in case you ever foolishly forget: i am never not thinking of you - virginia woolf☆
in case you ever foolishly forget: i am never not thinking of you - virginia woolf☆
we all have a love letter or poem somewhere hidden in our night table drawers - ever wondered what you're gonna do with this one letter you once wrote at 3am which you know you'll never send/give to the person anyways? or maybe you've shared your writing (and feelings) with your loved one already and wanna share your love publicly on the Internet for hopeful romantics to read?
THE CRY LOUNGE is proud to say they're are opening up for submissions (for the very first time! - eek), perfect for Valentine's Day approaching!
we're taking submissions for this topic from January 22 - February 7
open to writing (fiction, essay, poetry, letters, etc.), audio, visual (photo + video) and art!
everything accepted will be published online on our website + our Substack between February 14 - March 17.
selected artists whose work gets accepted will be interviewed by us about their piece for a special edition of this project, so please make sure you've filled out everything in the form (you’ll find when clicking the button above or below or simply here).
please make sure you've read our guidelines.
hear from you soon!
our guidelines:
All forms of art is accepted at The Cry Lounge. So send us your writings (essays, poems, short stories, love letters, diary entries, creative (non-)fiction), audio plays, short films, music videos, photographies, illustrations, paintings, digital art, etc.
Please have consent from any other people involved in this work (such as the people being photographed, recorded, drawn, etc.)
We require that you/your co-creators are the only owner/s of the submitted work. We are not responsible for any copyright infringement.
The Cry Lounge is an ally to the LGBTQ+ and BIPOC communities, we believe Black Lives Matter, fight for womxn’s rights, and believe mental health matters. All submissions should represent these values.
No regressive form of content (no racism, classism, homophobia, ableism, sexism, religious hatred, hate speech …) will be tolerated and published. We will not give any space for hurtful work.
By submitting to us, you are granting us the non-exclusive right to publish your work online on our Substack publication and/or social media. copyright will always remain with you, the artist, and you get complete credit for your work.
We're publishing (in the moment) your accepted work online on our website and Substack. So you're good to maintain your rights and submit the work to our publications who accept previously published work. With submitting to us, you only allow us to publish and promote the piece. For use of other times (such as a future printed or audio-released version on our podcast) will be discussed then.
We're only accepting previously published work if that was on the artist's own website/blog/Substack/etc. or the other publication/magazine accepts previously published work as well (so in case there are allowing you to publish the work in the future).
