Collaboration

At our minty liquid core, Icebreakers is about fostering connection within the lit community. As such, general and themed submissions should  be the work of two or more authors / artists (no max). If you’re coming to the party with collaborators already in mind, great! If not, please see our “spin the bottle” opportunity here (only available for artists that are 18+).

What we accept

Icebreakers is interested in poetry, flash, art, fiction, essays, creative nonfiction (CNF), that weird little thing you wrote in your notes app but don’t know what to call, etc. We want your art, and we know that art comes in many glorious forms. We aren’t too picky about rules, but to keep this reasonable, here are a few requests:

• Poetry – Up to 3 pieces in any form, any length
• Flash fiction and flash CNF – 3 pieces per submission
• Short fiction, CNF, and everything else – 1 piece per submission, 2500 words or under (unless stated otherwise in calls for submissions)
• Visual art and mixed media – Up to 3 high resolution images. Mixed media includes, for example, comics and collages. No video/audio at this time, but perhaps in the future.

We also accept simultaneous submissions. Just let us know if you’re published elsewhere so we can do a little celebratory dance with you.

Cover letter and bios

We love getting to know you, but no need to be super formal. Most importantly, please include the names of all collaborators. Also include a publication-ready bio for each contributor. One to three sentences should do the trick. If you would rather collaborate on a single amalgamated bio, that's cool, too! 

Other stuff

You may find yourself on the submissions portal of a strange literary magazine, with a beautiful poem or story, and you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?" And you may ask yourself, "Who the hell are these Icebreakers people?" And you may ask yourself, "What do they want from me??!" If that's the case, hop on over to our website for more info.

Themed and unthemed issues 

We alternate between themed and unthemed issues. Check out the submissions page of our website to stay up to date!