What we're looking for
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Submission Expectations
Love & Theft invites submissions across range of mediums including (but not limited to): Audio, Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Graphic Narrative, Installation, Lists, Nonfiction, Plastic Art, Poetry, Photography, Street Art, Translation, Visual Art, and Other. We are especially interested in Other, in creative products that resist conventional categories. Please include a brief note in your cover letter about your source(s) of inspiration. Links or citations are encouraged. Even better if you have ideas on how to put your work in conversation with original source material.
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What you can expect
Love & Theft pays all contributors a modest honorarium. We pay all contributors the same regardless of class, creed, reputation, or credit rating. Rights return to authors upon publication (if your work
We aim to respond to all submissions within eight weeks. Simultaneous submissions are allowed. As a courtesy, please notify if/when a piece is accepted elsewhere.
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Submission Guidelines
Audio submissions: up to two songs or recordings should be attached as separate files, no longer than 10 mins.
Prose submissions (Fiction, Nonfiction, Hybrid): should be between 1,000 and 8,000 words, double-spaced, with a standard font. If you are submitting a portion of a longer work (novel or novella), the work should have a self-contained narrative arc.
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Poetry submissions: up to five poems in a single document, not to exceed 10 pages.
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Visual submissions (Graphic Narrative, Installation, Photography, Sculpture): should include a separate PDF
of your submission with up to 5 images; we may request more depending on the medium.
Submissions can be sent to loveandtheftjournal@gmail.com. Acceptable attachment formats include: docx, jpeg, MP3, MP4, PDF, WAV, MOV. If your file size exceeds 25 MB, we will consider a Zip Folder or Google Drive link.