Thank you for your interest in submitting to The Write Launch.
The Write Launch is an online literary magazine publishing creative works of poetry, short story, long short story, novel excerpt, essay, art, and creative nonfiction. We ask that you please browse the site and read previous issues before submitting.
Submission guidelines
- Please do not submit more than one piece per category.
- Submissions must be original work not previously published in any format.
- Simultaneous submissions are accepted. Please withdraw your piece from submission if it is accepted elsewhere.
- Include a brief biographical statement (in the third person) in the Cover Letter section of your submission on Submittable.
- All prose submissions should be double-spaced and proofread.
- Written work selected for publication is edited for punctuation and grammatical errors. Only Word documents are accepted, and any edits and/or suggested revisions prior to publication will be completed using Track Changes and sent to writer via Submittable for pre-publication approval.
- Writers requesting feedback will receive written feedback within 45 days after submission.
- Art should be submitted as either JPG or PNG files.
- Editorial staff selects images for published written work.
- Writers own the copyright on their work.
- AI-generated work will be disqualified.
- The Write Launch has a $5.00 submission fee.
Please send any comments or questions to editor@thewritelaunch.com.
Thank you!
Submit one critical essay. Maximum word count 5000 words.
Submit 1 to 3 pieces of previously unpublished work of visual art, in the mediums of drawing, painting, or photography and include a brief description of each submitted piece. We want to know what inspired the art, or what story it may have to tell.
Submit your work as individual high-resolution JPG or PNG files.
Submit up to three previously unpublished poems in a single document.
Each poem should have a title.
Please list the title of each poem in your submission.
Submit 1 unpublished short story per issue, 1,500 - 7,500 words. Please format your submission double-spaced and include word count.
Submit 1 chapter only of an unpublished novel, maximum 15,000 words. Include a brief synopsis of the story, to be published with excerpt if submission is accepted. Please format your submission double-spaced and include word count.
"The words “creative” and “nonfiction” describe the form. The word 'creative' refers to the use of literary craft, the techniques fiction writers, playwrights, and poets employ to present nonfiction—factually accurate prose about real people and events—in a compelling, vivid, dramatic manner. The goal is to make nonfiction stories read like fiction so that your readers are as enthralled by fact as they are by fantasy." - Creative Nonfiction
Submit 1 unpublished creative nonfiction, maximum 3,500 words. Please format your submission double-spaced and include word count.