Submission Guidelines
Feels Blind Literary welcomes submissions of short fiction, creative nonfiction, plays, and art from new and emerging creatives who are women, nonbinary, trans, genderqueer, genderfluid, agender, etc. Submissions for Issue #11 should be sent to feelsblindliterary@gmail.com. Please include a short bio written in the third person.
The submission fee is always waived on Mondays.
We are adamant about not creating a barrier in terms of who can submit and how often, which is why every Monday is a free submission day during opening reading periods. On other days, we have decided to start collecting fees. Here's why—we've noticed many literary magazines and organizations expressing solidarity with social justice movements and we've been considering how to do the same. Feels Blind Literary is committed to speaking out against social and environmental injustice, police brutality, and unconstitutional attacks on our bodies and the free press. With that being said, we didn't feel just saying we're committed to these causes was enough. Rather, we knew we needed to demonstrate that commitment in tangible ways, both by continuing to elevate marginalized voices in the work that we publish and by raising money for causes we believe will help directly combat the -isms in this country.
As such, all non-Monday submissions must include a $3 submission fee through the donation tab below. A portion of the fees for this reading period will go directly to a nonprofit addressing these issues in a tangible way. For this cycle, we are donating to Aid Access, ubmission fees for Issue #11 with go to Aid Access, one of the largest suppliers of abortion pills in the country. The site enables women to pay on a sliding scale based on need and other women can donate to help offset costs for those in need. They also ship abortion pills discreetly to all 50 states. They reported receiving 10,000 requests for the medication in the first 24 hours after the election was called, so they could use all of the help they can get. If you include a $10 donation, we will guarantee a 10-day or less response time to your work. If you include a $20 donation, we will guarantee a 24-hour or less response time to your work.