With issue #4, WTJ experimented with adding images to our virtual pages, black and white photos of New York, and we loved the results so much that we decided to try something similar every issue! To that end, we have opened up our Submittable portal to image submissions: photographs, paintings, collages, drawings, etchings, scrimshaw, spinart, color-by-numbers, etc.
What we want:
Each issue will feature the work of a single visual artist. So, we are looking for around 20 hi-res images from each artist, along with a short bio and (optional) artist’s statement. The images will be threaded through the issue, one on every page, but readers should be able to see clearly that all the images are stylistically and/or thematically linked.
To submit, combine all images into a single PDF, and upload the PDF.
The same aesthetic guidelines apply visually as they do to the writing we crave: weird, devious, melancholy, smart, experimental, and playful are all good. To which we might add, terrifying or dystopian or breathtaking or subversive, in response to the unrelenting insanity that swirls around us. (Sexy is fine, but no porn!)
- If you’re communicative and willing to do a little back-and-forth with the editors around layout time, that would be a plus.
- We love diverse voices.
- We have no time or tolerance for bigotry or monotony.
- We don’t give a fuck, flying or otherwise, about your MFA.
We like: Weird, devious, melancholy, smart, experimental, and playful. We aim: To publish diverse voices. To publish work that responds to the mad world around us. To publish work that’s literary, but not your usual literary fare, including SF, Horror andintelligent fantasy for adults. We dislike: Bigotry, monotony, and people who don’t read the submission guidelines. Failure to follow the guidelines is instant rejection.
We accept submissions through: Submittable. Simultaneous submissions are fine. Please let us know if work is accepted elsewhere. We retain: First North American Serial Rights. You can read more about what that means here. Only submit once per cycle. If accepted, wait one year to submit again. Please include a short bio of less than 100 words.
Manuscript: all submissions in 12pt Times New Roman, title and author’s name on every page; paginated; no space between paragraphs; standard margins; name, contact info and title on first page. Please proofread your work carefully.
Send us:
- Fiction (any genre, including literary, up to 5,000 words)
- Flash fiction (up to 600 words each—up to four flash pieces in a single submission)
- Non-fiction/memoir up to 5,000 words (travel, serious non-fiction especially; no political screeds or moronic manifestos)
- We accept one book review or author review per issue, especially about an author you love. No academic analyses. Book reviews should be under 2,000 words; author reviews up to 5,000
- Poetry: any kind at all (up to four poems)
- Hybrid genre pieces are welcome
We’ll respond within two months. If you haven’t heard from us after that time, please query.
Whiskey Tit attempts to restore degradation and degeneracy to the literary arts. We are unwilling to sacrifice intellectual rigour, unrelenting playfulness, and visual beauty, often leading to texts that would otherwise be abandoned in a homogenised literary landscape. In a world gone mad, our refusal to make this sacrifice is an act of civil service and civil disobedience alike, and our work reflects this. We welcome like-minded readers and writers.
The people in power want you dumb. Literature helps resist that.
Please make sure you familiarize yourself with the press before submitting.