Submission Guidelines:
- Any submission already published elsewhere is ineligible for publication at Ignatian. This includes any writing previously published on personal blogs or websites.
- For fiction and nonfiction, submit only one piece of up to 5,000 words per submission.
- For poetry, you may submit up to two poems per submission.
- For art, you may submit up to ten files per submission.
- We charge a $3 submission fee to cover the costs of keeping our non-profit magazine up and running. You may submit multiple times within the submission period and/or across genres with additional payments of the submission fee.
- Please use standard formatting guidelines. We prefer Times New Roman 12pt font, double-spaced for prose; single-spaced for poetry is acceptable.
- All written submissions must be clearly titled and include the word count.
- All art submissions must have clear titles for each file.
- Contributors should not include their name or personal information on any part of the document itself.
- Include appropriate trigger warnings at the beginning of each piece.
- We will not consider work that centers either graphic violence or sex. We also will not tolerate work that promotes racism, homophobia, or other oppressive or hateful ideologies.
All submissions must include a third-person biography, which will be reprinted in the magazine should the work be accepted for publication. Include up to 50 words about your work, previous publications, and any other relevant information.
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