Submissions
Want to Get Published in LegendHaven Online Magazine? Start Here.
This is your map into the heart of a living, breathing magazine powered by myth-minded creators who care deeply about good stories, sharp insight, and culture-shaping reviews.
But here’s the truth most skip: The little things matter. Your formatting. Your structure. Your tone. If you want to stand out in a growing sea of voices, you need to show you’ve read the signs, followed the trail, and packed the right gear.
So read everything below. Carefully. Because the stories you love deserve to be reviewed with clarity, craft, and courage. And we’re here to give you the platform — if you’re ready to rise to the challenge.
Our Top Requests for LegendHaven Book, Movie, & Game Roundups/Reviews
Max length: ~1200 words
Review Roundups (Preferred) : 3 books connected by a clear theme, ~250 words per book
Single Book/Media Review: Introduce the story like you’re selling it, featuring the best parts of the opening action, up to the first 30%. After that, follow up with your review by connecting it to the right audience.
Paragraph Structure: Around 3 sentences per paragraph. Avoid long blocks. Focus on conversational, white space that is easy to read.
Opening Blurb: Create a TL:DR; for the top of the post, summarizing the main points, indicating why someone will enjoy reading to the end, and what they’ll get out of it.
How to Submit: Send your post as a private Substack draft. We don’t accept any other formats. If you don’t have a Substack profile, you will need one. You are not obligated to start a Substack.
What Happens After Submission: We read every pitch and draft with care. If accepted, we might do minor edits for clarity, flow, or formatting — anything bigger will go back to you for your sign-off. If your piece needs more development, we’ll let you know with suggestions. We aim to publish within 2–3 weeks of acceptance. You’ll be notified by DM or email when it’s live.
Voice & Vibe: Think: thoughtful friend over coffee. You’re not writing for The New Yorker — but you’re also not dumping Goodreads rants. We want informed, honest, fun writing — like a best friend telling the truth to inspire you. Be funny if you want. Be poetic if that’s your thing. But always be clear.
Who Can Submit: Anyone with a love for stories that build the future and human thriving. We’re not looking for hot takes — we want insight, resonance, and storytelling as worldview. We’re especially excited to hear from:
Indie and trad-pub authors
Review bloggers, media curators, and literary deep-divers
Nerds with taste and opinions and a great writing style
If that’s you, welcome!
Need to Withdraw? We get it — life changes. If you want your work removed, just email us. We’ll consider your request, and where our team considers it appropriate, confirm takedown within 7 business days. See the terms below.
What We Love: Speculative fiction, mythic and heroic narratives, philosophical sci-fi, literary fantasy, classic adaptations, and pop culture with depth, etc. If it makes you ask: what does this story say about being human?, we’re probably into it.
What We Don’t Publish: Erotica, nihilism-as-style, shallow shock value. We want art that forms souls — not frays them.
Images: Want to include images in your post? Go for it — just make sure you have rights to them, or use copyright-free photos like Unsplash. We love original art, screenshots (with credits if necessary), or memes (if they don’t feel like inside jokes). If unsure, drop us a note. AI Generated images are welcome, but we hold to a high standard of excellence.
Questions & Submissions? Send us a message at the end of this post!
Disclaimer: nobody’s getting paid - yet.
Not yet. Not Dom (the founder). Not the writers. Not even the interns we don’t have. This magazine is powered 100% by passion, popcorn, and possibly too much caffeine. And that means the reviews? Totally unfiltered and deeply honest. No one’s fluffing up a bestseller for a paycheck. We’re writing what we really think—because we care.
You can proudly tell your friends that you’re a LegendHaven writer. And they won’t know what it means yet… but they will. They will.
LegendHaven Print Magazine
All submissions that are accepted for publication are shared online, right here on Substack.
Our team then reviews the content to make a selection for our print magazine. We are working on our first issue, and plan to publish in the OCT-DEC quarter of 2025. If your post is accepted for use in the print magazine, we will let you know!
At this time, no payment will be provided to participants. All income generated goes toward payment costs and fees for resources, materials, software, and to pay our team for their investment and risk.
As soon as possible, we will update our agreements to begin paying authors for submissions. Rates are TBD, but we dream of them being competitive and exciting.
Notes about the submission process
We are a tiny team of volunteers, but here’s what we can promise:
We will work hard to reply to every submission that follows our pitch format in a timely and professional manner - within 5 business days. We focus our time on members who pay attention to our requests. Basically, ignore us, and we’ll ignore you.
We may provide lite suggestions for improvement, or point you to resources to improve your submission.
If we decline your submission, we will let you know that it does not fit our needs at this time. Our team has many demands on our attention, so no other reason will be given.
We take your title and blurb under suggestion, but expect that we may rewrite your title, subtitle, and blurb to better connect your content with our community.
We do not guarantee under any circumstances that we will publish every submission we receive.
Content is published to the web, and not to the email list (to avoid overwhelm). We include the best posts in a roundup once a week to email our list.
Your rights
You retain 100% of your rights to your content. You can restack it or post your content to your own blog immediately. You can syndicate your posts to other blog networks, as long as you include a closing sentence that says ‘First published on LegendHaven Magazine’ with a backlink.
Promote yourself: We encourage you to include a single call to action at the end of your post, such as full image ad for your latest book, your services, a link to your Substack, or an option for people to send you money to keep writing, or more. Just ask with your questions!
By publishing on LegendHaven, you are granting the LegendHaven team and magazine a non-revocable, universal right to use, post, share, remix, and include your article in future content to promote LegendHaven.
Limitation of liability: By participating in the LegendHaven magazine and online website, you agree to fully release, indemnify, and hold harmless LegendHaven and all members involved from any and all liability, claims, demands, causes of action, damages, losses, or expenses arising out of or in connection with your participation in this magazine—whether known or unknown, anticipated or unanticipated, under any and all circumstances.
Copyright Infringement
If you believe your copyrighted work has been used improperly, please contact us with your claim. We will investigate and remove any infringing material as appropriate.
AI / Generative Tools
Contributors may use AI tools to assist their creativity. Our team understands the benefits and limits of these tools, and can advise or make recommendations. Submissions are evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is grounds for warning, or removal.
Changes to Terms and Conditions
LegendHaven and the team reserve the right to update or modify these terms and conditions at any time. By submitting to this magazine, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to abide by these terms and conditions. Failure to comply may result in content removal or a decline on future submissions.
Ready to continue?
If all this makes sense to you, and you agree, then send us a DM with your questions, or your pitch! Don’t email your finished post. A great pitch that shows you’re paying attention:
Clear title (kinda like Buzzfeed)
Clear blurb that outlines where your post will go
Simple outline
Your requested call to action with a live link
Sounds good? We’re stoked!
Apply here: