Fiction & Nonfiction: Individual pieces should be no more than 4,000 words. Though that is our maximum word count, we tend to publish shorter pieces of 2,000 words or less. Please only submit one story or essay at a time. If you are submitting short shorts/flash fiction, feel free to submit up to 5 pieces at one time. Please put all the work you are now submitting into one single file.

Please submit creative nonfiction under the Fiction category, including CNF in the title. 

Poetry: Please submit no more than 5 poems at a time. Please put all the work you are now submitting into one single file.

Artwork: We are happy to look at all kinds of art work including but not limited to: paintings, photography, mixed media, graphic design, 2D renderings of 3D artwork, etc. 

We accept simultaneous submissions, but please withdraw the work if it has been excepted elsewhere.

We only accept previously unpublished work. 

Tip Jar submissions are an optional way to donate a couple bucks to Spilled Milk. They're only used to offset the cost of Submittable and our website hosting. Submitting via Tip Jar in no way affects how your work is read and/or considered for publication.