Submission Guidelines

 

Simultaneous submissions are okay, but please notify us immediately if a piece has been accepted elsewhere by leaving a note in DuoTrope and withdrawing the accepted piece promptly. We accept pdf and docx only. MLA format (12 point, double spaced, serial fonts), unless breaking these conventions is necessary for the work. No submission fee, but we also don’t pay authors (we hope to in the future). Expect to hear back from us within six months, and if not, send an email to check the status of your submission. We take submissions from Duotrope, and do not accept unsolicited email submissions. All work must be previously unpublished. This means if your work has appeared in any print or online source (this includes personal blogs, websites, and social media pages), we cannot accept it. All submissions must be your original work, with no use of generative AI in any stage of the writing process, which includes but is not limited to brainstorming, outlining, drafting, and revising. If it is discovered that any part of your piece involved the use of generative AI, your submission will be rejected, and you will not be allowed to submit to Shaved Ice Collective in the future. Your cover letter should contain a 100-word bio and the word count of your piece, and DO NOT try to explain what your piece is about; it should stand on its own. By publishing with Shaved Ice Collective, you grant us First Serial Rights and agree to acknowledge us as the publication in which your piece first appeared. All rights revert back to you immediately following publication.

 

If your piece(s) are rejected, you may submit to a future open submission period as soon as you would like. If your piece(s) are accepted, please wait three issues before submitting again. No racist, sexist, ableist, etc. pieces will be tolerated. If such pieces are submitted, SIC will NOT consider those pieces and any pieces you submit in the future.

 

Prose: 6,000 words max

Flash: 1,000 words max for each piece, 3 pieces max 

Poetry: 3 poems max, 10 pages max total 

Nonfiction: 6,000 words max

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