Snatch Magazine Issue 1 Submission Guidelines

Theme: Fans of Women’s Sports
Submissions are currently closed for the next issue.

This issue is a celebration of being a fan of women’s sports. The joy, devotion, creativity, and (sometimes) chaos that comes with showing up for the game, the culture, and each other.

We’re open to all kinds of creative work. Below is everything you need to know to submit.

• Writing

  Tone of Voice
  Smart, fun, honest. We love personal stories, emotional beats, and irreverent humor. No need to sound academic (unless that’s your thing).

  Length
  100–800 words

  Tense
  First- or third-person both welcome—just keep it consistent.

  Topics We Love

  • Emotional sports memories

  • Watching in queer or POC spaces

  • Making DIY fan gear

  • What you learned becoming a fan

  • Rants about coverage, broadcast access, or merch

  • Hot takes and sports dreams

  • Nostalgia about your first women’s sports game

  • Why you’re a fan

  We’re not accepting traditional athlete profiles or game recaps for this issue.

• Visuals

  Format
  Please send high-res scans or clean digital files (PDF, JPG, PNG). No photos of sketchbooks—but scans of sketchbook pages are okay.

  Illustration & Art
  Must be your original work. All styles welcome—from loose drawings to graphic design.

  Photography
  Submit up to 10 images with a short description. You must have permission from anyone clearly pictured.

• Designers

  Interested in being paired with a writer to design or illustrate their piece? We’d love that.

  Send an email to sophia@snatchmagazine.net with the subject line “Design Collab” and a link to your work or portfolio. We'll connect you if there’s a good fit.

• Interviews

  We’re looking for short interviews with people who shape women’s sports culture like video creators, organizers, photographers, small business owners, or anyone else making an impact in the space.

  If you’re interested in doing an interview, you’ve got two options:

  • Have someone in mind? Great! Please email sophia@snatchmagazine.net with the subject “Interviewer Pitch” and a short description of who you want to interview before you dive in.

  • Want to be assigned an interview? That works too, email us with subject “Interviewer Collab” and we’ll see if we can pair you up with an interviewee.

  We’re especially excited about interviews that explore what it means to be both a fan and a contributor to the culture.

• Advice Column

  Have a burning question about women’s sports culture? A dilemma only fellow fans would understand? Submit your question to our advice column here. We’ll answer a few in the print issue and maybe more online.

  These can be serious, funny, vulnerable, or just plain weird.
  We won’t publish your name unless you want us to.

• Something Else?

  Got an idea that doesn’t quite fit the categories above? A silly fan game? A fake ad? A bracket of the best game-day snacks? Something unhinged, unexpected, or delightful?

  We love that.
  If you need guidance, tell us what you’re thinking and we’ll help you refine your idea to make it ready to submit. We’re open to weird, smart, fun stuff.

✨ Things to Keep in Mind

We’re especially interested in work that centers:

• Joy and connection

• Queer, trans, and POC fan experiences

• Intimacy of small fan rituals

• What it feels like to love women’s sports

🚫 What We’re Not Looking For

• AI-generated writing or artwork

• Athlete, game, or team coverage you can find elsewhere

• Anything hateful, exclusionary, or appropriative

• Photos of athletes or celebs without context or permission

💌 Encouraging Words

You don’t have to be a professional writer or artist to contribute.
You don’t need a hot take or a perfect draft.

If you’ve ever shouted at a screen, cried at a championship, argued over who deserved MVP, or made something just because you love this, there’s a place for you here.

Snatch Magazine is built by fans, not experts. Trust your voice. We care more about what you have to say than how polished it sounds.