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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

***PLEASE READ ALL INFORMATION BEFORE SUBMITTING***

Submissions are open from 13-16th of each month. Any submissions sent outside of 13-16th will be automatically disregarded. (The inbox is only attended to during submission period - if you send a query outside of this window, it will not be seen until then.)

1 submission per person, per prompt. Submissions must be based on the prompt (updated monthly). Patrons allowed up to 5 submissions per prompt.

Please use following format for the email subject line: SUBMISSION: PROMPT, GENRE (essay/poetry/fiction/art), ‘TITLE OF WORK’.
E.g. SUBMISSION: OUROBOROS, POETRY, ‘SERPENT’.

Include in the submission your name, age, and location. You’re encouraged to provide a short bio and/or relevant social media handles. If you’d like to remain anonymous, provide a pseudonym. Please include an original cover image or a cover image you have rights to/is of free use. All work is displayed with a cover image.

Have your body of work edited and formatted as you want it to appear. Your work should be ready for publication. English, please. Translations are encouraged.

ATTACH WORDS VIA PDF unless this distorts formatting - in this case, use Microsoft Word or Google Docs. ATTACH COVER IMAGES AND ART VIA JPEG OR PNG.

All work should be ORIGINAL and UNPUBLISHED. By submitting, you pledge you have all rights to all elements of your work.

Submissions that disregard guidelines will be ignored. The volume of submissions is simply too high to chase information/corrections/read through works over the submission limit.

YOU WILL ONLY RECEIVE A RESPONSE IF YOUR SUBMISSION HAS BEEN ACCEPTED.

SUBMIT TO: dakota@nowheregirlcollective.com

ESSAY: Max 2000 words per submission. Include title, word count, brief pitch and citations (if any). Essays are flexible and may range from formal (academic) to informal (letters, stream of consciousness, journal entries, etc).
POETRY: 1 poem per submission. Include title and have it formatted for publication - attach in a way that displays line breaks and spacing.
FICTION: Max 2000 words per submission. Include title, word count and brief pitch. You may submit a short story, vignettes, an excerpt from a larger work, or a short script. Edit and format in standard manuscript body - this resource will help.
ART: Audio - attach link on streaming profile (Spotify, Soundcloud, YouTube). Visual - attach relevant images or videos. Include title and medium. Exegesis/ekphrasis optional but encouraged.

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NOTES & ADVICE:

The interpretation of the prompt is up to the artist and is completely flexible, but evidence of prompt must be shown.

(Please consider naming your piece something other than the relevant prompt - last month I received hundreds of submissions titled simply ‘OUROBOROS’ and this influenced curation.)

The monthly prompts exist to encourage the regular creation of original and bespoke work. Whilst relevant recycled work is permitted, tailoring work to prompts will greatly benefit your personal collection and/or portfolio, even if not accepted.

You are encouraged to submit/continue to submit to other platforms - consider this platform a gateway drug to pushing your work out into the world. If your work is published with rights elsewhere (which is perfectly okay!) please notify so your work can be removed from submission or publication here.

Don’t be discouraged if your work isn’t accepted. Try again next prompt!

As this is currently not-for-profit, it is unpaid.

submission FAQ:

  • Prompts are updated at the beginning of each month.

  • Having a shorter submission window helps filter and limit the volume of submissions.

    The days prior to the submission window are intended to be spent creating work tailored to the prompt. The days post submission window are for Dakota to review submissions and curate posts before the next prompt.

  • You cannot. But don’t worry - a new prompt is posted each month!

  • Yes, anyone can submit. There is no gender, age or locational limitations as the project is currently strictly online. Nowhere Girl Collective seeks to spotlight undiscovered artists and challenge established artists alike.

  • Currently, no. Against advice Dakota has chosen to keep the collective free to submit to remain accessible for all.

    If you would like to support this project, you can become a Patron. Patrons receive benefits relative to their chosen tier such as input on upcoming prompts, access to curated lists of words and art, the option to submit up to 5 works per prompt, and personalised edits and feedback from Dakota.

  • Your submission will receive a response. Only accepted work will receive a response - if your work does not receive a response by the end of month, assume it has been rejected (but don’t worry - try again next month!). Please do not bump submissions, they will all be read.

  • Dakota is on the hunt for original art with a strong voice that makes her feel something, anything, everything all at once.

    Dakota is not on the hunt for carbon copies of pre-existing works (or probably what you think she is looking for, either).

  • For business, you can contact Dakota’s manager at dakotawarren@sixteenth.co.

    Please use submission strictly for submission. Any messages saying otherwise will be ignored.

    Otherwise, you can reach out via Instagram and hope she is prowling her messages on that day.

  • Subscribe, engage, share, and if you can, become a Patron. Patrons currently contribute to: the cost of upholding the platforms which are currently self funded (domain subscriptions, form extensions etc), the potential for paid editors and readers, and keeping submissions free to enter. This list will be regularly updated as the platform evolves. Patrons receive benefits in exchange for their support.