Thank you for taking a chance on our project! Our mandate is to provide relief for multi-disciplinary artists through modest honorariums, while showcasing original and thought-provoking work from a diversity of voices. 

Submissions currently closed.

We’re working through some amazing stuff and look forward to reopening again soon. In the meantime, read below to get a sense of what we look for and how to submit.

We publish poetry, flash fiction, fiction, and visual art. We love work that challenges social conventions, tries to make sense of the times, makes us laugh, makes us cry, and keeps us up at night reflecting on its brilliance. But not, like, too late. Sleep is important.

We will not accept work that involves social violence, including racism, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, fatphobia, religious discrimination, or sexual assault.

Other than that, please send away! Send submissions to info@pandemicpublications.com. Please put in your subject line, “Your name: Your category.” So if your name is Boaty McBoatface and you’re sending flash fiction, we’d like to see “Boaty McBoatface: Flash.”

Include a brief bio with your submission, a few lines will do. Word files attached as .docx are preferred but if you’re worried about formatting, .pdf is fine too. You can expect a response in 2-5 weeks.

Thank you!

What to Submit

Send your best work in one category. For now, we will not publish the same artist twice. Please do not send a second submission until you have heard back from us regarding the first one.

Poetry.

We welcome poetry in any form. You can submit multiple poems in a single submission, up to a total limit of five pages.

Please send all poems in Times New Roman, 12-point font.

Fiction and Creative Non-Fiction.

We encourage you to push genre boundaries and play with the narrative form; however, we do not accept genre fiction (horror, fantasy, science fiction, romance, etc.) All creative non-fiction must be factual, and any name changes to protect privacy must be indicated. 

Please send all submissions in Times New Roman, 12-point font, double-spaced. Please indicate the word count.

Word limit: 3000

Comics and Illustrations.

We’re looking for illustrations that tell stories, challenge conventions, and provoke contemplation. 

Please submit your illustrations at 72dpi, with titles and/or captions as you would like them to be displayed. 

Size limit: 5 pages.

Photography.

Tell us a story in 10 photos or fewer. Send your submissions pasted into a word document or PDF, with all relevant captions or titles included. 

If your work is accepted for publication, we will contact you for hi-res versions of the photo essay in JPG or PNG format.

Rights

We ask for first world publication rights and the right to archive your work on the website. Ownership and liability for the work remains with the artist.

Payment

Pandemic Publications pays an honorarium for each published work. Our rates are as follows:

$120 for fiction and non-fiction
$50 per poem
$150 for photography and illustrations

Please note that all dollar amounts are in CAD, and are paid by Paypal upon publication.

Thank you!

Thank you again for taking a chance on a new project. We look forward to your submissions!