Tongues in trees - a literary and artistic zine

spring 2025

We are currently accepting submissions for our Spring 2025 Zine, Tongues in Trees.

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?

Tongues in Trees - Spring 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

Tongues in Trees - Spring 2025

  • Submit your work by the 31st january 2025.

  • If chosen, you will receive confirmation after the 31st january 2025.

  • If not chosen, you will receive feedback via email.

  • 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 Tongues in Trees zine, which will be published and available for purchase on our website in spring 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

Tongues in Trees - Spring 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

other

  • a scan of a physical photograph or a digital photograph

  • sent as a high-quality PNG file to fit 1 a5 page

submit your work below

Tongues in Trees - Spring 2025