Rules & Regulations

Thank you for your interest in submitting work to The Wordspaces. We look forward to the opportunity to engage carefully with your work. We hope to accomplish one thing: to fill the pages of The Wordspaces with writing that strives toward the better worlds we seek to build and inhabit. This includes, yes, those of you who have yet to be published or are just beginning to cast work out into the world. We are excited to keep the door to your masterpieces wide open. Let’s celebrate the enduring yet protean quality of writing that propels us into places we have yet to imagine!

By submitting, you verify that you are the author of the submitted work, and you grant rights to The Wordspaces for publication. All images included in the submission article are the responsibility of the author. It is the author’s responsibility to ensure that any images used their submissions do not break copyright law. Please credit The Wordspaces as place of first publication. The Wordspaces reserves the right to make minor copy editing changes to the manuscript. Any major editorial changes will require author’s approval prior to publication.

Please submit your writing following these guidelines:

Articles:

• Word count: 600-800 words (max)
• Language: We only consider original works written in English
• Genres: We publish across many genres

Poems:

• Word count: There is no upper limit
• Language: Only submit poems written in English
• Genres: Submitted poems should use basic poetic techniques and be high quality. We look to publish heartfelt poems that have been created with a lot of thought and work by the poet. Poems which use techniques such as rhyme schemes, stanzas, metaphors, similes, imagery, and personification. We welcome a variety of structured poetry as well

Book Reviews:

• Word Count: Reviews must be a minimum of 500 words to 1,000 words max
• Language: Reviews must be written in English. Although reviews must be written in the English language, they do not have to be perfect and we are happy to tidy up any minor grammar errors. Although our grammar is far from perfect and we are simply happy that it is gradually improving
• Genre: We are open for general book types submissions

Short Stories:

• Word Count: We are able to consider stories that are between 1,000 and 3,000 words max in length
• Language: We only consider original works written in English
• Genre: We are open for general short story submissions

Travelogues:

• Word Count: We are able to consider stories that are between 1,000 and 3,000 words max in length
• Language: We only consider original works written in English
• Genre: We are open for general travelogue submissions