✉️ Submission Guidelines

Last updated: 24 June, 2025

Welcome to Paris Post (formerly LEKH), a global journal of letters, reflection, and cultural thought. We welcome unsolicited submissions from writers anywhere in the world. Whether you’re an emerging voice or an established author, if you bring clarity, resonance, and care to the page — we’d love to hear from you.

What We’re Looking For

We publish work that is intelligent without arrogance, lyrical without excess, and personal without performance. We’re especially drawn to pieces that reflect, interrogate, or elevate — work that lives in the margin between literature and thought.

Please review the categories below before submitting:

Personal Essays & Cultural Criticism

Word count: 1,200–3,000 words
We love first-person writing that weaves personal experience with wider cultural, political, or philosophical inquiry. We seek fresh perspectives, not hot takes. Ideal pieces reveal, question, or reframe rather than conclude. Tone may range from meditative to sharp, but should be grounded in craft and clarity.

Examples:

• An essay on solitude and digital intimacy
• A reflection on diaspora through the lens of food or language
• A critique of a cultural moment that has passed unnoticed

Interviews & Conversations

Length: 800–2,500 words
We welcome thoughtful, edited conversations with writers, artists, and thinkers. These should go beyond promotional Q&As — focus on process, ideas, contradictions, and creative life. Please provide a short intro contextualising the subject and why the dialogue matters now.

Poetry, Prose Fragments, and Letters

Poetry: Up to 5 poems per submission
Prose/Letters: Up to 1,000 words
We publish lyrical and formally inventive writing that carries emotional or philosophical weight. Letters (real or fictional) and fragments that gesture toward something larger are welcome. Minimalist, hybrid, or multilingual forms are also encouraged. Eg: Letter to your dear ones.

Columns on Ideas, Identity, Language, Books, and Place

Word count: 800–2,500 words
These are recurring or one-off meditations with a strong narrative or argumentative spine. We welcome columns that feel literary but think critically — or vice versa. If you’d like to pitch a recurring theme or series, include a short concept note.

Biographical Reflections from Artists and Actors

Word count: 1,000–2,500 words
We seek behind-the-scenes narratives, career reflections, or life chapters from artists, actors, or creatives. We’re less interested in resumes and more interested in the journey, failures, doubts, rituals, and surprising pivots.

Dispatches

Word count: 600–1,500 words
Dispatches are timely but thoughtful pieces written from a specific place or context. They may be narrative, journalistic, poetic, or observational. The goal is to report without rushing — writing that absorbs a moment before delivering it. Eg: I Thought I Was Done with You, LA — Then Your Fires Scorched My Identity by Jo Guay

Audio Essays & Voice Notes (New)

Word count: 800–1,000 words: A written story, spoken aloud. Send us your personal audio reflections—3 to 10 minutes long. We prefer lightly edited, atmospheric recordings with clarity of voice and intention. Listen to Sylvia Plath.

Photo Essays & Text-Image Hybrids (New)

Word count: 1,200–3,000 words: Pair your writing with visuals — from archival photos to original illustrations — that deepen or complicate the narrative. Write a reflective essay after reviewing your memory archive. Eg: The lengths to which health workers go to reach every child with vaccines.

Before You Submit

• Original Work Only: We do not accept previously published material, including on personal blogs, newsletters, or social platforms. Simultaneous submissions are okay — just let us know immediately if accepted elsewhere.
• Global Voices Welcome: You can be based anywhere. We read and publish writers from every continent.
• We Value Style: Please read a few pieces on ParisPost.org before submitting. We’re drawn to literary sensibilities, depth, and a sense of earned restraint.
• No AI-Generated Submissions: We only accept original work written by humans.
• Tone: Confident but curious. Grounded but expansive. Never rushed, never performative.

🧑‍💻 How to Submit

• Kindly use the submit page; you also can email your piece as a Word document (.doc/.docx) or Google Doc link (with access) to submit@parispost.org. only if you didn't hear back from us in 2–6 days.
• Use the subject line: Submission – [Genre] – [Your Name]
  e.g. “Submission – Essay – Mira Sinha”
• Include a short third-person bio (50–100 words) and, if applicable, your social media/website.
• Response time: 2–6 days. If it’s longer, feel free to nudge us gently.

Editorial Rights & Payment

We are a small, independently run platform. At the moment, we cannot offer payment for submissions — though that is a goal we’re actively working toward as we grow. Authors retain all rights to their work; we request first digital rights and archival rights for long-term display.

Thank you for sharing your work with us.
We read every submission with care and deeply appreciate your trust in this space.