Submissions

Wandering Witch is dedicated to publishing work that evokes a sense of questioning–of the self, the world, and our connection with others.

We are interested in creators who play with words, reality, and imagination in ways that challenge readers’ perspectives through magical realism and real magicalism.

We are inspired by doors that lead to unexpected places, books that defy genre, troublemakers that provoke conventionalism, dadaists that create whimsy from the mundane, outcasts with dark humor, surrealists who offer alternate realities, bizarro rebels with counter-culture causes, animals that talk to humans, humans that talk to paranormal entities, and cryptids of all varieties.

We value uniqueness, open-mindedness, imagination, strangeness, and magic.

We love writers who are bold, unconventional, rebellious, skeptically optimistic, and daring.

Put the punk in punctuation. Get weird with us.

Wandering Witch wants to share stories that would otherwise be inaccessible. We especially encourage writers from historically underrepresented communities to submit. This includes but is not limited to Black, Indigenous, POC, disabled, neurodivergent, trans and LGBTQIA+ voices. By prioritizing marginalized voices, we hope to provide equity within the realm of publishing.

Please include:

1. Why you wrote this piece and how it fits in with Wandering Witch

2. Who is your audience and why will this book appeal to them? (who will read it, who needs to read it, and what will your readers gain from reading it)

3. A brief synopsis of the story. If this is a novel, please include a chapter outline or annotated table of contents

4. What books would it sit by on a shelf? Provide similar titles and what makes yours different or what it adds to existing literature.

5. Author bio, online platform if applicable (social media, website, published work, podcasts, newsletters, blogs). How do you envision getting your work out into the world? If you have any plans for marketing, please include them here. This helps us gauge your ability to work with us to promote and sell your book.

6. If your submission is a short story, essay, or poem please send a completed draft. If your submission is a novel, please include a one-page synopsis of the main plotline and themes, as well as a sample chapter for consideration.

Topics for upcoming anthologies and collections include:

• Magical Poems and Lyrical Spells (poetry)

• Nightmares and Daydreams (short stories)

• Cryptids (short stories)

• Conspiracies-speculative, underground, paranormal, or anything that makes the reader say hmm… (essay, short story, or prose)

Wandering Witch aims to provide equal opportunity for every writer to share their story. If any of our submission guidelines do not meet your access needs, please email wanderingwitchpublishing@gmail.com and let us know how we can assist you in the submission process.

We read every proposal. As a small operation, we appreciate your patience with our response time. If you have a question about your manuscript submission, please email wanderingwitchpublishing@gmail.com with your name and story title as the subject line.

Wandering Witch will facilitate the editing, formatting, printing, and distribution of your work. We work together with authors on marketing, promotion, and publicity. Our goal is the same as yours: to publish the best possible version of your words and put it in the hands of those who will relish in their existence.

Short stories, essays, and poems will be paid for upfront. Full manuscripts will require negotiating terms for royalties and copyrights.

Submitting your writing requires a level of bravery and vulnerability. If we are not able to publish your work, it’s not a rejection of you or the quality of your piece. It is likely that it falls outside of the scope of our work, and we don’t believe we are the best publisher to connect your writing with the right audience. If we aren’t the best fit for this project, we might be for the next!

Keep writing. Keep submitting. Be brave and vulnerable. Share your stories. We wish you the best of luck on your creative journey.