ANTHOLoGY Submissions ARe NOW CLOSED!


Thank you for sending your poetry and prose submissions. We aim to make our final decisions by the end of March.

Submissions for our anthology reopen on October 15, 2024.

Please note that we do not accept unsolicited solo collection manuscripts.

Send all work through Submittable.


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Guidelines

Submissions for our next print anthology are open from October 15, 2024 (midnight EST) to January 15, 2025 (11:59 pm PST). We welcome work from writers worldwide. Our focus is on the innovative and unexpected.

We highly recommend reading one of our previous collections to see the type of work we are interested in and the design of our books. Our latest anthology is A Shape Produced by a Curve. (Online store available in United States only. International orders are easily available through Amazon, etc..)

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Anthology submissions are only reviewed through Submittable. Email submissions will not be read.

  • We accept poetry, short fiction (under 2,500 words), flash fiction, creative non-fiction, hybrid…Surprise us with your fearless best!



  • We do not consider previously published work, whether print or online. This includes limited edition chapbooks and personal blogs.


  • If your work appears in our most recent anthology, please wait a year before submitting again in any genre.


  • Please submit only once in each genre (poetry / prose) and do not submit again until you have received a response.


  • One to four poems of any length. If you are submitting more than one poem, include them all in a single document. Do not submit multiple poems in separate files. Single-spaced please, or how it should appear on the printed page. Start each poem on a new page.


  • One prose / creative nonfiction piece, two if both under 500 words. Maximum word count: 2,500. Please include the word count on the first page.



  • Simultaneous submissions are fine - just notify us with your good news immediately. If you wish to withdraw individual pieces from consideration, click on the title of your submission, click on Active, and add a note listing the title(s) to be withdrawn. If you need to withdraw your entire submission, please use the Withdraw button.


  • Please don't send revisions. You can always add a note to your submissions if there is something you need to let us know about.


  • Payment: One contributor copy, plus $10 for writers based in USA. International writers receive one copy.


  • We aim to respond in 1-4 months. If you have not heard from us after five months, please email editors@greatweatherformedia.com


  • Copyright: great weather for MEDIA holds first serial rights for material that we publish. The copyright automatically reverts to the author upon publication. All work may be permanently archived online. We ask that great weather for MEDIA be acknowledged in any subsequent publication of the work.

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