Check out our new and updated guidelines below!

 

We want to hear about the monsters under your bed, the demons lurking in your mind, and the scars you keep hidden under your sleeve. Scryptic is seeking edgy, experimental artwork that flirts with the dark side of humanity.

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Submission Guidelines

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Please send all submissions via email to scrypticmag@gmail.com  

 

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Literature Submission Guidelines: 

• Subject of email must include "Literature Submission".

• All work MUST be included in the body of the email. If you choose to also send a word document, that is fine, but you MUST post all work in the body as well.

• Please separate all pieces of work with a clear break by placing your name, as you wish it to appear for publication, directly under each piece.

• Up to ten short form poems (haiku, senryu, tanka and other related forms)

• Up to five longer poems (free verse, prose, haibun, sonnets, ect.)

• Up to two short stories, around 1k words. 

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Visual Art Submission Guidelines:

 

• Subject of email must include "Visual Art Submission".

• Images, such as photographs and art, must be attached to the email in JPEG format.

• Up to ten images (including photography, paintings, drawing, digital art, ect.)

• Include your name, as you wish it to appear for publication, in the body of the email.

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ALL works submitted to Scryptic must be previously unpublished and in some way embody the theme written at the top of this page. We realize "darkness" is a broad topic, so show us what it means to you!

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Submission turn-offs:

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• Do not send political pieces.

• Do not send pieces that condone violence or hate.

• Do not send literature pieces only in an attached document.

• Do not send pornographic images or text.

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If the guidelines are broken, we reserve the right to delete your email, without a response.

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All rights revert to the authors/artists upon publication. This means, we require “First Rights,” meaning we want to be the first venue to present the poems to the public. However, Scryptic has the right to reprint pieces in any future print or online projects.