Our art submissions are closed.
Visual art includes, but is not limited to:
- Photography
- Illustrations
- Drawing, painting, sketching etc
- Videography/filmmaking (for online content only)
- Design
- Craft
We’re open to images of crafts such as embroidery, cross-stitching, and other textile art.
If you’ve created something for a school art class that you’re really proud of, please send it to us!
With the support of the Arts Council, we are able to pay a fee of €85 to our art contributors, and €100 to our cover artist. This will be paid via PayPal, or a book token if you are under 16.
Please be sure to read and adhere to these guidelines carefully, or your submission will not be considered.
- You must be 13+ years old to submit.
- Please label your file correctly with the title of your piece, e.g. “Sunrise.jpeg” (do not include your name in the file, and please do not submit your file as “image2938.jpeg”).
- Please fill out the subject of the email: Art – Title
- Please include your full name in the body of the email (feel free to include a short cover letter introducing yourself and a little bit about your work).
- Please send your work to: submit.paperlanterns@gmail.com
- You will receive an auto-reply email, requesting you to fill out a Google form. Fill out the form for each individual piece. The form can also be found here.
- We do not accept work that has been published elsewhere. We accept simultaneous submissions, but we ask you to notify us immediately if your submission has been accepted elsewhere.
- You are welcome to make multiple submissions. We will accept SIX art submissions. Please submit each piece in a separate and titled document.
- Submissions can be on any topic. Our only criteria is that your submission is for a teen and young adult audience.
- Due to copyright laws, we cannot accept work that is a copy of someone else’s intellectual property or work. The piece must be original and owned by you.
- For example, if you do a drawing of an image you found online, we cannot accept it, but if you draw from what’s in front of you, from an image you took or from your imagination, we can accept it. If you have any questions on this please email paperlanternsjournal@gmail.com
- While we are very open to the content of the submissions, we will not accept any pieces that are prejudiced in nature. We will not accept pieces that include, but are not limited to: sexist, racist, homophobic, transphobic, or classist content.
- If you have any questions, please contact paperlanternsjournal@gmail.com
