Who Can Submit:

Anyone. As a small team, we charge a $5 reading fee, per submission (payment options — see below).

Professional Artisté, or full-time nanny. MFA or not. We are interested in any work that addresses our theme of the issue-at-hand.

We Accept:

Interviews, Essays, Fiction, Poetry, & Photography.

Fiction: (short stories and stand-alone novel excerpts) 3,000-10,000 words.

Essays, Interviews: the more scathing, the better. Maybe personal or lyrics, something hybrid. Don’t care, make us sweat. (1,000-5,000 words).

Poetry: Please send up to five poems (in a single document) per submission.

Form or function, doesn’t matter. Take a risk!

Photography: 5-12 images per submission. Please submit in best format possible, JPG or PDF.

*Please include a short paragraph describing the context, as well as, your creative process in the making of the project.

Deadline:

We will be open for submissions:

April 7th-June 1st, 2026.

Theme 001: RE-BIRTH

(We are open to an abundance of interpretation. From Big to Little. Surprise us, or don’t…)

Formalities:

For the time being, all submissions must be primarily in English. We love/welcome works in translation!

Simultaneous submissions are allowed but please notify us if work is accepted elsewhere.

We only accept previously unpublished work. Although in the case of photography, re-prints are welcomed and accepted.

We live in a time, and we are sure those people are out there, somewhere, but, unfortunately, we are not those people. Please do not submit AI-generated work.

We are able to modestly pay our human contributors.

Again, our team is small and democratic with our reading process.

We average a response time of around 4-6 months.

Format:

Digital submissions only. Please submit:

Writing/Poetry: PDF or Word document. 12-point, Times New Roman, double-spaced.

Poetry/Photography: JPG or PDF

Rights:

All submissions are subject to our Contributor Agreement. Rights remain with the creator unless otherwise agreed in writing. For any questions or inquiries, please submit a contact form and someone from our team will get back to you shortly.

Submission Method:

ALL SUBMISSIONS SHOULD BE EMAILED TO: biglilmag@gmail.com

In the Subject line please include:

    •    Your name: Last, First

    •    (The category of your submission)

  •    Ex: Smith, Hailey (Poetry)

In the Body please include:

•    The title of the piece and a sentence synopsis of what’s to be expected by viewers and readers, alike.

•    A short bio

Editorial Review:

Submissions are reviewed by trusted volunteer readers and our editorial team.

Selected contributors will be notified by email. Work may appear in print and/or digital editions of BIG LITTLE.