bateau lit mag
submission guidelines
Literary Magazine submissions will reopen March 1, 2020. Submission period March 1 – May 30, 2020.
THE 2020 LIT MAG WILL BE DEVOTED TO HUMAN ECOLOGY!!! Um….what, exactly, is human ecology??? Taken from our mothership ((the COA website)): “Human ecology is the study of the relations between humans and their natural, cultural, built, and technological environments.” In short, human ecology is poetry and prose….is fictional and nonfictional… comical, serial, and environmental…is completely mental…is creative…is a way of seeing the world & being in the world. Writing that is digital, environmental, musical, and alive. You, creative type reading this right now, you very well could be a human ecologist. Sent us your stuff. When submitting work in translation, please include the original text as well as indicating whether or not you have obtained translation rights (if applicable). send us amazing things!
a brief bio is encouraged but not required.
Fiction: please submit one fiction piece under 1,500 words.
Nonfiction: please submit one nonfiction piece under 1,500 words.
Flash Fiction: please submit up to 4 flash pieces. we consider “flash fiction” to be 200 words to 700 words…give or take.
Art/Comics: if submitting comics or black and white illustrations, please remember our magazine is 5 x 7
Cover letters are not necessary but are encouraged. Tell us something about you.
No multiple genre submissions, (ie. only submit poetry, not flash fiction and poetry in one submission).
Post submissions must be typed. Clear photocopies are fine.
c/o Dan Mahoney
College of the Atlantic
105 Eden Street
Bar Harbor, ME 04609