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CLASH BOOKS SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

We are looking for strong, fresh voices & POV's in any genre. Fiction, nonfiction, & poetry. Especially looking for unique voices of female identifying, LGBTQ & POC from all over the world. CLASH Books is about global perspectives, contrasts, & juxtapositions. If you are unsure about whether what you have is for us, I recommend you check out our catalogue & our IG & Twitter @clashbooks

WE PUT THE LIT IN LITERARY

Send submissions to clashmediabooks@gmail.com

Managing Editor Christoph Paul

Editor in Chief Leza Cantoral

Include bio & synopsis in body of email. Submit full MS as a word doc.

Allow 3 months for reading time. If you do not hear from us within 3 months it has not been accepted.

Simultaneous subs are allowed.

We read every submission & the schedule is filling up fast.

We are already scheduling books for 2022

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EDITORS

CINA PELAYO

LEZA CANTORAL

THEMES

memory . love . death . LUST. SPIRITUALISM . LOSS

WE ACCEPT

poetry, short stories, essays

ALL CONTENT FROM ONLINE MAG WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE PRINT MAG

ALL CONTRIBUTORS WILL RECEIVE A CONTRIBUTOR COPY

PAY - $25 PER SUBMISSION

WORDCOUNT - UNDER 3000

3 POEMS MAXIMUM PER SUBMISSION

INCLUDE YOUR BIO, SOCIALS & A COUPLE LINES ABOUT YOUR PIECE IN BODY OF PARAGRAPH

ATTACH YOUR SUBMISSION AS A WORD FILE

INCLUDE FORM & NAME OF PIECE IN SUBJECT LINE - POETRY, STORY, ESSAY, HYBRID - TITLE

ADDRESS THE EDITORS AS ‘EDITOR’ OR LEZA / CINA

SUBMISSIONS ARE CURRENTLY CLOSED

2ND PRINT MAG COMING FALL 2022

EMAIL - editorblacktelephonemag@gmail.com 

A WORD FROM THE EDITORS

Communication, miscommunication, missed connections that ripple throughout time and space, and our lives. There is so much that we do not know that extends beyond ourselves, but yet, we’re so ever distracted. What important messages are we ignoring? I’m thinking of a song that is playing on a loop that meant so much to someone so long ago, but it’s playing in an abandoned storage unit. Does that song still hold the same meaning? I’m thinking of a street corner that once held a payphone that someone used every day, until one day they and the payphone were gone. Does that corner still hold the essence of that person’s moments? I’m thinking of a postcard that never made it to its destination. Do those words still hold impact in the present reality? I want moments that push the ideas of what we consider reality, that leave an imprint, that will remain with me, a part of me. I want prose, poetry, plays, essays, letters and experimental pieces that are literary and hybrid in nature that reflect the range of dark fiction, but can highlight hope, longing, and very often loss.

—CINA PELAYO

Communication with each other, with the dead, travel between states of mind & dimensions & places in time. The darkness between the patches of light in the known world. I want strange fictions dripping in nostalgia, poetry that is timeless & plays with form. I am looking for voices that haunt me & make me feel alive again at a different molecular vibration. Words that speak to the core. Stories & poetry that emerge from the collective unconscious & the Id. I want to see you double dipped literary confections in all hybrid genres. I want essays that are raw, real & lyrical. They can be on any subject matter. They can be about life or literary deep dives into your favorite books/authors. Think of Black Telephone Magazine as the astral phone booth where you deliver your dark transmissions into the ether.

—LEZA CANTORAL