Submit to Little Lit
Want to see your work published in our literary magazine? Check out our latest submission categories below. This quarter we are calling for humorous tales, heartbreaking lyrics, a blending of horror and romance, and a introductory piece for first-timers.
CURRENT SUBMISSIONS
Here's a list of our current submissions, the guidelines for each, and the deadline date. For more information, feel free to contact us!
OPEN SUBMISSION, AUTUMN/WINTER 2025:
We're officially into the cooler months and we'd love to read your writing! This special submission category comes with little to no guidelines - send us through whatever you are currently working on; a novel excerpt; a poem or two; a piece of scriptwriting; a short story etc - set in either Autumn or Winter.
- Word limit is between: 50-500 words
- Deadline: May 1, 2025
HORROR & ROMANCE
The mingling of horror and romance can make for a fascinating read and there's so many ways to interpret this theme. Maybe a romantic trip to a secluded cabin goes haywire? Maybe a potential love interest turns out to be a monster? Or, maybe, the yearning for a decadent, long-desired chocolate cake ends in disaster? We need:
- A piece of poetry or prose that is anywhere between 50-2500 words
- A clear crossover between the horror and romance genres
- Deadline: May 1, 2025
HOW SUBMISSIONS WORK
WE PUT A CALL-OUT
Throughout the month we seek different styles of writing with their own guidelines and word limits. Keep an eye out on our social media platforms, or sign up to our email newsletter, for the latest challenges.
YOU SUBMIT YOUR WORK
Writers can submit as many works as they'd like, free of charge! Submissions can be made via the entry form below or by emailing submitlittlelit@gmail.com
By submitting your work, you also agree to us publishing your social media handle if selected for print. We want to share your talents with as many readers as possible and a link to an author's online page is a good way to do this.
WE READ AND REVIEW
We read your entries and decide which might be perfect for our latest edition of The Little Lit. Depending on quantity received, you may or may not be informed that your work is going to be published.
All submissions remain yours and you are welcome to submit them to other publications at any time.
WHAT CAN I SUBMIT?
We are pretty open-minded at Little Monroe Literary! We don't want to censure your work, so we are open to receiving pieces that contain curse words, romance, and gore. On the flip-side, we do also accept Young Adult stories, children's illustrations, and micro-fiction, and each page of The Little Lit is carefully constructed and organised so that there is something for everybody in each edition.
In saying that, each piece selected to be published is subject to the views of the editing team. If there's a certain phrase or a paragraph that raises eyebrows in an otherwise perfect submission, we may get in touch to ask for your permission to tweak or omit things.