Submission Guidelines

General Guidelines

We accept literary and general fiction, poetry, flash fiction, creative non-fiction, essays, and artwork. 

We publish previously published work.

We accept simultaneous submissions (we don't believe it is fair on creatives to refuse this!).

We will NOT accept the following: Horror, gore, fantasy, sci-fi or other genre works. We will also not accept homophobia or racism, pornographic pieces, or pieces that depict harm to animals or children.

We realise rejection emails can be disappointing, and even damaging to some individual's mental health or confidence. If you would prefer that we didn't email you to notify you of your rejection, please note this in your email. 

Please note we DO NOT accept specially formatted works and we retain the right to make minor formatting changes to fit with our journal aesthetic. 

All submissions which do not adhere to the guidelines will be deleted unread.

Please DO NOT include any headers, footers, addresses, or page numbers in your documents. 

Please make sure your biography is included in the email along with your cover letter, bio's sent as attachments will not be included in publication. 

FICTION

Short stories of up to 2,000 words. 

Size 12 Arial or Times New Roman Font sent in a Word.doc

Please send no more than one short story at one time.

Poetry

Poems no longer than 30 lines.

Size 12 Arial or Times New Roman Font sent in a Word. 

Please do not send more than two poems per submission.

Flash Fiction & Vignettes

No longer than 250 words.

Size 12 Arial or Times New Roman Font sent in a Word.doc

Please send only one piece per submission.

Creative Non-Fiction and Essays

No longer than 1,000 words.

Size 12 Arial or Times New Roman sent as a Word.doc

Please send no more than one piece of CNF or Essay at any one time.

Artwork 

We accept hand-drawn and hand-painted artwork. Digital work will have to be exceptional to be considered.

How to Submit

Please send your submission addressed to Elinora Westfall to our email:

elskerpublishinghouse@gmail.com

With the heading, "Submission of (poetry/fiction/Art) by (your name).

Please also send a professional writer or artist biography, as well as any social media or website links you would like us to include in the publication.

Where to Purchase the Journal

Issues of Vita & the Woolf can be purchased on Etsy as an Ebook and through Lulu as a paperback. 

Payment

Payment is one digital download of the journal, though we aim to pay contributors in the future.