Cola reads for fiction and poetry from September 15th until December 15th. All submissions are considered for our print journal and our website. Our paid reading period is October 15th-November 15th, with a submission fee of $3. This period supports the basic operational costs of running our journal such as publishing, web hosting, etc.
Our free reading period is September 15-October 14th. All submissions, free or otherwise, are considered equally.
Cola reads for fiction and poetry each academic year. Free submissions open September 15th. Paid reading period (with a submission fee of $3) opens October 15th. This paid period supports the basic operational costs of running our journal such as publishing, web hosting, etc. All submissions, free or otherwise, are considered equally. For the month of November, we are open exclusively for our BIPOC Writers project. Fees for these submissions are waived.
To see if your work is a good fit, take a look at the recent work we’ve published in print and on our website. The best place to learn about whether or not we are open for submissions is on our Twitter or Instagram.
Guidelines:
- Work must be previously unpublished.
- We do accept simultaneous submissions, however please let us know immediately if your work gets accepted elsewhere by sending a message through Submittable. Please do not withdraw your submission unless you are withdrawing the entirety of its contents.
- Please only submit once per reading period.
- Poetry submissions: please submit 3-5 poems in a single Word document with no more than one poem per page.
- Fiction submissions: please submit 1 story or up to 3 flash with a maximum of 5000 words total. Please double-space and paginate your document.
- Please include a brief bio (about 100 words or fewer) and a mailing address in your cover letter.
- Please send us your work via our Submittable. We do not accept email submissions at this time. We also do not accept postal submissions, unless you are currently incarcerated.
Cola reads for fiction and poetry each academic year. Free submissions open September 15th. Paid reading period (with a submission fee of $3) opens October 15th. This paid period supports the basic operational costs of running our journal such as publishing, web hosting, etc. All submissions, free or otherwise, are considered equally. For the month of November, we are open exclusively for our BIPOC Writers project. Fees for these submissions are waived.
To see if your work is a good fit, take a look at the recent work we’ve published in print and on our website. The best place to learn about whether or not we are open for submissions is on our Twitter or Instagram.
Guidelines:
- Work must be previously unpublished.
- We do accept simultaneous submissions, however please let us know immediately if your work gets accepted elsewhere by sending a message through Submittable. Please do not withdraw your submission unless you are withdrawing the entirety of its contents.
- Please only submit once per reading period.
- Poetry submissions: please submit 3-5 poems in a single Word document with no more than one poem per page.
- Fiction submissions: please submit 1 story or up to 3 flash with a maximum of 5000 words total. Please double-space and paginate your document.
- Please include a brief bio (about 100 words or fewer) and a mailing address in your cover letter.
- Please send us your work via our Submittable. We do not accept email submissions at this time. We also do not accept postal submissions, unless you are currently incarcerated.
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