Toad Shade Zine Issue 3 submissions will be open March 1 through April 15, 2025. The theme for this issue is Dystopian Theme Park. Here’s an illustration if that helps. This issue the stories need to be 1500-2000 words. We’ll publish five stories and at least five arts in this issue, but I reserve the right to spend more on both because we tend to get some amazing submissions. Stories as usual will get $25, $15 for art. Please do not self-reject. If you have a story you think fits, send it to us!
Photo by Maksim Shutov on Unsplash
These are our general guidelines:
No reprints, please. Simultaneous submissions are ok, and the zine will be in print and digital. I would prefer it if you didn’t send multiple submissions as it’s very unlikely we’ll publish more than one thing from someone, but if you feel like you have two stories we absolutely must read, we’ll take a look.
Also, I’m not asking for exclusive rights, just the rights to include your story or art in the zine. If you want to make my life a little easier, remove your name from your submission ahead of time.
The judging will always be blind and if you can’t or won’t take your name off your submission, I can do it. It’s not grounds for disqualification, just an extra step.
I don’t feel like anyone should have to say it, but don’t send in anything written by, or with the assistance of, AI like ChatGPT, Gemini, or whatever else is out there. What’s the point? Wouldn’t it be a lot cooler if AI did your laundry anyway? Write your own story, please.
We’re adding a feedback option this time for a small fee of whatever you want to pay. You can even get a great certificate telling the world what a great person you are.
Click below, or email to Editor at ToadShadeZine.com if that doesn’t pop it up for you.
Please note: by submitting a story you are guaranteeing you own the copyright to the submitted art/story and you also fully certify that you have not used AI in part or whole to generate the story/art. I cannot stress this enough; please do not send us any of that sort of thing.