Submissions are Open

Submissions to Seaside Gothic of fiction, poetry, nonfiction, or visual collections of photographs or illustrations are open from 9th January to 15th January 2023.

If you would like to submit a short story, a poem, a piece of creative nonfiction, or a set of images, please ensure that your submission is in-line with the type of content published by Seaside Gothic, and also stands out. If you want to submit then please follow the instructions on the Submissions page, where you will also find the terms and conditions of acceptance. All written content should exist as a single stand-alone piece of 1,000 words or fewer, and visual content should be a set of no less than five and no more than ten images. Each submission must to meet the three criteria which define seaside gothic literature:

1. It is led by emotion, not reason, exploring the human experience mentally and spiritually as well as physically, and is unashamed to embrace the violence of the sea and the wind along with the beauty of the land and the sky and the ever-changing tide.
2. It addresses duality—land and sea, love and hate, the beautiful and the grotesque—to reflect the structures that line the coast, which are both those solidly braced against the fiercest elements and those built from what surrounds in a state of shanty transience.
3. It connects to the edge, living on the seaside either literally or figuratively, and has one foot in the water and the other on solid ground, presenting the juxtaposition of a physical border with open space and a wilderness of water that provides life yet is inconsumable.

To gain an understanding of the type of content Seaside Gothic publishes, please read the previous Issues.

Seaside Gothic requires first UK publication rights and a three month exclusivity period from the publication date. All accepted content is published in print (ISSN 2752-7867) and digitally (ISSN 2755-001X), with print copies available for purchase through seasidegothic.com and in a selection of retailers, and the digital version available in-part for free online and in-part through an online subscription through Patreon. Seaside Gothic is a non-profit enterprise and a paying market. Rates are based upon magazine income and there are no submission fees.

Submissions will remain open until midnight Greenwich Mean Time at the end of 15th January 2023. For submission guidelines and the terms and conditions please see the Submissions page.