"Writers aren't exactly people... they're a whole lot of people trying to be one person."

~ F Scott Fitzgerald

"Odd how the creative power at once brings the whole universe to order."

~ Virginia Woolf

I’m not an abstractionist. I’m not interested in the relationship of color or form or anything else. I’m interested only in expressing basic human emotions: tragedy, ecstasy, doom, and so on.

~ Mark Rothko

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Submission Guidelines

Fall 2010 Theme: Mental Illness | Winter 2011 Theme: Dreams
(Submission dates below)

What DML publishes:

Poetry
Fiction
Essay
Short plays
Art
Reviews (books/film/art)
Interviews
Short videos

Please refer to the home page of this site for DML's content focus.

I loosely assume the title of Editor. That is, I won't "edit" your work. When it comes to me, it needs to be relatively free of technical errors. If I select your piece, it will appear in the virtual pages of DML, as presented, untouched by another's (my) hand.

Submission specs:

Poetry: open (ten poems max)
Fiction: 1,200 – 8,000 words (two stories max)
Essay: 2,000 – 6,000 words (two essays max)
Short plays: 10 – 20 pages (two plays max)
Reviews: 500 – 1,000 words (one review max)
Interviews: open (one interview max)

All work must be submitted electronically to johnnie@darkmoonlilith.com, with "Submission" + the title of your piece in the subject line, and the email must include the following:

contributor’s full name
address
phone number
title of work
word count (for fiction, essays, and reviews)
image size and medium (for art)
a short (30-word) biography
contributor’s sun / moon / rising signs. (If you don’t know these, send your birth information: birth date (with year) / birth place / birth time.)

For text files:

All must be submitted in standard format (short story + essay - double spaced, and one-act play in script format)
.rtf or .doc format

For image files:

.jpeg or .jpg format (optimized for web, if possible)

Submissions Dates + Deadlines:

Fall issue: August 1 - September 15
Winter issue: November 1 - November 30
Spring Issue: February 1 - February 28

Themes will be announced prior to the beginning of each submission cycle.

How DML works:

All work submitted must be previously unpublished. Simultaneous submission are acceptable as long as you let me know when your work is accepted elsewhere. If I accept your work and you respond to my acceptance letter, you grant DML one-time electronic rights to your piece, and your copyright information will appear with your piece. All rights revert back to you upon publication. If your work is published here and it is then reprinted elsewhere, please mention DML as the first publisher.

I, unfortunately, am not currently able to offer monetary compensation for your fine work. My hope and intention is that this will change, depending on donations from contributors and readers.

After you send your submission (per the above specs), I will then let you know all has been received. I will respond again, electronically, to let you now my decision; I strive for a 4 week turnaround.

Your privacy:

Email is DML's primary means of communication with authors and artists. Your email address and other contact information is strictly confidential, used only by DML, and will not be provided to others without your written (email) permission. You may occasionally receive announcements pertaining to DML, such as publication of issues or calls for submissions. If you wish to be removed from DML's mailing list, just let me know.

I look forward to reading and viewing your work!

Thank you for your interest in Dark Moon Lilith.

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