There used to be a few paragraphs here about what we will and won’t read, and how to best tailor your submission to suit our not-at-all established sense of style and content, but really, the most important line was the last:
Nothing else could improve your chances of having us read, love and publish your story—or poem, or essay, or recipe, or whatever you think we’ll love.
Are as follows:
Before you get all excited about sending us your epic poetry about sharehouse politics, read these points about your rights, our rights, and what we can both expect to get out of your being published.
Email editor@sevenletterwords.com.au with your story as an attachment. We’ll read it over coffee, and then over beer, and let you know what we think, but don’t wait around for a response.
I’ve got bupkis, baby. Maybe there’ll be money in this game yet. But I’m running this thing out of my own pocket for the love of writing and the love of publishing new and emerging voices, and while I’d love to be in a position to pay contributors, it simply isn’t feasible at this point. Seven Letter Words has every intention of one day being able to pay its contributors for their content, but that will never happen if we don’t start small and nimble and thrifty.
