Pure Francis publishes original poetry, short fiction, audio, and visual art (images, illustrations, comics, etc.) year-round. We currently accept electronic submissions only. Please see the genre guidelines below for further details.
Pure Francis will acquire first electronic rights and one-time publication rights, as well as the right to proudly catalog your work in our online Archives. We also ask that authors mention that their work first appeared in Pure Francis in any future reprints. Although Pure Francis subsists on cream soda and caviar, we are unable to pay for work(s) accepted in anything other than adoration.
Simultaneous submissions are A-OK if so noted. Please notify Pure Francis immediately if your submission is accepted elsewhere. We do not consider previously published work. (Note: This includes work previously published on personal websites and blogs.)
Please allow four weeks before inquiring about the status of your submission (although our response is often, but not always, much much quicker). Pure Francis considers one submission package from an author at a time. Multiple submissions will be deleted unopened, and we kindly ask that you submit no more than once every three months.
Pure Francis will acquire first electronic rights and one-time publication rights, as well as the right to proudly catalog your work in our online Archives. We also ask that authors mention that their work first appeared in Pure Francis in any future reprints. Although Pure Francis subsists on cream soda and caviar, we are unable to pay for work(s) accepted in anything other than adoration.
Simultaneous submissions are A-OK if so noted. Please notify Pure Francis immediately if your submission is accepted elsewhere. We do not consider previously published work. (Note: This includes work previously published on personal websites and blogs.)
Please allow four weeks before inquiring about the status of your submission (although our response is often, but not always, much much quicker). Pure Francis considers one submission package from an author at a time. Multiple submissions will be deleted unopened, and we kindly ask that you submit no more than once every three months.
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Pure Francis is currently looking to fill its Winter/Spring 2012 roster with a stellar line-up in the following areas, and all submissions should be sent to the address below.
Please include your name and the type of submission in the subject line.
Please attach your writing as a single doc, docx, or rtf file; your art in jpeg or png; and your audio in mp3.
Poetry: no more than five poems
Prose: no more than three stories (750 words or less each)
Audio: no more than three mp3s
Visual: no more than five photos, illustrations, paintings, collages, comics, etc.
In your submission email, please include:
(1) a brief, third-person bio (55 words max) for our Friends of Francis contributors listing
Biographies longer than 55 words will be edited.
(2) a sharp, one-sentence 'bio' with a link
This one-liner will accompany your poem, story, photo, etc. Please see past publications for examples.
Use your one-liner to direct readers to something you love, hate, or find marginally interesting on the web (e.g., a favorite YouTube video, your blog, pictures of kittens wearing sombreros, a cause you support, your favorite band/team/condiment, etc). No worries if you don't know how to create a link; Pure Francis will do it for you, just give us the URL.
Note: Your one-sentence bio is not the spot to list your 750 publishing credits--naturally, Pure Francis is proud of you, but save those for your standard bio--nor is the point of the one-sentence bio for our authors to shoot for profundity. Just show our readers something on the web you think they need to see ASAP. That's it.
Please include your name and the type of submission in the subject line.
Please attach your writing as a single doc, docx, or rtf file; your art in jpeg or png; and your audio in mp3.
Poetry: no more than five poems
Prose: no more than three stories (750 words or less each)
Audio: no more than three mp3s
Visual: no more than five photos, illustrations, paintings, collages, comics, etc.
In your submission email, please include:
(1) a brief, third-person bio (55 words max) for our Friends of Francis contributors listing
Biographies longer than 55 words will be edited.
(2) a sharp, one-sentence 'bio' with a link
This one-liner will accompany your poem, story, photo, etc. Please see past publications for examples.
Use your one-liner to direct readers to something you love, hate, or find marginally interesting on the web (e.g., a favorite YouTube video, your blog, pictures of kittens wearing sombreros, a cause you support, your favorite band/team/condiment, etc). No worries if you don't know how to create a link; Pure Francis will do it for you, just give us the URL.
Note: Your one-sentence bio is not the spot to list your 750 publishing credits--naturally, Pure Francis is proud of you, but save those for your standard bio--nor is the point of the one-sentence bio for our authors to shoot for profundity. Just show our readers something on the web you think they need to see ASAP. That's it.
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Your observance of the above guidelines (word limits, bio requests and formatting, etc) is much appreciated--i.e., you ignore the guidelines, we ignore your submission's content and reject it straightaway. You are strongly encouraged to view past editions of Pure Francis before submitting. Ditto for proofreading; unless you're e.e. cummings, use proper capitalization, etc. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.
All set? Email Your Submission To: purefrancis [dot] mag [at] gmail [dot] com
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