Submission Guidelines

Next Submissions Due: February 11th (pieces that need editing), February 20th (final pieces)

Please email all submissions and questions to LykeMagSubmissions@yahoo.com

Having trouble thinking about something to write about to write about? This month’s kinda/sorta topic is: Love/Hate

Lyke Mag 215 Mission:

Lyke Magazine wishes to be a virtual extension of the already established Philadelphia lesbian community. Being part of a community means that you have to be a person, and not everyone who is associated with the lesbian community is a lesbian, and every lesbian who is woven into the community is much more than a “lesbian.” Thus, Lyke Mag accepts submissions from anyone and everyone bearing any type of genitals who can speak with understanding and compassion about our community. Likewise, not every submission must speak about being a lesbian. Lesbians are equally associated with the straight world and if they can provide interesting content that reflects that, then so be. As the editor of Lyke Magazine I do not ask that all content be positive either; negative arguments about certain aspects of being a lesbian or the community that are intelligent and well-written are accepted, as negativity is part of life. Lastly, people submitting are not required to submit previous clips. If you’ve never written anything in your life but feel the need to speak then please, do not be afraid to do so! Just please use spell check and only use basic punctuation if you don’t know how to properly use the semicolon and other fun punctuation marks. Pieces will be edited on an as-needed basis. Thank you, I look forward to reading your work!

Sincerely,

Raeann Drew, editor

P.S. Sorry, but I definitely can’t afford to pay anyone right now. If this thing builds maybe that would be a possibility in the future. For right now, the only payment I can offer is the possibility of a hot girl approaching you at a bar and recognizing an article you’ve written which would hopefully lead to you scoring.

Guidelines:

Fiction:

- Please limit fiction submissions to 6,000 words or less. Exceptions may be queried.

- The reflection of lesbian lifestyle is encouraged in Non-Fiction submissions, but not required (unless the piece is being submitted by a non-lesbian writer then it should somehow reflect lesbian life).

- Please submit your article as an attachment as .doc Microsoft Word file format to LykeMagSubmissions@yahoo.com with “Fiction” in the subject line. Please include your name and where you live. A short paragraph about yourself (including any website links) and picture are optional but encouraged.

- Previously published work is allowed.

Non-Fiction

- Non-Fiction includes:

essays, aka ramblings, observations, strange encounters, first person accounts and whatever else you feel like writing about that isn’t fiction (1500 or less)

opinion articles (800 or less),

profiles (1500 or less)

book/tv/movie/film/music/gallery/restaurant/event/bar/product reviews (700 or less)

How-to articles (350 or less)

interviews

- The reflection of lesbian lifestyle is encouraged in Non-Fiction submissions, but not required (unless the piece is being submitted by a non-lesbian writer then it should somehow reflect lesbian life).

- Please submit your article as an attachment as .doc Microsoft Word file format to LykeMagSubmissions@yahoo.com with “Non-Fiction, Type” in the subject line (Example: Non-Fiction, Movie Review). Please include your name and where you live. A short paragraph about yourself (including any website links) and picture are optional but encouraged.

- Previously published work is allowed

Poetry

- Poetry should be no longer than 2 pages

- The reflection of lesbian lifestyle is encouraged in Non-Fiction submissions, but not required (unless the piece is being submitted by a non-lesbian writer then it should somehow reflect lesbian life).

- Please submit your poem as an attachment as .doc Microsoft Word file format to LykeMagSubmissions@yahoo.com with “Poetry” in the subject line (Example: Non-Fiction, Movie Review). Please include your name and where you live. A short paragraph about yourself (including any website links) and picture are optional but encouraged.

- Previously published work is allowed

Photography, Drawing, and Other Art

- The reflection of lesbian lifestyle is encouraged in Art and Photography submissions, but not required (unless the piece is being submitted by a non-lesbian artist, then it should somehow reflect lesbian life).

- Please submit your art or photo as an attachment as .jpg file format to LykeMagSubmissions@yahoo.com with “Art” in the subject line. Please include your name and where you live. A short paragraph about yourself (including any website links) and picture are optional but encouraged.