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submission guidelines

Currently seeking submissions for volume two issue three.
Deadline: 1st March 2010
Publication date: April 2010
Submission response time: 1-2 months

Fiction
Fiction submissions should be between 500 and 2500 words. We are looking for beautifully written verse that either complements the form or challenges it. Ideally your writing will be distinctive and original. All genres and styles considered; we have a broad palate. We also accept excerpts from novels. Your submissions should be presented as a word document, set in Courier, text size 12 and double-spaced. Please attach to an email with 'Fiction submission' and 'your name' in the subject line. 

Poetry
Any length and style considered, although no rhyming verse and clichés are to be avoided. We are more attracted to 'free verse'. Please submit between three-six poems. Your submissions should be presented as a word document, set in Courier, text size 12 and double-spaced. Please attach to an email with 'Poetry submission' and 'your name' in the subject line. 

Non-fiction
We are interested in thought-provoking articles on subjects ranging from left-leaning socialist politics, biographies, social comment etc. Please send a brief synopsis of what you’d like to write about in the first instance. Your proposal should be presented as a word document, set in Courier, text size 12 and double-spaced. Please attach to an email with 'Non-fiction submission' and 'your name' in the subject line. 

Reviews
Reviewing is a dying art. We’re looking to put together a team, reporting to the reviews editor, who can deliver reviews on small press publications, books on the cusp of the underground/mainstream, as well as independent music and film, and also the arts in general. Your submissions should be presented as a word document, set in Courier, text size 12 and double-spaced. Please attach to an email with 'Review submission' and 'your name' in the subject line. 

Submissions to: connect (at) openwidemagazine.co.uk

If you are an author or musician and you wish to send your work to us for review please email us at: connect (at) openwidemagazine.co.uk and tell us a bit about yourself and your work. If we feel it's something our readers would be interested in we will supply an address for you to mail to.

With all submissions please include a brief third person biography.

Simultaneous submissions are not accepted.