5x5 is a concise, pocket-sized literary magazine. This means small images, few words, few lines, but with a big impact.

For suggestions as to what we're likely to accept, check the website.

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Fiction - Backwards

(pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf, wpf, odt)

Size limit: 500 words

One story per theme, please.

Please include the following information in the Cover Letter box:

A short bio.
A website you'd like us to promote should we accept your work.
If you're under 18.
Your mailing address.

You have no idea how much time and effort it saves us later on when we get this information up-front.

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Poetry - Backwards

(pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf, wpf, odt)

Submit up to 5 poems. Please submit each of them as a different attachment within this submission. This way, if one of them is accepted elsewhere (we allow simultaneous submissions) you can withdraw the one poem without withdrawing them all.

Please include the following information in the Cover Letter box:

A short bio.
A website you'd like us to promote should we accept your work.
If you're under 18.
Your mailing address.

You have no idea how much time and effort it saves us later on when we get this information up-front.

Although we don't have a specific line count maximum, we are a concise literary magazine.

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Nonfiction - Backwards

(pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf, wpf, odt)

Size limit: 500 words

One essay per theme, please.

Please include the following information in the Cover Letter box:

A short bio.
A website you'd like us to promote should we accept your work.
If you're under 18.
Your mailing address.

You have no idea how much time and effort it saves us later on when we get this information up-front.

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Comics - Backwards

(pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf, jpg, gif, zip, tiff, png, wpf, odt)

When we say comics, we mean sequential art.

Please include the following information in the Cover Letter box:

A short bio.
A website you'd like us to promote should we accept your work.
If you're under 18.
Your mailing address.

You have no idea how much time and effort it saves us later on when we get this information up-front.

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Visual Arts - Backwards

(pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf, jpg, gif, tiff, png, wpf, odt)

Submit up to five images.

Please include the following information in the Cover Letter box:

A short bio.
A website you'd like us to promote should we accept your work.
If you're under 18.
Your mailing address.

You have no idea how much time and effort it saves us later on when we get this information up-front.

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Poetry - Divided

(pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf)

Submit up to 5 poems.

Please include the following information in the Cover Letter box:

A short bio.
A website you'd like us to promote should we accept your work.
If you're under 18.
Your mailing address.

You have no idea how much time and effort it saves us later on when we get this information up-front.

SUBMIT

Fiction - Divided

(pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf)

Size limit: 500 Words

One story per theme, please.

Please include the following information in the Cover Letter box:

A short bio.
A website you'd like us to promote should we accept your work.
If you're under 18.
Your mailing address.

You have no idea how much time and effort it saves us later on when we get this information up-front.

SUBMIT

Nonfiction - Divided

(pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf)

Size limit: 500 Words

One essay per theme, please.

Please include the following information in the Cover Letter box:

A short bio.
A website you'd like us to promote should we accept your work.
If you're under 18.
Your mailing address.

You have no idea how much time and effort it saves us later on when we get this information up-front.

SUBMIT

Comics - Divided

(pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf, jpg, gif, tiff, png)

When we say comics, we mean sequential art.

Please include the following information in the Cover Letter box:

A short bio.
A website you'd like us to promote should we accept your work.
If you're under 18.
Your mailing address.

You have no idea how much time and effort it saves us later on when we get this information up-front.

SUBMIT

Visual Arts - Divided

(pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf, jpg, gif, tiff, png)

Submit up to five images.

Please include the following information in the Cover Letter box:

A short bio.
A website you'd like us to promote should we accept your work.
If you're under 18.
Your mailing address.

You have no idea how much time and effort it saves us later on when we get this information up-front.

SUBMIT