Submission Guidelines

Bold Words and Ink Stains is looking for poetry and flash fiction (under 1200 words) that explore the human experience. Please send your submission in the body of an email accompanied by a cover letter and a brief third person biography. Emails with attachments and submissions that aren't complete (i.e. missing a bio or cover letter) will be deleted.

We ask that you send up to five poems or one piece of flash fiction per submission. Simultaneous submissions are accepted and encouraged. Please notify us immediately upon acceptance elsewhere so we may remove your submission.

We are looking for lyrical, well written work. We value content above form. Please read the magazine to determine if we are a good fit for your work. Of course, all work submitted must be your own work.

Upon publication all rights revert back to the author, although an archived form of your poem will be online indefinitely. You are free to have your accepted piece published elsewhere three months after your piece first appeared on the site.

Submission of your work implies your acceptance of these terms.

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