contribute
lip showcases articles, essays, short stories, poetry, 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.
writers’ guidelines
word count
- Articles: 800-2500 words
- Short Stories: up to 2500 words
- Reviews (books, films, music, events): 400-600 words
layout
- MS Word document
- 12 pt, Times New Roman
- Single spacing, left aligned (exceptions made for poetry only)
- Indent 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. twelve 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.
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).
Here’s your chance: subvert the dominant paradigm!
To submit your work to lip, please send low-res jpg files to michelle@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:
Creative Director
lip magazine
PO Box 1152
Fyshwick ACT 2609
or email your files to michelle@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.
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lip tip #1
how to edit your images for print publication: converting images to “high-res” (download pdf)
