Archives of Death by the Living

Submit Your Work

“Archives of Death by the Living” welcomes writing and artwork. Please submit your work through this form, while keeping the guidelines below in mind. I truly want to foster a relationship with you, so I will contact you with any suggestions I have—which you can accept or reject—and I will let you know once your piece has been published.

Writing Submission Guidelines

  • Up to 3,000 words
  • Any genre—but creative pieces are preferred—such as:
    • Short story
    • Long-form content
    • Novel excerpt
    • Memoir
    • Feature article
    • Screenplay
    • Prose
    • Poem
    • Journalism article
    • Narrative non-fiction
  • Pieces must be related to “death” (whatever that means to you) in some way
  • No submission fee
  • No discriminatory content
  • Include a 50-word biography with your submission (referring to yourself in third-person, using your first and last name the first time, and then just using your last name) and a 50-word explanation of why you created this piece

Art Submission Guidelines

  • High-resolution images (JPEG or PNG, 300 DPI minimum)
  • Any format, such as:
    • Photography
    • Visual art (e.g. painting, collage, sketch)
    • Sculpture (submit as a picture)
    • Performance (recorded as a video, up to 20 minutes)
    • Digital video (up to 20 minutes)
  • Any genre, but creative pieces are preferred
  • Pieces must be related to “death” (whatever that means to you) in some way
  • No submission fee
  • No discriminatory content
  • No grotesque, gory, or graphic content
  • Include a 50-word biography with your submission (referring to yourself in third-person, using your first and last name the first time, and then just using your last name) and a 50-word explanation of why you created this piece