u/crooked-spine-press

https://crookedspinepress.com/submissions

What we want

Short fiction, poems, and art for our first issue. A brush with death (and he was weeping). The show that aired only in your house. Slow-burn unease over splatter. Ambiguity over answer.

What we don't want

- Reprints

- Slurs or sexual violence used as shock

- Any Ai generated work. All work will be screened for Ai use

The basics

- Fiction: 1,500–3,500 words. Pays $20 plus a contributor copy.

- Poetry: pays $5 per poem plus a contributor copy.

- Art: within 2500 px height 1600 px width. pays $20 per piece plus a contributor copy

- Shunn Manuscript Format, sent as a DOCX

- Response within 2 weeks of close

All submissions must go through: https://crookedspinepress.com/submissions