Submission Guidelines

 

Submission Guidelines

The Pink Snail invites original and previously unpublished poetry to its pages. . .

Authors must be over 18 to submit.

Send one to three works in the body of an email to:

                                thepinksnailpress(at)yahoo(dot)com

Subject of email:  "[author's name] Poetry Submission for The Pink Snail"

Please include a third-person author bio with your submission.

Acceptance grants The Pink Snail one time electronic publishing rights.  Upon publication, all rights revert immediately to the author.  If a poem published in Jellyfish Whispers is later published elsewhere, we respectfully ask that you credit us as the original market.

Publication is on a rolling basis.

Published work will be retained in the archives of The Pink Snail on a non-exclusive basis for as long as the editor sees fit.  The Pink Snail retains the right to potentially select certain works published on their page for inclusion in annual, "best of" print anthology, Pink Snail Mucin -- All authors being notified in advance of such selection for additional publication.

Absolutely NO AI generated work.  This is a format designed for original creative writing by humans only. The editor wants to see work inspired by life, love, blood, sweat, tears and all other aspects of human nature, not work generated by key strokes and prompts.

Absolutely NO simultaneous submissions.  The editor will do her best to review work and respond in as timely a manner as humanly possible.  Simultaneous submissions just add unnecessary complications that interfere with that process.

Absolutely NO attachments.  Any submission received that has an attachment will be deleted.  (Please do not make me banish potentially excellent work for such a pointless mistake in following directions.) 

What the editor does not want to see:

• Erotica
• War Poetry
• Haiku or any other Form Poetry
• Rhyming Poetry

What the editor does want to see:

• High quality Free Verse poetry – literary, mainstream, and experimental forms are welcome  
• Imagery that makes her feel something strongly – whatever that something is
• Prose Poetry is also welcome, but must be exceptional as well as theme-based

The Pink Snail is a nonpaying publication.