Choose one of the following options below:

OPTION A FOR POETS & PHOTOGRAPHERS:

1. Attach three never-before-seen photos--these  MUST be your photography (captured by you) and be a single cohesive in theme i.e. birds, dark things, junkyards, tattoos, food, chocolate, and museums. Please no overly graphic or inappropriate photos or your submission will be declined. You're welcome to attach up to 5 and we can choose our fave 3 if accepted. Please attach these photos outside of the Word.doc file. [REQUIRED]

2. Visit our Music Waves interviews section under our Substack (be sure to scroll down and pick See All to generate the full list) and choose one artist's song (your favorite song of theirs) that you feel fits your photography's vibe. Provide the artist's or group name and one song. It must be from our section. We recommend going out to their profile on Spotify or SoundCloud. Don't pick at random please really listen to the song and its lyrics as it must reflect your overall photograph collection and poetry submission. We'll add this to a slide if accepted and share your choice. [REQUIRED}

3. You must provide ONE brand new previously unpublished short-form poem that fits a typical Instagram square that ties into your collection of three photos and the song choice. The poem must be titled. Do not include any identifying information in the file or Word.doc.  [REQUIRED]

4. Please share with us the camera model or capturing phone device model you used for your submission feel free to note this in your Word.doc or elsewhere. [REQUIRED]

5. We'll ask for a few photos of yourself (optional), any social media handles, and a brief bio confirmation again only after acceptance. This is a new challenge as of 10/15/2024. Your submission if accepted will be shared on at least Instagram at a minimum and possibly Twitter (X) and Threads or elsewhere. 

6. Your poem will be eligible to be potentially published in our online tank or elsewhere one day with a visual collage from our founder and we'll inform you if that's ever done. It will also be eligible to be potentially published in a future print issue.

OPTION B. FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS: 

1. Attach three never-before-seen photos--these  MUST be your photography (captured by you) and be a single cohesive in theme i.e. birds, dark things, junkyards, tattoos, food, chocolate, and museums. Please no overly graphic or inappropriate photos or your submission will be declined. You're welcome to attach up to 5 and we can choose our fave 3. Please attach these photos outside NOT in a Word.doc file. [REQUIRED]

2. Visit our Music Waves section under our Substack (be sure to scroll down and pick See All to generate the full list) and choose one artist's song (your favorite song of theirs) that you feel fits your photography's vibe. Provide the artist's or group name and one song. It must be from our section. We recommend going out to their profile on Spotify or SoundCloud. Don't pick at random please really listen to the song and its lyrics as it must reflect your overall photograph collection. We'll add this to a slide if accepted and share your choice. [REQUIRED}.

3. Please share with us the exact camera model or capturing phone device model you used for your submission feel free to note this in your Word.doc or elsewhere. [REQUIRED]

4. We'll ask for a few photos of yourself, any social media handles, and a brief bio confirmation again only after acceptance. This is a new challenge. Your submission if accepted will be shared on at least Instagram on our new dipity.pics channel at a minimum and possibly dipitylitmag Twitter (X) and Threads or elsewhere.

Please attach the written word or text version of our spoken word piece in addition to your podcast audio or video submission so that we can follow along carefully.

Submit only one spoken word poem at a time. Our Founding Editor is no longer hosting episodes because we want to hear others more, so we are starting NEW video and audio submissions at dipity! Please bare with us as we're just starting the new video format option, but audio is still accepted too. If you haven't yet, listen to the Hummingbird Blink podcast on Spotify. The podcasts are 100% free to listen to also. We recommend listening to some of our past episodes such as no. 134 and no. 135 but remember your sub won't be in an interview format. Record yourself on your phone in video portrait mode or use your PC's built-in cam, the long horizontal sideways way not vertical or we may not be able to use your submission. Video [Optional] most poets use the Voice Memo app on their phone to record just audio-based submissions.

2. Say hi, state your name at least, and say Welcome to the  [just the name of the podcast you're submitting to] podcast.  The Hummingbird Blink: Nectar Poetry podcast.  An introduction of some kind doesn't need to be exact.

3. State for example "I'll be reading my poem" [the title of the poem] pause a few secs and then read the poem. ONLY these community podcasts and bonus shares sections allow previously published poems.

4. After the poem we want you to state why you wrote it briefly or the story of it to you in terms of meaning (OPTIONAL). 

5. You're totally welcome to share where others can grab more of your work, and upcoming publications or where to follow you on social media. Feel free to discuss what prompted you to start your poetry journey or why you love poetry too. Share fun facts or any information about yourself only as much as you're comfortable with. 

6. At the end of your recording please share your favorite song + artist in existence for others or share your favorite movie. You can state a thank you for listening or closing message too. 

Please appropriately credit any sources of inspiration too in your audio recording after reading.

7.  The recording should be no more than a maximum of up to or within 3 to 15 minutes and ONE POEM of any length. The poem can be previously published for our podcast calls. Please state where else your work if applicable was previously published, the year etc. if possible or page number if its from one of your poetry publications.

OR if you don't prefer video, then we recommend submitting only audio files following the same instructions

You are permitted to skip the backstory or behind the poem, but should still end your recording stating your favorite song and the artist/band or musician in existence for fun. Or if you can't choose a fave song or artist you can state one of your favorite movies or TV Shows in existence. Additionally, you may share a fave poetry collection that you love as well, and remember to share the author's name (spell out any names via individual letters) and include its publication year. Again a concluding thank for listening message is preferred for your audio or video submission.

Do note music will not be on these individual read episodes going forwards because we would like to distribute these beyond Spotify and out to Apple etc. However, we may add a visual video clip similar to our online features tank to accompany audio-only-based reads. Video can only be seen on Spotify at this time and the audio on Apple and elsewhere.

Only up to 3 poems. These must be previously unpublished. See the form, site guidelines, and videos.

We are growing the Dipity Literary Magazine team!  These roles will be filled ASAP. We do not have a set contact back date due to new schedule changes but wish to evaluate applications as soon as we are able to. You will be working alongside of Jazz Marie Kaur and a few others who help when they can. Check out our volunteer staff page on the site too and carefully read all duties carefully in this form and requirements.