Submission Guidelines

    Online Submissions and Pitches

    Submissions for Going Down Swinging Online are closed

    Going Down Swinging Online publishes fiction, creative non-fiction, experimental/hybrid work, digital and interactive literature, poetry, comics, artworks, spoken word, commentary, and essays.

    Dip into our archives to get a feel for what we’re looking for. We generally publish pieces up to 2,000 words in length. If you are pitching, please also send links to examples of other work you’ve done, if you have them. We are most happy to receive submissions in full. Please only send us your very best – one prose piece or up to three poems every six months.

    We pay all our contributors.

    Prose under 500 words $60

    Prose over 500 words $170

    Poem $100

    Comic (less than 5 frames) $180

    Comic (longer than 5 frames/demonstrative of extensive effort) $220

    We generally only accept work that has not been published elsewhere.

     

     

    Print Submissions

    Submissions for our next print publication – edition #44 – are open until May 13. See full details and submit your work.

    Stay tuned for updates on the upcoming edition by signing up to our mailing list and through our social media.

    Online Artwork/Illustration Expressions of Interest

    We are always giddy to hear from artists and illustrators who may have an online project in mind, a piece they think suits GDS online, or who just want to keep in touch. We often commission illustrations to accompany our feature pieces, so if you’re handy with these kinds of things get in touch with links and/or attachments of previous work, and any ideas you’ve been saving for a rainy day.

    We pay all our contributors.

    Illustration accompanying text (1 image) $100

    Illustration accompanying text (multiple images) $200

    Artwork/illustration expressions of interest for online should also be submitted via our submissions portal.

    *Please note: Payments may vary slightly at the editor’s discretion and in conversation with the creator. This is dependent on the length, format and other specifics of the piece (and will exclusively be in the form of a boost where appropriate).