submission guidelines
The Plug —The PLU Gazette
Submissions are open until 17 March 2026!
The Moon: From goddesses to landings to pies, this distant yet familiar celestial body has fuelled myths, scientific discoveries, and conspiracy theories. It has inspired countless works of art across time and cultures, and continues to fill our conscious (and unconscious?) imagination. But what is it really like? Does it have a smell, a temper, a mortgage, a favorite food or poet? Does it slide into DMs and stalk us when we sleep? For this edition of The Plug, we are looking for unique and unclichéd takes on the moon.
We accept simultaneous submissions—If your work is accepted elsewhere, congratulations, but please let us know and withdraw your piece.
This year’s theme is THE MOON.
We accept written work of any kind, even those that defy genre!
Fiction & Non-Fiction: Submissions are limited to 1000 words.
Poetry: Submissions are limited to two A4 pages.
Translation: We will consider translations of French texts into English.
Art: Submissions are limited to two images.
Translations and citations must be accompanied by permission from the original writer or their literary estate.
Please include your full name as you would like to see it in print.
Submissions should be sent in a Word document, and the text should be written in 12pt, Times New Roman, double spaced.
If you’re having trouble submitting via the portal, email your work to submissions@parislitup.com.
Submissions for Paris Lit Up Magazine No.13 are now closed!
Obsess: v. preoccupy the mind in a relentless and continual way, often to a detrimental or even pathological extent. About 1510s, “action of besieging”, from Latin obsessionem (nominative obsessio) “siege, blockade, a blocking up.” Later defined as “hostile action of an evil spirit”. In this sense it is different from “possess” which necessitates the spirit inhabiting the body of the possessed. One obsessed, on the other hand, is haunted by the spirit solely in the mind like a demon squatting in one’s interior, eating the host up until only one thought remains on repeat.
For this edition of Paris Lit Up Magazine we invite our contributors to explore the thoughts that have been besieged, blocked or blocked up, from tendencies that tick over and land in obsession to the spirits that haunt from within and without. From excessive cleaning, to hoarding, worshipping, harming (self and others), counting, dating, sexting, to the colloquial and everyday (television, news, food, porn, kitten videos, pimple popping) all the way to the pathological and spiritual; in 2025 we want to see you obsess.
We are open for submissions in Fiction (short stories and flash fiction) Non-fiction (memoir, literary non-fiction, essay, creative non-fiction) Poetry, Art and Poetry in Translation.
This year we are looking for unique voices that defy genres and style.
This year’s theme is OBSESS.
Submissions should be sent in a Word document, and the text should be written in 12pt, Times New Roman, double spaced.
Translations and citations must be accompanied by permission from the original writer or their literary estate. The target language for translations for Paris Lit Up Magazine needs to be English. Please note that we only accept translations of POETRY.
We have no word limit on our submissions but it should be understood that we’re a small publishing house without funding so very long pieces may not have a good chance of being published. Please consult our previous editions for a better understanding of the works we publish!
We accept simultaneous submissions—if your work is accepted elsewhere, congratulations, but please let us know and withdraw your piece.
Art: images must be in high-resolution print quality (minimum 300 dpi).
Submissions should be sent in a Word document, and the text should be written in 12pt, Times New Roman font, double spaced.
Please be careful to submit your work in the right category (Poetry, Non-Fiction, Fiction, Art, Poetry in Translation).
Please include a 50 word bio and your name as you would like to see it in print.
If you’re having trouble submitting via the portal, email your work to submissions@parislitup.com.
