Themes and Release Dates:
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Issue 1
THEME: SIBLINGS
Accepting Submissions: July 1st - December 15th
Release Date: January 1st, 2024
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Issue 2
THEME: STAY GOLDEN
Accepting Submissions: January 1st - January 29th
Release Date: February 1st, 2024
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Issue 3
THEME: REINCARNATION
Accepting Submissions: February 1st - February 27th
Release Date: March 1st, 2024
Email Guidelines:
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Your Email Should Be Some
Variation of/Similar To The Above Format!
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Submission Guidelines:
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At the moment, we are only accepting poetry
for our monthly literary magazine.
You will receive an acceptance or rejection email
by the submission periods deadline date.
Any and all emails sent asking for an update on
submission status will be ignored.
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We do allow but heavily discourage simultaneous submissions - please let us know as soon as possible if your piece/pieces has/have been accepted elsewhere and you would like to withdraw it/them. As well, the option to withdraw a piece/pieces for personal reasons is open.
(If your piece/pieces has/have been accepted and published by Carbon Chained and you would like to have it/them removed from our site completely, please let us know.
We will be disappointed but want to honor the poets portfolio.)
If accepted, you are immediately giving Carbon Chained first serial rights to the accept piece/pieces, which will immediately
return to you after the issue has been released.
Submit 1-3 poems per submission period.
Only submit once per submission period.
No word minimums or maximums.
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(We will not accept work with sexist, racist, homophobic, or harmful/derogatory language.)
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Email Subject Line AND File Name:
# of poems, Issue #, Last Name
3 Poems, Theme/Issue #, Claire
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Send all work AND author bio as a .pdf or .docx to: