Submission Guidelines

Beetle is an international literary magazine, filled with invigorating poetry, imaginative stories and straightforward essays. The magazine hand-picks new writing from all over the world. Accompanied by bold and visionary illustrations, Beetle envisions to do the important work of circulating a soul-touching narrative.

Selected writers are published in Beetle Magazine and a cash reward of ₹ 50,000 is distributed on a monthly basis. 25 Writers receive ₹ 2,000 each along with publication. All participants receive individual feedback for their works.

RULES

Submissions must be written in English.

Writers must be at least 13 years old. There is no maximum age restriction.

All nationalities are welcome.

Multiple submissions are allowed.

Previously published works are allowed.

We encourage beginners to participate. Your writing speaks for itself- if it’s meritorious, your work will be published!

Entry fee is INR 1000 for a single work and INR 500 for each additional work.

Deadline to submit your works is July 31st 2020, 11.59 PM.

Beetle Magazine will be released on August 10th 2020.

TOPICS

Every month we pick out three topics that can be explored by the writers. These topics are announced at the beginning of every month. Writers can choose one or more topics to write on.

Dreams

Our next theme for August Issue of Beetle Magazine is dreams. Take us to the fantastical world of your daydreams, reveries, visions, goals, hopes and aspirations about the big picture of your life.

Writers are prompted to explore how the beauty of their dreams pushes them to reach for the stars and change the course of their future. Dreaming and imagination leads us to a pure state of self-reflection and realization. How far will you go to fulfil their dreams, despite the countless hurdles and obstacles?

Dear Diary

Write about an event or a day in your life that was worth writing in your Diary. The work can be about what happened, how you felt and why that event has stayed with you in your memory.

Be descriptive with your writing and use real life as inspiration.

What Will People Say?

Your work can be about the things people have to deal with because they fear the judgment of neighbours, relatives or society.

You can write about any personal experience where you felt like you were pressured into doing something just so you could avoid a dirty look or a raised eyebrow from someone.

You could also write about ways one can learn to ignore what others think about them.

Feel free to interpret the topic whichever way you like. Send us something exciting to read.

Fantasy

Fantasy

Beetle Magazine welcomes submissions on the unending realm of fantasy. Stories or poems can be set in an imaginative universe filled with magical and surreal elements that do not exist in the real world.

The writer can include imaginary characters such as dragons, trolls, unicorns, sea-serpents or even giant humans. Or choose a setting only imagination can take us to, like pre-historic era or underwater civilizations. Let your imagination run wild…

Horror

We invite all sorts of poems and stories on horror. Get writing to scare, shock, or even disgust readers by inducing feelings of terror and horror. Be it ghosts, zombies, witches or other creatures of the night- writers should weave their works around the supernatural.

Using originality and creativity, writers should give us a taste of the other world where evil reigns.

ALL PARTICIPANTS RECEIVE INDIVIDUAL FEEDBACK

We analyze your writing and give you constructive feedback within couple of weeks. This will help you improve your writing skills and understand how your work impacts the reader. Writing is a journey, a process. We have the interests of writers in our hearts and guide each one as part of the ever growing DelSlam community.

All entrants receive brief feedback on the quality of their works from a UK based professional writer and poet.

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Rhys is 31 years old and lives in Swansea, Wales. He has written two collections of poetry - Amnesia (Accent Press; 2016) and Transition (Accent Press; 2017). He is a recipient of The Short Story Magazine's International Writing Awards and has had work published in publications such as New Welsh Review, The Crunch, Litro Magazine and The Lonely Crowd. He's read at festivals and events over the UK including Hay Festival and Cheltenham Poetry Festival and was selected as a Writer at Work at Hay Festival.

SUBMIT YOUR WRITING

Select the number of works you would like to submit, pay the entry fee. After paying the entry fee, you will receive a submission form on your email id.

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