Sublimation Island of Wak-Wak Gold Star Program Gold Star

Formatting and Submitting Poetry

Submit 1–5 poems. Submit one file (Word/Pages/RTF/txt) for each poem on Duosuma. If your work requires complex formatting, inform us in the message and attach a PDF file. Include a brief message and an author bio of max 100 words.

Submitting Artwork

Please list the names of your pieces and the media/techniques used. Include a brief message and an artist bio of max 100 words. Attach pdf, png, jpeg, or svg files only. Send 1–5 works of art.

Ekphrastic Afterword Submissions

If you are sending an ekphrastic response to a piece published in a previous issue of Sublimation, then follow the normal Sublimation guidelines for poetry or art, but mention in the cover letter that you are sending a piece for the Ekphrastic Afterword and which work was used as inspiration.

Simultaneous Submissions

We accept simultaneous submissions, but be courteous and inform us immediately if a piece gets accepted elsewhere.

Reprints

We do not accept reprints. Please submit new work only.

AI Content

We accept only human-created poetry and art.

Payment

We can’t pay contributors up front yet. However, contributors will receive yearly royalty payments for each copy sold.

Submission Fees

We don’t charge submission fees, but there’s a tip jar for generous offerings to help keep the magazine running.

Author Copies

We’ll send you a PDF of the issue. If you want a print version, you’ll have to buy it via Amazon.

Publishing Rights

Island of Wak-Wak reserves the right of first publication for all work it publishes. You retain the copyright, but we suggest you wait a month out of curtesy before publishing it elsewhere.

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