in the sky she floats - a literary and artistic zine
autumn 2025
April Showers Publishing opens submissions for
“IN THE SKY SHE FLOATS”
A literary & artistic zine
to be published autumn 2025
submissions close 31st august 2025
Title, theme and brief
“The gleaming stars all about the shining moon Hide their bright faces,
when full-orbed and splendid In the sky she floats, flooding the shadowed earth with clear silver light.”
Sappho
We are accepting prose, poetry, art, photography and multi-media creations on the theme
light and shadow
This theme is left open to your interpretation.
We are currently accepting submissions for our Autumn 2025 Zine, In the Sky She Floats.
As an independent publisher, we love working with and supporting creatives. In 2025, we’re excited to be producing quarterly zines, highlighting the incredible work of the community and helping to promote upcoming and established creatives alike.
If you would like to submit short prose, poetry, art, photography or multi-media creations, please read the submission criteria carefully and fill in the form below.
We have set aside a limited number of pages for advertising space for indie authors and literary businesses. If you would like to be considered for a FREE advertising space in one of our zines, please email aprilshowerspublishing@gmail.com.
scroll down to read our requirements and submit your work to the zine
Why submit to a zine?
in the sky she floats - autumn 2025
Get involved with a community of other creatives, writers and artists.
See your work in print.
Build up your confidence to self-publish or produce your work in another way.
Get feedback on your work from us and the community.
how it works
in the sky she floats - autumn 2025
Submit your work by the 31st august 2025.
If chosen, you will receive confirmation after 31st august 2025.
If not chosen, you will receive feedback via email after 31st august 2025.
We ask that submissions are your own original work.
submissions must not have been previously published.
submissions must not have been created, assisted or altered by generative AI. We take a zero tolerance approach to this matter.
accepted submissions will be published in the in the sky she floats zine, which will be published and available for purchase on our website in autumn 2025.
our zines are not for profit - they will be sold at production cost plus postage cost.
every unsuccessful submission will receive short feedback from our in-house editors. feedback may not be available for art and photography submissions.
submission guideleines
in the sky she floats - autumn 2025
prose
No more than 500 words
submitted as a word document in 12 point font
poetry
No more than 30 lines
submitted as a word document in 12 point font
art
a scan of physical art or a piece of digital art
sent as a high-quality PNG file to fit 1 a5 page
photography
a scan of a physical photograph or a digital photograph
sent as a high-quality PNG file to fit 1 a5 page
submission limit
Max of 3 submissions per person. They do not need to be the same medium.