Submission Guidelines

All submissions must be sent to notdeermag@gmail.com 

We accept works of short and flash prose, poetry, and visual art that explore horror/horror sub-genres & surrealism. We are not currently accepting lit review, audio, or video but that may change.

Please only submit to ONE category at a time. 

All submissions must be in English so all editors are able to read each piece.

We accept previously published work, but we do require that you let us know where it was first published.

Submissions are received on a rolling basis. Unless otherwise specified, we’re always taking new submissions.

We aren't currently able to pay our contributors as we're a new magazine, but we are hoping to in the future.

We take submissions from all creators but we especially encourage submissions by LGBT+, BIPOC, women, disabled, and neurodivergent creators. We strive to provide a platform for voices and perspectives that have not been heard before.

​In your submission email, please include:

The form, your name, and the title or titles of your piece(s)

• ​Ex. Submission / Prose, Fiction / Your Name / Submission Title

• A brief bio that doesn't exceed 50 words. Tell us about yourself!

• For written submissions, please attach files in .docx form. We will accept a PDF but only if it is in comic sans font. For multiple prose submissions, please attach each submission as its own file with the title clearly visible. 

• Visual art should be submitted in .jpeg format with each file having the title of the piece. Please submit multiple pieces in separate files.