➳ The submissions are open for Issue IV: Warmtime from 12 May to 22 June, 2025. The theme is Summer: ethereal, introspective, sun-dappled, soft linen, sun-drunk silence between friends, fireflies like low-battery stars, lemon peels drying in the kitchen, or just our plain old July.

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➳ Submissions open for: poetry, prose & flash fiction. There is no word limit for poetry, but we prefer it not to be too long. The word limit for prose is 3000 words. The format of the document should be in .DOCX and .DOC.

 

➳ When submitting a piece, please follow the format of saving the title of the document as  name ‒ genre ‒ name of the piece. Example: Rosie‒Poetry‒Cherry love. The subject line should contain the issue name you’re submitting for.

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➳ Please include content warnings on pieces that might have triggering content or themes such as sexual assault or violence, suicide, eating disorders, abuse, etc. Submissions containing any racist, transphobic, homophobic, misogynistic or plagiarised text will not be entertained.

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➳ We do not accept previously published pieces, but you can send in simultaneous submissions and just inform us if you get selected somewhere else.

 

​➳ You can submit up to three pieces in poetry or prose, but kindly do attach them in separate documents. Make sure to attach a short bio of 100 words in third person in the body of your mail as well as your pronouns at the top of your bio. All the submissions are to be mailed to us on bluedaisiesjournal@gmail.com in a single mail.

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➳ In case you’re published with us, we ask for you to list Blue Daisies as a previous publisher, and do not ask for any rights to your work.