GUIDELINES
The Vagabond’s Verse publishes original creative literary and artistic works that reflect the complexities of living—which includes all forms of realist, speculative, dystopian, romantic, horror, etc., fiction, non-fiction, poetry, art, and photography from creatives who have felt in some way, like Vagabonds, like wanderers in one way or another. Our first issue will focus on this concept, so show us what that means to you through your art.
Since we are a new magazine, we ask that you please try to comply with the submission instructions to make this first issue as seamless as possible. We look forward to seeing all of your brilliant work.
Submission Deadline: June 20th 2025
There is no fee for submission. We accept only original works from individuals aged 13 and above. Please do not submit work that is not yours for legal liabilities. We uphold First North American serial rights (FNASR), meaning we hold the right to publish your work (cannot be published anywhere else until after our own publication), and then the rights return to you. Please let us know if your work has been selected for another magazine before our own publication.
Language Requirements
Submissions in languages other than English are welcome and should be provided with a translated version for easier readability.
International Submissions
For our print issues, we accept submissions from U.S.-based artists, Canada, and the U.K..
If you are based in another country, your work can still be selected and published on our digital publication, Weekly Verses.
Genre-Specific Guidelines
Prose: No more than four submissions, all in separate documents, a maximum of 2,000 words, double-spaced, pdf. format, Times New Roman font, 1-inch margins on both sides.
Poetry: No more than five submissions, all in separate documents, a maximum of two pages or 500 words or less.
Visual Art: Submit no more than five original works; in-color and black-and-white visuals are accepted. Make sure you submit images of high quality for our print issue. We encourage you to submit visual art with an artist statement for pieces you feel need one. It helps give perspective and more meaning to the viewer but is not required.
Save all of your files in your name or the name of the work if it has a title.
Response Time
The response time varies, but we promise to respond to you as soon as possible (within two weeks).
Compensation
As a non-profit magazine, we currently do not have enough donations/funds to financially reward each selected writer or artist. However, upon release, we will mail you a copy of our first in-print issue.