SUBMIT

Thank you so much for choosing Afterbodies to house your beautiful work!

We are currently accepting submissions of poetry and prose from all high school and undergraduate writers. Our reading periods are April 15—June 15 and October 15—December 15. We seek writing that tacks, cajoles, and resurfaces the unseen.

Please submit up to 10 pages of written work per reading period. We will endeavor to get back to you within three to four weeks. To submit, please fill out the Google Form below. We kindly ask that you submit only once per reading cycle, and refrain from submitting AI-assisted work or work which conveys a harmful message.

Afterbodies receives first electronic serial rights to your piece upon publication. After publication, all rights revert back to the author. Please acknowledge Afterbodies as the first publication in future appearances. You can reach us at editors.afterbodies@gmail.com for questions and concerns.

Submissions Guidelines

Submit all poetry and prose through our submission form:

https://forms.gle/1tsmfK8T9P5xEkfT7
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Submitting through our submission form is preferred, but if you cannot access it for any reason, you may email your submission to us at editors.afterbodies@gmail.com. Please format your email header as “[Name] - [Genre] Submission”, and include a cover letter and a personal bio.

  • For poetry, please send up to five single-spaced poems, starting each poem on a new page. PDF.

  • For prose, send up to three pieces double-spaced, with a total word count of less than 5,000 words. PDF.

​We will get back to you in under three to four weeks. Feel free to query on the status of your submission after four weeks. If you need to withdraw your submission, please email editors.afterbodies@gmail.com.