Fauxmoir is a digital literary magazine celebrating the first person narrative. We're a space where authors are free of the non-fiction or fiction designation and can tell their stories without the confines of definition. We publish poetry, flash fiction, short stories, essays, and visual art.
submission guidelines:
All writing submissions must be told in FIRST person narrative.
Poetry and Prose: We accept all types of poetry — rhyming and non. Metered and non. We like to keep poetry under 40 lines, when possible. If your poetry follows a specific structure, like haiku or sonnet, please tell us so we can indicate where appropriate. Please submit up to 3 poems in one file. Only UNPUBLISHED submissions will be considered. Submit in 12 point font in TIMES.
Flash Fiction: You may submit up to 3 in one file. Keep each piece 500 words or less. Only UNPUBLISHED submissions will be considered. Submit in 12 point font in TIMES.
All other writing: Please only one piece per submission. You are welcome to submit as many times as you like, but you may only submit one each time. Each piece should be no more than 2000 words. Only UNPUBLISHED submissions will be considered. Submit in 12 point font in TIMES
*Please do not put your name anywhere on your submissions. Submit in 12 point font in TIMES, single spaced, and include the title and word count.
*Your cover letter should include a short bio, social media handles, and any previous publishing highlights.
*Simultaneous submissions are totally fine, but let us know as soon as possible if your work will be published elsewhere. Let us know which piece, and we will take it out of consideration.
*Please note that by submitting to Fauxmoir, you're agreeing to allow us the option to publish your work in our digital mag, on our social media, and send occasional email updates. This is currently a non-paying platform (though we hope that changes)!
*We charge a nominal reading fee per submission that helps cover our operating expenses.
We can't wait to read your work! In the meantime, feel free to follow us on social media:
(twitter) @fauxmoir
(instagram) @fauxmoir_lit_mag
All visual art submissions:
Please send up to five original pieces for consideration. While we don't have a specific theme, we are looking for work that creates a mood and makes us ask questions. Consider the season, as well. We accept photography, painting, illustration, collage, graphic design, or high res photos of sculpture, textile, etc. If you don't see your medium here, send it anyway! We are interested in the unknown and experimental.
We are not interested in:
- sunsets
- cityscapes
- portraits that do not tell a story
- plants and animals
We accept both black & white and color.
Please make sure that all submissions are vertically-oriented and are high res. Submissions that don't follow guidelines will not be considered.
Name each image as follows:
title_your first name.last name (ex: flaws_ann.piper)
*There shouldn't be any identifying information on your work. Please do not put your name anywhere on your submissions. Submit in 12 point font in TIMES or HELVETICA and include the title and word count.
*Your cover letter should include a short bio, social media handles, and any previous publishing highlights.
*Simultaneous submissions are totally fine, but let us know as soon as possible if your work will be published elsewhere. Let us know which piece and we will take it out of consideration.
*Please note that by submitting to Fauxmoir, you're agreeing to allow us the option to publish your work in our digital mag, on our social media, and send occasional email updates. This is currently a non-paying platform (though we hope that changes)!
*We charge a nominal fee per submission that helps cover our operating expenses.
We can't wait to see your art! In the meantime, feel free to follow us on social media:
(twitter) @fauxmoir
(instagram) @fauxmoir_lit_mag
We read so many exceptional chapbook manuscripts for our Spring publication, and wow, are we excited to see what you send us for our SUMMER publication!
Guidelines:
- Submit one Word document of 20-49 pages of poetry, flash, prose, or a combination. Just make sure there is a theme to your manuscript.
- Every included piece must be in 1st person! It is kind of our thing, after all:)
- The document must be 12pt Times. Include page numbers.
- Format one poem/flash piece per page, single-spaced. Poems can be longer than one page, but no more than one poem should be on each page.
- Include a cover and title page, a table of contents (with page numbers), and an acknowledgment page for previously published poems.
- The collection must be unpublished as a whole! Poems in the collection may be published, but please ensure it's less than half.
- This is a text-only submission. Do not include images, drawings, photos, etc.
- This submission is not open to Fauxmoir staff, friends, family, or anyone affiliated with Fauxmoir.
- Simultaneous submissions are acceptable, but if an included poem gets picked up, please inform us promptly so we can update your acknowledgment page. Please let us know if your chapbook will be published elsewhere; we will not offer refunds for withdrawals.
- Writers must be 18 years or older to submit.
- We will not read or accept any work that promotes or supports negativity toward any group of people.
- Fauxmoir reserves the right to publish multiple chapbooks at once, one, or none at all.
- The winner(s) will receive three copies each and 50 percent of any sales from their book.
In the meantime, check us out and give us a follow!
IG @fauxmoir_lit_mag & Twitter @fauxmoir