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Want your story or art to be featured in an upcoming edition of Polymorphic?
We’re always open to new submissions!
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Story Submission Requirements :
Story submissions must conform to the following guidelines:
- Submissions should be up to or less than 5000 words in length
- Submissions should fit with the general theme of the magazine (Anything within the sphere of horror / weird fiction)
- Stories should be submitted either as a Microsoft Word document (.DOC or .DOCX) or as a public Google Docs link with viewing privilege set to “Anyone can view” or higher.
- Submissions must not contain any sexist, racist, transphobic or otherwise hateful material or language.
- Mature content such as explicit violence or depictions of sexuality are allowed, but should be included responsibly and avoid being
exploitative. We may ask you to edit or remove sections of a story if we deem them too explicit for the magazine.
Illustration Submission Requirements :
Art submissions must conform to the following dimensions and settings:
- 6”W x 9”L + ¼” exterior bleed
(Total canvas size of 6.25” * 9.25”) - 300 DPI or above
- CMYK color mode
- Lossless .PNG or .TIFF format
Polymorphic Magazine is published every September, featuring all-new short stories and artwork.
In addition to this, we plan to print smaller ad-hoc zines and related projects year-round.
If you would like your work to be considered for inclusion in Polymorphic, please email us at polymorphicmag@gmail.com.
If you missed the submission deadline for our next issue, don’t worry! Any stories or artwork submitted after the deadline will be kept and considered for the following issue.
Detailed submission requirements and formatting guidelines are available above.
Once you submit your story or artwork, it will be reviewed by our editorial team and considered for inclusion in the next issue of Polymorphic.
Selected stories will be given feedback by our team of professional art and copy editors, who will work with you to prepare it for publication. During this process, you may be asked to edit your work.
Once a story reaches its final draft, we pair you with an artist who will read your story and illustrate cover art based on it. This process generally takes 1-2 months.
We will pay a flat rate of $30.00 CAD per selected story.
We plan to increase our pay rates as the Magazine grows.
The exception to this is issue one of Polymorphic, which was created from start to finish as an all-volunteer project.
Art submissions that are selected for inclusion will be featured in a gallery at the end of each print issue along with the artist’s name and preferred social media links, (starting from issue 2 onwards) but are not currently paid.
Cover art is created entirely in-house by our team of illustrators.
Yep! We are a creator-first organization. All materials published in our magazines remain the intellectual property of their creators; we only print with permission.