Submission Rules

***the submission window for the first issue of Detroit New Wave as officially closed as of June 1.

Submissions are accepted each quarter during predetermined submission windows (submission windows are generally announced on our Instagram account). Submissions will be made using technology designed to help conceal the submitter’s identity. You will be asked to include contact info for the purposes of communication, but we will make every effort possible to ensure that personal identifiers are removed from images prior to the evaluation process. Information will remain concealed until a verdict has been reached by judges.

The following criteria for submission must be met. These criteria are nonnegotiable:

1. Submissions must consist of work that has never been published on social media or in print.

2. Each person can submit only one photo for consideration each issue.

3. The work must be created within the geographical limits of Detroit. This can include Hamtramck, but does not include the greater Metropolitan area sometimes colloquially defined as “Metro Detroit.” The work does not have to feature images immediately identifiable as “Detroit” (i.e. the skyline) but should be “taken” in the city.

Judges will not discuss submissions with applicants. Any violation of the rules for submission may result in the work being pulled from consideration. These rules are designed to ensure work is judged fairly.

Please note: By submitting for consideration, you are agreeing to have your work published in the zine as well as online. We will always attribute proper credit to works featured. Please do not publish photos until after the issue is released.