Submit one file (Word/Pages/RTF/txt) for each poem on Duosuma. If your work requires complex formatting, inform us in the message and attach a PDF file. Submit 1–5 poems. Include a brief message and an author bio of max 100 words.
Please list the names of your pieces and the media/techniques used. Include a brief message and an artist bio of max 100 words. Attach pdf, png, jpeg, or svg files only. Send 1–5 works of art.
If you are sending an ekphrastic response to a piece published in a previous issue of Sublimation, then follow the normal Sublimation guidelines for poetry or art, but mention in the cover letter that you are sending a piece for the Ekphrastic Afterword and which work was used as inspiration.
We accept simultaneous submissions, but be courteous and inform us immediately if a piece gets accepted elsewhere.
We do not accept reprints. Please submit new work only.
We accept only human-created poetry and art.
We can’t pay contributors up front yet. However, contributors will receive yearly royalty payments for each copy sold.
We don’t charge submission fees, but there’s a tip jar for generous offerings to help keep the magazine running.
If you request it, we’ll send you a PDF of the issue. If you want a print version, you’ll have to buy it via Amazon.
Island of Wak-Wak reserves the right of first publication for all work it publishes. You retain the copyright, but we suggest you wait a month out of curtesy before publishing it elsewhere.
Submission to Island of Wak-Wak and Sublimation constitutes acceptance of these terms.
Reading Periods and Themes
Up-coming Reading Periods 2025:
Issue 6: “Let It Snow” October 15–November 15 2025. OPEN
Up-coming Reading Periods 2026:
Issue 1: “Walking the Path to Utopia” will be open February 1–February 28, 2026.
Issue 2: “Marching Toward Dystopia” will be open May 1–May 31, 2026.
Issue 3: “Visiting the Mythic Zoo” will be open August 1–August 31, 2026.
Issue 4: “Haunted and Hunted by the Cosmos” will be open November 1–November 31, 2026.