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general GUIDELINES
Blood Tree Literature favors lyrical pieces that do not withhold depth or resonance. With that in mind, submit to us your best, the box under your bed marked UNSHARABLE, the orphan poem or black sheep fiction. Send us your experimentals; be vulnerable, be calculated.
Please note that we don’t typically gravitate toward work that is Y.A. in nature. We do not read reprints nor manuscripts at this time. Submissions are processed through Submittable only. Simultaneous submissions are allowed under the condition that you withdraw your work immediately if it is accepted elsewhere. Please do not submit more than once per genre until you’ve heard back on your pending submission. We publish biannually—one summer issue and one winter contest.
Maximum word count: 2500. We’d like to keep it flash-y.
Maximum pieces of poetry per submission: 3.
Per publication, we offer $10 for poetry, $15 for fiction, and $20 for hybrid and experimental pieces.
Submission fee: $3. Submission fees allow us to maintain our Submittable and website/domain, as well as paying our contributors!
CONTRIBUTOR BOOKS
If applicable, in your submission you may also include a brief blurb for your recently published book with a link to where it can be purchased. Should your piece(s) be accepted, we will include the provided book in our Contributor Books page. If you are a previous contributor to BTL, you can notify us of new book publications for inclusion via our email: bloodtreelit@yahoo.com.
