SUBMISSIONS

The Dark Sire is a non-paying market that accepts original, unpublished work year-round. Simultaneous submissions are allowed but reprints are not. By submitting and if selected for publication, you give TDS and its publisher permission to promote and print your work with first-print rights for the length of current publication, which includes online and paperback publication periods (i.e., serializations are on-going until canceled while all other works is 6 months).

​Read the guidelines before submitting.
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​Reminders:

     1.) Authors/Poets: Your query letter must have your print-ready professional bio, title
         and genre of work, line/word count, and synopsis.

     2.) Artists: Your query letter must have your print-ready professional bio, 
         artist's statement, and label information.
           **PORTFOLIOS: use general label information that represents entire submission.**

     3.) Screenwriters: Your query letter must have your print-ready professional bio, title
         and genre of work, page count, and synopsis.

     4.) Everyone: Submit one form per work.
         A work is equivalent to ONE (1) story/poem/artwork/screenplay, 5 poems, or 1 portfolio.

To submit:
Follow the 2-step process below

STEP 2: Email your work.

​​Email your work as an attachment to darksiremag@gmail.com
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Please use the email subject TDS Submission-Genre-Author   
          EX: TDS Submission-Fiction-KennedyStrause   
          EX: TDS Submission-Poetry-KMFeltz

Remember: The query letter should be the body of your email.
Submissions should be limited to one per email, unless poetry - which can be up to 5 poems per submission. 

Any submission not following this 2-part process will be
deleted without further notification.