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​SUBMISSIONS

Cobra Milk invites you to get weird, get vulnerable,
​and get at us with the work you want to bring into the world. 
VOLUNTEER READER Applications are currently Closed.
Thank you to all who applied!

General ​Submissions: CLOSED

Submission Guidelines:
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Please include a short cover letter and third-person bio so we can get to know you

Simultaneous submissions are always welcome but please let us know if your work is accepted elsewhere

We only accept unpublished work

Include any relevant trigger warnings in your cover letter

Please submit only once per reading period

Include all of your pieces in one document (this doesn't apply to visual or audio submissions)

If you've been published in a previous issue, please wait at least one submission call before submitting again

We seek to amplify work by LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, historically marginalized and underrepresented communities but we welcome all to submit

We do not accept work that is graphically violent or sexual, racist, homophobic, trans-phobic, anti-semitic, misogynistic, or harmful in any way to marginalized communities. We are not a home for hate. 

Check out our published issues to get a sense of what we dig. If you have favorite pieces from our previous issues, let us know!

If accepted, we ask for first-time publishing rights and mention of first place of publication 

POETRY: up to 5 poems
FLASH: up to 5 pieces
PROSE: up to 3 pieces (no more than 3,000 words each)
VISUAL (art, photography, video): up to 7 images/videos
AUDIO (music, sound art): up to 5 songs/sound pieces (mp3 preferred)
&&&: hybrid text, visual text, or that piece you've got but you're not sure how to categorize it, pls send it!

Our response time usually varies between two weeks and three months depending on the volume of submissions. If you've been waiting over three months for a response, you're welcome to send us a gentle nudge.

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Send submissions to: @cobramilkmag@gmail.com
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​We look forward to your work!