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Submissions for publication are open.
Four Tulips accepts submissions for poetry, short fiction, and creative non-fiction following the guidelines detailed below. We are interested in vivid language and concrete imagery.
Submission Guidelines
Include your full name, the title of your submission, your email address, and a short 100-word bio. We do not accept submissions previously published in other publications including those that have been self-published. We do, however, accept submissions previously published on personal blogs.
General submissions are reviewed on a rolling basis. All submissions for contests will receive either an acceptance or rejection notification. Please review the contest page for themed submissions.
Prose: Submit no more than one prose piece at a time. Prose formatting should be single-spaced and no longer than 2,000 words. Submit as Microsoft Word or PDF.
Poetry: Submit no more than three poems at a time. Poems should be formatted single-spaced as a Microsoft Word or a PDF file.
Email submissions may be sent to editor@fourtulips.com.
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