Open Submissions
518 Publishing Company is accepting
short stories & poetry submissions for the
2026 Anthology, 'Droids & Dragons'
The theme for the anthology is anything that includes droids and/or dragons.
All submissions must align with the theme.
Anticipated release of the anthology is Fall 2026
Submission Guidelines
1. Acceptable submissions:
a. (1) short story per submission (Maximum word count 5,000)
b. Up to (3) poems per submission.
2. Submissions MUST be original unpublished works by the author. NO reprints. NO AI.
3. Submissions MUST include the droids and/or dragon theme.
4. Any genre is acceptable except erotica, children's literature or political tones.
5. Submissions must be formatted as follows: .docx, doubled spaced, 1" margins, Times New Roman, and 12-point font.
6. Submissions must be emailed as an attachment to 518pub@gmail.com by March 31, 2026.
7. No identifying marks in the attached document are acceptable.
8. The document name should be the name of your submission.
9. Please include the short story/poetry title and page numbers in the header of the attachment.
10. In the body of the email, please include your name, author (penname), website, city/state/country, short story or poetry title, and word count.
11. No submission fee.
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Please note, 518 Publishing Company advocates for a thriving local literary scene.
Droids & Dragons will comprise of at least 51% written works from the New York capital (518 region). Authors from outside the 518 region are encouraged to submit.
If a submission is accepted and published in the Droids & Dragon anthology, the author will be paid a (1) time royalty fee of $5 Amazon gift card.
Submissions MUST be received no later than March 31, 2026 @ 11:59PM
518 Publishing Company LLC is seeking non-exclusive anthology and electronic/print rights for one year after publication/release of the anthology. If submission is accepted for publication, submissions cannot appear anywhere else for one year. After that year, the rights revert back to the author.
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