BECOME A CONTRIBUTOR:

We accept fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, and music of all kinds from all people from all locations for:

-Volumes (in print and online)

-The Family Room (online only)

-The Beautiful Pause Prize - annual full-length contest that runs from November 15 - May 1.

Read our guidelines here.

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Reading Periods for our Print Volumes

Open, free reading periods:

  • January 1st - April 30th
  • September 1st - December 31st

5-dollar per submission reading period: 

  • May 1st- August 31st (while we’re reading for our annual Beautiful Pause Prize)

Send us whatever's in your heart.

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Submit to Poetry Submissions

Submit up to ten poems (in one document!) for consideration. Please submit poems single-spaced in standard Times New Roman, Garamond, or something similar.
Please no "fun" fonts.

Submit to Art and Music Submissions

Press Pause Press publishes all kinds of original art and music, including artistic or musical reactions to any work from our volumes.

In your submission, attach a jpg, pdf, tiff, or mp3

Please try to stay away from attaching pictures of your art.

If you'd like to be considered for our cover art (back and front cover), please indicate this in your cover letter. Thank you!

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Submit to Nonfiction Submissions

Press Pause Press publishes essays of all kinds, but we tend to lean more towards memoir and personal style essays. Please note that we do not publish academic or research essays at this time.

In your submission, attach a word doc, docx, or pdf. Please stay away from weird, hard to read fonts—we're big fans of plain ole Times New Roman and Garamond. Don't fret about length, but know that we don't typically publish over 20 pages.

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Submit to Fiction Submissions

Press Pause Press publishes short stories, flash, and novel/novella excerpts. We do not publish full-length works at this time.

In your submission, attach a word doc, docx, or pdf. Please stay away from weird, hard to read fonts—we're big fans of plain ole Times New Roman and Garamond. Don't fret about length, but know that we don't typically publish over 20 pages.

word count range from flash to 9,999k (saying 9,999 because we rarely accept anything over 8k but there are some gems we don't want to pass up)