JUVEN
issue iv: unthemed
Issue IV is unthemed, and submissions are open on Duotrope! Submit writing and art from any genre, but if you want a general idea of what we want, at Juven, we strive to publish honest and deceptive work. Kind of a paradox, right? What we mean is that we want to publish work that strives to tell us something, that strives to change how we see the world. We want work that takes risk to makes a point, work that unsettles the comfortable and comforts the unsettled. We're all about perspective here, and we want you to change ours and the perspectives of our readers. We may sound like we're only for literary fiction, but we adore genre fiction, poetry, and experimental works as well. A great example of a fantastic fantasy piece that recently blew away our team was The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. A piece of lit fic that took us to another world? Infinite Country by Patricia Engle. A poet that challenges us to think differently? Ilya Kaminsky and Fatimah Asghar. Check out the "Juven" section of our blog to read about our favorite books and movies, our taste, and our vision for the press in the future.
Guidelines
Submissions are accepted through Duosoma in the forms of: Flash Fiction, Short Story, Fiction, Poetry, Creative Essay, 2D Art, 3D Art, Digital Art, and Photography. We only accept work from writers under 26 years old. Please only submit once per reading session per genre unless we ask you to submit again. You can submit to multiple genres. Please submit work from different genres separately. We ask that you do not include your name on your document anywhere. A violation of this will have us send your piece back to you. Submissions close July 1st at Midnight CST.
Fiction: You can submit 2 pieces of fiction/prose, please keep each individual piece under 2000 words. We take all types of fiction.
Poetry: 1-3 poems (please have them all in one document
Narrative Essay: up to 1000 words
note: the longer the piece, typically the better it has to be
We accept simultatanous submissions, but request that you let us know immediately by emailing ashley@tywi.org if your piece is picked up by another mag. We do not accept reprints other than in extraordinary situations or if we solicited it.
ACCEPTED FILE TYPES:
Writing: DOCX, PDF
Art: PNG, JPG, JPEG, PDF.
PLAGIARISM: Pieces cannot be fan fiction or derived from any other preexisting work. If you are inspired by other work, please put after (writer) in your piece.
LANGUAGE: We are open to works of other languages as long as there is a translation in english.
SUBMIT: Click the button below to submit your work for judging on Duotrope, and please report your submission. If you have technical issues, email the Co-EIC ashley@tywi.org and we'll gladly help you.
PROFANITY: TYWI allows profanity, but if your work is adopted for the literary journal, it will be censored. Please avoid profanity though, considering that this is for young writers.
WHAT WE WON'T ACCEPT : Juven will not publish or tolerate any work that is racist, sexist, homophobic, ableist, audism, and any other hateful -isms and -phobias. We are also not interested in overly sexual themes, expelicity scenes of sexual violence, and gore. Please put content warnings if needed
We are okay with profanity as long as it is tasteful and adds to the piece. If we aren't fond of the profanity but are fond of your piece, we will work with you on editing it if needed.
Fiction: You can submit 2 pieces of fiction/prose, please keep each individual piece under 2000 words. We take all types of fiction.
Poetry: 1-3 poems (please have them all in one document
Narrative Essay: up to 1000 words
note: the longer the piece, typically the better it has to be
We accept simultatanous submissions, but request that you let us know immediately by emailing ashley@tywi.org if your piece is picked up by another mag. We do not accept reprints other than in extraordinary situations or if we solicited it.
ACCEPTED FILE TYPES:
Writing: DOCX, PDF
Art: PNG, JPG, JPEG, PDF.
PLAGIARISM: Pieces cannot be fan fiction or derived from any other preexisting work. If you are inspired by other work, please put after (writer) in your piece.
LANGUAGE: We are open to works of other languages as long as there is a translation in english.
SUBMIT: Click the button below to submit your work for judging on Duotrope, and please report your submission. If you have technical issues, email the Co-EIC ashley@tywi.org and we'll gladly help you.
PROFANITY: TYWI allows profanity, but if your work is adopted for the literary journal, it will be censored. Please avoid profanity though, considering that this is for young writers.
WHAT WE WON'T ACCEPT : Juven will not publish or tolerate any work that is racist, sexist, homophobic, ableist, audism, and any other hateful -isms and -phobias. We are also not interested in overly sexual themes, expelicity scenes of sexual violence, and gore. Please put content warnings if needed
We are okay with profanity as long as it is tasteful and adds to the piece. If we aren't fond of the profanity but are fond of your piece, we will work with you on editing it if needed.
