SUBMISSIONS ARE CLOSED
for the first issue of Buttered Toast.
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An annual journal for young writers (female, male, and gender-diverse) up to 18 years old.
Issue #1 Theme: The World According to Me
Toad Hall Editions is looking for writers 18 and younger for their submissions of poetry, essays, short stories, creative nonfiction, and experimental works for our journal Buttered Toast. Submissions will be accepted until Tues. November 30th, 2021; publication to be released in early 2022. We will also be holding a cover art contest for each issue! Submit your artwork that relates to this issue’s theme—the artist whose work is selected for the cover will receive a cash prize.
Our inaugural issue’s theme, “The World According to Me” invites you to consider the authority of your perspective. What do you see about the world, both outside and inside of yourself? What would you LIKE to see? Are there questions or challenges that you’ve been holding and trying to disentangle or come to terms with? What are your experiences of wonder, peace, joy, confusion, or upset, and how do you hold the contradictions of those experiences? What are the musings, dreams, investigations, and insights that have contributed to how you move about, consider, and make sense of things? We are interested in learning from you and your experiences, and what insight, wisdom, and reflections you have gathered from your life so far.
Submission fee for written work: FREE*
Submission fee for our cover art contest: FREE*
*Why did we make the submission fee FREE? Read the BLOG post here.
General Submission Guidelines
An annual publication of work from young writers.
Read the submission details (below) specific to each type of submission—written work or artwork.
Label everything you submit with your name, the piece’s name, and the issue # you’re submitting to. We will not be able to contact you if we don’t know what pieces are yours.
Use the Theme Name in the Subject line of your e-mail when submitting work.
We are open to simultaneous submissions, but if your piece is accepted for publication in another magazine or journal at the same time, please contact us immediately.
We will contact you within 1-2 weeks via e-mail to let you know your submission has been received. You will be notified within 60 days if your piece has been selected for publication.
We reserve the right to edit accepted pieces.
Each contributor will receive 1 copy of the journal that their work appears in
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