SUBMISSIONS currently CLOSED
We tend to answer in max. 1 month. The accepted pieces are gradually published on our online zine. Please note: our webzine is primarily dedicated to those above 16 years old.
Founder Editor: Iva Bozic (aka @ivonabozik). Editor: Mia Soto (aka @m.s.blues_). (Proof)reader & Editor: Amanda Weir-Gertzog.
This is your community, too. So, we invite you to send us your submissions, in form of think pieces, social and cultural commentaries, reviews (especially very personal), portraits, prose, poetry, essays, travelogues and almost anything else. If you don’t express yourself with words, no worries, send us your collages, drawings, photos, videos, songs …
Read our manifesto & make sure you align to our values, and then send your contribution to wonder via e-mail to the.amazine (a) proton.me. To see what we are most interested in, you can also check out our prompts.
GUIDELINES
Write [Submission] in the e-mail subject and add the category of your work, e.g. genre, one of suggestions above, or well whatever best describes it in your own words.
Include your name/pseudonym, pronouns, short 3rd person bio, photo (optional) as well as social media handle and/or website (if applicable) in the message.
- For writing: please send a max. of 3 poems or pieces / max. 5 pages per (non)fiction piece in one Word document and use a readable font (size 11/12, spacing 1-1.5 would be perfect).
- For visual and other art: just one is sometimes enough, but you can send us a max. of 5 drawings, photos, songs, short videos, etc., preferably in jpg, png, mp3, mp4, wmv or other web friendly format.
Please note: Not following our guidelines (and values!) – at least roughly – can result in an automatic rejection.
Submitting to us is completely free and always will be. We accept pieces you already submitted or published elsewhere, we would appreciate if you tell us, though. We reserve ourselves the right to decide not to publish your contribution if we think it doesn’t fit the vibe or values of our zine. It might take us some time to answer, too, we thank you in advance for your patience.
Everything we publish belongs to the authors/artists. We retain no rights to your work, we only expect you to submit original and AI-free work. By submitting, you agree for us to publish it on our website and share it on all our channels. (We would also immensely appreciate if you mention us as the first publisher of your work when that is the case.)
We run on voluntary basis and have no funding as for now, so we cannot and do not pay for anything that we publish, although we very much appreciate people creating and would love to support them for it. Who knows, maybe someday that might change (fingers crossed) and we will be able to put our money where our mouth is. Till then, make sure you are okay with sharing your pieces with us for free. (We understand if you are not.)
Looking forward to hearing from you!
P.S.: A part of our team and many of our contributors are not native speakers, but use English as our lingua franca and main language of this zine. If you feel like helping us proofread, we’d be grateful. If, on the other hand, you want to submit / contribute something in another language, you’re most welcome, we’d appreciate if it comes with a translation, though.
P.S. 2: If you just have a question, idea, suggestion, etc., for us, go to our contact page or write to us at the.amazine (a) proton.me and put [Question / Idea / Suggestion / …] in the e-mail subject. If you think or feel we made a mistake somewhere, we definitely want to know, too. We appreciate the kind of criticism that helps us grow and improve. You can also contact us on Bluesky or Instagram.
OUR MISSION
Creating a space for joy, curiosity and the bittersweetness of life by keeping wonder alive and kicking.
OUR VALUES
Curiosity Openness Empathy Respect Community Inclusivity
WHAT WE BELIEVE IN
Moments of Being Wonder Joy Humanity Passion Art Stories Sincerity Randomness Social Justice Sustainability Collaboration Accountability
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