General Guidelines
Please read these guidelines carefully before submitting to us. Any work that does not meet the following criteria will not be considered for publication. Thank you.
Submissions will be open from August 1st until September 21st for Issue 6. For details on this upcoming issue's theme please see below.
To be considered for publication authors must identify as part of the LGBTQIA+ community and submit queer writing in response to the current theme which is outlined further down this page.
All submissions should be in a 12pt readable font (i.e times new roman) Please submit your work in a single document. Attach your work in .doc(x) format unless you have accessibility issues with word documents in which case a PDF is fine. For any other file types or any accessibility issues please email us at powderspress@gmail.com and we will do our best to accommodate you.
Please include a third-person bio with pronouns and social media handles in the body of your email.
Powders Press is run on an entirely voluntary basis without any funding. We are therefore unfortunately unable to pay contributors at this time but hope to do so in the future.
Please note that Powders Press exclusively platforms queer writing from LGBTQIA+ writers only. We will automatically reject any work which promotes racism, sexism, ableism, transphobia, homophobia, sexism, and any other form of prejudice. Whilst work can involve sexual elements we don’t publish erotica nor will we publish writing with gratuitous violence. We can not consider submissions that do not adhere to our guidelines so please read the following carefully before submitting.
Submit to only one category per submission window. Submissions received after deadlines will not be considered and will receive an automatic rejection. For issue-specific deadlines and the current theme please see below.
Short fiction should be a maximum of 2000 words and only one piece per submission.
Flash fiction should be to a maximum of 500 words and only one piece per submission.
Poetry: Up to 3 poems per submission with a maximum of 30 lines per poem.
All work should be the author's own, original, and previously unpublished.
We welcome simultaneous submissions but if your work is accepted elsewhere please notify us.
All submissions to be sent to powderspress@gmail.com
Issue 6 - Masquerade
“Masquerades disclose the reality of souls. As long as no one sees who we are, we can tell the most intimate details of our life..."
- Fernando Pessoa
For the sixth issue of Powders Press, we're looking for queer fiction and poetry on the theme of Masquerade. This theme is non-exhaustive and we're not necessarily looking for regency romances about masquerade balls but rather an exploration of the masks we wear as individuals.
Submissions are open from August 1st - September 21st. Please send submissions to powderspress@gmail.com
Our editor runs Powders Press in their own time so we kindly ask for your patience as they read through submissions. You will receive an auto acknowledgment after submitting your work and we aim to respond to all writers within one month of submissions closing.
Thank you for your interest in Powders Press.