Submit your work for publication
Mad Persona Magazine will be accepting stories, poems, and artwork from January 1st to February 1st 2026 for Issue 5.
There is no theme. Just submit something ‘mad’ that follows our guidelines.
The stories must be submitted through email in a docx or word file. Please read the guidelines below before submitting your work.
Guidelines
Poetry
Literary Fiction
Art
1- Original work
Here at Mad Persona, we frown on plagiarism. Please do not submit work that is not your own. You are allowed to submit work that has been submitted for a class but not any work that has already been previously published or generated by AI.
2- Grammar
Make sure to review your work before submitting so our editing process can be done smoothly, taking into account the quality of your writing rather than just grammatical mistakes.
3- Propriety
We do not accept any submissions that contain: explicit images, pornography, smut, sexual violence, or racism. We will reject any work that we deem inappropriate.
4- Formatting
Make sure to format your work in a docx or pdf document. Add your name, email, and any contact information you feel comfortable sharing.
We do not adhere to any specific formatting standard when taking in submissions as long as it is a typed document in the formats listed above.
We do accept simultaneous submissions. We do accept submissions that contain a mixture of media (poetry and art, or poetry and short story).
5 – Rights
Accepted submissions will not receive monetary compensation at this time.
Mad Persona Magazine retains publishing rights for 6 months after the publication date, meaning the work cannot be published elsewhere. After 6 months is up, it can be published anywhere as long as acknowledgments are given to our magazine.