Submission Guidelines

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The Basics

Three Rooms Press is always interested in new work. To get started, send a SHORT note to us at editor@threeroomspress.com explaining a little bit about you, your work and why we should be interested. Please direct us to an online sample of your work. Do not send samples of your work in this initial letter. We will respond within a week to a month, depending on the workload of our overextended staff.

Who Do We Publish?

We publish poetry, fiction, drama and other literary work. Our authors are generally from the New York area. We are a small press, and as such, we are looking for extremely innovative work. Something that uses language in a truly unique way, or makes us rethink our concept of what it means to be a human being. Give us work that shows “the beauty of the horror” or that makes us laugh out loud and we’ll think about it.

Who Do We Refuse to Publish?

If you write love poems, full of overused language like “moon,” “void,” “dark,” and “gloom,” you’re better off looking elsewhere. If you chew gum in public, despite the fact that you are over the age of 18, if you love texting while blinding stumbling down urban streets, if your favorite words to describe a positive experience are “awesome” and “amazing,” and if your voice sounds like a bad imitation of a six-year-old, despite the fact that you’re pushing 30, please don’t bother sending anything until you GROW UP.  If you write about growing old in a downbeat and despondent manner, send your work elsewhere—we’ve seen it (too much) before.

Hot Tip: How to Get Our Attention!

Once a year, in early March, we publish Maintenant, a journal of Contemporary Dada Poetry. This year, we are publishing Maintenant 6. The deadline is January 31, 2012. Send us no more than four poems, not longer than 20 lines each, or up to 4 b&w jpeg images (4×5, 300dpi). If one of your poems or photos is selected for publication, we’ll send you a copy of the magazine, and we’ll get to know you a little better. It’s a great way to start. Also: The 2012 edition of Maintenant will have a special website devoted to contemporary DADA files. To submit, please send an mp4 file of your film (10 minutes max). via YouSendIt. We’ll have a special website featuring the selected films as part of the Maintenant 6 launch.

Remember: Maintenant, a journal of Contemporary Dada Poetry. Deadline: January 31. Four poems max, less than 20 lines each. Or b/w photos. Or short filems. Submit to editor@threeroomspress.com.