Specific guidelines will be as follows:

1. You may submit 3-5 poems, up to 1,000 words of prose.

2. You may submit to each category, but please ensure each category receives a separate email submission. You may submit two prose submissions but only one poetry.

3. Do not send us work which does not connect to the selected writing prompts.

4. Please keep all content respectful. We do not tolerate racism, homophobia, transphobia or discrimination of any kind.

5. We will be choosing three writer’s who’s work to spotlight on our website. These writer’s will also have the chance for automatic acceptance into our next edition in 2026, and we will work with them edit their pieces for that edition (theme TBC).

PROMPTS:

• Golden boy, don't act like you were kind

• I still believe there's gold at The end of the world

• Full of good food and lousy beer

• Once bitten, twice shy

• Faithful friends who are near to us

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Send all work to themartellomagazine@gmail.com; we can’t wait to read them. 

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