THE FROGMORE PAPERS THE FROGMORE PAPERS21 Mildmay Rd., Lewes, East Sussex BN7 1PJ, England. Website: www.frogmorepress.co.uk. Contact: Jeremy Page, editor. The Frogmore Papers, published semiannually, is a literary magazine with emphasis on new poetry and short stories. Responds in 6 months. Subscription: £10/1 year (2 issues); £15/2 years (4 issues). Guidelines online.
The Frogmore Papers is 46 pages, photocopied in photo-reduced typescript, saddle-stapled, with matte card cover. Accepts 2% of poetry received. Press run is 500. Reading periods: October 1-31 for March issue and April 1-30 for September issue.
MAGAZINES NEEDS “Poems where the form drives the meaning are unlikely to find favour. Poems written by people who clearly haven’t read any poetry since Wordsworth will not find favour. Prose may be experimental or traditional, but is unlikely to be accepted if it’s either very experimental or very traditional.” Has published poetry by Marita Over, Brian Aldiss, Carole Satyamurti, John Mole, Linda France, and Tobias Hill. Submit 4-6 poems by e-mail or mail (postal submissions only accepted from within the U.K.). Length: 20-80 lines/poem. Pays 1 contributor’s copy.
ALSO OFFERS Sponsors the annual Frogmore Poetry Prize. Write for information.
Haiku Society of America, 985 S. Grandview Ave., Dubuque IA 52003. E-mail: fnbanwarth@yahoo.com. Website: www.hsa-haiku.org/frogpond. Contact: Francine Banwarth, editor. Frogpond, published triannually, is the international journal of the Haiku Society of America, an affiliate of the American Literature Association. Its primary function is to “publish the best in contemporary English-language haiku and senryu, linked forms including sequences, renku, rengay, and haibun, essays and articles on these forms, and book reviews.” Responds at the end of each submission period (June 1-August 1; September 15-November 15; February 15-April 15). Single issue: $14. Subscription: USA, $35/year; Canada/Mexico, $37/year; for seniors and students in North America, $30; elsewhere, $47/year. Guidelines available for SASE or on website. Detailed instructions on website.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submissions to Frogpond by e-mail are preferred. “Postal submissions should be accompanied by SASE with sufficient U.S. postage to reach your location. Submit to fnbanwarth@yahoo.com or 985 S. Grandview, Dubuque, IA.”
ALSO OFFERS The “Best of Issue” prize is awarded to a poem from each issue of Frogpond through a gift from the Museum of Haiku Literature, located in Tokyo. The Haiku Society of America also sponsors a number of other contests, most of which have cash prizes: The Harold G. Henderson Haiku Award Contest, the Gerald Brady Senryu Award Contest, the Bernard Lionel Einbond Memorial Renku Contest, the HSA Haibun Contest, the Nicholas A. Virgilio Memorial Haiku Competition for High School Students, the Mildred Kanterman Merit Book Awards for outstanding books in the haiku field. Guidelines available on website.
FUGUE LITERARY MAGAZINE200 Brink Hall, University of Idaho, P.O. Box 44110, Moscow ID 83844. E-mail: fugue@uidaho.edu. Website: www.fuguejournal.org. Contact: Alexandra Teague, faculty advisor. Biannual literary magazine. “Submissions are accepted online only. Poetry, fiction, and nonfiction submissions are accepted September 1-April 1. All material received outside of this period will not be read.” $3 submission fee per entry. See website for submission instructions. Responds in 3-6 months to mss. Sample copy: $8. Guidelines online.
Work published in Fugue has won the Pushcart Prize and has been cited in Best American Essays.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 3 poems using online submissions manager. Pays 2 contributor’s copies and additional payment.
ALSO OFFERS “For information regarding our annual prose and poetry contest, please visit our website.”
TIPS “The best way, of course, to determine what we’re looking for is to read the journal. As the name Fugue indicates, our goal is to present a wide range of literary perspectives. We like stories that satisfy us both intellectually and emotionally, with fresh language and characters so captivating that they stick with us and invite a second reading. We are also seeking creative literary criticism which illuminates a piece of literature or a specific writer by examining that writer’s personal experience.”
Seraphemera Books, 211 Greenwood Ave., Suite 224, Bethel CT 06801. E-mail: storyteller@garbanzoliteraryjournal.org. Website: www.garbanzoliteraryjournal.org. Contact: Marc Moorash and Ava Dawn Heydt, co-editors. Limited-edition handmade book, also available at iBookstore. “We are calling out to all who have placed word on page (and even those who still carry all their works in the mind). Stories of up to 1,172 words, poems of up to 43 lines, micro-fiction, macro-fiction, limericks, villanelles, cinquains, couplets, couplings, creative nonfiction, noncreative fictions ... and whatever form your moving, thoughtful, memorable tale wishes to take (which means disregard the rules, punk-rock style). In our specific instance, there is always a light that shines through these works, always a redemption that happens in the end. We’re whimsical and full of light, even though some of the subject matter and form is dark. If your work is full of sarcasm and cynicism, if your cover letter is full of the same, we’re probably not a good fit to work with each other. We somewhat consider each issue of Garbanzo to be a moment in infinite space when a group of mostly disparate people wind up in the same room due to some strange space/time glitch. We’re not all going to agree on everything, and we probably wouldn’t all get along, but we’re not going to waste that moment together in complaint ... We’re going to celebrate each picking up a feather and causing this massive bird to fly ...” Pays on publication. Publishes ms 3 months after acceptance. “We respond once the submission period closes for each volume.” Sample copy: $20.00 + shipping. Guidelines free by e-mail or online at website.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Length: 1-1,247 lines. Pays contributor’s copies.
TIPS “Read our website and the various suggestions therein. We’re not much for rules—so surprise us. In that same regard, if you send us certain things it will be immediately obvious that you are sending to us another long list and haven’t bothered to learn about us. Those who pay attention to detail are far more interesting to work with—as we’re very interactive with our published authors. We want people who want to work and play with our style of publishing as much as we want good writing.”
Paycock Press, 3819 N. 13th St., Arlington VA 22201. (703)525-9296. E-mail: rchrdpeabody9@gmail.com. E-mail: gargoyle@gargoylemagazine.com. Website: www.gargoylemagazine.com. Contact: Richard Peabody, editor, Lucinda Ebersole, co-editor. “Gargoyle has always been a scallywag magazine, a maverick magazine, a bit too academic for the underground and way too underground for the academics. We are a writer’s magazine in that we are read by other writers and have never worried about reaching the masses.” Annual. Acquires first North American serial and first British rights. Publishes ms 1 year after acceptance. Responds in 1 month to queries, proposals, and mss. Sample copy: $12.95. Catalog available online at FAQ link. “We don’t have guidelines; we have never believed in them.” Query in an e-mail. “We prefer electronic submissions. Please use submission engine online.” For snail mail, send SASE for reply and return of ms, or send a disposable copy of ms.
Accepts submissions from February 1 until full; in 2014 that was by February 14. Recently published work by Shane Allison, Rafael Alvarez, Carolyn Banks, Alison Bundy, Sophy Burnham, Valentina Cano, Theodore Carter, James Cervantes, Peter Cherches, Kelly Cherry, Joan Colby, Anne Colwell, Michael Daley, William Virgil Davis, Trevor Dodge, Sarah Einstein, Angela Featherstone, Thalia Field, Gary Fincke, Andy Fogle, Jesse Glass, Myronn Hardy, Lola Haskins, Allison Hedge-Coke, Wayne Karlin, Eurydice Kamyvisseli, W.F. Lantry, Nathan Leslie, Melvin E. Lewis, Lyn Lifshin, Adrian C. Louis, Mary Mackey, Nick Mamatas, David McAleavey, Margaret McCarthy, Franetta McMillian, Dora E. McQuaid, Mark Melnicove, Stephen C. Middleton, Roberto Montes, Samina Najmi, Amelie Olaiz, Jose Padua, Ted Pelton, Deborah Pintonelli, Shelley Puhak, Carol Quinn, Misti Rainwater-Lites, Kit Reed, Doug Rice, Lou Robinson, Stuart Ross, Tomaz Salamun, Lynda Schor, E.M. Schorb, Helen Maryles Shankman, Gregg Shapiro, Rose Solari, Marilyn Stablein, D.E. Steward, Art Taylor, David A. Taylor, An Tran, Michael Waters, Paul West, Tom Whalen, and Paula Whyman.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Pays contributor’s copies.
TIPS “We have to fall in love with a particular fiction.”
P.O. Box 20693, Tompkins Square Station, New York NY 10009. (212)777-2038. E-mail: gatheringofthetribes@gmail.com. E-mail: tribes.editor@gmail.com. Website: www.tribes.org. Contact: Steve Cannon. A Gathering of the Tribes is a multicultural and multigenerational publication featuring poetry, fiction, interviews, essays, visual art, and musical scores. Audience is anyone interested in the arts from a diverse perspective.” Publishes ms 3-6 months after acceptance. “Due to the massive number of submissions we receive, we do not guarantee responses or return work that is not accepted for publication.” Sample copy: $15. Guidelines on website.
Magazine: 8.5x10; 130 pages; glossy paper and cover; illustrations; photos. Receives 20 unsolicited mss/month. Publishes 40% new writers/year. Has published work by Carl Watson, Ishle Park, Wang Pang, and Hanif Kureishi. Sponsors awards/contests.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 5 poems by postal mail or e-mail. No metrical or rhyming poetry, “unless it is exceedingly contemporary/experimental.” Pays 1 contributor’s copy.
TIPS “Make sure your work has substance.”
The University of Georgia, Main Library, Room 706A, 320 S. Jackson St., Athens GA 30602. (706)542-3481. Fax: (706)542-0047. E-mail: garev@uga.edu. Website: thegeorgiareview.com. Contact: Stephen Corey, editor. “Our readers are educated, inquisitive people who read a lot of work in the areas we feature, so they expect only the best in our pages. All work submitted should show evidence that the writer is at least as well educated and well read as our readers. Essays should be authoritative but accessible to a range of readers.” Buys first North American serial rights. Pays on publication. Publishes ms an average of 6 months after acceptance. Responds in 2 weeks to queries; in 2-3 months to mss. Sample copy: $10. Guidelines available online.
Electronic submissions available for $3 fee. Reading period: August 15-May 15.
MAGAZINES NEEDS “We seek original, excellent poetry. Submit 3-5 poems at a time.” Pays $4/line.
P.O. Box 28281, Portland OR 97228. E-mail: editor@gertrudepress.org. Gertrude, the annual literary arts journal of Gertrude Press, is a “publication featuring the voices and visions of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and supportive community.” Responds in 9-12 months to mss. Sample copy: $8. Subscription: $18 for 1 year, $32 for 2 years.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Has published poetry by Judith Barrington, Deanna Kern Ludwin, Casey Charles, Michael Montlack, Megan Kruse, and Noah Tysick. Submit up to 6 poems via online submissions manager. Length: open, but “poems less than 60 lines are preferable.”
TIPS “We look for strong characterization and imagery, and new, unique ways of writing about universal experiences. Follow the construction of your work until the ending. Many stories start out with zest, then flipper and die. Show us, don’t tell us.”
Gettysburg College, Gettysburg PA 17325. (717)337-6770. Fax: (717)337-6775. E-mail: pstitt@gettysburg.edu; mdrew@gettysburg.edu. Website: www.gettysburgreview.com. Contact: Peter Stitt, editor; Ellen Hathaway, managing editor; Mark Drew, assistant editor. Published quarterly, The Gettysburg Review considers unsolicited submissions of poetry, fiction, and essays. “Our concern is quality. Manuscripts submitted here should be extremely well written. Reading period September 1-May 31.” Buys first North American serial rights. Pays on publication. Publishes ms an average of 6 months after acceptance. Responds in 1 month to queries; in 3-5 months to mss. Editorial lead time 1 year. Sample copy: $10. Guidelines available online.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Considers “well-written poems of all kinds.” Has published poetry by Rita Dove, Alice Friman, Philip Schultz, Michelle Boisseau, Bob Hicok, Linda Pastan, and G.C. Waldrep. Pays $2.50/line and 1 contributor’s copy.
P.O. Box 246, Fairfax CA 94978. E-mail: editorginosko@aol.com. Website: www.ginoskoliteraryjournal.com. Contact: Robert Paul Cesaretti, editor. “Ginosko (ghin-océ-koe): To perceive, understand, realize, come to know; knowledge that has an inception, a progress, an attainment. The recognition of truth by experience.” Accepting short fiction and poetry, creative nonfiction, interviews, social justice concerns, and literary insights for www.GinoskoLiteraryJournal.com. Copyright reverts to author. Editorial lead time 1-2 months. Guidelines available online at website.
Reads year round. Length of articles flexible; accepts excerpts. Publishing as semiannual ezine. Check downloadable issues on website for tone and style. Downloads free; accepts donations. Also looking for books, art, and music to post on website, and links to exchange. Member CLMP.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit via postal mail, e-mail (prefers attachments: .wps, .doc, or .rtf), or online submissions manager (https://ginosko.submittable.com/submit).
GRAINP.O. Box 67, Saskatoon SK S7K 3K1, Canada. (306)244-2828. Fax: (306)565-8554. E-mail: grainmag@skwriter.com. Website: www.grainmagazine.ca. Contact: Rilla Friesen, editor. “Grain, The Journal Of Eclectic Writing is a literary quarterly that publishes engaging, diverse, and challenging writing and art by some of the best Canadian and international writers and artists. Every issue features superb new writing from both developing and established writers. Each issue also highlights the unique artwork of a different visual artist. Grain has garnered national and international recognition for its distinctive, cutting-edge content and design.” Acquires first Canadian serial rights. Pays on publication. Typically responds in 3-6 months. Sample: $13 CAD. Subscription: $35 CAD/year, $55 CAD for 2 years. (See website for U.S. and foreign postage fees.) Guidelines available by SASE (or SAE and IRC), e-mail, or on website.
Grain is 112-128 pages, digest-sized, professionally printed. Press run is 1,100. Receives about 3,000 submissions/year. Submissions are read September-May only. Mss postmarked between June 1 and August 31 will not be read.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Has published poetry by Lorna Crozier, Don Domanski, Cornelia Haeussler, Patrick Lane, Karen Solie, and Monty Reid. Wants “high-quality, imaginative, well-crafted poetry.” Submit up to 12 pages of poetry, typed in readable font on 1 side only. No fax or e-mail submissions; postal submissions only. Cover letter with all contact information, title(s), and genre of work is required. “No staples. Your name and address must be on every page. Pieces of more than 1 page must be numbered. Please only submit work in 1 genre at a time.” Pays $50-250 CAD (depending on number of pages) and 2 contributor’s copies.
TIPS “Only work of the highest literary quality is accepted. Read several back issues.”
P.O. Box 691197, West Hollywood CA 90069. (323)424-4943. E-mail: info@tgaps.net. Website: www.tgaps.net. Contact: Larry Ziman, editor/publisher. The Great American Poetry Show, published about every 3-5 years, is a hardcover serial-poetry anthology. “For Volume 1, we read over 8,000 poems from about 1,400 poets and accepted only 113 poems from 83 poets. For Volume 2, we read over 15,000 poems and accepted 134 poems from 92 poets.” Press run for Volumes 1 and 2 was 1,000. Responds usually within 1-2 weeks (“depends on how busy we are”). Single copy: $35 (print), $.99 (e-book, download only).
The Great American Poetry Show is 150 pages, sheet-fed offset-printed, perfect-bound, with cloth cover and art/graphics.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit any number of poems at a time. Accepts e-mail submissions in body of e-mail or as attachment. Cover letter is optional. Include SASE. “If we reject a submission of your work, please send us another group to go through.” Has published poetry by Carol Carpenter, Philip Wexler, Fredrick Zydek, Patrick Polak, Steve De France, Lois Swann, Alan Catlin, Kevin Pilkington, and Julie M. Tate. Wants poems on any subject, in any style, of any length. Pays 1 contributor’s copy.
TIPS “Please visit our website with over 10,000 links to articles, essays, interviews, reviews, magazines, publishers, and blogs.”
Truman State University, Dept. of English, Truman State University, Kirksville MO 63501. E-mail: adavis@truman.edu. Website: ghll.truman.edu. Contact: Adam Brooke Davis, managing editor; Joe Benevento, poetry editor. Green Hills Literary Lantern is published annually, in June, by Truman State University. Historically, the print publication ran between 200-300 pages, consisting of poetry, fiction, reviews, and interviews. The digital magazine is of similar proportions and artistic standards. Open to the work of new writers, as well as more established writers. Holds all rights, but returns rights to author on request. Does not provide payment. Publishes ms an average of 6 months after acceptance. Responds in 2 months to mss; in 2 months on queries. Sample copies available online. Guidlines available online.
MAGAZINES NEEDS “We prefer poetry written by poets who are more interested in communicating something that seems important, beautiful, funny, or interesting to them than they are in making themselves seem erudite, clever, or in the know. We pay attention to all the usual things—command of line; attention to the sound, rhythm, and imagery; arresting figurative language—but we also seek poetry that has some investment of real feeling rather than bloodless exhibitions of technical talent.” Length: No more than 60 lines/poem. No payment provided.
Johnson State College, 337 College Hill, Johnson VT 05656. (802)635-1350. E-mail: gmr@jsc.edu. Website: http://greenmountainsreview.com/. Contact: Elizabeth Powell, editor. The editors are open to a wide rane of styles and subject matter. Acquires first North American serial rights. Rights revert to author upon request. Publishes ms 6-12 months after acceptance. Responds in 1 month to queries; 6 months to mss. Sample copy for $7. Guidelines available free.
Open reading period: September 1-May 15.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Has published poetry by Carol Frost, Sharon Olds, Carl Phillips, David St. John, and David Wojahn.
TIPS “We encourage you to order some of our back issues to acquaint yourself with what has been accepted in the past.”
MFA Writing Program, 3302 HHRA Building, UNC-Greensboro, Greensboro NC 27402. (336)334-5459. E-mail: jlclark@uncg.edu. Website: tgronline.net. Contact: Jim Clark, editor. “A local lit mag with an international reputation. We’ve been ‘old school’ since 1965.” Acquires first North American serial rights. Responds in about 4 months. Sample copy: $8. Guidelines online.
Stories for the Greensboro Review have been included in Best American Short Stories, The O. Henry Awards Prize Stories, New Stories from The South and Pushcart Prize. Does not accept e-mail submissions.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit via online submission form or postal mail. Include cover letter. Length: no length limit. Pays in contributor’s copies.
TIPS “We want to see the best being written regardless of theme, subject, or style.”
Gwynedd Mercy College, 1325 Sumneytown Pike, P.O. Box 901, Gwynedd Valley PA 19437-0901. (215)641-5518. Fax: (215)641-5552. E-mail: allego.d@gmercyu.edu. Website: www.gmercyu.edu/about-gwynedd-mercy/publications/griffin. Contact: Dr. Donna M. Allego, editor. Published by Gwynedd Mercy University, The Griffin is a literary journal for the creative writer—subscribing to the belief that improving the human condition requires dedication to and respect for the individual and the community. Seeks works which explore universal qualities—truth, justice, integrity, compassion, mercy... Publishes poetry, short stories, short plays, and reflections. Does not buy rights. No payment. Writer can add publication to his/her cv. Publishes an average of 12 months after acceptance. Responds in 9 months to ms. Sample copy available on website. Guidelines available on website.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Any style of well-crafted verse considered. Submit complete poems via e-mail or on disk with a hard copy. Include short author bio. Length: up to 30 lines.
TIPS “Pay attention to the word length requirements, the mission of the magazine, and how to submit ms as set forth. These constitute the writer’s guidelines listed online.”
112 W. 27th St., Suite 600, New York NY 10001. E-mail: editors@guernicamag.com; art@guernicamag.com; publisher@guernicamag.com. Website: www.guernicamag.com. Contact: See masthead online for specific editors. “Guernica is called a ‘great online literary magazine’ by Esquire. Guernica contributors come from dozens of countries and write in nearly as many languages.” Publishes mss 3-4 months from acceptance. Responds in 2 months. Guidelines online.
Received Caine Prize for African Writing, Best of the Net.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit 3-5 poems via online submissions manager. Accepts 15-20 poems/year. Has published James Galvin, Barbara Hamby, Terrance Hayes, Richard Howard.
TIPS “Please read the magazine first before submitting. Most stories that are rejected simply do not fit our approach. Submission guidelines available online.”
4800 Calhoun Road, Houston TX 77204-3013. (713)743-3223. E-mail: editors@gulfcoastmag.org. Website: www.gulfcoastmag.org. Contact: Adrienne Perry, editor; Martin Rock, managing editor; Carlos Hernandez, digital editor; Conor Bracken, Katie Condon, Sam Mansfield, poetry editors; Julia Brown, Laura Jok, Dino Piacentini, fiction editors; Talia Mailman, Steve Sanders, nonfiction editors; Matthew Salesses, online fiction editor; Christopher Murray, online poetry editor; Talia Mailman, online nonfiction editor. Buys first North American serial rights. Publishes ms 6 months-1 year after acceptance. Responds in 4-6 months to mss. Sometimes comments on rejected mss. Back issue: $8, plus 7x10 SASE with 4 first-class stamps. Writer’s guidelines for #10 SASE or on website.
Magazine: 7x9; approximately 300 pages; stock paper, gloss cover; illustrations; photos.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 5 poems at a time. Considers simultaneous submissions with notification; no previously published poems. Cover letter is required. List previous publications and include a brief bio. Reads submissions September-April. Pays $50/page.
TIPS “Submit only previously unpublished works. Include a cover letter. Online submissions are strongly preferred. Stories or essays should be typed, double-spaced, and paginated with your name, address, and phone number on the first page and the title on subsequent pages. Poems should have your name, address, and phone number on the first page of each.” The Annual Gulf Coast Prizes award publication and $1,500 each in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction; opens in December of each year. Honorable mentions in each category will receive a $250 second prize. Postmark/online entry deadline: March 22 of each year. Winners and honorable mentions will be announced in May. Entry fee: $23 (includes one-year subscription). Make checks payable to Gulf Coast. Guidelines available on website.
English Department, FIU, Biscayne Bay Campus, 3000 NE 151 St., North Miami FL 33181. E-mail: gulfstreamfiu@yahoo.com. Website: www.gulfstreamlitmag.com. Contact: Paul Christiansen, editor-in-chief. “Gulf Stream Magazine has been publishing emerging and established writers of exceptional fiction, nonfiction, and poetry since 1989. We also publish interviews and book reviews. Past contributors include Sherman Alexie, Steve Almond, Jan Beatty, Lee Martin, Robert Wrigley, Dennis Lehane, Liz Robbins, Stuart Dybek, David Kirby, Ann Hood, Ha Jin, B.H. Fairchild, Naomi Shihab Nye, F. Daniel Rzicznek, and Connie May Fowler. Gulf Stream Magazine is supported by the Creative Writing Program at Florida International University in Miami, Florida. Each year we publish 2 online issues.” Acquires first serial rights. Responds in 6 months. Guidelines online.
MAGAZINES NEEDS “Submit online only. Please read guidelines on website in full. Submissions that do not conform to our guidelines will be discarded. We do not accept e-mailed or mailed submissions. We read from September 1-November 1 and January 1-March 1.” Cover letter is required. Wants “poetry of any style and subject matter as long as it’s of high literary quality.” Has published poetry by Robert Wrigley, Jan Beatty, Jill Bialosky, and Catherine Bowman.
TIPS “Looks for fresh, original writing—well-plotted stories with unforgettable characters, fresh poetry, and experimental writing. Usually longer stories do not get accepted. There are exceptions, however.”
558 Joost Ave., San Francisco CA 94127. (415)584-8264. E-mail: haljeditor@gmail.com. Website: haightashburyliteraryjournal.wordpress.com; www.facebook.com/pages/Haight-Ashbury-Literary-Journal/365542018331. Contact: Alice Rogoff and Cesar Love, editors. Haight Ashbury Literary Journal, publishes “well-written poetry and fiction. HALJ’s voices are often of people who have been marginalized, oppressed, or abused. HALJ strives to bring literary arts to the general public, to the San Francisco community of writers, to the Haight Ashbury neighborhood, and to people of varying ages, genders, ethnicities, and sexual preferences. The Journal is produced as a tabloid to maintain an accessible price for low-income people.” Rights revert to author. Responds in 4 months. Sample: $6. Subscription: $14 for 2 issues, $28 for 4 issues; $75 for back issues and future issues. Guidelines available for SASE.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 6 poems at a time. Submit only once every 6 months. No e-mail submissions (unless overseas); postal submissions only. “Please type 1 poem to a page, put name and address on every page, and include SASE. No bio.” Sometimes publishes theme issues (each issue changes its theme and emphasis). Has published poetry by Dan O’Connell, Diane Frank, Dancing Bear, Lee Herrick, Al Young, and Laura Beausoleil.
HANGING LOOSEHanging Loose Press, 231 Wyckoff St., Brooklyn NY 11217. E-mail: editor@hangingloosepress.com. Website: www.hangingloosepress.com. Contact: Robert Hershon, Dick Lourie, and Mark Pawlak, poetry editors. Hanging Loose, published in April and October, concentrates on the work of new writers. Wants excellent, energetic poems. Responds in 3 months. Sample: $14.
Hanging Loose is 120 pages, offset-printed on heavy stock, flat-spined, with 4-color glossy card cover. Considers poetry by teens (one section contains poems by high-school-age poets).
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 6 poems at a time. No fax or e-mail submissions; postal submissions only. “Would-be contributors should read the magazine first.” Has published poetry by Sherman Alexie, Paul Violi, Donna Brook, Kimiko Hahn, Harvey Shapiro, and Ha Jin. Pays small fee and 2 contributor’s copies.
ALSO OFFERS Hanging Loose Press does not consider unsolicited book mss or artwork.
English Department, P.O. Box 6000, Binghamton University, Binghamton NY 13902-6000. E-mail: harpur.palate@gmail.com. Website: harpurpalate.blogspot.com. Contact: Melanie J. Cordova, editor. Harpur Palate, published biannually, is “dedicated to publishing the best poetry and prose, regardless of style, form, or genre. We have no restrictions on subject matter or form. Quite simply, send us your highest-quality fiction and poetry.” Buys first North American serial rights; buys electronic rights. Publishes ms an average of 1-2 months after acceptance. Responds in 1-3 week to queries; 2-4 months to mss. No response without SASE. Sometimes comments on rejected mss. Accepts simultaneous submissions if stated in the cover letter. Sample: $8. Current issue: $12. Subscription: $18/year (2 issues). Make checks payable to Harpur Palate. Guidelines available online.
Submission periods are September 1-November 15 for the Winter issue and February 1-April 15 for the Summer issue.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit no more than 10 pages total, and no more than 5 poems. No response without SASE. Considers simultaneous submissions, “but we must be notified immediately if the piece is taken somewhere else”; no previously published poems. Submissions can be made via submittable.com or by post. No e-mail submissions. Cover letter and SASE is required. Reads submissions during open submission period only. Poems are circulated to an editorial board. Seldom comments on rejected poems. Has published poetry by Sherman Alexie, Tess Gallagher, Alex Lemon, Marvin Bell, Ryan G. Van Cleave, Sascha Feinstein, Allison Joseph, Neil Shepard, and Ruth Stone. Pays 2 contributor copies.
TIPS “We are interested in high-quality writing of all genres but especially literary poetry and fiction. We also sponsor a fiction contest for the Summer issue and a poetry and nonfiction contest for the Winter issue with $500 prizes.”
D.C. Creative Writing Workshop, 601 Mississippi Ave. SE, Washington DC 20032. (202)445-4280. E-mail: nschwalb@dccww.org; info@dccww.org. Website: www.dccww.org. Contact: Nancy Schwalb, artistic director. hArtworks appears 3 times/year. “We publish the poetry of Hart Middle School students (as far as we know, Hart may be the only public middle school in the U.S. with its own poetry magazine) and the writing of guest writers such as Nikki Giovanni, Alan Cheuse, Arnost Lustig, Henry Taylor, Mark Craver, and Cornelius Eady, along with interviews between the kids and the grown-up pros. We also publish work by our writers-in-residence, who teach workshops at Hart, and provide trips to readings, slams, museums, and plays.” Wants “vivid, precise, imaginative language that communicates from the heart as well as the head.” Does not want “poetry that only ‘sounds’ good; it also needs to say something meaningful.” Has published poetry by Maryum Abdullah, Myron Jones, Nichell Kee, Kiana Murphy, James Tindle, and Sequan Wilson. Single copy: $12; subscription: $30. Make checks payable to D.C. Creative Writing Workshop.
Although this journal doesn't accept submissions from the general public, it's included here as an outstanding example of what a literary journal can be (for anyone of any age). hArtworks is 92 pages, magazine-sized, professionally printed, perfect bound, with card cover. Receives about 1,000 poems/year, accepts about 20%. Press run is 500; 100 distributed free to writers, teachers.
MAGAZINES NEEDS “Writers-in-residence solicit most submissions from their classes, and then a committee of student editors makes the final selections. Each year, our second issue is devoted to responses to the Holocaust.”
Houghton Library of the Harvard College Library, Lamont Library, Harvard University, Cambridge MA 02138. (617)495-9775. Fax: (617)496-3692. E-mail: info@harvardreview.org. Website: harvardreview.fas.harvard.edu. Contact: Christina Thompson, editor; Suzanne Berne, fiction editor; Major Jackson, poetry editor. Semiannual magazine covering poetry, fiction, essays, drama, graphics, and reviews in the spring and fall by an eclectic range of international writers. “Previous contributors include John Updike, Alice Hoffman, Joyce Carol Oates, Miranda July, and Jim Crace. We also publish the work of emerging and previously unpublished writers.” Responds in 6 months to mss.
Does not accept e-mail submissions. Reading period: September 1-May 31.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 5 poems via online submissions manager or postal mail.
TIPS “Writers at all stages of their careers are invited to apply, however, we can only publish a very small fraction of the material we receive. We recommend that you familiarize yourself with Harvard Review before you submit your work.”
1060 Bishop St., Honolulu HI 96813. (808)544-1108. Fax: (808)544-0862. Website: hawaiipacificreview.org. Contact: Tyler McMahon, editor; Bianca Flores, managing editor. “Hawai’i Pacific Review is the online literary magazine of Hawai’i Pacific University. It features poetry and prose by authors from Hawai’i, the mainland, and around the world. HPR was started as a print annual in 1987. In 2013, it began to publish exclusively online. HPR publishes work on a rolling basis. Poems, stories, and essays are posted one piece at a time, several times a month. All contents are archived on the site.” Acquires online rights. All other rights remain with the author.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 5 poems at a time via online submissions manager (each poem should be a separate submission).
TIPS “We look for the unusual or original plot; prose with the texture and nuance of poetry. Character development or portrayal must be unusual/original; humanity shown in an original insightful way (or characters); sense of humor where applicable. Be sure it’s a draft that has gone through substantial changes, with supervision from a more experienced writer, if you’re a beginner. Write about intense emotion and feeling, not just about someone’s divorce or shaky relationship. No soap-opera-like fiction.”
University of Hawaii Board of Publications, 2445 Campus Rd., Hemenway Hall 107, Honolulu HI 96822. (808)956-3030. Fax: (808)956-3083. E-mail: hawaiireview@gmail.com. Website: www.kaleo.org/hawaii_review. Hawai’i Review is a student run biannual literary and visual arts print journal featuring national and international writing and visual art, as well as regional literature and visual art of Hawai’i and the Pacific. Buys first North American serial rights, archive rights. Publishes ms an average of 3 months after acceptance. Responds in 3 months to mss. Sample copy: free, plus $5 shipping (back issue). Single copy: $12.50. Guidelines available online.
Accepts submissions online through Submittable only. Offers yearly award with $500 prizes in poetry and fiction.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 6 poems via online submission manager. Length: up to 500 lines/poem (though space limitations are taken into account for longer poems).
TIPS “Make it new.”
HAYDEN'S FERRY REVIEWc/o Dept. of English, Arizona State University, P.O. Box 870302, Tempe AZ 85287. E-mail: hfr@asu.edu. Website: www.haydensferryreview.org. Contact: Editorial staff changes every year; see website for current masthead. “Hayden’s Ferry Review publishes the best quality fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction from new, emerging, and established writers.” Buys first North American serial rights. No honorarium. Publishes ms an average of 6 months after acceptance. Responds in 1 week or less to e-mail queries; 3-4 months to mss. Editorial lead time 5 months. Sample copy: $13. Guidelines online.
Work from Hayden’s Ferry Review has been selected for inclusion in Pushcart Prize anthologies and Best Creative Nonfiction. No longer accepts postal mail submissions.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 6 poems via online submissions manager. Pays 2 contributor’s copies and one-year subscription.
THE HELIXE-mail: helixmagazine@gmail.com. Website: helixmagazine.org. Contact: See masthead online for current editorial staff. “The Helix is a Central Connecticut State University publication, and it puts out an issue every semester. It accepts submissions from all over the globe. The magazine features writing from CCSU students, writing from the Hartford County community, and an array of submissions from all over the world. The magazine publishes multiple genres of literature and art including: poetry, fiction, drama, nonfiction, paintings, photography, watercolor, collage, stencil, and computer-generated artwork. It is a student-run publication, and is funded by the university.” Acquires first North American serial rights. All rights revert to author upon publication. Guidelines online.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit by online submissions manager.
TIPS “Please see our website for specific deadlines, as it changes every semester based on a variety of factors, but we typically leave the submission manager open sometime starting in the summer to around the end of October for the Fall issue, and during the winter to late February or mid-March for the Spring issue. Contributions are invited from all members of the campus community, as well as the literary community at large.”
Houston TX E-mail: info@hellohorror.com. E-mail: submissions@hellohorror.com. Website: www.hellohorror.com. Contact: Brent Armour, editor-in-chief. “HelloHorror is an online literary magazine and blog. We are currently in search of literary pieces, photography, and visual art including film from writers and artists that have a special knack for inducing goose bumps and raised hairs. This genre has become, especially in film, noticeably saturated in gore and high shock-value aspects as a crutch to avoid the true challenge of bringing about real, psychological fear to an audience that’s persistently more and more numb to its tactics. While we are not opposed to the extreme, blood and guts need bones and cartilage. Otherwise it’s just a sloppy mess.” Buys first serial rights. Publishes ms 3 months after acceptance. Responds in 1-6 months to queries and mss. Sample copy and guidelines available online at website.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit poems via e-mail. “All types are accepted so long as they are of the horror genre.”
TIPS “We like authors that show consideration for their readers. A great horror story leaves an impression on the reader long after it is finished. The motivation behind creating the site was the current saturation of gore and shock-value horror. A story that gives you goosebumps is a much greater achievement than a story that just grosses you out. We have television for that. Consider your reader and consider yourself. What really scares you as opposed to what’s stereotypically supposed to scare you? Bring us and our readers into that place of fear with you.”
803 Church St., Honesdale PA 18431. (570)253-1080. Fax: (570)251-7847. Website: www.highlights.com. Contact: Christine French Cully, editor-in-chief. “This book of wholesome fun is dedicated to helping children grow in basic skills and knowledge, in creativeness, in ability to think and reason, in sensitivity to others, in high ideals, and worthy ways of living—for children are the world’s most important people. We publish stories for beginning and advanced readers. Up to 500 words for beginning readers, up to 800 words for advanced readers.” Buys all rights. Pays on acceptance. Responds in 2 months to queries. Sample copy free. Guidelines on website in “Company” area.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Lines/poem: 16 maximum (“most poems are shorter”). Considers simultaneous submissions (“please indicate”); no previously published poetry. No e-mail submissions. “Submit typed manuscript with very brief cover letter.” Occasionally comments on submissions “if manuscript has merit or author seems to have potential for our market.” Guidelines available for SASE. Responds “generally within 2 months.” Always sends prepublication galleys. Pays 2 contributor’s copies; “money varies.” Acquires all rights.
TIPS “Know the magazine’s style before submitting. Send for guidelines and sample issue if necessary.” Writers: “At Highlights we’re paying closer attention to acquiring more nonfiction for young readers than we have in the past.” Illustrators: “Fresh, imaginative work encouraged. Flexibility in working relationships a plus. Illustrators presenting their work need not confine themselves to just children’s illustrations as long as work can translate to our needs. We also use animal illustrations, real and imaginary. We need crafts, puzzles and any activity that will stimulate children mentally and creatively. Know our publication’s standards and content by reading sample issues, not just the guidelines. Avoid tired themes, or put a fresh twist on an old theme so that its style is fun and lively. Write what inspires you, not what you think the market needs. We are pleased that many authors of children’s literature report that their first published work was in the pages of Highlights. It is not our policy to consider fiction on the strength of the reputation of the author. We judge each submission on its own merits. Query with simple letter to establish whether the nonfiction subject is likely to be of interest. Expert reviews and complete bibliography required for nonfiction. A beginning writer should first become familiar with the type of material that Highlights publishes. Include special qualifications, if any, of author. Write for the child, not the editor. Write in a voice that children understand and relate to. Speak to today’s kids, avoiding didactic, overt messages. Even though our general principles haven’t changed over the years, we are contemporary in our approach to issues. Avoid worn themes.”
HOLINESS TODAYNazarene Global Ministry Center, 17001 Prairie Star Pkwy., Lenexa KS 66220. (913)577-0500. E-mail: holinesstoday@nazarene.org. Website: www.holinesstoday.org. Contact: Carmen J. Ringhiser, managing editor; Frank M. Moore, editor in chief. Holiness Today, published bimonthly online and in print, is the primary print voice of the Church of the Nazarene, with articles geared to enhance holiness living by connecting Nazarenes with our heritage, vision, and mission through real-life stories of God at work in the world. Holiness Today (print) is 40 pages. Subscription: $12/year U.S.
P.O. Box 9538, Hollins University, Roanoke VA 24020-1538. E-mail: acockrell@hollins.edu. Website: www.hollins.edu/who-we-are/news-media/hollins-critic. Contact: Cathryn Hankla. The Hollins Critic, published 5 times a year, presents the first serious surveys of the whole bodies of contemporary writers’ work, with complete checklists. In past issues, you’ll find essays on such writers as John Engels (by David Huddle), James McCourt (by David Rollow), Jane Hirshfield (by Jeanne Larsen), Edwidge Danticat (by Denise Shaw), Vern Rutsala (by Lewis Turco), Sarah Arvio (by Lisa Williams), and Milton Kessler (by Liz Rosenberg). Buys first North American serial rights. Pays on publication. Publishes ms an average of 1 year after acceptance. Responds in 2 months to mss. Sample copy for $3. Guidelines for #10 SASE.
Uses a few short poems in each issue, interesting in form, content, or both. The Hollins Critic is 24 pages, magazine-sized. Press run is 500. Subscription: $12/year ($17 outside US). No postal or e-mail submissions. Has published poetry by Natasha Trethewey, Carol Moldaw, David Huddle, Margaret Gibson, and Julia Johnson.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 5 poems at a time using the online submission form at www.hollinscriticsubmissions.com, available September 15-December 1. Submissions received at other times will be returned unread. Reading period: September 15-December 15. Publishes 16-20 poems/year. Pays $25/poem plus 5 contributor’s copies.
TIPS “We accept unsolicited poetry submissions; all other content is by prearrangement.”
P.O. Box 455, High Falls NY 12440. (845)687-4084. E-mail: homeplanetnews@gmail.com. Website: www.homeplanetnews.org. Contact: Donald Lev, editor. Triannual. Home Planet News publishes mainly poetry along with some fiction, as well as reviews (books, theater, and art) and articles of literary interest. Acquires one-time rights. Publishes ms 1 year after acceptance. Responds in 6 months to mss. Sample copy: $4. Guidelines available for SASE or on website. Usually best to just send work.
HPN has received a small grant from the Puffin Foundation for its focus on AIDS issues. Receives 12 unsolicited mss/month. Accepts 1 mss/issue; 3 mss/year. Has published work by Hugh Fox, Walter Jackman, and Jim Story. “Our spin-off publication, Home Planet News Online, can be found at homeplanetnews.org/AOnLine.html. We urge everyone to check it out.”
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit 3-6 poems at a time. Cover letter is preferred. Send SASE. Seldom comments on rejected poems. Occasionally publishes theme issues. Upcoming themes available in magazine. Reviews books/chapbooks of poetry and other magazines in 1,200 words, single- and multibook format. Send materials for review consideration to Donald Lev. “Note: We do have guidelines for book reviewers; please write for them or check website. Magazines are reviewed by a staff member.” Length: no limit, but shorter poems (under 30 lines) stand a better chance. Pays one-year gift subscription plus 3 contributor’s copies.
TIPS “We use very little fiction, and a story we accept just has to grab us. We need short pieces of some complexity, stories about complex people facing situations which resist simple resolutions.”
Box A-5, 156 Homestead Ave., Hartnell College, Salinas CA 93901. (831)755-6700. E-mail: thehomesteadreview@gmail.com. Website: http://old-www.hartnell.edu/homestead_review/. Homestead Review is published twice a year by the Department of Language Arts, Hartnell College. The spring issue is published in both print and online versions. The fall issue is published online only. Acquires one-time rights. Publishes ms 6 months after acceptance. Responds in 5 months. Guidelines for SASE.
Reading Period: February 1-June 1 for online fall issue, September 1-December 1 for spring online/print issue.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit 3-5 poems at a time. Include a biographical sketch, e-mail, and mailing addresses. Pays 1 contributor’s copy.
HOOTA postcard review of {mini} poetry and prose, 1413 Academy Lane, Elkins Park PA 19027. E-mail: info@hootreview.com. E-mail: onlinesubmissions@hootreview.com. Website: www.hootreview.com. Contact: Amanda Vacharat and Dorian Geisler, editors/co-founders. HOOT publishes 1 piece of writing, designed with original art/photographs, on the front of a postcard every month, as well as 2-3 pieces online. The postcards are intended for sharing, to be hung on the wall, etc. Therefore, HOOT looks for very brief, surprising-yet-gimmick-free writing that can stand on its own, that also follows “The Refrigerator Rule”—something that you would hang on your refrigerator and would want to read and look at for a whole month. This rule applies to online content as well. Buys first North American serial rights and electronic rights. Pays on publication. Publishes ms 2 months after acceptance. Sample copy: $2. Writer’s guidelines available on website.
Costs $2 to submit up to 2 pieces of work. Submit through online submissions manager.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Length: up to 10 lines. Pays $10-100 for print publication.
TIPS “We look for writing with audacity and zest from authors who are not afraid to take risks. We appreciate work that is able to go beyond mere description in its 150 words. We offer free online workshops every otherWednesday for authors who would like feedback on their work from the HOOT editors. We also often give feedback with our rejections. We publish roughly 6-10 new writers each year.”
100 Witherspoon St., Louisville KY 40202-1396. (844)797-2872. E-mail: yvonne.hileman@pcusa.org. Website: www.pcusa.org/horizons. Contact: Yvonne Hileman, assistant editor. Horizons magazine provides information, inspiration, and education from the perspectives of women who are committed to Christ, the church and faithful discipleship. Horizons brings current issues dealing with family life, the mission of the church and the challenges of culture and society to its readers. Interviews, feature articles, Bible study resources, and departments offer help and insight for up-to-date, day-to-day concerns of the church and individual Christians. Buys all rights. Pays on publication. Publishes ms an average of 4 months after acceptance. Sample copy for $4 and 9x12 SAE. Guidelines for writers are on the Horizons website.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Accepts poems of varying themes and topics.
Columbia College, English Department, 600 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago IL 60605. (312)369-8175. E-mail: editors@hotelamerika.net. Website: www.hotelamerika.net. Contact: David Lazar, editor; Adam McOmber, managing editor. Hotel Amerika is a venue for both well-known and emerging writers. Publishes exceptional writing in all forms. Strives to house the most unique and provocative poetry, fiction, and nonfiction available. Guidelines online.
Mss will be considered between September 1 and May 1. Materials received after May 1 and before September 1 will be returned unread. Send submissions only via mail, with SASE. Work published in Hotel Amerika has been included in The Pushcart Prize and The Best American Poetry and featured on Poetry Daily.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Welcomes submissions in all genres.
5344 SE 38th Ave., Portland OR 97202. E-mail: lisa.steinman@reed.edu. Website: www.reed.edu/hubbub. J. Shugrue and Lisa M. Steinman, co-editors. Hubbub, published once/year, is designed “to feature a multitude of voices from interesting, contemporary American poets.” Wants “poems that are well crafted, with something to say. We have no single style, subject, or length requirement and in particular will consider long poems.” Acquires first North American serial rights. Responds in 4 months. Sample copy: $3.35 (back issues), $7 (current issue). Subscription: $7/year. Guidelines available for SASE.
Hubbub is 50-70 pages, digest-sized, offset-printed, perfect-bound, with cover art. Receives about 1,200 submissions/year, accepts up to 2%. Press run is 350.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit 3-6 typed poems at a time. Include SASE. “We review 2-4 poetry books/year in short (3-page) reviews; all reviews are solicited. We do, however, list books received/recommended.” Send materials for review consideration. Has published poetry by Madeline DeFrees, Cecil Giscombe, Carolyn Kizer, Primus St. John, Shara McCallum, and Alice Fulton. Does not want light verse. Pays $20/poem.
ALSO OFFERS Outside judges choose poems from each volume for 4 awards: Vern Rutsala Award ($1,000), Vi Gale Award ($500), Stout Award ($75), and Kenneth O. Hanson Award ($100). There are no special submission procedures or entry fees involved.
The Hudson Review, Inc., 684 Park Ave., New York NY 10065. (212)650-0020. E-mail: info@hudsonreview.com. Website: hudsonreview.com. Contact: Paula Deitz, editor. Pays on publication. Publishes ms an average of 6 months after acceptance. Responds in 6 months to mss. Editorial lead time 3 months. Sample copy: $11. Guidelines online.
Send with SASE. Mss sent outside accepted reading period will be returned unread if SASE contains sufficient postage.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 7 poems by postal mail between April 1-June 30 only.
TIPS “We do not specialize in publishing any particular ‘type’ of writing; our sole criterion for accepting unsolicited work is literary quality. The best way for you to get an idea of the range of work we publish is to read a current issue. Unsolicited mss submitted outside of specified reading times will be returned unread. Do not send submissions via e-mail.”
HUNGER MOUNTAINVermont College of Fine Arts, 36 College St., Montpelier VT 05602. (802)828-8517. E-mail: hungermtn@vcfa.edu. Website: www.hungermtn.org. Contact: Miciah Bay Gault, editor. Accepts high-quality work from unknown, emerging, or successful writers. No genre fiction, drama, or academic articles, please. Buys first worldwide serial rights. Pays on publication. Publishes ms an average of 1 year after acceptance. Responds in 4 months to mss. Single copy: $10; subscription: $12/year, $22 for 2 years. Make checks payable to Vermont College of Fine Arts. Guidelines online.
Hunger Mountain is about 200 pages, 7x10, professionally printed, perfect-bound, with full-bleed color artwork on cover. Press run is 1,000; 10,000 visits online monthly. Uses online submissions manager. Member: CLMP.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit 3-10 poems at a time. All poems should be in 1 file. “We look for poetry that is as much about the world as about the self, that’s an invitation, an opening out, a hand beckoning. We like poems that name or identify something essential that we may have overlooked. We like poetry with acute, precise attention to both content and diction.” Submit using online submissions manager. No light verse, humor/quirky/catchy verse, greeting card verse.
ALSO OFFERS Annual contests: Ruth Stone Poetry Prize; The Howard Frank Mosher Short Fiction Prize; the Katherine Paterson Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing; The Hunger Mountain Creative Nonfiction Prize. Visit www.hungermtn.org for information about prizes.
TIPS “Mss must be typed, prose double-spaced. Poets submit at least 3 poems. No multiple genre submissions. Fresh viewpoints and human interest are very important, as is originality. We are committed to publishing an outstanding journal of the arts. Do not send entire novels, mss, or short story collections. Do not send previously published work.”
(859)291-1412. E-mail: hydepark@livingmagazines.com. Website: www.livingmagazines.com. Contact: Grace DeGregorio. Buys all rights. Pays on publication. Editorial lead time 2 months. Guidelines by e-mail.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Please query.
Writing From the Middle and Beyond, 913 Joseph Dr., Lawrence KS 66044. E-mail: i70review@gmail.com. Website: www.fieldinfoserv.com. Contact: Gary Lechliter, editor; Maryfrances Wagner, editor; Greg Field, editor; Jan Duncan-O’Neal, editor. I-70 Review is an annual literary magazine. “Our interests lie in writing grounded in fresh language, imagery, and metaphor. We prefer free verse in which the writer pays attention to the sound and rhythm of the language. We appreciate poetry with individual voice and a good lyric or a strong narrative. In fiction, we like short pieces that are surprising and uncommon. We want writing that captures the human spirit with unusual topics or familiar topics with different perspective or approaches. We reject stereotypical and clichèd writing, as well as sentimental work or writing that summarizes and tells instead of shows. We look for writing that pays attention to wrds, sentences, and style. We publish literary writing. We do not publish anything erotic, religious, or political.” All submissions should be typed and submitted in a single document via e-mail. See website for complete guidelines. Open submission period is July 1-December 1. Buys one-time, first North American serial rights. Pays with contributor copies only. Publishes annually in September. Responds in 4-6 weeks, sometime sooner, on queries. Sample poetry available online. Sample copy available for SASE and $13.50 (issue plus postage/handling). Guidelines available online or by e-mail.
MAGAZINES NEEDS “We publish a variety of literary styles but prefer lyric and narrative. We want nothing sentimental, nothing with sing-songy rhyme, nothing abstract or clichèd or predictable. Nothing political, religious, didactic, or erotic. We accept some experimental as long as it is well-crafted and accessible. We reject writing that makes no sense or provides no meaning for the reader, and we rarely publish work difficult to format.” Line length: 3-40 maximum. Pays in contributor copies.
25 School St., Somerville MA 02143-1721. E-mail: dougholder@post.harvard.edu. Website: ibbetsonpress.com. Contact: Doug Holder, editor; Rene Schwiesow and Lawrence Kessenich, managing editors; Harris Gardner, poetry editor. Ibbetson St. Press, published semiannually in June and November, prints “down-to-earth” poetry that is well written and has clean, crisp images with a sense of irony and humor. Wants mostly free verse but is open to rhyme. Does not want maudlin, trite, overly political, vulgar-for-vulgar’s-sake work. Acquires one-time rights. Time between acceptance and publication is up to 8 months. Responds in 2 months. Single copy: $8; subscription: $13. Make checks payable to Ibbetson St. Press. Guidelines available for SASE.
Ibbetson St. Press is 50 pages, magazine-sized, desktop-published, with glossy white cover; includes ads. Receives about 1,000 poems/year, accepts up to 10%. Press run is 200. Also archived at Harvard, Brown, University of Wisconsin, Poets House-NYC, Endicott College, and Buffalo University Libraries.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit 3-5 poems at a time. E-mail submissions only. Cover letter is required. Three editors comment on submissions. Has published poetry by Marge Piercy, X.J. Kennedy, Ted Kooser, Elizabeth Swados, Teisha Twomey, Gloria Mindock, Harris Gardner, Diana-der Hovanessian, Michael Todd Steffan, and Gary Metras. Does not accept unsolicited chapbook mss. Has published Dead Beats by Sam Cornish, On the Wings of Song by Molly Lynn Watt, Fairytales and Misdemeanors by Jennifer Matthews, Steerage by Bert Stern, From the Paris of New England by Doug Holder, Ti and Blood Soaked; East of the Moon by Ruth Kramer Baden, and Lousia Solano: The Grolier Poetry Book Shop edited by Steve Glines and Doug Holder. Pays 1 contributor’s copy.
ALSO OFFERS Reviews books/chapbooks of poetry and other magazines in 250-500 words. Send materials for review consideration.
ICONOCLAST1675 Amazon Rd., Mohegan Lake NY 10547-1804. Website: www.iconoclastliterarymagazine.com. Contact: Phil Wagner, editor and publisher. Iconoclast Magazine seeks and chooses the best new writing and poetry available—of all genres and styles and entertainment levels. Its mission is to provide a serious publishing opportunity for unheralded, unknown but deserving creators, whose work is often overlooked or trampled in the commercial, university, or Internet marketplace. Buys first North American serial rights. Responds in 6 weeks to mss. Sample copy: $5. Subscription: $20 for 6 issues.
MAGAZINES NEEDS “Try for originality; if not in thought than expression. No greeting card verse or noble religious sentiments. Look for the unusual in the usual, parallels in opposites, the capturing of what is unique or often unnoticed in an ordinary or extraordinary moment. What makes us human—and the resultant glories and agonies. The universal usually wins out over the personal. Rhyme isn’t as easy as it looks—especially for those unversed in its study.” Submit by postal mail; include SASE. Cover letter not necessary. Length: up to 2 pages. Pays $2-6/poem and 1 contributor’s copy per page or work. Contributors get 40% discount on extra copies.
TIPS “Please don’t send preliminary drafts—rewriting is half the job. If you’re not sure about the story, don’t truly believe in it, or are unenthusiastic about the subject (we will not recycle your term papers or thesis), then don’t send it. This is not a lottery (luck has nothing to do with it).”
THE IDAHO REVIEWDept. of English, Boise State University, 1910 University Dr., Boise ID 83725. (208)426-1002. Fax: (208)426-4373. E-mail: idahoreview@boisestate.edu; mwieland@boisestate.edu. Website: idahoreview.org. Contact: Mitch Wieland, editor. The Idaho Review is the literary journal of Boise State University. Acquires one-time rights. Pays on publication. Publishes ms 1 year after acceptance. Responds in 3-5 months. Guidelines available online.
Recent stories reprinted in The Best American Short Stories, The O. Henry Prize Stories, The Pushcart Prize, and New Stories from The South.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 5 poems. Prefers submissions using online submissions manager, but will accept submissions by postal mail.
TIPS “We look for strongly crafted work that tells a story that needs to be told. We demand vision and intelligence and mystery in the fiction we publish.”
IDIOM 23Central Queensland University, Idiom 23 Literary Magazine, Rockhampton QLD 4702, Australia. E-mail: idiom@cqu.edu.au. Website: www.cqu.edu.au/idiom23. Contact: Idiom 23 editorial board. Idiom 23, published annually, is “named for the Tropic of Capricorn and is dedicated to developing the literary arts throughout the Central Queensland region. Submissions of original short stories, poems, articles, and b&w drawings and photographs are welcomed by the editorial collective. Idiom 23 is not limited to a particular viewpoint but, on the contrary, hopes to encourage and publish a broad spectrum of writing. The collective seeks out creative work from community groups with as varied backgrounds as possible.” Single copy: $20, available at bookshop.cqu.edu.au. See website for submission details. Electronic submissions only.
Dept. of English, College of Charleston, 66 George St., Charleston SC 29424-0001. (843)953-4972. E-mail: illuminations@cofc.edu. Website: illuminations.cofc.edu. Contact: Simon Lewis, editor. “Over these many years Illuminations has remained consistently true to its mission statement to publish new writers alongside some of the world’s finest, including Nadine Gordimer, James Merrill, Carol Ann Duffy, Dennis Brutus, Allen Tate, interviews with Tim O’Brien, and letters from Flannery O’Connor and Ezra Pound. A number of new poets whose early work appeared in Illuminations have gone on to win prizes and accolades, and we at Illuminations sincerely value the chance to promote the work of emerging writers.” Returns rights on request. Sample copy: $10.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Open to any form and style, and to translations. Does not want to see anything “bland or formally clunky.” Has published poetry by Brenda Marie Osbey, Geri Doran, Dennis Brutus, and Carole Satyamurti. Submit up to 6 poems at a time. Pays 2 contributor’s copies of current issue; 1 of subsequent issue.
IMAGE3307 Third Ave. W., Seattle WA 98119. (206)281-2988. Fax: (206)281-2979. E-mail: image@imagejournal.org. Website: www.imagejournal.org. Contact: Gregory Wolfe, publisher and editor in chief. “Image is a unique forum for the best writing and artwork that is informed by—or grapples with—religious faith. We have never been interested in art that merely regurgitates dogma or falls back on easy answers or didacticism. Instead, our focus has been on writing and visual artwork that embody a spiritual struggle, that seek to strike a balance between tradition and a profound openness to the world. Each issue explores this relationship through outstanding fiction, poetry, painting, sculpture, architecture, film, music, interviews, and dance. Image also features 4-color reproductions of visual art.” Buys first North American serial rights. Pays on acceptance. Publishes ms an average of 8 months after acceptance. Responds in 1 month to queries; in 5 months to mss. Sample copy: $16 or available online. Guidelines online.
Magazine: 7×10; 136 pages; glossy cover stock; illustrations; photos.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Wants poems that grapple with religious faith, usually Judeo-Christian. Submit by mail. Send SASE for reply, return of ms, or send disposable copy of ms. Does not accept e-mail submissions. Pays $2/line ($150 maximum) and 4 contributor’s copies.
TIPS “Fiction must grapple with religious faith, though subjects need not be overtly religious.”
P.O. Box 40101, Pasadena CA 91114. E-mail: indefinitespace@yahoo.com. Website: www.indefinitespace.net. “Published annually. From minimalist to avant garde, Indefinite Space is open to innovative, imagistic, philosophical, experimental creations: poetry, drawings, collage, photography. Reads year round.” Poet retains copyright. Responds in 3 months. Seldom comments on rejected poems. Single copy: $8; subscription: $14 for 2 issues. Make checks payable to Marcia Arrieta.
Indefinite Space is 48 pages, digest-sized.
MAGAZINES NEEDS No rhyming poetry. Has published poetry by Andrea Moorhead, Rob Cook, Linda King, Bob Heman, Khat Xiong, and Guy R. Beining. Pays 1 contributor’s copy.
INDIANA REVIEWBallantine Hall 465, 1020 E. Kirkwood, Indiana University, Bloomington IN 47405. (812)855-3439. E-mail: inreview@indiana.edu. Website: indianareview.org. Contact: Britt Ashley, editor; Justin Wolfe, nonfiction editor; Joe Hiland, fiction editor; Michael Mlekoday, poetry editor. “Indiana Review, a nonprofit organization run by IU graduate students, is a journal of previously unpublished poetry and fiction. Literary interviews and essays are also considered. We publish innovative fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. We’re interested in energy, originality, and careful attention to craft. While we publish many well-known writers, we also welcome new and emerging poets and fiction writers.” Buys first North American serial rights. Pays on publication. Publishes ms an average of 3-6 months after acceptance. Responds in 2 or more weeks to queries; in 4 or more months to mss. Sample copy: $12. Guidelines available online. “We no longer accept hard-copy submissions. All submissions must be made online.”
MAGAZINES NEEDS “We look for poems that are skillful and bold, exhibiting an inventiveness of language with attention to voice and sonics.” Wants experimental, free verse, prose poem, traditional form, lyrical, narrative. Length: 5 lines minimum. Pays $5/page ($10 minimum), plus 2 contributor’s copies.
CONTEST/AWARD OFFERINGS Holds yearly poetry and prose poem contests.
TIPS “We’re always looking for nonfiction essays that go beyond merely autobiographical revelation and utilize sophisticated organization and slightly radical narrative strategies. We want essays that are both lyrical and analytical where confession does not mean nostalgia. Read us before you submit. Often reading is slower in summer and holiday months. Only submit work to journals you would proudly subscribe to, then subscribe to a few. Take care to read the latest 2 issues and specifically mention work you identify with and why. Submit work that ‘stacks up’ with the work we’ve published. Offers annual poetry, fiction, short short/prose poem prizes. See website for full guidelines.”
INDIA-USA PUNJABI ENGLISH MAGAZINE22619 97th Ave. S., Kent WA 98031. E-mail: aasra@q.com. Contact: Sarab Singh, editor. India-USA Punjabi English Magazine, formerly Aasra Punjabi English Magazine, published bimonthly, features current events mainly Indian, but has featured others, too, of interest. Also features interviews, yoga, and other articles, and poetry. Acquires one-time rights. Rights revert to poet upon publication. Time between acceptance and publication is 2 months. Sometimes comments on rejected poems. Single copy: $3 (postage); subscription: $20/year. “The magazine is distributed free in the Seattle area and available through other libraries. We charge $3 per copy for p&h or $2 per copy if you purchase more than 10 copies. Back issue: $2.” Guidelines in magazine. “We will print 1 poem per issue. We usually charge $4 to print a small poem and more for long poems. (Please note we do not send a free copy in which your poem is printed. The money usually goes to cover p&h.)”
Magazine: Measures approximately 8.5x11, press printed, staple bound, includes ads. Page count varies.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit 1-2 small poems at a time. Cover letter is required. Include SASE, name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address with age and gender on cover letter. Include a short bio. “If interested we can print ‘About the Poet’ along with the poem.” Reads submissions year round. Sometimes publishes theme issues. Has published poetry by Tripat Singh, Elizabeth Tallmadge, and Carmen Arhiveleta.
CONTEST/AWARD OFFERINGS Best Poem of the Year is awarded one-year free subscription.
E-mail: editor@innisfreepoetry.org. Website: www.innisfreepoetry.org. Contact: Greg McBride, editor. Innisfree Poetry Journal “welcomes original, previously unpublished poems year round. We accept poems only via e-mail from both established and new writers whose work is excellent. We publish well-crafted poems, poems grounded in the specific which speak in fresh language and telling images. And we admire musicality. We welcome those who, like the late Lorenzo Thomas, ‘write poems because I can’t sing.’” Acquires first North American serial rights. “Acquires first publication rights, including the right to publish it online and maintain it there as part of the issue in which it appears, to make it available in a printer-friendly format, to make the issue of Innisfree in which it appears downloadable as a PDF document and available as a printed volume. All other rights revert to the poet after online publication of the poem in The Innisfree Poetry Journal.” Guidelines available on website.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 5 poems by e-mail; single Word attachment. “Include your name as you would like it to appear in Innisfree in the subject line of your submission. Format all poems flush with the left margin—no indents other than any within the poem itself. Simultaneous submissions are welcome. If a poem is accepted elsewhere, however, please be sure to notify us immediately.”
INTERPRETER'S HOUSETryst Cottage, 16 Main Street, Monks Kirby, Nr Rugby Warwickshire CV23 0QX, England. E-mail: theinterpretershouse@aol.com. Website: www.theinterpretershouse.com. Contact: Martin Malone, editor. The Interpreter’s House, published 3 times/year in February, June, and October, prints short stories and poetry. Responds in 3 months. Sample copy: £5 plus £1.20 postage. Guidelines for SASE.
Submission windows: October for the Spring issue, February for the Summer issue, June for the Autumn issue.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit by mail (include SASE) or e-mail (as a single Word attachment). Wants “good poetry, not too long.” Does not want “Christmas-card verse or incomprehensible poetry.” Has published poetry by Dannie Abse, Tony Curtis, Pauline Stainer, Alan Brownjohn, Peter Redgrove, and R.S. Thomas. “All work is dealt with swiftly. Usually no more than 1 poem is accepted, and writers who have already appeared in the magazine are asked to wait for at least a year before submitting again.” Pays in contributor’s copies.
P.O. Box 18548, Charlotte NC 28218. (704)595-9526. E-mail: iodineopencut@aol.com. Website: www.iodinepoetryjournal.com. Contact: Jonathan K. Rice, editor/publisher. Iodine Poetry Journal, published semiannually, provides “a venue for both emerging and established poets.” Acquires first North American serial rights. Time between acceptance and publication is 6 months to 1 year. Responds in 2-3 months. Single copy: $8; subscription: $14/year (2 issues) $26 for 2 years (4 issues). Sample: “Back issues vary in price.” Make checks payable to Iodine Poetry Journal. Guidelines available in magazine, for SASE, or on website.
Poetry published in Iodine Poetry Journal has been selected for inclusion in The Best American Poetry. Iodine Poetry Journal is 84 pages, digest-sized, perfect-bound, with full-color laminated cover; includes ads. Receives about 2,000 poems/year, accepts about 75 poems/issue. Press run is 350.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit 3-5 poems at a time. Accepts e-mail submissions from international poets only; no disk submissions. Cover letter is preferred. “Always include SASE, and specify if SASE is for return of ms or reply only. I like a brief introduction of yourself in the cover letter.” Reads submissions year round. Poems are circulated to an editorial board. Associate editors assist in the selection process. Sometimes comments on rejected poems. Sometimes sends prepublication galleys. Has published poetry by Fred Chappell, Colette Inez, Ron Koertge, Dorianne Laux, and R.T. Smith. Length: 40 lines/poem or less preferred, “but not totally averse to longer poems.” Pays 1 contributor’s copy and discounts extra copies of the issue in which work appears.
TIPS “We no longer publish our broadside, Open Cut.”
IOTAP.O. Box 7721, Matlock, Derbyshire DE4 9DD, England. (44)01629 582500. E-mail: info@iotamagazine.co.uk. E-mail: submissions@templarpoetry.co.uk. Website: www.iotamagazine.co.uk. Contact: Nigel McLoughlin, editor. Iota considers “any style and subject; no specific limitations as to length.” Has published poetry by Jane Kinninmont, John Robinson, Tony Petch, Chris Kinsey, Christopher James, and Michael Kriesel. Responds in 3 months (unless production of the next issue takes precedence).
Iota is 120 or more pages, professionally printed, litho stitched, with full-color cover. Receives 6,000 poems/year, accepts about 300. Press run is around 1,000. Single copy: £6.99 UK; subscription: £18 UK, £25 outside UK.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 6 poems at a time. No previously published poems or simultaneous submissions. Cover letter is required. Prefers name and address on each poem, typed. “No SAE, no reply.” Online submissions now accepted; see details at www.iotamagazine.co.uk/submissions.” Reviews books of poetry. Send materials for review consideration. There is a $1 administration fee for submitting online. Pays 1 contributor’s copy.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION The editors also publish Templar Poetry (www.templarpoetry.co.uk), sponsor the annual Derwent Poetry Festival, and host an online poetry bookshop of their titles at www.templarpoetry.com. “Templar Poetry is a major UK poetry publisher and publishes poetry collections, nonfiction, and an annual anthology of poetry linked to international pamphlet and collection awards. Details at www.templarpoetry.co.uk/awards.
CONTEST/AWARD OFFERINGS Sponsors an annual poetry Pamphlet/Chapbook-Iota Shot Award, offering 2-3 awards of £100, plus publication of ishot chapbook. Submission fee: £15.50 online. Worldwide submissions in English welcome. Deadline: November 19.
THE IOWA REVIEW308 EPB, The University of Iowa, Iowa City IA 52242. (319)335-0462. Website: www.iowareview.org. Contact: Harilaos Stecopoulos. The Iowa Review, published 3 times/year, prints fiction, poetry, essays, reviews, and, occasionally, interviews. Receives about 5,000 submissions/year, accepts up to 100. Press run is 2,900; 1,500 distributed to stores. Subscription: $25. Stories, essays, and poems for a general readership interested in contemporary literature. Buys first North American serial rights; buys nonexclusive anthology, classroom, and online serial rights. Pays on publication. Publishes ms an average of 12-18 months after acceptance. Responds in 4 months to mss. Sample copy for $9.95 and online. Guidelines available online.
This magazine uses the help of colleagues and graduate assistants. Its reading period for unsolicited work is September 1-December 1. From January through April, they read entries to their annual Iowa Awards competition. Check the website for further information.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 8 pages at a time. Online submissions accepted, but no e-mail submissions. Cover letter (with title of work and genre) is encouraged. SASE required. Reads submissions “only during the fall semester, September through November, and then contest entries in the spring.” Time between acceptance and publication is “around a year.” Occasionally comments on rejected poems or offers suggestions on accepted poems. “We simply look for poems that, at the time we read and choose, we find we admire. No specifications as to form, length, style, subject matter, or purpose. Though we print work from established writers, we’re always delighted when we discover new talent.” Pays $1.50/line of poetry, $40 minimum.
TIPS “We publish essays, reviews, novel excerpts, stories, poems, and photography. We have no set guidelines as to content or length but strongly recommend that writers read a sample issue before submitting.”
ISLANDP.O. Box 4703, Bathurst St. Post Office, Hobart Tasmania 7000, Australia. E-mail: matthew@islandmag.com. Website: www.islandmag.com. Contact: Matthew Lamb, editorial director and features editor. Island seeks quality fiction, poetry, and essays. It is “one of Australia’s leading literary magazines, tracing the contours of our national, and international culture, while still retaining a uniquely Tasmanian perspective.” Buys one-time rights. Subscriptions and sample copies available for purchase online. Guidelines available online.
Only publishes the work of subscribers; you can submit if you are not currently a subscriber, but if your piece is chosen, the subscription will be taken from the fee paid for the piece.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Pay varies.
University of Rhode Island, Alan Shawn Feinstein College of Continuing Education, 80 Washington St., Providence RI 02903. (401)277-5306. Fax: (401)277-5100. E-mail: it.americana@yahoo.com. Website: www.uri.edu/prov/research/italianamericana/italianamericana.html. Contact: Carol Bonomo Albright, editor-in-chief. A semi-annual historical and cultural journal devoted to the Italian experience in America. Italian Americana, in cooperation with the American Italian Historical Association, is the first and only cultural as well as historical review dedicated to the Italian experience in the New World. Responds in 1-2 months.
Offers annual prizes: $1,000 John Ciardi Poetry Prize, $500 Massaro Prize for the best critical essay, $250 Bruno Arcudi Short Fiction Award, and $250 A. William Salamone History Award. See website for details.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Send poems (in triplicate) with SASE and cover letter. Include 3-5 line bio, list of publications. Length: no more than 3 pages. Pays in contributor’s copies.
Department of English, Mississippi State University, Drawer E, Mississippi State MS 39762. E-mail: jabberwockreview@english.msstate.edu. Website: www.jabberwockreview.org.msstate.edu. Contact: Becky Hagenston, editor. “Jabberwock Review is a literary journal published semi-annually by students and faculty of Mississippi State University. The journal consists of art, poetry, fiction, and nonfiction from around the world. Funding is provided by the Office of the Provost, the College of Arts & Sciences, the Shackouls Honors College, the Department of English, fundraisers, and subscriptions.” Rights revert to author upon publication. Responds in 3-5 months. “If you have not heard from us in 5 months, feel free to contact us about the status of your submission.” Guidelines available online at website.
Submissions will be accepted from August 15-October 20 and January 15-March 15.
MAGAZINES NEEDS “Poems of multiple pages should indicate whether or not stanza breaks accompany page breaks.”
TIPS “It might take a few months to get a response from us, but your manuscript will be read with care. Our editors enjoy reading submissions (really!) and will remember writers who are persistent and committed to getting a story ‘right’ through revision.”
JACK AND JILLU.S. Kids, P.O. Box 567, Indianapolis IN 46206. (317)634-1100. E-mail: jackandjill@uskidsmags.com. Website: www.jackandjillmag.org. Buys all rights. Pays on publication. Publishes ms an average of 8 months after acceptance. Responds to mss in 3 months. Guidelines available online.
"Please do not send artwork. We prefer to work with professional illustrators of our own choosing."
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit via postal mail; no e-mail submissions. Wants light-hearted poetry appropriate for the age group. Mss must be typewritten with poet’s contact information in upper right-hand corner of each poem’s page. SASE required. Length: up to 30 lines/poem. Pays $25 and up.
TIPS “We are constantly looking for new writers who can tell good stories with interesting slants—stories that are not full of outdated and time-worn expressions. We like to see stories about kids who are smart and capable but not sarcastic or smug. Problem-solving skills, personal responsibility, and integrity are good topics for us. Obtain current issues of the magazine and study them to determine our present needs and editorial style.”
2207 NE Broadway, Portland OR 97232. (503)287-5570. Fax: (801)749-9896. E-mail: jm@jerryjazz.com. Website: www.jerryjazzmusician.com. “Jerry Jazz Musician’s mission is to explore the culture of 20th-century America with, as noted jazz critic Nat Hentoff wrote, ‘jazz as the centerpiece.’ We focus on publishing content geared toward readers with interests in jazz music, its rich history, and the culture it influenced—and was influenced by. We regularly publish original interviews, poetry, literature, and art, and encourage readers to share their own perspectives.”
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit 1-2 poems at a time. Length: 6-100 lines.
P.O. Box 111, Accord NY 12404. (845)626-2427. E-mail: editor@jewishcurrents.org. Website: www.jewishcurrents.org. Jewish Currents, published 4 times/year, is a progressive Jewish bimonthly magazine that carries on the insurgent tradition of the Jewish left through independent journalism, political commentary, and a ‘countercultural’ approach to Jewish arts and literature. Publishes mss 6-9 months after acceptance. Responds in 3 months. Subscription: $30/year.
Jewish Currents is 80 pages, magazine-sized, offset-printed, saddle-stapled with a full-color arts section, “Jcultcha & Funny Pages.” “Our Winter issue is a 12-month arts calendar.”
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit 4 poems at a time with a cover letter. “Writers should include brief biographical information.” Poems should be typed, double-spaced; include SASE. Pays contributor’s copies.
ALSO OFFERS “We also run a national poetry contest October 15-January 15.”
JEWISH WOMEN'S LITERARY ANNUALEleanor Leff Jewish Women’s Resource Center, 241 W. 72nd St., New York NY 10023. (212)687-5030. E-mail: info@ncjwny.org. Website: www.ncjwny.org/services_annual.htm. Contact: Henny Wenkart, editor. Jewish Women’s Literary Annual, published in April, prints poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction by Jewish women. Sample copy: $15. Subscription: $48 for 3 issues. Make checks payable to NCJW New York Section.
Jewish Women's Literary Annual is 230 pages, digest-sized, perfect-bound, with laminated card cover. Press run is 1,500.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit poems by postal mail. Receives about 1,500 poems/year, accepts about 10%. Has published poetry by Linda Zisquit, Merle Feld, Helen Papell, Enid Dame, Marge Piercy, and Lesléa Newman.
TIPS “Send only your very best. We are looking for humor, as well as other things, but nothing cutesy or smart-aleck. We do no politics and prefer topics other than ‘Holocaust’.”
524 West 59th St., 7th Floor, New York NY 10019. (212)237-9697. E-mail: jjournal@jjay.cuny.edu. Website: www.jjournal.org. Contact: Adam Berlin and Jeffrey Heiman, editors. “J Journal publishes literary fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry on the justice theme. Subjects often include crime, criminal justice, law, law enforcement, and prison writing. While the theme is specific, it need not dominate the work. We’re interested in questions of justice from all perspectives. Tangential connections to justice are often better than direct.” Acquires first rights. Publication is copyrighted. Pays on publication. Ms published 6 months after acceptance. Responds to queries in 4 weeks; mss in 12 weeks. Sometimes comments on/critiques rejected mss. Send recyclable copy of ms and e-mail for reply. Sample copy: $10. Guidelines available online.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 3 poems. Include brief bio and list of publications. Writers receive 2 contributor’s copies. Additional copies $10.
TIPS “We’re looking for literary fiction/memoir/personal narrative poetry with a connection, direct or tangential, to the theme of justice.”
English Department, County College of Morris, 214 Center Grove Rd., Randolph NJ 07869-2086. (973)328-5460. Fax: (973)328-5425. E-mail: ebirx@ccm.edu. Contact: Emily Birx, editor; Matthew Ayres, Debra DeMattio, Philip Chase, Dee McAree, associate editors. Journal of New Jersey Poets, published annually in April, is “not necessarily about New Jersey—but of, by, and for poets from New Jersey.” Wants “serious work that conveys the essential, real, whole emotional moment of the poem to the reader without sentimentality.” Acquires first North American serial rights. Time between acceptance and publication is within 1 year. Responds in up to 1 year. Sample: $10 (includes postage and handling). Subscription: $16 for 2 issues ($16/issue for institutions). Guidelines available for SASE or by e-mail.
Journal of New Jersey Poets is about 90 pages, perfect-bound, offset-printed on recycled stock. Press run is 500.
MAGAZINES NEEDS All reviews are solicited. Send 2 copies of books for review consideration. Poets who live or work in New Jersey (or who formerly lived or worked here) are invited to submit up to 3 poems with their New Jersey bio data mentioned in the cover letter. Accepts fax and e-mail submissions, “but they will not be acknowledged nor returned. Include SASE with sufficient postage for return of ms, or provide instructions to recycle.” Annual deadline for submissions: September 1. Has published poetry by X.J. Kennedy, Allen Ginsberg, Amiri Baraka, Gerald Stern, Kenneth Burke, Stephen Dobyns, Thomas Edison, Ruth Moon Kempher, Joe Weil, Joe Salerno, and Catherine Doty. Pays 2 contributor’s copies and a one-year subscription.
ALSO OFFERS Awarded first New Jersey poets prize to Stephen Dobyns in 2010. For prize guidelines, e-mail editor Matthew Ayres.
(312)464-4444. E-mail: jamams@jamanetwork.com. Website: www.jama.com. Contact: Howard Bauchner, editor-in-chief; Phil B. Fontanarosa, executive editor. JAMA is an international peer-reviewed general medical journal published 48 times/year. It is the most widely circulated journal in the world. JAMA publishes Original Investigations, Reviews, Brief Reports, Special Communications, Viewpoints, and other categories of articles. Publishes mss 1 month after acceptance. Guidelines available online.
Receives about 6,000 mss annually. Publishes 9% of mss.
MAGAZINES NEEDS JAMA includes a poetry and medicine column and publishes poetry in some way related to a medical experience, whether from the point of view of a health care worker or patient, or simply an observer. Has published poetry by Jack Coulehan, Floyd Skloot, and Walt McDonald. JAMA is magazine-sized, flat-spined, with glossy paper cover. Receives about 750 poems/year, accepts about 7%. Length: no longer than 50 lines.
THE JOURNAL(614)292-6065. Fax: (614)292-7816. E-mail: managingeditor@thejournalmag.org. Website: thejournalmag.org. “We are interested in quality fiction, poetry, nonfiction, art, and reviews of new books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. We impose no restrictions on category, type, or length of submission for fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. We are happy to consider long stories and self-contained excerpts of novels. Please double-space all prose submissions. Please send 3-5 poems in 1 submission. We only accept online submissions and will not respond to mailed submissions.” Buys first North American serial rights. Payment for art contributors only. All other contributors receive 2 contributor’s copies and a one-year subscription. Publishes ms an average of 1 year after acceptance. Responds in 3-4 months to mss. Sample copy: $8 on Submittable or free online spring and fall issues. Guidelines available online: thejournalmag.org/submit. Submit online only at thejournal.submittable.com/submit.
"We're open to all forms; we tend to favor work that gives evidence of a mature and sophisticated sense of the language."
MAGAZINES NEEDS “However else poets train or educate themselves, they must do what they can to know our language. Too much of the writing we see indicates poets do not, in many cases, develop a feel for the possibilities of language and do not pay attention to craft. Poets should not be in a rush to publish—until they are ready.” Publishes about 100 poems/year.
THE JOURNALOriginal Plus Press, 17 High St., Maryport Cumbria CA15 6BQ, United Kingdom. 01900 812194. E-mail: smithsssj@aol.com. Website: http://thesamsmith.webs.com. The Journal, published 3 times/year, features English poetry/translations, reviews, and articles. Wants “new poetry howsoever it comes; translations and original English-language poems.” Does not want “staid, generalized, all form/no content.” Buys all rights. Pays on publication. Publishes ms an average of 6 months after acceptance. Responds in 4 weeks to queries. Often comments on rejected poems. Editorial lead time 6 months.
Since 1997, Original Plus Press has been publishing collections of poetry. Has recently published books by Grahaeme Barrasford Young, Dina Kafiris, Alfred Todd, Fiona Sinclair, Neil Leadbeater, Janette Ayachi, Paul Lee, Kate Ruse, and Chris Deakins. "From now on we will be publishing mainly chapbooks. Send SASE (or SAE and IRC) or e-mail for details."
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 6 poems at a time. Accepts e-mail submissions. Cover letter is preferred. “Please send 2 IRCs with hard-copy submissions.” Always sends prepublication galleys. Pays 1 contributor’s copy “only to U.K. contributors. Contributors outside of the U.K. receive PDF copy of that issue.”
TIPS “Send 6 poems; I’ll soon let you know if it’s not Journal or Original Plus material.”
Hawai’i Literary Arts Council, P.O. Box 11213, Honolulu HI 96828. E-mail: reimersa001@hawaii.rr.com. Website: www.hawaii.edu/hlac. Kaimana: Literary Arts Hawai’i, published annually, is the magazine of the Hawai’i Literary Arts Council. Wants submissions with “some Pacific reference—Asia, Polynesia, Hawai’i—but not exclusively.” Responds with “reasonable dispatch.” Subscription: $15, includes membership in HLAC. Sample: $10.
Kaimana is 64-76 pages, 7.5x10, saddle-stapled, with high-quality printing. Press run is 1,000. “Poets published in Kaimana have received the Pushcart Prize, the Hawaii Award for Literature, the Stefan Baciu Award, the Cades Award, and the John Unterecker Award.”
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit poems with SASE. No e-mail submissions. Cover letter is preferred. Sometimes comments on rejected poems. Has published poetry by Kathryn Takara, Howard Nemerov, Anne Waldman, Reuel Denney, Haunani-Kay Trask, and Simon Perchik. Pays 2 contributor’s copies.
TIPS “Hawai’i gets a lot of ‘travelling regionalists,’ visiting writers with inevitably superficial observations. We also get superb visiting observers who are careful craftsmen anywhere. Kaimana is interested in the latter, to complement our own best Hawai’i writers.”
KALEIDOSCOPEKaleidoscope, 701 S. Main St., Akron OH 44311-1019. (330)762-9755. Fax: (330)762-0912. E-mail: kaleidoscope@udsakron.org. Website: www.kaleidoscopeonline.org. Contact: Gail Willmott, editor in chief. “Kaleidoscope magazine creatively focuses on the experiences of disability through literature and the fine arts. Unique to the field of disability studies, this award-winning publication expresses the diversity of the disablity experience from a variety of perspectives including: individuals, families, friends, caregivers, educators, and healthcare professionals, among others.” Buys first rights. Rights return to author upon publication. Pays on publication. Responds within 6-9 months. Guidelines available online. Submissions and queries electronically via website and e-mail.
Kaleidoscope has received awards from the Great Lakes Awards Competition and Ohio Public Images; received the Ohioana Award of Editorial Excellence.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Wants poems that have strong imagery, evocative language. Submit up to 5 poems. “Do not get caught up in rhyme scheme. We want high quality with strong imagery and evocative language.” Reviews any style.
TIPS “The material chosen for Kaleidoscope challenges and overcomes stereotypical, patronizing, and sentimental attitudes about disability. We accept the work of writers with and without disabilities; however the work of a writer without a disability must focus on some aspect of disability. The criteria for good writing apply: effective technique, thought-provoking subject matter, and, in general, a mature grasp of the art of storytelling. Writers should avoid using offensive language and always put the person before the disability.”
Liberal Arts Division, Mercer County Community College, P.O. Box 17202, Trenton NJ 08690. E-mail: kelsey.review@mccc.edu. Website: www.mccc.edu/community_kelsey-review.shtml. Contact: Ed Carmien. The Kelsey Review, published annually online in September by Mercer County Community College, serves as “an outlet for literary talent of people living and working in Mercer County, New Jersey only.” Rights revert to author on publication. Responds no later than September 1 to mss. Electronic submissions only. Sample copy free online. Guidelines online.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Deadline is May 15. Submissions are limited to people who live, work, or give literary readings in the Mercer County, New Jersey area. Decisions on which material will be published are made by the 4-person editorial board in June and July. Contributors will be notified of submission acceptance determination(s) by the second week of August. Has no specifications as to form, subject matter, or style. Submit up to 6 pages. Has published poetry by Vida Chu, Dan O’Brien, and Carolina Morales. Does not want to see poetry “about kittens and puppies.”
TIPS “See The Kelsey Review website for current guidelines. Note: We only accept submissions from the Mercer County, New Jersey area.”
THE KENYON REVIEWFinn House, 102 W. Wiggin, Gambier OH 43022. (740)427-5208. Fax: (740)427-5417. E-mail: kenyonreview@kenyon.edu. Website: www.kenyonreview.org. Contact: Marlene Landefeld. “An international journal of literature, culture, and the arts, dedicated to an inclusive representation of the best in new writing (fiction, poetry, essays, interviews, criticism) from established and emerging writers.” Buys first rights. Pays on publication. Publishes ms an average of 1 year after acceptance. Responds in 4 months to mss. Editorial lead time 1 year. Sample copy: $10; includes postage and handling. Call or e-mail to order. Guidelines available online.
The Kenyon Review receives about 8,000 submissions/year. Also now publishes KR Online, a separate and complementary literary magazine.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Features all styles, forms, lengths, and subject matters. Considers translations. Has published poetry by Billy Collins, D.A. Powell, Jamaal May, Rachel Zucker, Diane di Prima, and Seamus Heaney. Submit up to 6 poems at a time. No previously published poems. Only accepts mss via online submissions program; visit website for instructions. Do not submit via e-mail or snail mail. Reads submissions September 15-January 15. Pays $40/page.
TIPS “We no longer accept mailed or e-mailed submissions. Work will only be read if it is submitted through our online program on our website. Reading period is September 15-January 15. We look for strong voice, unusual perspective, and power in the writing.”
College of the Redwoods, 883 W. Washington Blvd., Crescent City CA 95531. E-mail: ken-letko@redwoods.edu. Website: www.redwoods.edu/Departments/english/poets&writers/clm.htm. Contact: Ken Letko. The Kerf, published annually in fall, features “poetry that speaks to the environment and humanity.” Wants “poetry that exhibits an environmental consciousness.” Considers poetry by children and teens. Sample copy: $5. Make checks payable to College of the Redwoods.
The Kerf is 54 pages, digest-sized, printed via Docutech, saddle-stapled, with CS2 coverstock. Receives about 1,000 poems/year, accepts up to 3%. Press run is 350-400; 100 distributed free to contributors and writing centers.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 5 poems (7 pages maximum) at a time. Reads submissions January 15-March 31 only. Has published poetry by Marsha de la O, James Grabill, George Keithley, Carol Tyx, and Paul Willis.
LADYBUGCricket Magazine Group, 700 E. Lake St., Suite 800, Chicago IL 60601. Website: www.cricketmag.com/ladybug; ladybugmagkids.com. Contact: submissions editor. Ladybug magazine is an imaginative magazine with art and literature for young children (ages 3-6). Publishes 9 issues per year. Pays on publication. Responds in 6 months to mss. Guidelines available online at submittable.cricketmag.com or www.cricketmag.com/submissions.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Wants poetry that is “rhythmic, rhyming; serious, humorous.” Submit via online submissions manager: cricket.submittable.com. Length: up to 20 lines/poem. Pays up to $3/line ($25 minimum).
LADY CHURCHILL'S ROSEBUD WRISTLET150 Pleasant St., #306, Easthampton MA 01027. E-mail: smallbeerpress@gmail.com. Website: www.smallbeerpress.com/lcrw. Contact: Gavin Grant, editor. Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet accepts fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and b&w art. “The fiction we publish tends toward, but is not limited to, the speculative. This does not mean only quietly desperate stories. We will consider items that fall out with regular categories. We do not accept multiple submissions.” Pays on publication for first serial, nonexclusive anthology, and nonexclusive electronic rights. Publishes ms 6-12 months after acceptance. Responds in 6 months to mss. Sometimes comments on rejected mss. Sample copy: $5. Guidelines online.
Semiannual.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Send complete ms with a cover letter. Include estimated word count. Send SASE (or IRC) for return of ms, or send a disposable copy of ms and #10 SASE for reply only. Pays $5/poem.
TIPS “We recommend you read Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet before submitting. You can procure a copy from us or from assorted book shops.”
E-mail: editors@lafovea.org. Website: www.lafovea.org. Contact: Frank Giampietro, creator; Virginia McLure, editor. Published 20 times/year online. “Each Nerve editor (found on the main page of www.lafovea.org) is in charge of a nerve. The nerves are made up of poets who are invited to submit to La Fovea. Click on the editor’s name to see all the poets and poems in his or her nerve. The nerve editor asks a poet to submit 2 poems. After that poet has had his or her poems on La Fovea, he or she will ask another poet to submit poems. If the last poet on the nerve does not find a poet to submit poems for whatever reason, the nerve is dead. It’s okay to have a dead nerve. The most important thing is for the nerve editor to notice a nerve has died and begin a new nerve from their first page of poems.”
MAGAZINES NEEDS Wants any poetry. “If a poet wants to submit to La Fovea but has not been invited, he or she may submit to La Fovea and choose the editor whom the poet believes most matches his or her family of aesthetic style. The editor of the nerve may choose to send these poems to the current nerve editor and ask if he or she wishes to publish the poet’s work. If the poet does not wish to publish the work, than the work will be returned to the submitter.” Has published poetry by Denise Duhamel, Campbell McGrath, and Julianna Baggott. Submit ONLY 3 poems at a time by e-mail, along with short bio.
School of Humanities & Social Sciences, Penn State Erie, 4951 College Dr., Erie PA 16563-1501. (814)898-6281. Fax: (814)898-6032. E-mail: gol1@psu.edu. Website: www.pserie.psu.edu/lakeeffect. Contact: George Looney, editor in chief. Lake Effect is a publication of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. Sample copy: $6. Guidelines online at website.
MAGAZINES NEEDS “Lake Effect is looking for poems that demonstrate an original voice and that use multilayered, evocative images presented in a language shaped by an awareness of how words sound and what they mean. Each line should help to carry the poem. Lake Effect seeks poems from both established poets and from new and emerging voices.” Length: open.
LANDFALL: NEW ZEALAND ARTS AND LETTERSOtago University Press, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand. (64)(3)479-4155. Fax: (64)(3)479-8385. E-mail: landfall@otago.ac.nz. Website: www.otago.ac.nz/press/landfall. Landfall: New Zealand Arts and Letters contains literary fiction and essays, poetry, extracts from work in progress, commentary on New Zealand arts and culture, work by visual artists including photographers and reviews of local books. (Landfall does not accept unsolicited reviews.) Guidelines for SASE or on website.
Deadlines for submissions: January 10 for the May issue, June 10 for the November issue.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Prefers e-mail submissions. Accepts postal mail submissions, but must include SASE. Include contact information and brief bio. Publishes theme issues. Reads year-round.
LEADING EDGE4087 JKB, Provo UT 84602. E-mail: editor@leadingedgemagazine.com; fiction@leadingedgemagazine.com; art@leadingedgemagazine.com. Website: www.leadingedgemagazine.com. Contact: Kenna Blaylock, editor in chief. “Leading Edge is a magazine dedicated to new and upcoming talent in the fields of science fiction and fantasy. We strive to encourage developing and established talent and provide high-quality speculative fiction to our readers.” Does not accept mss with sex, excessive violence, or profanity. Buys first North American serial rights. Pays on publication. Publishes ms an average of 2-4 months after acceptance. Responds in 2-4 months to mss. Single copy: $5.95. “We no longer provide subscriptions, but Leading Edge is now available on Amazon Kindle, as well as print-on-demand.” Guidelines available online at website.
Accepts unsolicited submissions.
MAGAZINES NEEDS “Publishes 2-4 poems per issue. Poetry should reflect both literary value and popular appeal and should deal with science fiction- or fantasy-related themes.” Submit 1 or more poems at a time. No e-mail submissions. Cover letter is preferred. Include name, address, phone number, length of poem, title, and type of poem at the top of each page. Please include SASE with every submission.” Pays $10 for first 4 pages; $1.50/each subsequent page.
TIPS “Buy a sample issue to know what is currently selling in our magazine. Also, make sure to follow the writer’s guidelines when submitting.”
P.O. Box 472, Oakland CA 94604-0472. (510)763-7193. E-mail: editor@leftcurve.org. Website: www.leftcurve.org. Contact: Csaba Polony, editor. “Left Curve is an artist-produced journal addressing the problem(s) of cultural forms emerging from the crises of modernity that strive to be independent from the control of dominant institutions, based on the recognition of the destructiveness of commodity (capitalist) systems to all life.” Published irregularly. Rights revert to author. Publishes ms 6-12 months after acceptance. Responds in 6 months to mss and poems. Sometimes comments on rejected mss. Sample copy for $12; back copies $10. Guidelines available for SASE, by e-mail, or on website.
Magazine: 8.5×11; 144 pages; 60 lb. paper; 100 pt. C1S gloss layflat lamination cover; illustrations; photos. Receives 50 unsolicited mss/month. Accepts 3-4 mss/issue. Has published work by Mike Standaert, Ilan Pappe, Terrence Cannon, John Gist.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 5 poems at a time. Accepts e-mail or postal submissions. Cover letter is required. “Explain why you are submitting.” Publishes theme issues. Lines/poem: “Most of our published poetry is 1 page in length, though we have published longer poems of up to 8 pages.” Pays 2-3 contributor’s copies.
TIPS “We look for continuity, adequate descriptive passages, endings that are not simply abandoned (in both meanings). Dig deep; no superficial personalisms, no corny satire. Be honest, realistic, and gouge out the truth you wish to say. Understand yourself and the world. Have writing be a means to achieve or realize what is real.”
Attn: Submissions, 250 W. 57th St., Suite 2432, New York NY 10107. (212)757-0818. Fax: (212)757-5705. E-mail: info@lilith.org; naomi@lilith.org. Website: www.lilith.org. Contact: Susan Weidman Schneider, editor in chief; Naomi Danis, managing editor. Lilith Magazine: Independent, Jewish & Frankly Feminist, published quarterly, welcomes submissions of high-quality, lively writing: reportage, opinion pieces, memoirs, fiction, and poetry on subjects of interest to Jewish women. Responds in 3 months. Sample copy: $7. Guidelines online.
Lilith Magazine is 48 pages, magazine-sized, with glossy color cover. Press run is about 10,000 (about 6,000 subscribers). Subscription: $26/year. For all submissions: Make sure name and contact information appear on each page of mss. Include a short bio (1-2 sentences), written in third person. Accepts submissions year round.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Has published poetry by Irena Klepfisz, Lyn Lifshin, Marcia Falk, Adrienne Rich, and Muriel Rukeyser. Send up to 3 poems at a time via online submissions form or mail; no e-mail submissions. Copy should be neatly typed and proofread for typos and spelling errors.
TIPS “Read a copy of the publication before you submit your work. Please be patient.”
282 Main St., Pittsburgh PA 15201-2807. E-mail: lilliputreview@gmail.com. Website: https://sites.google.com/site/lilliputreview/home; Blog: lilliputreview.blogspot.com. Lilliput Review, published irregularly, is “shipped 2 issues at a time, every fourth issue being a broadside that features the work of a single poet.” Wants poems in any style or form, no longer than 10 lines. Has published poetry by Roberta Beary, Albert Huffstickler, Charlie Mehrhoff, and John Martone. Acquires first rights. Responds in 6 months. Sample: $1 or SASE. Subscription: $5 for 6 issues, $10 for 15 issues; $12 for institutions (12 issues). Make checks payable to Don Wentworth or make a payment to Paypal on the blog. Guidelines available for SASE or on website.
Lilliput Review is 12-16 pages, 4.25x3.5, laser-printed on colored paper, stapled. Press run is 400.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 3 poems at a time. SASE required. Considers previously published poems if noted as such. Editor comments on submissions “occasionally; I always try to establish human contact.” Length: up to 10 lines/poem. Pays 2 contributor’s copies/poem.
ALSO OFFERS The Modest Proposal Chapbook Series began in 1994, publishing 1 chapbook/year, 18-24 pages in length. Has published Now Now by Cid Corman. Chapbook submissions are by invitation only. Query with standard SASE. Sample chapbook: $3.
333 Kimpel Hall, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville AR 72701. E-mail: editors@linebreak.org. Website: http://linebreak.org. Contact: Johnathon Williams, founding editor; Ash Bowen. “Linebreak is a weekly online magazine of original poetry. Each poem we publish is read and recorded by another working poet selected by the editors.” Has published Dorianne Laux, Bob Hicok, D.A. Powell, C. Dale Young, Richard Siken, Sandra Beasley. Publishes ms 4 months after acceptance. Responds in 6 weeks. Guidelines available on website.
Poems published on Linebreak have been selected for the Best New Poets anthology and nominated for the Pushcart Prize.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 5 poems at a time through upload form on website. Considers simultaneous submissions. Reads submissions year round. Poems are circulated to an editorial board. Sometimes comments on rejected poems. Guidelines available on website. Sometimes sends prepublication galleys. Acquires electronic rights: “We require the rights to publish and archive the work indefinitely on our website, and the right to create an audio recording of each poem, which is also archived indefinitely. Copyright remains with the author.”
P.O. Box 616, Florham Park NJ 07392. (201)724-8500. E-mail: LBoss79270@aol.com. Contact: Laura Boss, poetry editor. Lips, published twice/year, takes pleasure “in publishing previously unpublished poets as well as the most established voices in contemporary poetry. We look for quality work: the strongest work of a poet; work that moves the reader; poems that take risks that work. We prefer clarity in the work rather than the abstract. Poems longer than 6 pages present a space problem.” Acquires first rights. Responds in 1 month (but has gotten backlogged at times). Sometimes sends prepublication galleys. Sample: $10, plus $2.50 for postage. Guidelines available for SASE.
Lips is about 150 pages, digest-sized, flat-spined. Has published poetry by Robert Bly, Allen Ginsberg, Michael Benedikt, Ruth Stone, Maria Mazziotti Gillan, Stanley Barkan, Lyn Lifshin, and Ishmael Reed.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit 6 pages maximum at a time. Poems should be typed. Reads submissions September-March only. Receives about 16,000 submissions/year, accepts about 1%. Pays 1 contributor’s copy.
Kent State University Geauga Campus, 14111 Claridon-Troy Rd., Burton OH 44021. (440)286-3840. E-mail: grace_butcher@msn.com. Contact: Grace Butcher, editor. “We look for powerful, unusual imagery, content, and plot in our short stories. In poetry, we look for tight lines that don’t sound like prose, unexpected images or juxtapositions, the unusual use of language, noticeable relationships of sounds, a twist in viewpoint, an ordinary idea in extraordinary language, an amazing and complex idea simply stated, play on words and with words, an obvious love of language. Poets need to read the ‘Big Three’—Cummings, Thomas, Hopkins—to see the limits to which language can be taken. Then read the ‘Big Two’—Dickinson to see how simultaneously tight, terse, and universal a poem can be, and Whitman to see how sprawling, cosmic, and personal. Then read everything you can find that’s being published in literary magazines today, and see how your work compares to all of the above.” Acquires first or one-time rights. Time between acceptance and publication is up to 6 months. Responds in 4 weeks to queries; 4 months to mss. Sample copy: $3, plus $1 postage. Writer’s guidelines for SASE.
Magazine: 5.5×8.5; 60 pages; photographs. "We publish the occasional very short stories (750 words/3 pages double-spaced) in any subject and any style, but the language must be strong, unusual, free from cliché and vagueness. We are a shoestring operation from a small campus, but we publish high-quality work." Reads submissions January 1-April 15 only.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 4 poems at a time. Accepts previously published poems “occasionally”; no simultaneous submissions. No e-mail submissions “unless from overseas.” Cover letter is required. Poems should be typed, single-spaced, with 1 poem/page—name, address, phone number, and e-mail address in upper left corner of each page with SASE for return of work. Poems are circulated to the editor and 2 assistant editors who read and evaluate work separately, then meet for final decisions. Length: Prefers shorter poems (less than 2 pages), but will consider longer if space allows. Pays 2 contributor’s copies.
ALSO OFFERS Awards $30 to the best sports poem in each issue.
200 E. 10th St., Suite 240, New York NY 10003. (212)260-5532. E-mail: litlatte@aol.com. Website: www.literal-latte.com. Contact: Jenine Gordon Bockman, editor and publisher. Bimonthly online publication with an annual print anthology featuring the best of the website. “We want great writing in all styles and subjects. A feast is made of a variety of flavors.” Buys first rights and requests permission for use in anthology. Responds in 6 months to mss. Editorial lead time 3 months. Writer’s guidelines online, via e-mail, or for #10 SASE
MAGAZINES NEEDS “We want any poem that captures the magic of the form.” Length: no more than 4,000 words.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION “We will publish an anthology in book form at the end of each year, featuring the best of our Web magazine.”
TIPS “Keeping free thought free and challenging entertainment are not mutually exclusive. Words make a manuscript stand out, words beautifully woven together in striking and memorable patterns.”
Sammamish WA 98075. E-mail: info@literaryjuice.com. E-mail: srajan@literaryjuice.com. Website: www.literaryjuice.com. Contact: Sara Rajan, editor-in-chief; Andrea O’Connor and Dinesh Rajan, managing editors. Bimonthly online literary magazine. “Literary Juice publishes original works of short fiction, flash fiction, and poetry. We do not publish nonfiction material, essays, or interviews, nor do we accept previously published works.” Acquires electronic rights. Responds in 1-3 months to mss. Guidelines available on website.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Length: 2-20 lines.
TIPS “It is crucial that writers read our submission guidelines, which can be found on our website. Most important, send us your very best writing. We are looking for works that are not only thought provoking but venture into unconventional territory as well. For instance, avoid sending mainstream stories and poems (stories about wizards or vampires fall into this category). Instead, take the reader to a new realm that has yet to be explored.”
E-mail: lminfo@literarymama.com. Website: www.literarymama.com. Contact: Maria Scala, editor-in-chief. Website offering writing about the complexities and many faces of motherhood in a variety of genres. “Departments include columns, creative nonfiction, fiction, Literary Reflections, poetry, and Profiles & Reviews. We are interested in reading pieces that are long, complex, ambiguous, deep, raw, irreverent, ironic, and body conscious.” Responds in 3 weeks-3 months to mss. “We correspond via e-mail only.” Guidelines available at www.literarymama.com/submissions.
TIPS “We seek top-notch creative writing. We also look for quality literary criticism about mother-centric literature and profiles of mother writers. We publish writing with fresh voices, superior craft, and vivid imagery. Please send submission (copied into e-mail) to appropriate departmental editors. Include a brief cover letter. We tend to like stark revelation (pathos, humor, and joy); clarity; concrete details; strong narrative development; ambiguity; thoughtfulness; delicacy; irreverence; lyricism; sincerity; the elegant. We need the submissions 3 months before the following months: October (Desiring Motherhood); May (Mother’s Day Month); and June (Father’s Day Month).”
Fairleigh Dickinson University, 285 Madison Ave., Madison NJ 07940. (973)443-8564. Fax: (973)443-8364. E-mail: info@theliteraryreview.org. Website: www.theliteraryreview.org. Contact: Minna Proctor, editor. The Literary Review, published quarterly, seeks “work by new and established poets that reflects a sensitivity to literary standards and the poetic form.” No specifications as to form, length, style, subject matter, or purpose. Acquires first rights. Responds in 8-12 months.
TLR Online, available on the website, features original work not published in the print edition. The Literary Review is about 200 pages, digest-sized, professionally printed, flat-spined, with glossy color cover. Receives about 1,200 submissions/year, accepts 100-150. Press run is 2,000 (800 subscribers, one-third are overseas). Sample: $8 domestic, $8 + $3.99 shipping outside U.S.; request a “general issue.” Has published poetry by Albert Goldbarth, Mary Jo Bang, David Citino, Rick Mulkey, Virgil Suárez and Gary Fincke.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Accepts only online submissions through Submittable. Pays 2 contributor’s copies plus 1 year free subscription.
P.O. Box 6084, Columbia MD 21045. E-mail: editor@littlepatuxentreview.org. Website: www.littlepatuxentreview.org. Contact: Steven Leyva, editor. “Little Patuxent Review (LPR) is a community-based, biannual print journal devoted to literature and the arts, primarily in the Mid-Atlantic region. We profile the work of a major poet or fiction writer and a visual artist in each issue. We celebrate the launch of each issue with a series of readings and broadcast highlights on LPR’s YouTube channel. All forms and styles considered. Please see our website for the current theme.” Buys first rights. Responds in 3-5 months to mss. Sample copy: $10. Guidelines available in magazine and on website.
LPR is about 120 pages; digest-sized; 100# finch cover; artwork (varies depending on featured artist). Has published poetry by Lucille Clifton, Martín Espada, Donald Hall, Joy Harjo, Marie Howe, Myra Sklarew, Clarinda Harriss, and Alan King. 2011 Pushcart Prize for “Patronized” by Tara Hart.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 3 poems by online submissions manager; no mail or e-mail submissions. Include word count and 75-word bio. Length: up to 100 lines/poem. Pays 1 contributor’s copy.
ALSO OFFERS “LPR co-sponsors monthly arts Salon Series events in conjunction with the Columbia Art Center, featuring literary readings, art presentations, and musical performances. Events are free and open to the public. Contributors are invited to participate in reading series and literary festivals, such as the Baltimore Book Festival. As part of our outreach effort, the LPR in the Classroom Program provides LPR issues to high schools and colleges at a discounted rate.”
TIPS “Please see our website for the current theme. Poetry and prose must exhibit the highest quality to be considered. Please read a sample issue before submitting.”
THE LONDON MAGAZINE11 Queen’s Gate, London SW7 5EL, England. (44)(0)20 7584 5977. E-mail: admin@thelondonmagazine.org. E-mail: submissions@thelondonmagazine.org. Website: www.thelondonmagazine.org. Contact: Steven O’Brien, editor. “We publish literary writing of the highest quality. We look for poetry and short fiction that startles and entertains us. Reviews, essays, memoir pieces, and features should be erudite, lucid, and incisive. We are obviously interested in writing that has a London focus, but not exclusively so, since London is a world city with international concerns.” Buys first rights. Pays on publication. Published ms an average of 4 months after acceptance. Responds in 1 month to queries; 3 months to mss. Editorial lead time 3 months. Sample copy: £6.95. Guidelines online.
MAGAZINES NEEDS “Abstraction is the enemy of good poetry. Poetry should display a commitment to the ultra specificities of language and show a refined sense of simile and metaphor. The structure should be tight and exact.” Submit up to 6 poems via online submissions manager, e-mail (as an attachment), or postal mail (enclose SASE). “We do not publish long, loose poems.” Length: up to 40 lines/poem.
TIPS “Please look at The London Magazine before you submit work so that you can see the type of material we publish.”
4219 Flint Hill St., San Antonio TX 78230-1619. E-mail: lonestarsmagazine@yahoo.com. Website: www.lonestarsmagazine.net. Contact: Milo Rosebud, editor/publisher. Lone Stars, published 3 times/year, features contemporary poetry. Acquires one-time publication rights. Authors retain all rights. Time between acceptance and publication is 3-6 months. Responds within 3 months. Sample (past issues): $5.50. Single copy: $6. Subscription: $20 for 4 issues. Guidelines available for SASE.
Lone Stars is 25+ pages, magazine-sized, photocopied, saddle-stapled, bound with tape. Press run is 200.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Wants poetry “that holds a continuous line of thought.” Does not want profanity. Considers poetry by children and teens. Submit 3-5 poems at a time. Cover letter is preferred. Submit poems on any subject, formatted and “typed the way you want them in print.” Charges reading fee of $1 per poem. Has published poetry by Terry Lee, Eve J. Blohm, Linda Amos, and many more.
ALSO OFFERS Sponsors Annual Songbook Lyric Poetry Contest, Annual Light of the Stars Poetry Contest, The Write Idea Interactive Poem Contests, and Great “One-Liner” Contributions. Details available with e-mail or SASE.
TIPS “Submit poetry that expresses a reasonable train of thought.”
Longevity through Technology, The Immortalist Society, 1437 Pineapple Ave., Melbourne FL 32935. E-mail: porter@kih.net. Website: www.cryonics.org/resources/long-life-magazine. Contact: York Porter, executive editor. “Long Life magazine is a publication for people who are particularly interested in cryonic suspension: the theory, practice, legal problems, etc. associated with being frozen when you die in the hope of eventual restoration to life and health. Many people who receive the publication have relatives who have undergone cryonic preparation or have made such arrangements for themselves or are seriously considering this option. Readers are also interested in other aspects of life extension such as anti-aging research and food supplements that may slow aging. Articles we publish include speculation on what the future will be like; problems of living in a future world, and science in general, particularly as it may apply to cryonics and life extension.” Publication is copyrighted. Responds in 1 month to queries and mss. Sample copy is free for SASE.
MAGAZINES NEEDS “Poems are welcomed, especially short, humorous poems with a cryonics or life-extension theme.” Pays 1 contributor’s copy.
TIPS “We are a small magazine but with a highly intelligent and educated readership which is socially and economically diverse. We currently don’t pay for material but are seeking new authors and provide contributors with copies of the magazine with the contributor’s published works. Look over a copy of Long Life, or talk with the editor to get the tone of the publication. There is an excellent chance that your ms will be accepted if it is well written and ‘on theme.’ Pictures to accompany the article are always welcome, and we like to publish photos of the authors with their first ms.”
P.O. Box 475, Lewistown MT 59457. E-mail: alongstory_short@aol.com. Website: www.alongstoryshort.net. Contact: Anisa Claire, Kim Bussey, editors; Amy Pacini, poetry editor. Long Story Short, An E-zine for Writers, published monthly online, is “eclectic—open to all forms and styles” of poetry. Does not want “profanity; overly explicit sex.” Considers poetry by children (ages 10 and up) and teens. Has published poetry by Michael Lee Johnson, Maria Ercilla, Shonda Buchanan, Patricia Wellingham-Jones, Floriana Hall, and Russell Bittner. Time between acceptance and publication is up to 6 months, depending on theme. Guidelines available on website. “Read them!”
Free newsletter with poetry of the month chosen by poetry editor; includes author's bio and web page listed in the e-zine. Offers light critique of submissions upon request and a free writing forum.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Accepts poetry up to 32 lines. Considers previously published poems and simultaneous submissions. Accepts e-mail submissions only (“paste poems in the body of your e-mail; no attachments will be opened”). Include a brief bio and permission to use e-mail address for reader contact. Reads submissions year-round. “Poems are reviewed and chosen by the poetry editor.” Often comments on rejected poems. All rights reserved by author.
150 N. Catalina St., No. 2, Los Angeles CA 90004. E-mail: lospoesy@earthlink.net. Website: home.earthlink.net/~lospoesy. Los, published 4 times/year, features poetry. Has published poetry by John P. Campbell, George J. Farrah, Peter Layton, Rich Murphy, Ed Orr, Anis Shivani, and Robert Wooten. Los is digest-sized and saddle-stapled. Press run is 100. Publishes ms 1 month after acceptance. Responds in 3 months. Guidelines available online.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Accepts e-mail submissions (pasted into body of message or as attachment).
Shipwreckt Books Publishing Company, 309 W. Stevens Ave., Rushford MN 55971. E-mail: contact@shipwrecktbooks.com. Website: www.shipwrecktbooks.com. Contact: Tom Driscoll, managing editor. Lost Lake Folk Opera magazine is the arts heartbeat and journalistic pulse of rural Mid-America. Currently accepting submissions of critical journalism, short fiction, poetry, and graphic art. Published 3 times annually. Retains one-time rights. Pays on acceptance; offers honorarium, contributor copies, and discount contributor copy price. Publishes ms 3-6 months after acceptance. Responds in 6 weeks on queries; 3 months on mss. Editorial lead time: 3 months. Sample copy available for cover price with SASE. Guidelines available by e-mail.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Length: 1-250 lines. Does not offer payment.
TIPS “Send clean copies of your work. When in doubt, edit and cut.”
SLU Box 10792, Hammond LA 70402. E-mail: lalit@selu.edu. Website: www.louisianaliterature.org. Contact: Jack B. Bedell, editor. “Since 1984, Louisiana Literature has featured some of the finest writing published in America. The journal has always striven to spotlight local talent alongside nationally recognized authors. Whether it’s work from established writers or from first-time publishers, Louisiana Literature is always looking to print the finest poetry and fiction available. Acquires one-time rights. Publishes ms 6-12 after acceptance. Responds in 1-3 months to mss. Sometimes comments on rejected mss. Sample copy: $8. Guidelines for SASE or online.
Biannual magazine: 6×9; 150 pages; 70 lb. paper; card cover; illustrations. Receives 100 unsolicited mss/month. May not read mss June-July. Publishes 4 new writers/year. Publishes theme issues. Has published work by Anthony Bukowski, Aaron Gwyn, Robert Phillips, R.T. Smith. Work first published in Louisiana Literature is regularly reprinted in collections and is nominated for prizes from the National Book Awards for both genres and the Pulitzer. Recently, stories by Aaron Gwyn and Robert Olen Butler were selected for inclusion in New Stories from the South.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit 3-5 poems at a time via online submissions manager. Reads submissions year round, “although we work more slowly in summer.” Sometimes sends prepublication galleys. Send materials for review consideration; include cover letter.” Pays 2 contributor’s copies.
TIPS “Cut out everything that is not a functioning part of the story. Make sure your ms is professionally presented. Use relevant, specific detail in every scene. We love detail, local color, voice, and craft. Any professional ms stands out.”
Division of Liberal Arts, Louisiana State University Eunice, P.O. Box 1129, Eunice LA 70535. (337)550-1315. E-mail: bfonteno@lsue.edu. Website: web.lsue.edu/la-review. Contact: Dr. Billy Fontenot, fiction editor; Dr. Jude Meche, poetry editor; Dr. Diane Langlois, art editor. The Louisiana Review, published annually during the fall or spring semester, offers “Louisiana poets, writers, and artists a place to showcase their most beautiful pieces. Others may submit Louisiana- or Southern-related poetry, stories, and art, as well as interviews with Louisiana writers. We want to publish the highest-quality poetry, fiction, and art.” Wants “strong imagery, metaphor, and evidence of craft.” Pays on publication for one-time rights. Not copyrighted, but has an ISSN number. Publishes ms 6-12 months after acceptance. Responds in 5 weeks to queries; 10 weeks to mss. Sometimes comments on rejected mss. Single copy: $5
The Louisiana Review is 100 pages, digest-sized, professionally printed, perfect-bound. Press run is 300-600.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 5 poems at a time. No previously published poems. No fax or e-mail submissions. “Include cover letter indicating your association with Louisiana, if any. Has published poetry by Gary Snyder, Antler, and David Cope. Receives up to 2,000 poems/year, accepts 30-50. Does not want “sing-song rhymes, abstract, religious, or overly sentimental work.” Pays 1 contributor’s copy.
TIPS “We do like to have fiction play out visually as a film would, rather than bestatic and undramatized. Louisiana or Gulf Coast settings and themes preferred.”
Spalding University, 851 S. Fourth St., Louisville KY 40203. (502)873-4398. Fax: (502)992-2409. E-mail: louisvillereview@spalding.edu. Website: www.louisvillereview.org. Contact: Ellyn Lichvar, assistant managing editor. The Louisville Review, published twice/year, prints all kinds of poetry. Has a section devoted to poetry by children and teens (grades K-12) called The Children’s Corner. Sample: $5. Single copy: $8. Subscription: $14/year, $27/2 years, $40/3 years (foreign subscribers add $6/year for s&h).
The Louisville Review is 150 pages, digest-sized, flat-spined. Receives about 700 submissions/year, accepts about 10%.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Accepts submissions via online manager; please see website for more information. “Poetry by children must include permission of parent to publish if accepted. Address those submissions to The Children’s Corner.” Reads submissions year round. Has published poetry by Wendy Bishop, Gary Fincke, Michael Burkard, and Sandra Kohler. Pays in contributor’s copies.
Lullwater Review, P.O. Box 122036, Atlanta GA 30322. E-mail: emorylullwaterreview@gmail.com. Website: www.lullwaterreview.wordpress.com. Contact: Aneyn M. O’Grady, editor-in-chief; Gabriel Unger, managing editor. “We’re a small, student-run literary magazine published out of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia with 2 issues yearly—once in the fall and once in the spring. You can find us in the Index of American Periodical Verse, the American Humanities Index and as a member of the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses. We welcome work that brings a fresh perspective, whether through language or the visual arts.” Buys first North American serial rights. Pays on publication. Publishes ms an average of 1-2 months after acceptance. Responds in 1-3 months to queries; 3-6 months to mss. Sample copy for $5. Guidelines with #10 SASE.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Lullwater Review, published in May and December, prints poetry, short fiction, and artwork. Wants poetry of any genre with strong imagery, original voice, on any subject. Has published poetry by Amy Greenfield, Peter Serchuk, Katherine McCord, and Ha Jin. Submit 6 or fewer poems at a time. Considers simultaneous submissions; no previously published poems. Cover letter is preferred. Prefers poems single-spaced with name and contact info on each page. “Poems longer than 1 page should include page numbers. We must have a SASE with which to reply.” Reads submissions September 1-May 15 only. Poems are circulated to an editorial board. Seldom comments on rejected poems. No profanity or pornographic material. Pays 3 contributor’s copies.
TIPS “We at the Lullwater Review look for clear cogent writing, strong character development and an engaging approach to the story in our fiction submissions. Stories with particularly strong voices and well-developed central themes are especially encouraged. Be sure that your manuscript is ready before mailing it off to us. Revise, revise, revise! Be original, honest, and of course, keep trying.”
316 23rd St., Brooklyn NY 11215. E-mail: editor@lungfull.org. E-mail: lungfull@rcn.com. Website: lungfull.org. Contact: Brendan Lorber, editor/publisher. “LUNGFULL! Magazine World Headquarters in Brooklyn is home to a team of daredevils who make it their job to bring you only the finest in typos, misspellings, and awkward phrases. That’s because LUNGFULL!magazine is the only literary and art journal in America that prints the rough drafts of people’s work so you can see the creative process as it happens.” Responds in 1 year to mss. Submit by postal mail. Include SASE. If sending by e-mail (not preferred) do NOT send attachments and put “Submission by [Your Name]” in the subject line.
LUNGFULL! was the recipient of a grant from the New York State Council for the Arts.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 8 poems. Include cover letter.