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Poetry

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Poetry submissions should be no more than 5 poems or 10 pages.

All submissions must include a cover letter.

All submissions should be uploaded in a single document, beginning with your cover letter.

Each page of the submission should have your name on it.

Contributors must receive a reply from LIT before submitting new work.

Do not submit more than twice during any given submissions period.

Our reading periods are from September to mid-December, then January to May.

Submissions filed by professional coordinating services will not be considered.


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Prose

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We accept fiction and nonfiction.

Prose submissions should be no longer than 25 pages, double-spaced, single-sided.

Within your piece, please use just one space after a period, as opposed to two.

All submissions must include a cover letter.

Contributors must receive a reply from LIT before submitting new work.

Do not submit more than twice during any given submissions period.

Our reading periods are from September to mid-December, then January to May.

Submissions filed by professional coordinating services will not be considered.

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