SUBMISSIONS

Submissions to TOWER VOL. 3: FAMILY are now CLOSED.

You can learn about our theme by reading excerpts of two upcoming pieces in VOL. 2: HOLE.
We accept all genres and encourage submissions of horror, sci-fi, fantasy and erotica.

Topics and texts which inspired this theme include:

Aristocracy and divine ordinance
Incest as a trend in fanfiction
Step-family content taking over porn
Family abolition
Workplace family culture and toxic positivity
Fertility, Elon Musk, Silicon Valley, and “The Eugenicist Celebrity Couple Repopulating the World“
The boundary pushing family dynamics of Sally Rooney’s “Mr. Salary“
Colonialism and the cosy found family in Rite Gud’s “Space Racism, Oppressed Wizards, and Other Marginalized Fantasy Allegories“
The intersection of motherhood and sex work in Tara O’Callaghan’s “Call me Mommy“
The conditional queer family in Gretchen Felker-Martin’s Manhunt
The aberrant grandmother/mother/child triad of Sophie White’s Where I End
The corrupted families of Oldboy, Lady Vengeance, Stoker and the films of Park Chan-wook
The troubled siblings of James Wan’s Malignant
Corporate family and Succession

PAYMENT

Payment is €20 per contributor paid via PayPal or Revolut.
If a contributor is unable to receive payment via these platforms, we offer to send a €20 gift card/e-voucher for a site of their choice en lieu.
Co-authored pieces count as one contributor.
Issues will be hosted at readtower.itch.io and available for pay-what-you-want or free.

REPRINTS

We are open to reprints and encourage submissions of self-published materials (EG. an illustration or comic posted to Twitter, a short story published on itch.io).

PREVIOUS CONTRIBUTORS

If you have been published in TOWER, we would ask you to wait out one submissions round before submitting again. (EG. if you were published in VOL. 1, please do not submit again until VOL. 3.)

SIMULTANEOUS / MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS

We’re totally fine with simultaneous submissions, just email us withdrawing your piece if it’s accepted elsewhere.

Please only submit once per category, making a different submission for each category. We encourage submissions of related works (EG. a story and accompanying illustration).

FORMATTING

We love pieces with unusual formats, specific layouts or mixed media, for example, “Lifegivers INC.” by Raluca Balasa, “Suspension” by Siena M. Moraff, “Oceanwrangler300 is typing…” by Andrea Migliorati and spruciewyvern and “The Survivor House Promos” by Angélique Fawns from VOL. 1: END.
Just bear in mind TOWER is published as an A4 PDF.

SUBMISSION DETAILS

Please review all the guidelines before submitting.

→ SUBMISSIONS CLOSED.

If you have any trouble using submissions forms please click here for guidelines on email submissions.

Please use 12 pt double-spaced Times where possible; writing with specific formatting or layout requirements can be attached as a PDF depending on the piece’s needs.

FICTION WRITING

One piece of maximum 5000 words.
Please submit this as one .doc/.docx attachment.

NON FICTION WRITING

One piece of maximum 5000 words.
Please submit this as one .doc/.docx attachment.
We’re interested in all kinds of non fiction including personal essays, criticism, analysis, research, and more.

POETRY

Up to 8 pages of poems.
This can include multiple poems.
Please submit these as one .doc/.docx attachment.

COMICS

Up to 15 pages of comics.
This can include multiple short comics.
Comics may be fiction or non-fiction.
Please submit these as one PDF.

SCRIPT

Up to 15 pages of one playscript/screenplay.
Please submit this as one .doc/.docx attachment.

VISUAL ART

1-5 pieces of visual art (illustration, traditional art, digital art, photography, collage, etc.)
Please submit these as one PDF.

ON IRELAND

TOWER is based out of Ireland; we are open to international submissions and aim to publish at least three Irish pieces per issue.

Our definition of Irish artists and writers are people born, raised or residing on the island of Ireland.

Róisín is from Laois and James is from Dublin.