Submission Preparation Checklist
All submissions must meet the following requirements.
- This submission meets the requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
- This submission has not been previously published, nor already accepted for publication by another journal.
- Simultaneous submissions are permitted but please notify us at once if work is accepted by another journal.
Fiction
We welcome submissions of short fiction from new as well as established writers. We have no strict preferences as to subject or style, but our bent is towards the literary. Stories that blur genres are welcome.
We read year-round (though we occasionally close if we receive a large number of submissions), and usually respond in 2-5 months. Do not query until 6 months have passed.
Please wait to submit again until after we have responded to any pending submission, and do not submit more than 3 times per year. We acquire one-time print and digital rights.
Please use our submission manager. Email submissions are no longer accepted.
Fiction length: 1500-8000 words
Flash prose length: 150-1000 words
Payment: 1 copy
Poetry
We welcome submissions of poetry from new as well as established writers. We read submissions year-round, and usually report in 2-5 months. Please wait to submit again until after we have responded to any pending submission. We acquire one-time print and digital rights.
Poetry length: 10-80 lines
Publish: 5-8 stories, 10-15 poems/issue; 2-4 reviews, photos, and nonfiction pieces occasionally
Reporting time: 2-5 months
Payment: 1 copy
Creative Non-Fiction
Creative nonfiction pieces are read year-round. We aim to respond in 2-5 months. Do not query until 6 months have passed.
Please wait to submit again until after we have responded to any pending submission, and do not submit more than 3 times per year. We acquire one-time print and digital rights.
Please use our submission manager. Email submissions are no longer accepted.
Creative Non-Fiction length: 1500-8000 words
Payment: 1 copy
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