SUBMISSIONS OPEN 1 SEPTEMBER 2024 - 1 OCTOBER 2024

Note: Submissions may close earlier depending on how many submissions we receive

Nonfiction/Online Features: Accepted year round on a rolling basis

You can send up to SIX submissions in total! (Yes you can submit throughout any of the categories) 

Submission Guidelines

HOW TO SUBMIT

Poetry → btgpoetry@gmail.com

  1. No minimum/ 6 pages maximum per piece

Fiction → btgfiction@gmail.com 

  1. No minimum / 8 pages max per piece

Creative Nonfiction → btgcnonfic@gmail.com 

  1. No minimum → 8 pages max per piece

Doesn’t fit into a category (ANYTHING ELSE)?? → beneaththegardenmag@gmail.com 

We do not accept previously published works and translated works. (We currently don’t have the resources to properly check if the translated works sent in are accurate to translation).

That being said, yes we would PREFER if you would stay within the page count BUT if you feel strongly about specific pieces you can still submit, so make sure to catch our eye from the first few pages if you plan on going over the page count. 

We will respond to you via email by 1st December 2024. If you do not receive a response from us by this date, feel free to email us.

REQUIREMENTS

  1. Create a short paragraph OR list the creator of the piece of writing or film that your piece of writing is inspired by. 

  2. Third person bio - 150 words! 

  3. Must be a pdf or docx.

  4. Readable font, 12 pt., and double spaced.

  5. Title document (Last Name_First Name_Category)

  6. Optional - you can attach a jpeg to your submission if your piece was inspired by it (screenstill, quote, picture of a book, etc.)

  7. YOUR PIECE MUST HAVE A FILM OR PIECE OF WRITING THAT WAS INSPIRED BY IT IN SOME WAY! 

    a) If you can make a case for it, that’s all that matters. 

Important Information:

After Acceptance: A 300-500 word third person bio will be requested upon acceptance along with any links that you would like shared on our website.

Rights for Published Work:

We reserve the right to make minor grammatical changes, but the overall editing responsibility lies with the author.

If you submit to us, you acknowledge that Beneath the Garden Magazine reserves worldwide First Serial Rights, as well as non-exclusive Electronic Archival Rights to show your work on our site over an indefinite period of time. Upon publication, copyright naturally reverts to you, the author. ​If your work is published elsewhere, be it print or online, we ask that Beneath the Garden is acknowledged and credited as first publisher.