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Journal Submissions

Curious about submitting to Z-Sky?

Firstly, thank you for considering us. Secondly, thank you (in advance) for submitting your work to us, if you decide to do so. Thirdly, thank you for all your hard work as a writer; the writing life can be disheartening and thankless, so we thought at least three “thank you’s” might be helpful. 

One last thing before we leap into the abyss of submission details, please don’t worry about these details so much. They are meant to help us editors organize our lives and not as filters or barriers for you. These details help us to know what’s when, when’s what due, what belongs to who, who’s submitting to what, and so on. So thank you (a fourth thank you) for taking your time to help us editors stay emotionally balanced.

Our Yearly Schedule

Submissions OPEN: December 15th
Submissions CLOSE: February 1st
RELEASED APRIL 14
Submissions OPEN: April 15th
Submissions CLOSE: June 1st
RELEASED AUGUST 14
Submissions OPEN: August 15th

Submissions CLOSE: October 1st
RELEASED DECEMBER 14

Please note: The Z-Sky Journal is a non-paying market (for now)

Simultaneous Submissions

By all means, please submit your wonderful work far and wide, but please let us know as soon as possible if your submission is accepted elsewhere, so we don’t step on any toes, especially lawyer toes.

File Formats

 Only .doc, .docx, and .rtf files are accepted. Please attach your file to the email (do not copy and paste your work into the body of the email)

Subject Line

Please write “Submission” in the subject line of your email

Your Bio

  • Please include a short bio of yourself in the body of the email.
  • If you wish to submit your work without a bio, then write “No bio please” in your email.
  • If you are writing under a pseudonym, please write “Using pseudonym” in the body of the email.

Journal Submission Categories 

There are six submission categories for our journal. In your submission email, please let us know which category you’re submitting for.

  • Fiction under 3,000 words
  • Fiction over 3,000 words
  • Nonfiction under 3,000 words
  • Nonfiction over 3,000
  • Book Review (any book from any time, so long as there is a theme relevant to Z-Sky)
    • Please keep your book review under 1,000 words. 
  • Profile (of a scientist, philosopher, engineer, or any person relevant to the themes of Z-Sky)
    • Please keep your profile under 2,000 words.

Our Review Process

All submissions that meet our criteria will be reviewed thoroughly. We ask that you please do not send emails inquiring into the status of your submission. If we choose to publish your work or if we choose to pass, in either case we will let you know via an email response. However, if you do not receive a response from us within 3 months, please contact us. 

Rights

  • Z-Sky acquires First Electronic Rights, First Internet Rights, and Non-exclusive Archival Rights.
  • In all cases, we ask for the right to display and archive work in multiple electronic formats, such PDF, .epub, and on our website. Upon publication, all other rights revert to the author. 
  • Z-Sky reserves the right to reprint work at a later date, e.g., if we wish to publish a print or digital anthology that includes your work. 
  • The work that you submit must be your own and you must possess all the requisite rights to submit it.
  • Once accepted, your work may be edited for clarity, which includes, but is not limited to, edits for grammar, spelling, and punctuation. We love the Oxford comma!