Mannequin Envy

We will not be publishing a Summer Issue this year. You are more than welcome to send in submissions at any time, but we will not be reading until August for the fall 2008 issue.

Submission Guidelines on the Site

Poetry, proposals for reviews and visual arts.

There is no shortage of really nice art and literature out there. We do not want “nice.” We want to feel a physical reaction to your work. Nausea. Embarassment. Arousal. Something.

Poets: 2-5 poems
Flash Fiction: 1-2 short short pieces (100-500 words)
Visual Artists: Send 2-5 samples and if possible, a link to your work.

Bio: Introduce yourself a bit as a writer/artist and as a person. The inclusion of publication credits is acceptable but by no means necessary.

Guidelines:
Simultaneous submissions are acceptable, as is previously published work (please note original publication credit), though unpublished work is more likely to find a home here.

Send all of your work in the body of one email.

One submission per issue.

We will not publish the same artist more than two issues in any one year.

We will probably not accept work which is discriminatory, contains nonconsensual sex, underage characters, bestiality, or covert or overt bigotry, sexism or libel. We might but it better be damn good.

By submitting, you agree that you are at least 18 years of age. You also agree that the work is your original creation and does not infringe on any copyrights or copyright laws. If your work has been previously published, please indicate where and when your poem has appeared. Only submit work if you retain the copyright. We are asking for non-exclusive rights during the three to four months in which your work will appear and the right to archive the issues containing your work for as long as the website exists. You also grant the right to publish your work in any print anthology published by Mannequin Envy.

If your work is published elsewhere after being published in Mannequin Envy, we would appreciate the courtesy of a mention.

Thank you for sending submissions to:

For email addresses, please replace (at) with @, replace (dot) with .
Poetry: poetry (at) mannequinenvy (dot) com
Visual Arts: visuals (at) mannequinenvy (dot) com

Flash Fiction: flashfiction (at) mannequinenvy (dot) com
Proposals for journal/book reviews to editor (at) mannequinenvy(dot)com

What next?

When you submit, you will first receive an annoying request to prove you are human by typing in some code. We apologize, but it is necessary.  We will not be reading 1 month before and 1 month after a new issue is published. We will eventually read all submissions sent. If you have not heard from us within 2 months, please write. Crazy things happen to good people and their submissions that are beyond our control…. or maybe within our control, but not outside the overwhelming power of entropy. Just write and ask and we will let you know.

It is a great idea to check out the current issue and back issues to get a feel for what we like.

Best of luck, and thanks for considering Mannequin Envy!