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We welcome submissions of previously unpublished text-based work in all genres and forms. International submissions and works in translation are encouraged, though translators must secure permissions in advance.
For general and full manuscript submissions, please email editors@temperpress.com with the subject line “Submission” and your piece attached as a .docx or .pdf file.
Submissions will be considered by the editors for publication across all TEMPER projects. If you would like to work with a specific editor—or are drawn to a specific publication—you are welcome to indicate such in your cover letter.
Simultaneous submissions are accepted. Please notify us promptly if any part of a submission has been accepted elsewhere.
If your work is declined, please allow at least two months before submitting again.
additional guidelines
PROSE
We will consider works of all lengths in any literary style but are rarely interested in traditional narrative approaches.
Unless alternative formatting is vital to the piece, work should be double-spaced in 12pt, serif font with 1-inch margins.
POETRY
We publish long and short poems, including collections and visual forms. If submitting multiple poems, we ask that you send them as a single file.
To submit to our print magazine Places To Spit, email your submission to:
editors@temperpress.com
Books & chapbooks
We currently have no open calls for submissions.
Complete manuscripts 35 pages or longer may be emailed at any time, though we can’t guarantee a response (nor a timely one). Importantly, please indicate in your cover letter whether you are open to TEMPER publishing individual pieces or extracts in our journal-space projects should we decide against it as a full collection.