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).