Submission Guidelines - Submissions are open for our next issue - Water.
Theme
The theme for the next edition of The Avenue will be Water. What does it mean to you? How does it appear in your piece? We are open to your interpretation.
Reading Period
Submissions will close on July 31st. We look forward to reading both prose and poetry, just keep in mind we print in Black and White.
Simultaneous vs. Multiple Submissions
Simultaneous submissions to other journals are fine as long as they are identified as such and we are notified immediately upon acceptance elsewhere. Multiple genres within one submission is okay, so long as the submission abides to the 5,000 word limit, described below. Please note: within multiple genre submissions, the editors reserve the right to publish one genre over another.
Cover Letters
Don’t worry about ’em! Give us whatever you want. Just include a short bio (up to 100 words).
Manuscript Guidelines
Typed, double-spaced (poetry may be single-spaced) pages.
Numbered pages.
Fiction and nonfiction: No more than 5,000 words. Excerpts of longer works are welcome if self-contained.
Poetry: Submit up to five poems in the same document.
Carefully copy-edit and proof your work. We’re not against a typo or two, or even an occasion of their/they’re/there. However, do the courtesy of proofing your work. We’re a small staff and copy-editing should be done as much as possible prior to submission.
Please be thematically sound. We have a theme and we want you to relate to it in some way. We want it to be inventive and creative, but it can’t be tenuous.
Strive to be inoffensive. We’re not against harsh language, sexuality, a depiction of the real world or offensive subject matter. Characters and situations can be racist/sexist/gender-ist/any kind of ist, but a piece that is any of those will not be included.
Unsolicited criticism is not considered.
Restrictions
We do not reprint previously published work.
Submitting
To submit follow this link:
Notifications and Queries
Early submissions will be responded to faster than later ones. Feel free to query after one month has passed. We hope to respond by October 1, if not sooner. We are currently sending out responses. Thank you for your patience.