1. Your artwork must be your own work in its entirety. Plagiarized work will not be accepted and those who attempt to submit work that is not their own may not be accepted in the future.
2. Art must fall into the categories of either dark fantasy or horror.
3. Art cannot be explicitly sexual. Although material with nudity will be accepted in some cases, explicit erotice will be rejected for its lack of purpose.
4. It is preferred (but not required) that artwork have a title.
5. Please sign your artwork.
6. Your submission must be well done. Take your time on it. Work that is obviously rushed and not well done will not be accepted.
7. Art including real-life people are not permitted. All work must be fictional and original.
8. When submitting your artwork...
   1. Submit as an attachment - do not paste into the body of an email.
   2. Include a coverletter in the body of the email, telling us the story of the artwork, how you came to create it, and a short biography about yourself written in the third person.
   3. In the subject line, please put "Pen'd Darkness - artwork submission." Emails with any other subject line will be deleted without being opened.
9. Submissions usually take about a month to review. If you do not receive a reply within a month's time, feel free to submit a follow-up email and include your name, the name of your submission, and the date submitted. DO NOT resubmit your artwork unless we request it of you.
10. Please note that it is a possibility that rules may change in the future. Please check back for updates before submitting new work.

Submissions that do not follow these guidelines will be rejected.