Tell us your stories!

We publish annually and have submissions open from January until August of each year.

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We welcome submissions from undergraduate students from the United States and its territories for a chance to be published! Our team promotes equality, diversity, and inclusion throughout the submission process. We especially encourage minorites to submit their works, as well as first generation students.

Waymark is a fully online literary magazine in html format. We publish fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry.

Reach out to eic.waymark@gmail.com for any pressing concerns or questions. ​

Fiction

• We are seeking a variety of genres, a few examples being: romance, adventure, fantasy, etc.
• We do not publish erotica or fan fiction.
• We reject outright works with excessive violence, hate speech, and unnecessary gore. 
• Word limit: 5,000 words
• Formatting: please submit Word documents in MLA format, with a cover letter, and no identifying information. 
• One story per submission.

Creative Nonfiction 

• We are seeking coming of age tales, memoirs, travel writing, etc.
• We do not publish academic essays.
• We reject outright works with excessive violence, hate speech, and unnecessary gore.
• Word limit: 5,000 words
• Formatting: please submit a Word document in MLA format, with a cover letter, and no identifying information
• One story per submission.

Poetry 

• We are seeking new voices in formal and free verse poetry. Send us your spoken word, sonnets, rondels, etc. 
• We reject outright works with excessive violence, hate speech, and unnecessary gore.
• Please submit up to 3 poems in a Word document with no identifying information. Please include a cover letter in a separate file.

Visual Art

• All mediums are welcome; however, AI art is not acceptable.
• We reject outright works with excessive violence, hate speech, or gore. 
• Entry limit: no more than 3 photographed or scanned pieces per submission
• Must include the artist’s name, the title, the medium, the size of the work, and the year created. Can include a short description if needed.

 

Eligibility Requirements

Applicants to the Georgia Writers Registry (GWR) must be residents of Georgia and must also earn a minimum of 12 publication points based on the following point system:

12 Points

• Each book of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, or creative non-fiction
• Each play produced by a professional theatre (equity contract)

6 Points

• Each chapbook
• Staged readings of plays by professional theatres or professional playwright’s organizations

3 Points

• Each work of fiction, non-fiction, or creative non-fiction published in a literary journal, anthology, or edited Web publication
• Each poem published in a literary journal, anthology, or edited Web publication

Ineligible Publications

• Publications from vanity presses
• Self-published work
• Work from presses that do not offer authors standard book contracts
• Work published by a journal or anthology for which one makes editorial decisions
• Translations

This form should be filled out by the sponsoring organization prior to the event. 

Applications will not be considered unless all information is provided. Please keep a copy for your records. Sponsors are required to submit all promotional materials, including print copies of webpages and e-mails, that highlight the logos of the Georgia Writers Association, the Georgia Council of the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Proof of verbal acknowledgement made at the event must be submitted if there are no written promotional materials.

This form should be filled out by the sponsoring organization after the event has taken place.

The event director is to complete this form within 15 days of the completion of the event. Sponsors are required to submit all promotional materials along with this form, including screenshots of webpages and e-mails, that highlight the logos of the Georgia Writers Association, the Georgia Council for the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Proof of verbal acknowledgement made at the event must be submitted if there are no written promotional materials. 

• This form should be filled out by the writer after the event has taken place and within 15 days of the completion of the event. 
• Please cash your check within 90 days of issuance.
• If there are any discrepencies between the amount you agreed to be paid for the even and the actual amount of the check, please contact Terri Dudenhoeffer at terri@georgiawriters.org