The Shine Journal

My Dear Creative: 

I like work that makes me think or makes me laugh or makes me cry. Work that makes me "feel" holds special appeal. I like new AND experienced storytellers, poets, artists and photographers! Unless specifically announced, there is no particular theme.  Send your best work and be assured that I'll view and/or read with genuine care. 

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Submit Photographs  using "jpeg" or "jpg" not word! IF YOU USE PEOPLE  WHOSE FACES ARE CLEARLY IDENTIFIABLE/VISIBLE YOU MUST HAVE A MODEL'S RELEASE.

Guidelines:

 

All published works are also archived online and may be featured in print anthologies without additional payment. All rights revert to the authors after publication in The Shine Journal. We ask that we be advised if the work is published elsewhere.

 

Please spellcheck and proofread your work carefully. Please avoid gratuitous sex, profanity, or work which disrespects or demeans an ethnic group, a person's sexual orientation or physical/mental challenge. In other words, although I am not a prude or easily offended, The intent of  joyful! is to showcase work of the highest quality. I reserve the right to define what that means for this publication.

 

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY:

 

 

1.Please do NOT indent paragraphs in your short stories and articles.

 

2.Please SINGLE space within paragraphs and DOUBLE space between paragraphs.

 

3.For poems: Please SINGLE space within stanzas and DOUBLE space between stanzas.  

 

                                             

I may make small edits to your work without notice to you. These usually include punctuation, spacing, etc. but that's  why I'm the editor. (smile)

Payment:

Up to 5.00 per poem <-- depending on poem length
5.00 per story/article
5.00 per photo/artwork

All rights remain with the individuals.

Payment via Paypal is preferred and is paid approximately one month after publication.  If you do NOT want the payment, it will be reverted back to The Shine Journal and you will be listed as a Shining Supporter as will be all of you who donate!

Please advise if  your work is published elsewhere before you hear back from us. Previously published  work is ok so long as you provide name of previous publisher. 

NOTE: You may submit up to three poems at a time. Anything else -submit only ONE and don't submit again until you have heard back on the first submission.

 

 

 Fiction - Up to 1000 words. All genres welcome.

 

Articles - Up to 1000 words.

 

Art and Photography-NO PORNOGRAPHY

 

Poems of no more than 100  lines  - rhyming ok.  Submit no more than three poems at a time.

 

Send  other email to: shinesubmit@fastmail.us      Mail which includes attachments, will be deleted without being read. 

 

 

The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA) forbids the collection of data from children under the age of 13 . SHINE! accepts submissions and email only from those who are over the age of 13.