If you do not receive a response by the time we announce the publication
of the relevant issue, your submission has not been successful. If we like your work but are unable to publish your current submission, we will get in touch and ask you to send us more examples of your work. We sincerely wish we had the human resources to provide a more personal response, as well as more detailed feedback.
We rely on your work to keep Chroma diverse and exciting. Please keep sending us your poems, short stories, novel extracts, non-fiction and artwork.
Artwork: Submit only three images at a time. We publish drawings, paintings, comics, and photographs. From Issue 8 we will also be accepting work in colour. Most of the work we feature, though, is still in black and white.
Chroma is published twice a year. We accept submissions from all people who identify as queer, regardless of sex and sexuality. For a definition of queer, please click here.
Each issue is themed - future themes are:
Issue 11: Theme: Utopia - Spring 2010 (Closed for Submissions)
Issue 12: Theme: Youth - Autumn 2010 (Deadline: 1 August 2010)
Issue 13: Theme: Faith - Spring 2011 (Deadline: 1 February 2011)
Issue 14: Theme: Oceania - Autumn 2011 (Deadline: 1 August 2011)
Issue 15: Theme: Misfits - Spring 2012 (Deadline: 1 February 2012)
Issue 16: Theme: Heroes - Autumn 2012 (Deadline: 1 August 2012)
Shortlist: Short Stories
General
The submission email system automatically deletes submissions that don’t fit into the following criteria, so please read carefully before submitting.
- Email all submissions to submissions(a)chromajournal.co.uk
- Please title your email ‘Prose Submission: [Issue Theme]’ for prose, ‘Poetry Submission: [Issue Theme]’ for poetry submissions and 'Art Submission: [Issue Theme]' for artwork submissions in the subject box of the email
- Please send work in the form of a Word (.doc) file or in Rich Text Format (.rtf)
- If you have not heard back from us within 3 months, or are having problems submitting, please feel free to send us a query from the contact form.
Prose
- Please submit only one story at a time
- No previously published material is accepted
- Stories and prose up to 5,000 words
Poetry
- Please submit no more than 3 poems at a time
- Poems should be no longer than 60 lines long
