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Thank you for your interest in submitting to us your poetry and/or creative nonfiction to be considered for our upcoming "Compose" issue.

Compose -- Tell us what it means to you. Tell us about a time you weren't composed. A time you were too joyful, too devastated, too full, too empty to be composed. Tell us about the importance of composing, of creating—words, music, art—in your life in these turbulent times. Tell us what something is composed of, and how the whole is more than (or less than) the sum of its parts. Interpret "compose" as broadly and as creatively as you like. Just send us your best work!

Fall/Winter 2024 Issue: "Compose"

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Poetry & Creative Nonfiction Submission Guidelines

  1. Please send us 1-3 poems (one poem per page) or one CNF piece that is no more than 2,500 words (essay, journal entry, excerpt from a memoir or lager piece).
  2. We read and publish work that is in English only.
  3. We no longer take previously published work so send us what hasn't appeared online or in print.
  4. Work should be 12pt text; set in Courier, Arial, Times New Roman (CNF - double spaced)
  5. We pay attention to craft, ease, beauty, rawness of your writing. Are we inspired, moved? Is it thought provoking, surprising, inviting?
  6. We only take poems within the submission window and via Duosuma through Duotrope (it's free to set up an account).
  7. You will be notified the month following your submission. Feel free to make simultaneous submissions but let us know ASAP if what you sent us is selected elsewhere.
  8. We believe a writer should have full control of their work, so all copyright and publication rights remain with the writer at all times. However, we appreciate exclusive publication rights for three months after the piece has been published by us to ensure maximum impact. And if your piece appears anywhere after that, please acknowledge that it was first published in Snapdragon: A Journal of Art & Healing (or "Snapdragon Journal").

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Poetry & Creative Nonfiction: "Climate Change"

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  1. Please send us 1-3 poems (one poem per page) or one CNF piece that is no more than 2,500 words (essay, journal entry, excerpt from a memoir or lager piece).
  2. We read and publish work that is in English only.
  3. We no longer take previously published work so send us what hasn't appeared online or in print.
  4. Work should be 12pt text; set in Courier, Arial, Times New Roman (CNF - double spaced)
  5. We pay attention to craft, ease, beauty, rawness of your writing. Are we inspired, moved? Is it thought provoking, surprising, inviting?
  6. We only take poems within the submission window and via Duosuma through Duotrope (it's free to set up an account).
  7. You will be notified the month following your submission. Feel free to make simultaneous submissions but let us know ASAP if what you sent us is selected elsewhere.
  8. We believe a writer should have full control of their work, so all copyright and publication rights remain with the writer at all times. However, we appreciate exclusive publication rights for three months after the piece has been published by us to ensure maximum impact. And if your piece appears anywhere after that, please acknowledge that it was first published in Snapdragon: A Journal of Art & Healing (or "Snapdragon Journal").

PLEASE NOTE: We will respond late May and select pieces will be published online from June-August 2024.

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