EarthLines Magazine Permanently Closed: This project is permanently closed to submissions (April 2017). We provide the following information as an archive. About EarthLines is a full-colour magazine for writing which explores our complex relationship with the natural world. We have a strong focus on place and on the culture and lore of place. EarthLines is challenging, eclectic, multidisciplinary, feisty, gritty, and above all, thoroughly grounded (it was founded on a working croft on the remote far western coast of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, and now is published from a small stone cottage by a river in the foothills around Mount Errigal, in Donegal, Ireland). We believe that the most interesting and necessary writing is emerging from a place that goes far beyond the traditional boundaries of nature writing or environmental writing. We believe that the kind of writing we need now is the kind of writing which delves deeply into the relationship between humans and the natural world, in these times of turmoil and ecocide. We need writing about authentic ways of living and being in a world whose systems and values are crumbling. Writing which inspires change, and which helps us to transform the stories we tell ourselves about the world and our place in it. Writing which gives us courage to defend a world in crisis. Writing which is fiery, feral, ferocious. Country of Publication Ireland Publication Medium & Frequency Print Publication Print PublicationPublished 3 x per year Collapse section Fiction Closed We plan to publish very little fiction, but we’re not ruling it out completely. Please note that short fiction submissions must clearly relate to the focus and themes of the magazine.Audience:Open to a broad Audience, including: All nationalities.Genres: General Open to all/most SubgenresLengths: Flash Fiction: Up to 1,000 words. Short Story: 1,000 - 3,000 words.Styles:Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary, Mainstream.Topics:None found.Payment:No monetary payment No monetary payment.Submissions:Method: Electronic submissions. Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.Media: Text. Collapse section Nonfiction Closed We are looking for submissions predominantly of nonfiction prose – essays, feature articles – from writers who are interested in working with us both to celebrate and to develop the field of writing about nature, place and the environment. We're looking for strong voices and for new forms. We're looking for essays, memoirs, travelogues; we're looking for bold and innovative writing that shows us new ways of looking at and being in the world.Audience:Open to a broad Audience, including: All nationalities.Lengths: Review: Up to 1,000 words. Article: Up to 5,000 words. Essay: Up to 5,000 words. Narrative Nonfiction: Up to 5,000 words.Styles:Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary, Mainstream.Topics:None found.Payment:No monetary payment No monetary payment.Submissions:Method: Electronic submissions. Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.Media: Text. Collapse section Poetry Closed We are only open to unsolicited submissions from poets who already have had a pamphlet or full collection published by an independent publisher (this does NOT include self-published work) or who have a strong history of publication in quality poetry magazines or literary journals.Audience:Open to a broad Audience, including: All nationalities.Genres: General Open to all/most SubgenresLengths: Poem: No line limits known.Poetry Forms:Open to all/most Forms.Styles:Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary, Mainstream.Topics:None found.Payment:No monetary payment No monetary payment.Submissions:Method: Electronic submissions. Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.Media: Text. Always check guidelines for details and restrictions. If you aren't familiar with these terms, see our glossary. 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