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We are currently not taking any fiction submissions for the website.
We are not currently taking submissions for any print editions of lip.
However, we are always looking for content for the website. Guidelines for submitting will be available soon. Please contact editor@lipmag.com with any queries.

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lip showcases articles, essays, reviews and artwork on a variety of topics relevant to our readers, which is mainly 14-25 year old females. Please take the time to explore our website or a back issue of the magazine to gain an understanding of the types of material we publish.

lip is a fully volunteer effort, and we run on a very small budget with high production values. So unfortunately we are unable to offer payment for publication, but we will send you a complimentary copy of the issue in which your work appears. Please accompany your submissions with a brief bio, including your age.

Current Areas of Interest

• Health: articles pertaining to physical, mental and spiritual health of young women
• Life: specific articles discussing an issue of living and life
• Politics: political and social issues, perspectives, and feminist voices
• Environment: green living, environmental concerns
• Money: interesting articles on the economy, finance, budgeting, etc (but must be relevant to young women)
• Careers: issues and choices
• Art: articles on visual, written and performance art
• Craft: DIY, hobbies
• Culture: cultural perspectives, issues and history
• Travel: interesting articles on international travel
• Personalities: contemporary and historical women who’ve made a difference
• Book, music and film reviews

Writers’ Guidelines

Word Count

• Articles: 800-2500 words
• Book Reviews: 400-600 words straight review or 800-1200 essay style response to a book
• Music and film reviews: 400-600 words

Layout

• MS Word document rather than in email body
• 12 pt, Times New Roman
• Single spacing, left aligned (exceptions made for poetry only)
• Indent (not Tab) all paragraphs with the exception of the first (no spacing required between paragraphs)

Text

• The title should contain no capitals and appear in bold, left aligned
• Any reference to ‘lip’ should always use a lowercase ‘L’.
• Use the Australian Macquarie Dictionary for spelling
• Dates: 18 March 1991 (in full, not 18th, no commas). Decades, eg. 1990s not 1990’s, ’90s is correct, not ‘90s or 90’s (unless the date is possessive, eg. ‘The 1990’s style of fashion…’)
• Numbers: one to ten as words; higher numbers as digits, except where they start a sentence or might be confusing, eg. four 10 kilogram bags.
• Use the percentage symbol: %
• Use single quotes, the only exception being quotes within quotes

Please take the time to ensure your work is error free and presentable.

While we will publish articles in first/second person, they need to be exceptional and have something to offer readers, rather than just being a personal rant.

Send submissions as an attachment to editor@lipmag.com

artists’ guidelines

lip is dedicated to providing images of young women alternative to those already flooding the market. Photos and illustrations submitted to lip should reflect the diversity of real girls, in all shapes and sizes, so that all of our readers can see themselves reflected in the pages of lip. Please do not send us artwork of sexualised posing women. (For example, we like the female form – with all its curves and imperfections – but we don’t like g-strings, bikinis or push-up bras).

To submit your work to lip, please send low-res .jpg files to jenny@lipmag.com. Upon acceptance, you will need to send print-quality files. Guidelines are as follows:

Images to be printed in lip magazine should be submitted in:

• tiff, eps or high quality jpg format
• at 300 dpi resolution at full size (the full page size of lip magazine is 200 x 250mm plus 5mm bleed)

These files can be huge. You can burn them to cd and post to us at:

Editor
lip magazine
PO Box 1448
Queanbeyan
NSW 2620

or email your files to jenny@lipmag.com (files under 10mb only).

If you are not able to send acceptable scans, please send hard copies of your work to the above address and we will scan and then send your art back to you.