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We welcome writers, artists, and photographers of all levels to contribute to Be Real Magazine!

Please refer to the current issue as our guidelines and submission email addresses have changed.

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Writers
Be Real has always been a place for fledgling writers to be published. That's why it was started in the beginning - a group of writers got together and decided to create a magazine because we wanted a place to have our work published. We only accept previously unpublished, original works of 1500 words or fewer. We do not pay for your submissions, either monetarily or in trade. We do, however, give lots of encouragement.

For over 75% of our contributors, this is the first place they have been published. For writers, this is the ideal spot for you. Your work does not have to be perfect, in fact, we encourage a bit of imperfection, and our talented, compassionate team of editors will work with you to develop and polish your story into a masterpiece.

We do ask that you consider a couple things prior to sending us your submission.

First, before you mail it, consider what it is that you want the reader to glean from reading your story. What did you learn for yourself from writing your story and what do you want the reader to learn?

Second, please read your story out loud, from beginning to end, prior to sending it to us. Any place that you get "stuck" in reading, or feel like it just doesn't "sound" right, may need a bit more work.

Third, take risks in your writing. Write what you really want to say, despite all of your fears.

Then email it to us along with your name, email address, mailing address, and your website. Email it to us at "submissions at berealmag dot com" and please be patient, it can often take up to 6 months before we respond. If you don't hear from us quickly it doesn't mean we don't like your story! We acknowledge your bravery in submitting!

Artists & Photographers

We want to see your original artwork and photography! Dust off your camera and go out into the world and snap some pictures! Pull out your paints and brushes and create a new masterpiece! Submit your original, previously unpublished photos and/or artwork as scanned images to "submissions at berealmag dot com".

Guidelines:
We accept JPEG or BITMAP images with maximum dimensions of 500 by 500 pixels. Less is fine, more is not. Please send us images at 72 DPI. We reserve the right to crop and edit images sent to Be Real Magazine. Please include your name, email address, mailing address, your website (if applicable) and the titles of all submissions. Please be patient, it can take up to 6 months for us to respond to your submission.

We do not pay any money for art or photography submissions, but we do give out lots and lots of encouragement to all of our contributors!