{"id":21,"date":"2025-07-01T20:06:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T20:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ivylit.com\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2026-02-24T21:28:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T21:28:41","slug":"submissions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ivylit.com\/index.php\/submissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Submissions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns alignfull stk-block-columns stk-block stk-103c4d7\" data-block-id=\"103c4d7\"><style>.stk-103c4d7 {margin-bottom:0px !important;}.stk-103c4d7-column{max-width:600px !important;min-width:auto !important;}<\/style><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-103c4d7-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-9da1ccb\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"9da1ccb\"><style>.stk-9da1ccb {align-self:center !important;}.stk-9da1ccb-container{max-width:600px !important;min-width:auto !important;}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-9da1ccb-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"has-text-align-left stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-9da1ccb-inner-blocks\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-heading stk-block-heading stk-block-heading--v2 stk-block stk-1ee01c3\" id=\"submit-to-ivy\" data-block-id=\"1ee01c3\"><h2 class=\"stk-block-heading__text\">Submit to ivy.<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-138ad67\" data-block-id=\"138ad67\"><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">ivy. is looking for short, punchy, speculative fiction that imagines a better world. We ask for you to keep it short, so we will too:<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-heading stk-block-heading stk-block-heading--v2 stk-block stk-5478f1a\" id=\"ivy-is-closed-to-submissions\" data-block-id=\"5478f1a\"><style>.stk-5478f1a {margin-bottom:0px !important;}<\/style><h2 class=\"stk-block-heading__text\">ivy. is closed to submissions.<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-f337323\" data-block-id=\"f337323\"><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">We look forward to reading your bite-sized fictions in the future! Details for Run Two\u2014<em>including the issue theme<\/em>\u2014will be published on this page in the new year 2026.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-8a42cc9\" data-block-id=\"8a42cc9\"><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\"><strong>Story Theme: Quick and<\/strong> <strong>quicker.<\/strong> I have a new baby. She is wonderful but takes up almost all of my free time. This run, I want you to feel my pain. <em>Give me your stories that you write in under an hour, start-to-submission.<\/em> No polish. <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-527bbb4\" data-block-id=\"527bbb4\"><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\"><strong>Still writing?<\/strong> Run themes are broad, and if you stick to the guidelines below, your work is 99% likely to fit the run. <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-heading stk-block-heading stk-block-heading--v2 stk-block stk-47284ef\" id=\"story-guidelines\" data-block-id=\"47284ef\"><style>.stk-47284ef {margin-bottom:0px !important;}<\/style><h3 class=\"stk-block-heading__text\">Story Guidelines.<\/h3><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-5d4ecf7\" data-block-id=\"5d4ecf7\"><style>.stk-5d4ecf7 {margin-bottom:0px !important;}<\/style><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\"><strong>Positive Speculation. <\/strong>Stories should imagine or explore a path towards a brighter, better future. We live in a world of concrete systems and barriers; ivy breaks it all down. Show us a crack and widen it further.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-ac9b38b\" data-block-id=\"ac9b38b\"><style>.stk-ac9b38b {margin-bottom:0px !important;}<\/style><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\"><strong>Genre.<\/strong> As long as it&#8217;s speculative and positive, give us your best shot.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-d1826cc\" data-block-id=\"d1826cc\"><style>.stk-d1826cc {margin-bottom:0px !important;}<\/style><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\"><strong>Microfiction.<\/strong> Stories can be a maximum of 400 words. Stories should be complete &#8211; please no snippets or portions of longer works (unless they can walk on their own two feet).<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-8da1483\" data-block-id=\"8da1483\"><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\"><strong>Original and human.<\/strong> ivy. categorically rejects works generated by or edited by AI. <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-heading stk-block-heading stk-block-heading--v2 stk-block stk-7f68daa\" id=\"submission-details\" data-block-id=\"7f68daa\"><style>.stk-7f68daa {margin-bottom:0px !important;}<\/style><h3 class=\"stk-block-heading__text\">Submission Details.<\/h3><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-6ee5826\" data-block-id=\"6ee5826\"><style>.stk-6ee5826 {margin-bottom:0px !important;}<\/style><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\"><strong>Simultaneous Submissions.<\/strong> Yes, please. Please notify ivy. if your story has been accepted by another journal so ivy. can remove it from consideration.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-5100fa5\" data-block-id=\"5100fa5\"><style>.stk-5100fa5 {margin-bottom:0px !important;}<\/style><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\"><strong>Multiple Submissions.<\/strong> Please only submit one story per submission period. If you submit more than one story, neither will be considered for publication in that period.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-fb89a9a\" data-block-id=\"fb89a9a\"><style>.stk-fb89a9a {margin-bottom:0px !important;}<\/style><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\"><strong>Response Time.<\/strong> ivy. promises to strive for fast responses to your submission. If you have not heard from ivy., please query after 10 days. <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-71f6d29\" data-block-id=\"71f6d29\"><style>.stk-71f6d29 {margin-bottom:0px !important;}<\/style><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\"><strong>Format.<\/strong> Please submit one Word Doc or PDF of your story. Document should be in a 12pt, legible font (serif reccommended &#8211; ivy. publishes in Faustina). Please include your name and address in the document. We won&#8217;t say no to using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shunn.net\/format\/classic\/\"><span style=\"color: #060606;background: linear-gradient(to bottom, transparent 50%, var(--theme-palette-color-2, #ff9696) 50%)\" class=\"stk-highlight\">proper manuscript formatting<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-94c1c1f\" data-block-id=\"94c1c1f\"><style>.stk-94c1c1f {margin-bottom:0px !important;}<\/style><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\"><strong>Compensation.<\/strong> ivy. does not at this time offer payment to accepted authors. ivy. does offer critiques on rejected stories. <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-6795053\" data-block-id=\"6795053\"><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\"><strong>Rights.<\/strong> On selection, ivy. reserves First Electronic Rights for one (1) year.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-heading stk-block-heading stk-block-heading--v2 stk-block stk-8c288d9\" id=\"give-us-a-hint\" data-block-id=\"8c288d9\"><style>.stk-8c288d9 {margin-bottom:0px !important;}<\/style><h3 class=\"stk-block-heading__text\">Give us a hint?<\/h3><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-3f4d34d\" data-block-id=\"3f4d34d\"><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">I&#8217;ve been craving a lot of Solar Punk lately.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submit to ivy. ivy. is looking for short, punchy, speculative fiction that imagines a better world. We ask for you to keep it short, so we will too: ivy. is closed to submissions. We look forward to reading your bite-sized fictions in the future! 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