Submissions Guide

Thank you for your interest in submitting your work to the Milwaukee Avenue Messenger. Your submission will be reviewed with kindness and enthusiasm. Please remember we are a small (but mighty!) organization so it may take a while to respond to your submission. We appreciate your patience in this process.

Please send all submissions to milwaukeeavenuemessenger@gmail.com with the the word “submission” in the subject line of your email.

Style and subject

The Milwaukee Avenue Messenger publishes mostly short fiction, poetry, prose, nonfiction, and artwork, but there are no real restrictions as long as the work is your own. For unsolicited submissions, preference will be given to Chicago-area artists who explore subjects and themes pertinent to residents in communities located along the Milwaukee Avenue corridor. But, again, there are no real restrictions.

Formatting

Keep it standard and simple.

Previously published work

Is generally not what we’re looking for here.

Author bios

Feel free to include a brief biography of yourself along with a headshot. If your work is chosen for publication and you have not included a bio and headshot, we will reach out and ask you to provide prior to publication.

Payment and copyright

We are presently a non-paying publisher but hope to change that soon. The copyright for all published work remains the property of the author or artist.

Inquiries

Send all inquiries to milwaukeeavenuemessenger@gmail.com.