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We are OPEN for fiction and poetry submissions. Write to submit.tblm@gmail.com
STANDARD GUIDELINES
Literary fiction welcome. Genre fiction welcome. Poetry welcome. Please submit a single story or 3-5 poems in a word file. Please make only one submission at a time and wait to hear from us. We try to respond in the fastest possible time but sometimes it can take up to 90 days. All (unsolicited) submissions must be previously unpublished.
We strongly suggest that you read previous issues from our archive to get an idea of the kind of work we publish.
Also, if you have more basic questions, scroll through the comments on this page.
For us, your cover letter is what you write in your email body. You may want to add a short third-person bio. If there is anything that you think we must know before reading your work, please write that in the cover letter. Please do not submit articles, think pieces, doggerel, fan fiction, memes, artwork, pictures, etc. Please do not submit the educated-housewife-finally-decides-to-break-the-shackles story, unless you can tell it in a rabidly new way. We agree with her actions, most definitely; it’s just that we receive that story too many times and seldom see it done in an arresting way.
If we reject your submission, kindly wait for a period of one month before submitting again.
Writers are completely responsible for the content they place with us. If we find anyone guilty of plagiarism, we will name them on our social handles and write to every other mag we know.
Hello, I want to submit a short story of around 1200-1300 words. Is it ok to send you already published story or should it be unpublished before?
Unpublished.
Dear Sir,
I wanted to enquire whether you do accept flash-fiction (under 1000 words) as well.
Regards,
Varun
Yes.
After my short story gets published here, can I get that published somewhere else as well?
Yes, you can. The copyright is yours and you can do whatever you want to with your story.
Hi, i actually wanted to know if you consider poems that are inspired by a line by a famous person
I would also like to know if there is an age limit cause I am a minor
Regards,
Aditi
There is no minimum-age criterion. But, statistically, the writers we end up publishing tend to be above 25 years of age.
Does TBLM publish translation works?
Yes. Translated into English or Hindi. There is no restriction on the original language.
Is simultaneous submission allowed if I inform about it in my email?
Yes. If your writing is accepted elsewhere, you are expected to inform us immediately.
Do you consider a literary piece shared in a personal blog as published?
This is complicated. If we accept a piece that is already online on a personal blog (as against a lit zine), we might request the author to delete the related blog post for a certain number of months — starting from the date of acceptance and extending well beyond the date of publication. Hope that clarifies.
Hi,
I want to submit a story to your magazine. How long can our fiction submissions be?
Sincerely,
SK
Less than 10000 words. Though stories with a word count in the range 1500-3500 have the best chance.
Is it okay to send one poem?
Yes. But only when the poetry submission period is open.
Hello sir ,
Do you take short write-ups ( approximately 550 words) , based on true experiences with a social message.
Never.
What is the upper limit of the word count for the submission. can I submit a story which has more than 40000 words?
That’s almost a novel. We don’t read book-length work.
Do you’ll accept non-fiction?
We don’t publish non-fiction unless solicited.
I want to publish a poem (under 100-150words)unpublished
Which is the address/email id
The email id is provided on this very page.
Do you guys pay for poems?
No, we don’t pay for anything that we publish.