Submissions

Submissions for Issue No. 70 are now closed.

Early Decision Deadline: February 6

Submit before midnight to receive a faster decision and tailored feedback from our editors. Visual art received by the early decision deadline will be considered for the issue’s cover art!

Final Submission Deadline: February 24

General Guidelines

  • We ONLY accept submissions from current undergraduate students.
  • Undergraduates who graduated one semester prior to the current submission period may also submit. (I.e., if you graduated in spring, you may submit the following fall, or vice versa.)
  • We are an international magazine, so no matter what university you attend in the world, we want to read your work!
  • If submitting multiple pieces, please do so individually. Do NOT submit multiple pieces in one file.
  • We recommend you make the file name the same as the piece’s title.
  • Do not include any identifying information within the document itself.
  • It is free to submit. While we are a non-paying market, contributors accepted for print publication will receive a complimentary copy of the issue in which they are published.
  • We do accept simultaneous submissions, but please notify us immediately if your piece has been accepted for publication elsewhere.
  • Our editors may suggest a round of edits. Publication is not contingent upon acceptance of these editorial suggestions.

Genre-Specific Guidelines

Fiction

  • We accept flash fiction, short stories, one-act scripts, comic strips/sequential art, and other experimental forms.
  • We prefer pieces that are 1000-4000 words, but will accept as little as 500 words and up to 6000 words.
  • HARD SELLS:
    • Anything over 5000 words
    • Erotica
    • Anything with graphic sexual assault
  • DO NOT SUBMIT:
    • More than three flash fiction pieces in one semester
    • Anything over 6000 words (or more than 20 pages)
    • Fan fiction, or any derivative works
    • A chapter or unfinished piece of a larger work
  • Submissions must be double-spaced, in 12 pt. font, Times New Roman, and submitted as a Word/.docx file.
  • We encourage you to include content warnings for our staff!

Nonfiction

  • We accept memoir, personal essays, and all forms of creative nonfiction.
  • We prefer pieces that are 500-3000 words long, but will accept as little as 100 words and up to 5000 words.
  • HARD SELLS:
    • Anything over 4000 words
    • Feature articles/narrative journalism
    • Blog posts
  • DO NOT SUBMIT:
    • Research papers/critical essays of any kind
    • Hard news pieces
    • Press releases
    • Listicles
  • Submissions must be double-spaced, in 12 pt. font, Times New Roman, and submitted as a Word/.docx file.
  • We encourage you to include content warnings for our staff!

Poetry

  • We accept all forms of poetry.
  • Individual poems must not be longer than 3 pages in length.
  • HARD SELLS:
    • Erotica
  • DO NOT SUBMIT:
    • More than 3 poems in one semester
  • Poems must be single-spaced and submitted as a Word/.docx file.
  • If there is a special visual format to your poem, consider submitting it as a PDF.

Visual Art

  • We accept all forms of traditional 2D artwork (painting, drawing, etc.), digital art, photography, and high quality images of 3D artwork. We also accept comic strips/sequential artwork.
  • DO NOT SUBMIT:
    • More than 5 pieces in one semester
    • Fan art, or any derivative works
  • Please submit PNGs ONLY. Avoid low-resolution images. Files should be at least 5MP or suitable for printing at 300DPI.

Questions?

If you have any genre-specific questions, please contact the appropriate editor, listed below. Include “Submissions” in the subject of the email.

Fiction: fiction.kudzu@gmail.com
Nonfiction: nonfiction.kudzu@gmail.com
Poetry: poetry.kudzu@gmail.com
Visual Art: visualart.kudzu@gmail.com
General Questions: kudzu.fsu@gmail.com