Submission Guidelines

Quail Bell is an intersectional feminist publication for real and unreal stories. We accept submissions in art, writing, and multimedia, including creative, journalistic, and (semi-)scholarly work. We accept simultaneous submissions and previously published work. Please allow at least 6 months for a response, as we are an all-volunteer staff. Due to the volume of submissions, we can’t respond individually to submission status queries. If your work is accepted, please note that we may take up to a month after acceptance to post your piece(s).

​Quail Bell editors make all final judgements regarding SEO titles and keywords, as well as artwork pairings for text-based submissions. We will not remove work from the website for any reason (except in cases of plagiarism or abusive behavior that may pose a threat to our readers and contributors.) 

​Please note that your work, unless otherwise indicated to you by email, will only appear online and not in print. We will communicate with you separately if we are interested in running your work in any upcoming print projects. Asking for print consideration is not necessary and will not give you any special consideration for our print projects.

We can pay you in serious fairy punk cred if we select your stuff, but, alas, offer no monetary compensation. You retain all the rights to your work and may republish it elsewhere. If you do republish the piece, please include a courtesy credit, such as "This piece first appeared on QuailBellMagazine.com."

By submitting your work for our review you agree to all conditions mentioned on this page.
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Four of Quail Bell Magazine's print publications, including Airborne, The Nest, Quail Bell Express, and an issue of our print zine.
In order to have your work considered for Quail Bell, please abide by our guidelines:
  • Direct all submissions with a subject line that includes your name and genre/medium in all caps (e.g., BOB SMITH: NONFICTION or SALLY BROWN: PHOTOGRAPHY) to [email protected].
  • Submit text as a .Doc or .RTF. Submit visuals as .JPGs at 300 DPI. Submit audio as .mp3 attachments. Submit video as direct links to Vimeo or YouTube. For other media, contact us with a proposal.
  • All art files must be titled. No random letters and numbers!
  • All text files (e.g., short stories, poems, articles, etc.) must contain your name, the title, and the word count within the body of the document. 
  • Again, for text: We apologize in advance to all of our British friends, but please use American spelling. Make a line break, not an indent, to indicate the start of a new paragraph. Put only one space after a period. Use Associated Press Style for all non-fiction. Use whatever the heck you want for poetry.
  • Include a brief cover letter in the body of the email. Do not send your résumé. We encourage you to include a link to your blog or website if you have one. 
  • Please do not send business inquiries to our submissions email. Drop us a line at our Contact page if you want to do business with us. This includes commissioning sponsored posts, purchasing ad space, and more.

​Our go-to spell:  Art + Ideas = Magic.

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How to Setup Solar

Step 1. Create a Homepage
Even if you already have a home page, you'll need to create a new one since Solar needs a blank page to automatically pull and display your blog posts in the magazine layout. You can create a new homepage by going to "Pages" at the top, click on the "+" icon and select "Standard" page.
Step 2. Apply "solar" Page Layout
Once you create a new homepage, apply the "solar" page layout to the new homepage. You can do this by clicking on "Pages" at the top, select the homepage on the left, and under "HEADER TYPE", select "solar".
Step 3. Create A Blog
If your site doesn't have a Weebly "Blog" page, then create a new "Blog" page. You can do this by clicking on "Pages" at the top, click on the "+" icon and select "Blog Page".
Step 4. Setup Blog Automation
Come back to this screen and fill in the input boxes with the URL of your "Blog" page and 3 category URLs from that blog.

Blog Automation Setup

SOLAR's 'Blog Automation' feature automatically pulls content from your blog and displays it on other parts of your site. In order to activate this feature, simply add the URL of your blog, and the URL of 3 categories from your blog, to the input boxes below.
Blog's URL
Activates Owl carousel slider, ticker, breadcrumbs and latest posts (e.g., https://www.mysite.com/blog.html).
http://www.quailbellmagazine.com/the-real-20​
Category 1 URL
Activates category 1 section on 'Solar' page layout (e.g., https://www.mysite.com/blog/category/dog.html).
http://www.quailbellmagazine.com/the-unreal-20​
Category 2 URL
Activates category 2 section on 'Solar' page layout (e.g., https://www.mysite.com/blog/category/cat.html).
http://www.quailbellmagazine.com/news-from-the-nest​
Category 3 URL
Activates category 3 section on 'Solar' page layout (e.g., https://www.mysite.com/blog/category/bird.html).
http://www.quailbellmagazine.com/quail-bell-affiliates

Note: You can hide this box under "Theme>Theme Options>Automation [Editor Only]".

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