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Submission for Issue #6 (2024)

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October 1, 2023-January 12, 2024.

We will respond to contributors by May 31, 2024.

Stay tuned for a beautiful issue.

We anticipate the reopening

of our submission window on October 1, 2024.

Keep creating!

 

We accept simultaneous submissions–but NOT previously published work.

We value human creativity and effort. We do not accept work generated by AI or assisted by AI beyond basic spellcheck and grammarcheck.

During our reading period, please notify us by email if you wish to withdraw a piece for any reason, including acceptance by another journal.

Please read these directions carefully. 

You may submit a total of five (5) pieces to Shift across categories.

Each one requires a separate submission.

We do NOT consider groups of poems.

Fill out a form for each submission. 

We read blindly during our initial review. Please remove your name and contact info EVERYWHERE in your submission.

Name the file with the initials of your first and last name and the title (all in one word). For example: SWSuperbStory

Fiction form (under 4,000 words)

Nonfiction form (under 4,000 words)

Poetry form (under 75 lines)

Art/Photo/Image+Text form (in a JPEG with a resolution of at least 300 dpi)

 

Answers to additional FAQs

  • We do not charge a reading fee.

  • Each contributor to the journal will receive one complimentary print copy of the issue.

  • Published work may be nominated for Best of the Net, Pushcart, and other awards.

  • Authors whose work particularly dazzles us might be invited to participate in Ringling’s Visiting Writers Forum, a conversation series with authors and other literary professionals: www.visitingwritersforum.com.

  • Please direct any journal-related questions to our email.

  • Again, we do NOT accept AI-generated or AI-assisted work.

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