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B E F O R E   Y O U   S U B M I T
The best way to know what we want is to look in our mirror and to read past issues of the magazine. You can find our archive here.

D R E A M S
Regardless of issue theme, we’re also always looking for dreams for our resident dream expert, Billy, to interpret. Billy may or may not be a Grimoire coven member with a copy of Billy Bing’s Dream Book. Please don’t use Billy for real-life advice; that’s what therapists are for. Please peruse a few examples from the archives before emailing us yours, and include Dear Billy in the subject line.

We DO accept simultaneous submissions (but only when we’re open).

All submissions, queries, and questions can be sent to the witches at grimoiremagazine@gmail.com

We accept .doc, .docx, or .pdf. In case of a .pdf, we will need a writeable file upon acceptance.  No shared Google docs, please.

T H E   D E T A I L S

W H A T   W E   D O N ' T   W A N T
Grimoire does not want your work if it includes racism, sexism, misogyny, ableism, ageism, homophobia, body-shaming, xenophobia, anti-immigrant sentiment, Islamophobia, TERF nonsense…basically, don’t send us bigoted or abusive nonsense of any kind, full stop. Irony is no excuse.

P A Y M E N T
Each writer will receive one shiny $20 bill upon publication; featured artist payment will be negotiated on a case by case basis. We unfortunately will not be able to pay for single images from artists. We earn no revenue from this endeavor but if you would like to support us, please donate to our kofi. 

R E S P O N S E   T I M E
Our staff is all volunteer, and there are only three of us. We attempt to clear our inbox prior to the release of a new issue, so expect a wait of up to eight months, and possibly longer if we are holding your submission for a future issue. We will respond as soon as humanly possible. Please don’t contact our editors on their personal social media accounts.

R I G H T S
We request first serial rights. If your work is reprinted, we kindly request that you let us know (so we can celebrate) and credit us with first publication. On occasion we will solicit a reprint, in which case we request one-time nonexclusive Internet use. Please do not submit previously published work to us.

O N P O E M S
We are open to all kinds of poetry, from the lyric to the experimental. Please submit no more than 5 poems, and include Poetry in the subject line.

O N S H O R T   S T O R I E S / C R E A T I V E   N O N F I C T I O N
Our only real limit is 4,500 words. We accept hybrid work; just because we haven’t published something like it before doesn’t mean we’re not interested. Please include Fiction or Nonfiction in the subject line.