Submission

PAWNERS PAPER is a creative magazine dedicated to publishing exceptional literary and visual works from both emerging and established writers and creators. We seek to showcase diverse voices, styles, and perspectives, with a focus on creative works that evoke deep emotional resonance.

We want to tell your stories. We want your best writings! Send us your newest writings!

As our priority to promote the best literature, we encourage writers to follow the guidelines below to submit to us. 

All submissions will be reviewed before publication.

What We Want:

We seek submissions that reveal storytelling as an art form—woven through experiences, imagination, or beliefs. We’re drawn to works that challenge perceptions, offering limitless perspectives on reality while forging a deep connection between creatives and their audience.  

Make it strange, bold, and experimental. Craft your world as if you are its sole master, boundless and free.  

Contributors are welcome to explore any theme, as we cherish novelty and masterful storytelling. Think of our magazine as a blank canvas for your artistry as we promise to honor each piece with the reverence it deserves.

Submission Guidelines:

1. Eligibility:

We accept submissions from writers and creatives of all levels from anywhere in the world. However, we prioritise submissions from writers living within the African continent.

2. Submission Period:

All year round. (Calls for submission for the magazine issue will be separately announced.)

3. Genres:

We publish fiction (short stories, flash fiction), poetry, and nonfiction (including memoir), excerpts, reviews, spoken word poetry, artworks, personal stories/experiences, articles and essays, and visuals that offer cinematic experiences (short videos).

4. Formatting and Word Counts:

Send us your work (poems, fiction, essays, etc.), social media profile URLs or handles (Instagram, Facebook and X/Twitter), and a short bio. Submit not more than three works per submission. However, we can only publish one after review.

We require that the submission must be in Doc. or Docx format.

We accept multiple submissions, and if your works have been submitted elsewhere, we oblige you to inform us about it.

Poetry: We accept poems on any themes. They should be about 15 lines or less.

Prose: (Fiction and CNF): Submissions of prose should be between 500 and 2000 words.

Flash Fiction: Works in this genre should be more than 300 words but not more than 500 words.

Articles and Essays: Submissions of articles and essays can be on any topic relating to literary, visual arts and works, storytelling (scriptwriting/screenwriting), videography and cinematography. It should be between 500 and 2000 words.

Book and Movie Reviews: Reviews of books and movies are also encouraged and accepted. It should be between 600 and 2000 words.

Visual Arts: These include photography, paintings, and drawings that emotively tell a story in a resonating manner or address issues. Any visual art that captures these is accepted.

Spoken Word: We accept spoken word poetry on any theme. Send a video with good quality showing the author performing the work.

Personal Story/Experience: This genre supports stories gained through personal experiences that are worth sharing. It could be your adventure, your perception or your own very wonder.

5. Submission Process:

— Submit your work via mail to pawnerspaper@gmail.com.

— Label the subject of the mail with the category you're submitting to, e.g., "Poetry Submission". Also, attach your work to the body of the mail.

— You will receive a confirmation email upon successful submission.

6. Response Time:

We aim to respond to all submissions within 1 week of submission.

7. Acceptance and Publication:

— If your work is accepted, we will notify you via email and request any necessary revisions. Accepted works are published on our website.

8. Additional Notes:

— We are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We encourage submissions from writers of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.

— We do not tolerate plagiarism, hate speech, or discriminatory content. We also do not accept works that are AI-generated. Any submissions found to contain such content will be rejected.

— We do not pay our writers for their works. We wish to be able to do so in the nearest future through collaborations, as every writer deserves a handshake for his good work.

— The authors of the work retain the copyright to the works published by us. We also require that you acknowledge us in the subsequent publication of your work.

— By submitting your work, you acknowledge that you have read and agree to our submission guidelines and terms.

Thank you for considering Pawners Paper Creative Magazine. We look forward to your submissions.