Hypernova Lit
There are presently no open calls for submissions.
Here is the most important thing we can tell you:
THE WORK YOU SEND US DOES NOT NEED TO BE PERFECT AND POLISHED. IT JUST NEEDS TO BE IMPORTANT TO YOU. Are you proud of it? Great. Then send it.
Some Details on What We Want
We want work that connects to the heart and the gut. We want honesty and fearlessness. We want risk. We do not censor. All content is welcome. Hit us with everything you’ve got.
WRITING: Any and all types of writing are welcome. Short stories, prose poetry, traditional poetry, blackout poetry, creative accounts of your life and experiences, essays about yourself, essays about what you love, plays, scripts, letters, lists, rants, lyrics, journal writing, dream writing, ALL writing. Try to keep your submission under ten pages, and if you have several poems or stories, submit them all at once, not separately.
ART: Any and all types of visual art are welcome. Photography, digital art, sketches, paintings, charcoal and chalk drawings, pen and ink, portraits, sculpture, pottery, textiles, fashion, tattoo flash, calligraphy, graffiti art, sketchbooks, mixed media with text and visual, collages, video with music, video of performance, video of process, ALL art. Please submit all at once, not separately.
The Rundown on How We Want It
All work must be submitted via Submittable. If you do not already have an account, you will be prompted to create one.
In the cover letter box on Submittable:
- Title(s) and genre(s) of what you are submitting
- Your name
- Your high school/program/facility, etc.
- Your city of residence
- Your age
- A sentence or two about what your work means to you, how it makes you feel, why you create, etc.
- How/where your heard about Hypernova Lit
Celebrate! You sent work out into the world. You are brave and amazing.
If you have any questions at all, please email hypernovalit@gmail.com.