How to Submit 101

Lucky Jefferson accepts submissions of unpublished poetry, flash fiction, creative nonfiction, and art.

• Include your name, email, mailing address, and a 50-word bio (third-person) in Submittable’s “cover letter” box.
• Simultaneous submissions are encouraged, but let us know if we can’t publish something okay? ‘Cause we catch feelings fast.
• Sorry, no work previously published digitally (e.g. social media, personal blogs, etc.) or in print.
• Refer to the open call of your interest for guidance on submitting translations.

Send three poems per submission. Separate poems by title or page break.

Limit pieces to 1000 words (microfiction is what’s up).

Send up to three pieces (PNG or JPG). All mediums welcome (painting, photography, collage, etc.)

• Exclusive first worldwide print and electronic rights for a period of up to 3 months.
• Non-exclusive archival rights to include your published work in our archive indefinitely.

Basically, we get to share your work first, anywhere in the world, for 3 months after the release date. During that time, you can’t publish it anywhere else. After that, it’s all yours again! We’ll also keep it in our archive forever, or, til zombies come for us all—unless they’re arts-loving zombies.

Use this form to request an update to a work published on luckyjefferson.com.

We will not tolerate any work that promotes harmful stereotypes or perspectives, including: racism, bigotry, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia, islamophobia, xenophobia, antisemitism, ageism, or ableism.

We also kindly request that you refrain from submitting sexually explicit pieces, works highlighting extreme violence, or insta poems.

We are hopeless romantics, but we’re generally not interested in printing love poems unless they offer a unique perspective or explore romance in a fresh and compelling way.

To ensure the safety and integrity of our collections, you should only send us work that is truly your own and not the result of impersonation or AI-generated content.

We take authenticity and harm against writers and artists seriously. Any deliberate misrepresentation in your submission will result in your work being disqualified from consideration and could limit your ability to participate in future opportunities.

Plagiarism will result in immediate reporting and a permanent ban from submitting to us.