General Guidelines:

• Quilted accepts submissions from both Irish and international writers of any background, including first-time writers.
• All submissions must be from writers 18+.
• AI-generated pieces will not be accepted.
• All submissions must be previously unpublished.
• All submissions should relate to the theme in some way.
• We are happy to consider simultaneous submissions but ask that you please notify us if the piece has been accepted elsewhere.
• Please include
• a 50-word third-person biography in the body of the email, along with the word count of the piece, the category, and the author's name.
• Please submit to only one category (either poetry, fiction, non-fiction or flash fiction).
• Please title the document as 'Category_Title', for example 'Fiction_Nerves'.
• Submission must be uploaded as either .docx or .pdf
• The writer's name should not appear anywhere on the attachment. Documents containing the writer's name will not be considered.
• Copyright of the work remains with the writers.

Poetry Guidelines:

• For poetry, we accept up to 3 pieces, no more than 5 pages in total.
• If you are submitting more than one poem, please upload each poem separately as laid out on the submission form.

Fiction & Non-Fiction Guidelines:

• We accept pieces up to 7,500 words.
• Writers can submit only one short story or one essay.
• Text should be double-spaced with a clear font.

Flash Fiction Guidelines:

• For flash fiction, we accept pieces up to 1,000 words.
• We accept up to 3 stories from each author.
• If you are submitting more than one story, please upload each story separately as laid out on the submission form.
• Text should be double-spaced with a clear font.