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Thank you for your interest in ephemeras. We're currently closed for submissions, we won't be gone for too long. While you wait, take a look at what we accept as submissions:
Submission Guidelines​
  • Fiction: we are namely seeking literary fiction and its sub-genres. If it's weird, if it's nostalgic, if it's urgent—we want to read it. For flash: send up to 3 pieces no more than 1,000 words each. For short fiction and excerpts from longer works: up to 4,000 words in a singular submission.
  • Nonfiction: we accept creative nonfiction and cultural commentary/criticism (up to 3,000 words)
    • ​We will not accept submissions of interviews, book reviews, academic papers, or personal narratives that do not address a wider scope at this moment​​
    • Queries/pitches are encouraged but not necessary prior to submitting
  • Poetry: up to 3 poems in a single submission. So the integrity of the original work is not lost, please refrain from sending experimental line breaks and spacing that will not translate during formatting.
  • Visual art: film photography, paintings, sculptures, digital artwork (submit 3-5 photos as individual high-quality JPEG files)
ephemeras will NOT accept work generated from or with the assistance of AI.
  • Simultaneous submissions are encouraged, please let us know if work submitted to us will be published elsewhere.
  • We cannot compensate writers at this time.
  • We will not accept previously published work.
  • ephemeras retains no rights to your work other than online publication.
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How To Submit
  • Email your submissions to ephemerasmag@gmail.com with the following in the subject line:
    • ​[Genre and Work Title/s], Name
  • Include a brief cover letter, and a third person bio (15o characters).
  • Please submit all written works as .doc or .docx files only.
  • For extra credit, tell us how you found us. We always like hearing about it.
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