issues that touch the spirit. We encourage issues that make us think, respond and take action.
Merge Literary Magazine will cover a plethora of topics, with each quarterly issue having a different focus.
We accept unsolicited submissions.
Previously published and simultaneous submissions are accepted.
Please submit up to four poems per quarterly issue. We will accept submissions of two short stories or essays per quarterly issue.
We accept submissions of two visual artworks per quarterly issue.
There is no payment for accepted submissions.
Please email submissions to [email protected].
We carefully consider each submission and will respond within 4-8 weeks.
Include your contact information with submissions including name, email address and phone number.
Include a brief biography in the the email.
Submissions are accepted in a word document or copied into the body of the email.
• Authors retain all rights to their work.
• We may participate in promotional venues for the magazine and we reserve the right to use poems and other writings as promotional pieces for Merge Literary Magazine.
• Your permission will be required for use of your work in an anthology of submissions.
• Authors will receive credit for their work.
Please join our Facebook group and Instagram page for updates on Merge Literary Magazine.
We appreciate your interest and submissions.
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