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Issue Two: Submissions Closed

                                                               

ISSUE TWO SUBMISSIONS HAVE NOW CLOSED

Thank you for your interest in SQN. Details of submissions for Issue 3 will be announced in due course.


 

Submission Guidelines

Theory & Craft

Poetry & Prose

Poetry & Prose

  

We publish scholarly articles about creative writing craft and theory. Please submit works that are well-written, well-researched, and advance current conversations in the field.


Submissions should be between 2,500 and 5,000 words (please state word count at the top of your document on page 1), including Works Cited and endnotes, in 12 pt Times New Roman. Please include a separate 100-word abstract.


MLA Style citation form only. Limited use of endnotes is permitted.


By submitting to Sine Qua Non, you affirm:

  • your work is original
  • your work is not AI-generated
  • you have properly cited all sources
  • your work has not previously been published (including self-publication online)
  • your work is non-defamatory
  • you hold the exclusive right to publish
  • you agree to Sine Qua Non's submission terms


Please include a cover letter with your submission and very brief third-person bio. Unless otherwise agreed in writing, we will ask for first North American publication rights. Following publication, all rights revert to the Author; we do ask that you credit Sine Qua Non as the place your work first appeared.


We accept simultaneous submissions provided: 

(1) you advise us that you are submitting elsewhere at the time you submit to us; and 

(2) if your work is accepted elsewhere, you advise us immediately via email to info@thesinequanon.com  

(3) You may submit only ONCE to each category.


Poetry & Prose

Poetry & Prose

Poetry & Prose

  

Sine Qua Non publishes the following genres: Poetry and Creative Prose (fiction, creative nonfiction, flash fiction).


Please submit your work for consideration year-round using the buttons at the bottom of this page.


(Note: prize submission requirements may differ and submission windows vary. See Prizes .)


By submitting to sine qua non, you affirm:

  • your work is original
  • your work is not AI-generated
  • you have properly cited all sources
  • your work has not previously been published (including self-publication online)
  • your work is non-defamatory
  • you hold the exclusive right to publish
  • you agree to Sine Qua Non's submission terms


creative prose

15 pages or less

double-spaced

standard 1" margins on all sides

12 pt Times New Roman

state word count at the top of page 1

state genre at the top of page 1 (e.g. creative fiction, CNF, etc.)

multi-lingual submissions are welcome, but

should be targeted to English-language readers


poetry

3 poems per submission maximum

ten total pages maximum

12 pt Times New Roman

each poem MUST begin on a new page

multi-lingual submissions are welcome, but

should be targeted to English-language readers


Please include a cover letter with your submission and very brief third-person bio. Unless otherwise agreed in writing, we will ask for first North American publication rights. Following publication, all rights revert to the Author; we do ask that you credit Sine Qua Non as the place your work first appeared.


We accept simultaneous submissions provided: 

(1) you advise us that you are submitting elsewhere at the time you submit to us; and 

(2) if your work is accepted elsewhere, you advise us immediately via email to info@thesinequanon.com  

(3) You may submit only ONCE to each category.

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