The British Museum. “The Flood Tablet, relating part of the Epic of Gilgamesh, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh, Iraq.”
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Used with the permission of the British Museum.
What You Need To Know
Revised 5/5/25
We encourage all authors, writers, and persons new to the literary field to submit their work for consideration in the next volume of Enheduanna. Please read the Submission Guidelines, Journal Publishing Agreement, and Manuscript Guidelines below.
Submission Guidelines |
Agreement Terms |
Manuscript Guidelines |
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Submission Eligibility
The only requirement for submissions is that author of the work identify as a Pagan or practices a tradition under the umbrella of Paganism. All submissions should be your original work. They should not have been previously published. The works themselves do not have to be Pagan themed. We accept submission of creative writing and fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, book reviews, film scripts, novellas, novelettes, author interviews and biographical sections, letters, memoirs, short stories, literary criticism, essays, and other literary works. No “how to” pieces. If multiple people are involved in a piece, each person who collaborated must give permission. Editorial Policy If your article requires revision before publishing, the editors will contact you and provide suggestions for revision. Enheduanna reserves the right to edit your work for publication, which may include for clarity, titling, grammatical correctness, or cohesion. If an author refuses edits and no concessions can reach an agreement, the author is free to withdraw their work(s). Book Reviews Authors may send a copy of their book they wish to have reviewed to the Society using the address listed in the contact. The organization will review the work and if it merits a publishable book review, a notice will be sent to the author (provided they provide contact) about publishing the review of their work in Enheduanna. New Publications Announcements Newly published authors may submit an ad for the back of the journal for recent publications within the six months leading up to October 31. Please include the book cover, author, publisher, distribution channels, and an excerpt to be included. Author Contact Information When submitting your work, at the end of the manuscript itself, please include a brief bio (100 words) about who you are and your path, your name, your contact information, (will not be printed), and the name you prefer to have printed. Publication Schedule Enheduanna is published yearly at Samhain (October 31). We generally open new submission calls May 1. How to Submit The deadline for works is July 1 for the upcoming Samhain issue. Articles may be submitted before then. Please submit online using the submit page. After you submit, you can expect a response a few weeks after the July 1 deadline. |
Journal Publishing Agreement (JPA)
This agreement is posted here in lieu of a formal written publishing contract. Authors retain intellectual property and copyrights to all works in print and digital form regardless of sent submissions, submission status, acceptance, publishing, or rejection by the Journal. This includes works submitted during standard open calls, emailed works, special submissions, resubmissions, mailed works, and flat rejections--forever into the future. If an author wishes a portion of their work be removed from digital publication on the Journal's website, please contact us. Works cannot be removed from print publication after publishing due to the publication being printed in paper format. Copyright Policy By submitting your work to Enheduanna, you are indicating that you have read the submission guidelines, JPA, and copyright policy and are therefore granting non-exclusive first serial print and digital rights for The Pagan Society to publish your work (or portions there of) in Enheduanna or on its website, if accepted for publication. These rights include global print rights and print distributions at the time of the print publication and for future updated editions/reprints of volumes in which the work first appeared in print. This copyright is necessary only in terms to guarantee the Pagan Society Press' ability to publish forthcoming volumes, update old issues, and issue reprints of published volumes of Enheduanna Journal, when necessary. The Pagan Society Press maintains exclusive rights over each published volume as a uniquely printed monograph and intellectual property generated by the Press, and not the intellectual works contained therein by the various authors in each issue of the Journal. For rights to a work(s) in a given volume, you must contact the author of that work(s) to secure sought rights. Royalties All sales of Enheduanna go to The Pagan Society, a Utah non-profit organization, and the parent of the Pagan Society Press (DBA). Updates The Pagan Society Press and Enheduanna Journal retain the right to update these terms as necessary at any time without notification to previously published authors, forthcoming published authors in Enheduanna Journal, vendors, distributors, book printers, book stores, universities, database vendors, libraries, and individual persons--as deemed necessary by the Pagan Society Press and the Journal. Use of AI and Generative AI The journal does not accept any work created with AI, except when AI is used in the assistance for translating works for an author's native language to English for bilingual entries published in the journal. We expect authors to have ethical standards and that their works are originally created and written by them, including any graphic art included with a submission. |
Manuscript Guidelines
Manuscripts should have 1″ margins, use 12 point font size, and use Times New Roman font. We expect a standard manuscript submission format. Submit poetry entries together in one file. There is not limit to submission quantities or types. It can be .docx, PDF, and .rtf file formats. Word Counts There is no word count for submissions, but some types will be fewer words than others (i.e. a book review generally will not be more than 1500 words, a poem 1,000 words, and a short story could be up to 7,500.) Works Cited If you include references and citations in your manuscript, they need to be clearly cited in the text and works cited section. Please follow current MLA format for citations and works cited/bibliography pages. Foot Notes We do not accept footnotes as citation source. Please reformat foot notes into current MLA citations and works cited/bibliography pages. The very occasional footnote is acceptable if necessary to explain an item to the reader. Language Use If you are using nontraditional spellings, caps or other alterations of words, please let the editor know at the time of submission. Foreign Language We welcome foreign language pieces. If accepted, a work in another language will be published side by side the English translation. Persons writing in a foreign language will be responsible for making necessary translation edits based on the final English manuscript of a work that will be for publication. Graphics Graphic/artwork that is included with submissions must be submitted at the time the article is submitted. They must be high resolution (300 dpi minimum). If you are using a piece with copyright, please submit the use permission with the work. If the work needs a citation (such as photography of a known object at a museum, or art piece), please send those with the submissions. |
