The Women Who Submit blog is now open for submissions for our bi-monthly publication. We publish on the first and third Monday of the month.
Submissions are now CLOSED for personal essays and articles. The submission window will reopen in January 2024.
Submissions are OPEN for book reviews and are ongoing.
Wondering what to submit to us? We like work that intersects; we like writing that elevates our community and offers representation to those who are often left behind in traditional publishing. We like work that looks at the complexity of creativity, the conflict of the inner critic, the elation or meh of triumph and resilience in life and art, secret knocks that remove barriers to entry, tales of literary citizenship, and book reviews.
Not sure what we publish? Check out our previous blog series Breathe and Push edited by Noriko Nakada, Writing on a Budget edited by Lisbeth Coiman, Story Telling in Action edited by Romona Pilar Gonzales, and Closing the Gap, edited by Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
The WWS blog accepts original, unpublished pieces for the following columns: Intersect, Book Reviews, and Closing the Gap.
- Pieces should be nonfiction between 500-2000 words
- Pieces should be 12 Times New Roman, double spaced with one-inch margins
- Email the piece as an attached .doc or .docx
- Include a short cover letter in the body of the email that states how you heard of Women Who Submit, your genre, where you reside, and a short 50 word bio.
- Send to the Managing Editor, Thea Pueschel at wwsblogmanager(at)gmail(dot)com with the title of the column and the word “Submission” in the subject line. e.g.: “Intersect Submission”
Thea Pueschel, Blog Managing Editor, is an artist (fine art and film), a writer of technical jargon (manuals and reports) and literary work (prose, CNF, flash, etc.), a hypnotherapist, yoga teacher, and a neurodivergent, third-generation Californian with a baccalaureate in film and a master’s in business. They are committed to removing arbitrary barriers to entry when possible as well as being a positive citizen of the creative and secular world. Thea’s work has been in Gathering: A Woman Who Submit Anthology (2021), Short Edítion, and Perhappened, among others. You can read some of Thea’s published work on their website. https://www.theapueschel.com/writing