subs are: OPEN until August 15, 2024
vol. 02 theme: mixtape
show us your high school bedroom, first car, first love, first heartbreak, something you learned in your 20s, a hardship you grew from in your 30s, a joy you found at 40, a sexual awakening in your 50s, a trip abroad in your 60s, running a marathon in your 70s, the soundtrack of your life in your 80s, 90s, or 100s! Submit 2-4 poems, up to 5 photos, and up to 2 original art pieces that fit together like a “mixtape” – a snapshot of a specific time in your life.
*Important note: please be mindful of copyright laws and do not include song lyrics anywhere in your work.
SAPP accepts submissions of:
- photography (1-5 photos)
- original artwork(1-2)
- poetry (1-4 poems). 1 page is roughly 30lines of poetry.
SAPP’s submission periods for their print editions are:
- January 1-March 1
- July 1-August 15
SAPP is a bi-annual zine, publishing in Spring (May for our print run, June for our digital edition) and Fall (November for our print run, December for our digital edition) of each calendar year. You can find our print copies at any of these local bookshops, or purchase our digital version via Patreon.
Submission guidelines:
- please include a short (75 word max) bio in the email body for your submission
- work must be previously unpublished (in print or online; if your work is photography or art, “previously unpublished” indicates that your work has not appeared in a print publication. you are welcome to submit work that has been shown in galleries or exhibits.)
- please only submit to one category
- e-mail subject line: “CATEGORY, NUMBER OF SUBMISSIONS” (i.e. Poetry, Three Poems or Photography, 5 photos)
- all text must be 11pt font, single spaced, Garamond font, submitted as one .doc (for poetry) or .pdf (for uniquely formatted poems
- please submit art and photographs as .jpg files
- please keep in mind for all submissions that SAPP is formatted to fit A5 paper. adjust margins and line lengths accordingly
- we accept simultaneous submissions, but please notify us if your work is accepted elsewhere
- if selected for publication, authors and artists retain copyright and ownership of their work, however we ask that you credit us if your work is later published elsewhere