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Please use the contact form below, and a member of the Paradise Press team will be delighted to respond.
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If you love beautiful books and want to be the first to know about new releases, exclusive illustration reveals, and when we are actively seeking manuscript submissions, we invite you to join our booklovers community. Subscribers are gifted free access to Firefly magazine.
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Inquiries Regarding Submissions
We are committed to maintaining the highest standard of literary and artistic quality. To ensure a focused and streamlined review process, Paradise Press does not accept unsolicited manuscripts.
We welcome proposals and submissions exclusively through established Literary Agents who share our commitment to compelling storytelling and extraordinary illustration.
PLEASE NOTE: PARADISE PRESS IS CURRENTLY CLOSED TO SUBMISSIONS OF NOVELS, NOVELLAS AND LONG-FORM WORKS.
See below for submission of short stories, articles, interviews and reviews for Firefly Magazine.
We appreciate your interest in sharing your work with us and encourage you to follow our social channels for updates on when our submissions window will reopen.
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We are currently accepting short stories, articles, interviews, essays, and book reviews for publication in Firefly Magazine
Originality & Permissions
By submitting this form, you guarantee that you are the sole author of the work, that it is entirely original and previously unpublished, and that no part of the piece was generated by Artificial Intelligence.
If your submission includes an interview with or profile of a living writer, you confirm that you have secured their explicit permission for the piece to be published.
Simultaneous submissions are welcome, provided you notify us immediately if the work is accepted elsewhere.
Response Time
We consider it a privilege to read your work. However, due to the high volume of submissions we receive, we may not be able to respond to every applicant personally.
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
Please ensure every section of the form below is filled out entirely.
Paste the full text of your short story, essay, article, or review into the provided text space.
A Note on Story Length: Our submission form has a technical limit of 20,000 characters (approximately 3,500 words). If your short story exceeds this length, please submit the first 3,500 words of your manuscript. Should your excerpt captivate our editorial team, we will personally reach out to request the full text for consideration.
Please do not upload, embed, or include any images or photographs with your submission.
