This page is for those submitting for publication on our website. Please visit our Review section if you wish to submit to the Review.
What we publish:
We publish poetry, short fiction, cartoons, and sketches. We look for literary and artistic merit as well as entertainment value. As we are devoted to humour, submissions should be FUNNY! They should also be previously unpublished or previously to have been deemed unpublishable.
How to submit writing:
Submissions should be sent by email to: submissions@feathertale.com.
In your email, please include your name and full address including phone number and email address and a few autobiographical sentences telling us who you are and what you do. Please clearly indicate, in the subject of your email, which category (fiction, poetry) your submission is for. All stories should be attached as Word or PDF documents.
Length:
Short fiction submissions should be no longer than 1500 words. Poems can be up to 1000 words. Please do not submit more than 2 poems or stories at once.
How to submit cartoons and comics for the website:
Artwork submissions should be sent by email to our art director, Lee at: lwilson@feathertale.com.
Please note: due to the large quantity of artwork we receive, we request that you only send web links and no file attachments. If you do not have a website, we suggest you create a Flickr, Blogger, Tumblr (or other) account, to share your work online.
How to submit cartoons and comics for the Review?
The majority of artwork in the Review is commissioned specifically at the time of production. Submitting to the website is a good way to introduce yourself, we love meeting new artists. If your artwork is published in The Feathertale Review it must be 300dpi, CMYK and JPEG or TIFF file formats.
While we prefer that all of your submissions be made online, you may also send us your stuff by snail mail to:
Feathertale
PO Box 5023,
Ottawa, ON, Canada
K2C 3H3
Please include your name, telephone number, email and home addresses in your package. If you wish your work to be returned, please include with your submission a self addressed stamped envelope in Canadian return postage or International Reply Coupons.
Selections:
We will try to respond to everyone’s submissions quickly.
Payment:
We like to pay our online contributors . . . with hugs and thank you cards. However, any online contributors that see publication in The Feathertale Review will be monetarily rewarded.
Proofreading:
Proofreading will be done by a team of monkeys and a dictionary. Our monkeys pride themselves on their innovative use of grammar and spelling.
Terms:
We buy First North American Serial Rights, or reprint rights. We request permission to publish your submissions on our website as well as in our semi-annual Review. A brief biographical sketch of all our contributors will be added to our website.
Privacy Policy:
Feathertale will not sell your personal information or share it with anyone else, unless offered the equivalent of $17,000,000 in severed Barbie Doll heads and all the wooden shoes in Holland. If for any reason, you would like your information removed from our records, contact our webmonkey.
