Submission Guidelines
Breath and Shadow
Fall Issue Submission Deadline: 12/1/25
Submit your work using the form below!
We review all submissions and will only contact authors if they have been accepted. If you don't hear from us, then we have passed on your work for now, but we encourage you to continue submitting with us! Any pieces received after the deadline will qualify for consideration for the following issue.
Please don't contact us about your submission status. We guarantee you that if you have submitted using the form, we have received it for consideration.
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Breath & Shadow only accepts work from people with disabilities. We use the term "disability" broadly to encompass anyone who identifies with it, and we ask for a brief indication of your relationship to disability in the submission process both to provide context for your work and to make sure that Breath and Shadow remains a space by and for the disabled.
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There is a limit of two (2) submissions per issue, with a 3000 word max per submission. All submissions must be in docx or pdf format!
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Breath & Shadow accepts poetry and fiction on any topic; these pieces do not have to relate to disability. Essays, reviews, articles, and other forms of nonfiction must relate to disability in some way.
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You must include a third-person author biography with your submissions which will be included in the publication. Please add links to any social media or other work.
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Previously published pieces must include when and where they were published. Simultaneous submissions are accepted. You are welcome to republish your pieces elsewhere after Breath & Shadow, but you must link/reference back to us if you do.
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Compensation is $40 per Long Fiction/Nonfiction and $25 per Poem/Short Prose.