If you’d like to submit your piece to us, please follow the below guidelines: 

• Send all submissions to the editor, Mareike.
  [email protected]. 
• We are only able to accept electronic submissions at this time. Please send all manuscripts in a Word document or a high-quality png (300dpi minimum) file for artwork submissions. Please use the default settings in the Word document and clearly label your files with the title of your piece.  

• Please include a short statement about yourself along with your name and complete mailing address. 

• Prose submissions should be no more than 3500 words.  

• Up to 5 poems can be submitted.  

• Cartoons, comics, short graphic stories, etc are accepted, but are limited to: 
  • Cartoons – ½ page 
  • Comics – ½ page 
  • Short Graphic Stories – Full page
• Please include all desired submissions in one email. Second submissions will not be considered. Clearly label your files with the title of your piece.  

• Use the subject line “For Transition” in your email. This helps us find your submissions. 

Terms and Conditions 

• Turnaround time is up to 6 months. 

• Unsolicited international contributions, reprints, and simultaneous submissions will not be considered. 

• Transition Magazine reserves the right to approve and decline any submissions. 

• Chosen submissions will receive compensation. 
  • Poems – $10 per publishment 
  • Prose – $50 
  • Artwork – $50 
  • Cover Art – $200 
• Cap on contributions – $200. Successful submissions will receive two physical copies of each issue they appear in. 

• Physical submissions will not be accepted. All submissions are required to be in digital format.  

• All submissions must be accompanied by a short statement about yourself along with your name and complete mailing address.