IMPRINT 25 – Submission Guidelines
Submission of work to Imprint is a benefit of WiPS membership only.
Suggested categories for submissions include:
- Fiction
- Poetry
- Commentary and Reviews
- Humour
- Travel
- Memoirs
- Photography and Illustration
See previous issues of IMPRINT for ideas. We welcome work from new writers.
Submissions must be previously unpublished.
Deadline: 30 September 2026
Submission: Please use the form below to submit your document
Length: A total word limit of 2,000 for written submissions; or 3 pages for graphic submissions. As long you are within the word limit, you are welcome to send in more than one piece. If you submit more than one piece of verse, please send the poems in a single file.
Format: Written submissions should be in MS Word (.doc) or plain text (.txt) format. Photographs should be compressed jpg or gif files. (A high resolution jpg file will be needed near publication time.)
- Save electronic files under the contributor’s name plus the title , e.g. “Author Name – Free at Last”, and specify your intended category.
- Please send only a final, completed piece. Amendments will not be accepted. Please also carefully check the spelling of all proper nouns.
- Keep formatting to a minimum.
Style points
- British English spelling and punctuation
- Use “double quotation” marks
- Spell out numbers one to twenty
- Use a single space after full stops
- Names of magazines and books must be in italics
Copyright: The author retains full copyright and ownership of their own piece(s). By submitting work for publication in Imprint, the author agrees that WiPS retains non-exclusive usage rights and electronic rights. These will allow WiPS to market Imprint, market future projects, display examples of previous work published, and publish works on our own channels with full credit provided.
Please note the committee reserves the right not to publish pieces deemed inappropriate for IMPRINT.