Submission Guidelines

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General Info

Flax is committed to publishing NW writers, this means any writer who lives or works in the ACE NW arts region.

We only publish work that has not been published previously, either in print or on the web. (NB: On the web refers to work that has been selected by an external editor. We are happy to read work you have posted on your own site or networking page)

You’ll notice that we do not ask for work that is of a particular theme.

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Please note the submission dates. We will only consider work that arrives within the dates given. This is to preserve our sanity.

We will let you know of our decision as soon as we can (usually within a month of the close of submissions).

All writers in our digital anthologies have profiles on the Flax site, which includes professional portraits which you can use for your own publicity purposes. You're also offered a one-to-one session on your professional development. By submitting work to an anthology you are agreeing to travel to the office in Lancaster for these.

Fiction Writers (Flax021)

1. Submit up to 1200 words in prose. These can comprise of several short fictions, a complete short story, or an extract of a longer work (with brief intro and outro).
2. Email submissions only.
3. Send work as an attachment, in a Word document, if possible, or  rtf if not. Submissions to be double-spaced, the page set to A4 portrait (you can find this in the Page Setup). Put your name in the footer and as the document’s name.
4. Submissions for Flax021 are welcome 1 - 24 March 2010
5. Use fiction submission for the subject line of the email, and send to Flax

Poets (Flax022)

1. Submit up to 200 lines of poetry. These could comprise of separate poems, poem sequences, or a complete long poem.
2. Email submissions only.
3. Send work as a SINGLE attachment, as a Word doc, if possible, rtf if not. Please make sure the format of your page is A4. (You can find this in Page Setup). Put your name in the footer and as the document’s name.
4. Submissions for Flax018 are welcome 1 – 28 June 2010
5. Use poetry submission for the subject line of the email, and send to Flax

More to follow ...

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We look forward to the work, and hope you enjoy creating it.