SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN.

We accept submissions from the first to the twenty-first of every month from January to November from People of Colour and Indigenous/Native/Aboriginal peoples. Please email your submissions to rurureads @ outlook . com (no spaces).

Guidelines:

• Attach your submission to the email.
• Address your email to Alec/Alexander.
• Name your email with the title of your submission, your name, and submission type e.g. Starswept by Mary Fan (Fiction).
• Send us a 50-100 word bio and an image of yourself (e.g. a selfie) with your submission. Please include your social media links in your bio. Examples are here, here, and here.

Fiction and nonfiction:

• 1000 words max.

Poetry:

• Please see poems we’ve published to get a feel for what we’re after.

FAQ:

• At this time we can’t offer monetary compensation for contributions. However we do welcome contributors to send us a link to their Ko-fi (or something similar) to add to their published piece and their bio.
• Please feel free to let us know what your pronouns are.
• If you’re Indigenous/Native/Aboriginal you can add your tribe/iwi/culture group to your bio.
• We accept multiple submissions.
• Submissions must not have been previously published elsewhere (including your personal blog).