The Sea Letter Company: Portfolio Submission

Overview
The Sea Letter Company operates as a magazine without a fixed exhibition cycle, accepting submissions on a rolling basis. Its guidelines delineate two primary categories: long-form prose (fiction or nonfiction) of at least 30,000 words, and shorter works—poetry or short fiction—capped at 5,000 words. This bifurcation suggests a curatorial interest in both sustained narrative and compressed forms, though the magazine does not articulate a thematic through-line in the provided materials. The absence of a stated aesthetic or editorial mission places the burden of contextualization on the submitting artist. For visual practitioners, the company considers photography and illustration portfolios comprising at least 50 files, with scanning resolution specified at a minimum of 300 dpi. Accepted formats are .jpg, .jpeg, .tiff, or .zip. This requirement indicates a preference for substantial bodies of work rather than individual images, and the technical specifications imply a baseline expectation of professional reproduction quality. Written submissions must include a header and footer, a cover letter, and are preferably double-spaced. The prohibition on previously published work is absolute. There is no submission fee. Contributors may submit once every six months. The response period may extend to one year, a timeline that reflects the volume of unsolicited material and the absence of expedited review. The Sea Letter Company does not, in the provided guidelines, offer payment, prize, or explicit editorial feedback. Artists should weigh the opportunity against these parameters.