SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

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• Please send submissions by email to inquiries@inkalchemybooks.com and include the phrase “SUBMISSION: Whimsy” in your subject line.

• Submissions will be accepted from July through October 2024. 

• Short fiction submitted to the anthology must be original and previously unpublished. Ink Alchemy Books considers work that has appeared online (including on blogs and Facebook) to be previously published.

• All manuscripts must be typed and double-spaced and numbered throughout, with the author’s name, address, phone number, and word count at the top of the first page.

• Word count: 2,000 min - 12,000 max

• No AI written content will be accepted.

• Submit only one story at a time.

• We are not accepting paper submissions at this time. All paper submissions will be recycled upon receipt.

• All manuscripts must be written in English. Translations are acceptable but must be accompanied by a copy of the original text.

• We will read and consider simultaneous submissions on the condition that if the manuscript is accepted for publication elsewhere, the author immediately notifies us that they are withdrawing their submission. Once a submission is accepted for publication by Ink Alchemy Books, we ask that you withdraw it from other publishers.

• Ink Alchemy Books purchases first serial rights. All rights revert to the author upon publication.

• The editors aim to respond to manuscripts in a timely fashion and ask that you wait a minimum of three weeks to send follow-up inquiries.

• We do not publish poetry, plays, nonfiction, reviews, etc.