HONK HONK — Welcome to The Pond!

Submissions for Silly Goose Press Issue Eight open August 1-31!

Guidelines: 

- We do not accept any work created fully or in part by AI. SGP reserves the right to refuse work or remove work which uses AI in its creation.

- Use standard formatting (i.e., 12 pt font, 1 inch margins, some sort of serif/sans serif-esque font, etc.) 

- Send in only one submission per genre

POETRY: up to 5 poems, a max of 12 pages

FICTION: up to 3k words of prose (Flash is encouraged, and you can send up to 3 pieces!)

CNF: up to 3k words of prose 

HYBRID: get funky with it! Up to 2k words max, and up to 5 files

ART + PHOTOGRAPHY: up to 10 pieces + an Artist Statement

- Simultaneous subs are allowed (and encouraged! Get those pubs, goose!), but send us a message or withdraw the piece through Submittable ASAP if you need to pull your submission

- You can submit work for multiple genres, just be sure to submit them through the proper form on our Submittable page

- Do not submit previously published work (this includes pieces featured on your social media/personal blogs/etc.)

- You must be 18+ to submit to Silly Goose Press

- SGP is rated PG-13:

• Art + Photography does not accept sexually explicit images 
• Fiction, CNF, and Poetry do not accept erotica
• Violence, gore, and other sensitive themes are considered on a case-by-case basis, but are typically inappropriate for this creative endeavor 
• SGP reserves the right to decide what’s appropriate for our audience

some general guidelines:

What the flock is craft-forward whimsy? 

• Craft-forward (to us) means writing that is intentional. Showcase your fine-tuned skills and polished word choice. Writing is hard work! Let’s illustrate that talent.

Here’s what we wanna read:

• The magical within the mundane and the mundane within the magical
• Fabulism and the fantastical, whimsy and magic
• Work that reminds us how much we love to read (i.e., the work doesn’t need to be “happy” but the editors would like to feel happy to have read it!)
• A good sense of humor (we don’t need to laugh out loud, but who doesn’t love a good chortle here and there?)
• Fresh takes on folklore and mythos

if your work isn’t this, that’s cool, but we’re probably not a great fit for it!

*PLEASE NOTE: we like what we honkin’ like! This means that sometimes we want to accept more pieces than we can for our issues. Our work around? We create new issues, new ways to honk about your work! If you are not interested in our silly goosery (ie accepting a poem for the Flight (b)Log instead of Issue Seven), let us know in your cover letter!

still not so sure what to submit?

Seems like you need some inspiration — good thing we’ve got plenty for ya! Check out our previously published issues + social media for a vibe check.