Mediums & Genres

The genres of work we accept include but are not limited to:

• Poetry/Prose 
• Fiction 
• Non fiction 
• Visual art 
• Sculpture arts
• Anything else you can think of: if you can translate your work into something that can be viewed online via photographs, we accept it.  

You may submit in any discipline and up to 3 disciplines per submission round. For written disciplines we accept up to 2 works in fiction and non fiction, and ask that you keep the works under 10 pages each. For poetry and prose you may submit up to 3 works, and we ask that they be no more than 8 pages each. For visual arts and other disciplines that are represented via photographs, you may submit up to 3 works. For 2D visual art, we ask that you submit only one high quality photo of the work. For visual arts that exist in 3D space such as sculpture and fiber arts, we ask that you limit yourself to 4 photos per work. 

We do not accept AI generated artwork.

We do not accept AI generated or AI assisted/derivative works in any discipline. 

Who can submit?

This publication was born out of a necessity for a place to tell transgender stories, and to showcase the lives of trans people on our own terms and without solely relating to the ‘tragedy’ of transition, or our untimely deaths. We acknowledge that not all gender diverse people feel represented by the term transgender, and we wholly accept works from any gender diverse person who feels that the theme issue is something that they can contribute an authentic and non cisgender experience to.

Transness to us here at The Lilac Journal is any understanding of your gender identity that defies cis hetero patriarchal norms and differs from the gender you were assigned by society. To any level of extremity. Whether or not you have medically transitioned does not matter, whether or not you experience dysphoria does not matter. Too many of our siblings have been told that they are not one of us simply because they have not suffered enough to ‘earn’ the title of transgender. This is not a space that abides that mindset. If you are happier and more yourself having transitioned in any capacity, you are trans enough, and your work is welcome here. 

File Format

Please be sure to abide by our file formatting guidelines as outlined below so your submission will be considered.

File types:

We accept the following file types: .doc, .docx, .rtf, .jpeg, .png 

We currently do not accept PDFs.

File names: 

Please ensure that the files you upload follow the naming conventions outlined below: 

yourname-discipline

Example: janedoe-poetry