Submissions are currently CLOSED
We publish annually in June. Please see below for more details.
Issues
Issue I ─ published 9 October , 2023
Issue II ─ published 16 February, 2024
Issue II ─ published 15 June, 2024
Special Issue I ─ published 1 Aug, 2024
Issue IV ─ published on 30 November, 2024
Issue V - published 14 June, 2025
Issue VI - publishing 14 June, 2026
ISSUE VI
Submissions for Transients Magazine are now closed. We will be opening submissions for our 2026 annual issue in the next few months.
Annual Publication Schedule
Issue
We publish one issue each year, on the magazine's birthday - 14 June.
Submissions for Issue VI, publishing 14 June 2026, will open in the next few months. We are still finalising the submission schedule.
Theme - tbd
We print each issue. Every contributor receives a free copy.
Annual Publication Schedule
Issue
We publish one issue each year, on the magazine's birthday - 14 June.
Submissions for Issue VI, publishing 14 June 2026, will open in the next few months. We are still finalising the submission schedule.
Theme - tbd
We print each issue. Every contributor receives a free copy.
An important note about publication rights: We are still requesting 'first serial rights' to your work. That is, it must be unpublished work when it is submitted to us. We understand that with the potentially long delay between submissions and publication can complicate matters. Therefore, we have decided to accept simultaneous publications after acceptance.
What this means for you when you submit work to us:
We ask that you do NOT: submit previously-published work to us; continue submitting your work to other publications after we have accepted it if these publications do not accept simultaneous submissions; withdraw your work from Issue V after we have accepted it; accept publication elsewhere before Issue V is published if the other publication does not accept simultaneous submissions.
You may: submit your work to other publications before we respond or if we decline; accept publication in another publication before we respond or if we decline; accept publication in another publication which allows you to maintain our simultaneous publication of the work; withdraw your work from our publication before we respond; submit your work further and accept publication after Issue V is published.
Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any further questions on the format of this issue, submission guidelines, or publication rights.
What this means for you when you submit work to us:
We ask that you do NOT: submit previously-published work to us; continue submitting your work to other publications after we have accepted it if these publications do not accept simultaneous submissions; withdraw your work from Issue V after we have accepted it; accept publication elsewhere before Issue V is published if the other publication does not accept simultaneous submissions.
You may: submit your work to other publications before we respond or if we decline; accept publication in another publication before we respond or if we decline; accept publication in another publication which allows you to maintain our simultaneous publication of the work; withdraw your work from our publication before we respond; submit your work further and accept publication after Issue V is published.
Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any further questions on the format of this issue, submission guidelines, or publication rights.
General Guidelines for Submissions
Prose - fiction, nonfiction, travel journals, translations, interviews, reviews, manifestos, etc.
We are very flexible with the definition of 'prose' and encourage creativity. We would especially love to see more unusual formats - recipes, journal pages, shopping list fragments. Whatever helps you to tell the story you want to tell!
Poetry
Visual Art - photographs, digital art, comics, paintings, drawings, sketches, etc.
- We unfortunately do not have the funds to be able to pay contributors (yet), except in gratitude. BUT we promise the magazine will look really cool.
- Submissions will be via a link which will be live during the submission period.
- If you are unable to submit via the link, you may also email submissions to us at [email protected]
- You don't need a cover letter or anything. If you feel you want a little explanatory note or to say hi to us, that would be lovely and you can include that in the body of your email, but this isn't a job application so don't stress yourself out!
- Any font is fine, as long as it is readable
- Work may be submitted in any other language as the original text, but please provide a translation in English as well.
- We ask that you only submit unpublished works
- We will only ask for an author's biography if your work is accepted. Please don't include it in the body of your email or within your submission doc as we prefer to read your work with as little bias as possible.
Prose - fiction, nonfiction, travel journals, translations, interviews, reviews, manifestos, etc.
- You may submit up to 1,500 words in a single work, with a limit of one piece per issue
- If your work is nonfiction and requires references, we ask that you use the Chicago Manual of Style, in the notes-bibliography format, for the cleanest appearance possible
- If you are submitting a translation, please also include documentation that the original work is currently in the public domain
We are very flexible with the definition of 'prose' and encourage creativity. We would especially love to see more unusual formats - recipes, journal pages, shopping list fragments. Whatever helps you to tell the story you want to tell!
Poetry
- You may submit up to 500 words total across up to three poems per issue
- Submitting a PDF of your work may be helpful if your submission relies on specific spacing and formatting that .docx have been known to occasionally manipulate
Visual Art - photographs, digital art, comics, paintings, drawings, sketches, etc.
- You may submit up to five works and one artist's note per issue.
We would love to include more visual art or other non-traditional works in this issue, so we highly suggest you submit yours!
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this can include drawings, sketches, paintings, photography, receipt scribbles, journal tid-bits, that coffee stain that looks exactly like your childhood dog.... get creative! |
Publishing Rights
Our goal is to showcase creative work and platform storytellers, not to make money. As such, we only acquire first serial rights of your work, which grants Transients Mag the right to publish your work first, and then returns your rights to you immediately after publication. If you like, you may also release your rights into the public domain when you publish, which is a conversation we can have if your work is accepted. We will send you a Publication Agreement before publication which sets this all out.
