+ Submission Criteria:

○ We accept previously unpublished works of short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.

○ We consider work that has appeared anywhere, including personal or crowd editing websites, to be previously published.

○ Your submission length must be 2,500 words or fewer (not including the title, author name, or contact information).

○ Multiple submissions will be accepted as long as the total number of words is less than 2,500.

○ Submissions must be either .doc or .rtf format and include your contact information and the work’s title

and word count in the document.

○ All submissions should be single-spaced, with each paragraph separated by a one-line space.

○ You must check the box at the bottom of the Submission/Contact form indicating that you have read and accept our conditions for publication (see below) before your submission will be reviewed by our editors.

○ No fee is required to submit your work.

+ Conditions for publication:

If we accept your work for publication, you grant The Collaborative first serial publication rights to your work, and permission to retain it in the magazine's archives and/or to publish it in any print publication of a single issue or a compilation of issues of Collaborative Literary Arts Book (CLAB). In consideration for this grant of rights, The Collaborative will publish your work in its online magazine. The copyright of the work remains the property of the author, who, one month following publication of the work by The Collaborative, is free to publish the work elsewhere. Upon any subsequent publication, the author will ensure that work is accompanied by the following statement: "This work was originally published in the Collaborative's Literary Arts Book."

By submitting to CLAB, you certify that the work is solely your own, original work, it is unpublished in any electronic or print format, it does not encroach on any trademark or copyright, and it does not libel or defame any entity living or dead. You will indemnify and hold The Collaborative harmless from any claims, causes of action, damages, or judgments arising out of publishing your submission.

The Collaborative reserves the right to refuse to publish any submitted work or author bio that we, in our sole judgment and discretion, determine does not meet our needs or standards, or that has content unsuitable for our readers.

Please note that The Collaborative reserves the right to make minor copy edits to submissions. Any offer of publication is contingent upon satisfactory editing when deemed necessary by the editors of CLAB. Even so, submitted work that is not well edited or copy edited prior to submission will not be considered for publication.

The Collaborative will make every effort to notify authors of our decisions about whether we wish to publish their work within one months of submission. Many authors will hear much sooner.

Simultaneous submissions are permissible, but if your work is accepted for publication elsewhere, please notify us immediately to remove your work from further consideration.

If you withdraw a submission from consideration or we decline to publish a submission, please do not submit it again. Please feel free, however, to submit your other unpublished work that meets the criteria set out above.