General Submission Guidelines (October 15th, 2026 - January 15th, 2027)

We only accept unpublished, original work. AI assisted or AI use in your submission and its work is prohibited. If you haven’t heard after four months about the status of your submission, send us a query. All general submissions request a $3 USD fee, but we will gladly waive it. We publish with First North American Serial Rights where all rights revert back to the authors/ artists upon publication. If you’ve been published by us in the past, we ask that you try other avenues so we can make space for other voices.

Poetry Guidelines

1. Send up to five poems as a word doc attachment, labeled iss6tF(yourlastname)poetry. We prefer poems that span a single page and up to three pages max. We try to avoid experimental forms due to the nature of the dimensions of the magazine. Present poems in submission as you wish them to be seen on the final page, Times New Roman, font size twelve is preferred.

2. Include a brief cover letter in the body of the e-mail.

3. Each accepted poem has an exchange and payrate of $5.00 USD.

4. Please do not submit more than once per submission window.

5. Send your submission to the poetry lead, L.A., at poetryeditortf@gmail.com

Fiction Guidelines

1. Send up to one piece as a word doc attachment, labeled iss6tF(yourlastname)fiction. We prefer work that spans from 500 to 3,000 words. Double spaced, Times New Roman, font size 12 is preferred.

2. Include a brief cover letter in the body of the e-mail.

3. Each accepted piece of fiction has an exchange and payrate of $15.00 USD.

4. Please do not submit more than once per submission window.

5. Send your submission to the lead, Lydia, at fictioneditortf@gmail.com

Creative Nonfiction Guidelines

1. Send up to one piece as a word doc attachment, labeled iss6tF(yourlastname)cnf. We prefer work that spans from 500 to 3,000 words. Double spaced, Times New Roman, font size 12 is preferred.

2. Include a brief cover letter in the body of the e-mail.

3. Each accepted piece of fiction has an exchange and payrate of $15.00 USD.

4. Please do not submit more than once per submission window.

5. Send your submission to the lead editor, Cris, at nonfictioneditortf@gmail.com

Poetry Translations’ Guidelines

1. Send up to five poems as a word doc attachment, labeled iss6tF(yourlastname)transinpoetry. We prefer poems that span a single page and up to three pages max. We try to avoid experimental forms due to the nature of the dimensions of the magazine. Present poems in submission as you wish them to be seen on the final page, Times New Roman, font size twelve is preferred. If the work you translate is not in the public domain, you must have proof of approval to work with the other author’s work.

2. Include a brief cover letter in the body of the e-mail.

3. Each accepted poem has an exchange and payrate of $5.00 USD.

4. Please do not submit more than once per submission window.

5. Send your submission to the lead editor, Robert, at translationseditorstf@gmail.com

Prose Translations’ Guidelines

1. Send up to one piece as a word doc attachment, labeled iss6tF(yourlastname)transinprose. We prefer work that spans from 500 to 3,000 words. Double spaced, Times New Roman, font size 12 is preferred. If the work you translate is not in the public domain, you must have proof of approval to work with the other author’s work.

2. Include a brief cover letter in the body of the e-mail.

3. Each accepted piece of fiction has an exchange and payrate of $15.00 USD.

4. Please do not submit more than once per submission window.

5. Send your submission to the lead editor, Miriam, at translationseditorstf@gmail.com

Visual Art Guidelines

1. Send up to four images in JPEG format. All works will be considered for cover and internal art. Label each attached image as iss6tF(yourlastname)art.

2.Include a brief cover letter in the body of your email.

3. Each accepted piece receives a payrate exchange of $10.00 USD.

4. Please do not submit more than once per submission window.

5. Send your submission to the lead editor, Colin, at arteditortf@gmail.com