• We want to see your best work, regardless of style, form, subject matter, or genre.
• We’re especially interested in literary oddities–language-based creations that defy easy categorization.

Please send cover letter, bio, and poems together in one attachment.  No simultaneous submissions.  Be professional.  Presentation matters. 

Please visit thegravityofthething.com/about before submitting, as your writing should reflect our desired criteria. For more information about defamiliarized writing and our publishing practices, please visit our Baring the Device column at thegravityofthething.com/catalog/baring-the-device.

Review our submission guidelines. Get lost in our 365 Collection and check out what we share on social media. Try to understand who Lucky Jefferson is and what we publish before submitting your work.

We look past the traditional for things more exciting.

Please check our guidelines for specifics. We have rolling submission dates.

We especially enjoy lyricism, realism, the light breaking through the darkness. Beautiful prose poetry is sought.

Submit your work in the body of an email. Include short bio (around 30 words) and the name you want listed. We DO accept previously published work. Five Featured Poems (or a work of Fiction) monthly each receive payment of $20.  All contributors receive choice of free pdf or eBook version. We usually respond in 60 days. Submit no more than once every 4 months. Submission in more than one category is welcome. We rarely publish long poems. We have a soft spot for limericks and haiku. We aren't prudes, we accept sex, violence or crude language if they are key to a good story, but won't publish anything hateful. We love a good story and a great poem.

We have unique submission guidelines so we encourage submitters to read them. If you catch us in a good mood, we might be willing to overlook some guideline mistakes for the sake of a fantastic piece. However, our most significant turn-offs come in the form of bland, generic stories, pieces that don’t contain a story arc, or topics that are derivative of current trends. We love music-focused submissions, but we often have to deny a great piece because it could potentially violate copyright law with quoted song lyrics.
 

Invisible City accept pieces that have not been previously published. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable, although please inform us if you have sent your piece elsewhere. Shorter pieces are preferred. Submissions should be sent in Microsoft Word format (preferred) or an RTF format. Art submissions should be in jpeg or gif format. We will accept up to three poems per writer or one fiction or nonfiction submission per writer. Do not include your name on the piece itself.