Foliate Oak Literary Magazine

We love previously unpublished quirky writing that makes sense, preferably flash fiction (less than 1000 words). We are eager to read short creative nonfiction also. We rarely accept submissions that have over 2700 words. We enjoy poems that we understand, preferably not rhyming poems, unless you make the rhyme so fascinating we’ll wonder why we ever said anything about avoiding rhymes. Give us something fresh, unexpected, and will make us say, “Wow!” We’re not interested in homophobic, religious rants, or pornographic, violent stories. Please avoid using offensive language.

We are always interested in publishing intriguing photography, artwork, and graphic (you know, comics) literature. If you are sending a one-page comics or excerpts from a graphic novel, use PDF or. JPG format. Send all artwork as jpg or gif attachments. We like to have at least three images. Remember to include your brief third person bio.
Please use block formatting, no indents.

This sounds lame, but it drives us crazy when contributors fail to send this information: write your name and e-mail address on all attachments or you will probably never hear back from us.

At the end of the year, we’ll use selected works from our website for the annual print anthology. Snail mail submissions will not be returned. You may send attachments or use the paste feature. Paste all your poems into one attachment. Always include a short (less than 50 words) third person bio. Please send no more than two prose selections and no more than 5 poems. Wait until your hear from us before you send more work. If your work is accepted by another publication, please notify us immediately.

We are unable to pay for work. If the work we have posted is later used in another magazine, we ask that you credit Foliate Oak for first publishing it. Authors retain their own rights and copyright to their works. Foliate Oak only requests one-time, nonexclusive rights. Work will remain archived indefinitely, unless author/artist ask that it be removed from our website.

After you receive a rejection/acceptance notice, please wait one month before submitting new work. Submission Period: August 1 -April 23. We do not read submissions during summer break.

If your name and e-mail address are not on your attached submission, you will not hear from us regarding your submission.

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