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Introducing
Mercurial
Annual Feature
We are thrilled to announce the expansion of our zine, which will include a paid feature published every 87 days to coincide with Mercury's solar return. Compensation for the feature will be $87. Starting on January 1st, 2025, submissions will open and will always be open, as opposed to retrograde features, which will only be open for 30 days before retrograde begins.
Mercurial Annual Features will have a reading fee of $3 to compensate our contributors.
Same submission guidelines apply for Mercurial Annual Feature, but will have no theme. Send us your favorite pieces!
Submission Guidelines
All submissions should be submitted in size font 12 Times New Roman. If submitting works that have specific structure (such as poems with creative indentation or concrete poems) please submit in a Word Doc, not a PDF. Simultaneous submissions are allowed. Previously published works may be accepted if the author maintains all rights to the work. Authors published through us also keep the rights to their own week. Let us know if your work is published elsewhere! We would love to celebrate with you. Please only submit to one category at a time. Retrograde Features of the Day are free to submit to, but are unpaid at this time.
Poetry
Submit 1-3 poems.
Max ten pages. Submit in one document, with only one poem per page, with the title clearly marked in bold.
Prose/Fiction
Max word count is 2,ooo words. If the work is longer than this or part of a larger collection, please indicate in your cover letter and we will let you know if we have interest in reading and publishing a longer, more complete, version.
Essays
Max word count 1,500 words.