SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN FOR VOLUME XI
Check out our standard submission guidelines below! If you have any questions, please email thebolotiecollective@gmail.com.
Submit your work here.
Deadline: December 31, 2026
ANTHOLOGY SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
Accepted Pieces:
| Short Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Personal Essays: 1000-3000 words
| Poetry: Up to 2 poems
| Flash Fiction: Up to 500 words
| A person may submit more than one piece of work for the above genres. For example, a single person could submit 2 flash fiction pieces and 2 poems.*
*Please note that the maximum number of pieces published by a single author within a volume is two.
FORMAT
Please complete the form below for each piece. You will not be able to upload more than one file per submission, but multiple submissions are allowed.
| Each piece must be uploaded at the bottom of the form as a PDF file and MUST be named in the following convention
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- Title_FirstInitalLastName_Genre_
- (i.e., Clavis_DMiller_Fiction)
| Your uploaded document must include a title page containing the following elements:
- Story title
- Author name
- Genre
- Word Count
| Please do not upload a single document with more than one piece.
*If these guidelines are not followed, you will not be accepted.
SUBMISSION ADVISORY
The Bolo Tie Collective reserves the right to reject submissions on the following grounds:
| Submissions must be original and unpublished (exceptions made for digital self-publication such as a blog or website) If it is found that the work is unoriginal, you will not be accepted, as well as your name being flagged for future submissions.
| Content must be fully formed but MUST go through a substantive and copy-editing process. This includes poetry.
| Submissions are open to all genres; however, discriminatory content and unwarranted hate, bigotry, and shaming will not be accepted.
| Profanity, gore, and sexual content are acceptable but must be used in an appropriate context.
Thank you, and we look forward to reading your submission(s)!
