The Lutheran Digest is 64 pages, digest-sized, offset-printed, saddle-stapled, with 4-color paper cover, includes local ads. Receives about 200 poems/year, accepts 10-20%. Press run is 60,000-65,000; most distributed free to Lutheran churches.The Lutheran Digest, Inc., 6160 Carmen Ave., Inver Grove Heights MN 55076. (952)933-2820. Fax: (952)933-5708. E-mail: editor@lutherandigest.com. Website: www.lutherandigest.com. Contact: Lori Rosenkvist, editor. Articles frequently reflect a Lutheran Christian perspective but are not intended to be sermonettes. Popular stories show how God has intervened in a person’s life to help solve a problem. Buys first rights, buys second serial (reprint) rights. Pays on publication. Publishes ms an average of 6 months after acceptance. Responds in 1 month to queries; in 4 months to mss. No response to e-mailed mss unless selected for publication. Editorial lead time 9 months. Sample copy: $3.50. Subscription: $16/year, $22/2 years. Guidelines available online.
The Lutheran Digest is 64 pages, digest-sized, offset-printed, saddle-stapled, with 4-color paper cover, includes local ads. Receives about 200 poems/year, accepts 10-20%. Press run is 60,000-65,000; most distributed free to Lutheran churches.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 3 poems at a time. Prefers e-mail submissions but also accepts mailed submissions. Cover letter is preferred. Include SASE only if return is desired. Poems are selected by editor and reviewed by publication panel. Length: up to 25 lines/poem. Pays 1 contributor’s copy.
TIPS “Reading our writers’ guidelines and sample articles online is encouraged and is the best way to get a feel for the type of material we publish.”
P.O. Box 110, Jericho Corners VT 05465. E-mail: themuse@thelyricmagazine.com. Website: www.thelyricmagazine.com. The Lyric, published quarterly, is the oldest magazine in North America in continuous publication devoted to traditional poetry. Responds in 3 months (“average; inquire after 6 months”). Sample: $5, available in Europe through the Rome office for 18 euros/year sent to Nancy Mellichamp-Savo, Via Lola Montez, #14, Rome, Italy 00135. Subscription: $15/year, $28/2 years, $38/3 years (U.S.), $17/year for Canada and other countries (in U.S. funds only). Guidelines available for SASE or by e-mail.
The Lyric is 32 pages, digest-sized, professionally printed with varied typography, with matte card cover. Receives about 3,000 submissions/year, accepts 5%.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit by postal service; out-of-country poems may be submitted by e-mail. Considers simultaneous submissions (although not preferred); no previously published poems. Cover letter is often helpful, but not required. Has published poetry by Michael Burch, Gail White, Constance Rowell Mastores, Ruth Harrison, Barbara Loots, Tom Riley, Catherine Chandler, and Glenna Holloway. “Our themes are varied, ranging from religious ecstasy to humor to raw grief, but we feel no compulsion to shock, embitter, or confound our readers. We also avoid poems about contemporary political or social problems—’grief but not grievances,’ as Frost put it. Frost is helpful in other ways: If yours is more than a lover’s quarrel with life, we are not your best market. And most of our poems are accessible on first or second reading.” Length: up to 40 lines. Pays 1 contributor’s copy.
TIPS All contributors are eligible for quarterly and annual prizes totaling $650. Also offers The Lyric College Contest, open to undergraduate students in the U.S. Awards prize of $500; 2nd Place: $100. Deadline: December 1. Send entries by e-mail September 1-December 1: tanycim@aol.com, or to Tanya Cimonetti, 1393 Spear St., S, Burlington, VT 05403.”Our raison d’etre has been the encouragement of form, music, rhyme, and accessibility in poetry. As we witness the growing tide of appreciation for traditional/lyric poetry, we are proud to have stayed the course for 94 years, helping keep the roots of poetry alive.”
LYRICAL PASSION POETRY E-ZINEP.O. Box 17331, Arlington VA 22216. Website: lyricalpassionpoetry.yolasite.com. Contact: Raquel D. Bailey, founding editor. Founded by award-winning poet Raquel D. Bailey, Lyrical Passion Poetry E-Zine is an attractive monthly online literary magazine specializing in Japanese short-form poetry. Publishes quality artwork, well-crafted short fiction, and poetry in English by emerging and established writers. Literature of lasting literary value will be considered. Welcomes the traditional to the experimental. Poetry works written in German will be considered if accompanied by translations. Offers annual short-fiction and poetry contests. Acquires first-time rights, electronic rights (must be the first literary venue to publish online or in any electronic format). Rights revert to poets upon publication. Publishes ms 1 month after acceptance. Responds in 2 months. Guidelines and upcoming themes available on website.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Multiple submissions are permitted, but no more than 3 submissions in a 6-month period. Does not want dark, cliché, limerick, erotica, extremely explicit, violent, or depressing literature. Length: 1-40 lines (free verse).
18600 Haggerty Rd., Livonia MI 48152. (734)462-4400, ext 5327. E-mail: macguffin@schoolcraft.edu. Website: www.macguffin.org. Contact: Steven A. Dolgin, editor; Gordon Krupsky, managing editor;. “Our purpose is to encourage, support and enhance the literary arts in the Schoolcraft College community, the region, the state, and the nation. We also sponsor annual literary events and give voice to deserving new writers as well as established writers.” Acquires first rights. Once published, rights revert back to author. Responds in 2-4 months to mss. Guidelines available online.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Poetry should be typed, single-spaced, only one poem per page. Pays 2 contributor’s copies.
HOW TO CONTACT For mail submissions, do not staple work. Include name, e-mail, address and the page no. on each page. Include SASE for reply only. For e-mail, submit each work (single story or five-poem submission) as a Word .doc attachment.
CONTEST/AWARD OFFERINGS “We also sponsor the National Poet Hunt Contest. See contest rules online.”
University of Wisconsin, 600 N, Park St., 6193 Helen C. White Hall, Madison WI 53706. E-mail: madisonrevw@gmail.com. Website: www.english.wisc.edu/madisonreview. Contact: Will Conley and Sam Zisser, fiction editors; Mckenna Kohlenberg and Cody Dunn, poetry editors. The Madison Review is a student-run literary magazine that looks to publish the best available fiction and poetry. Buys one-time rights. Publishes ms an average of 9 months after acceptance. Responds in 4 weeks to queries; in 6 months to mss. Editorial lead time 6 months. Sample copy: $3. Guidelines free online.
Does not publish unsolicited interviews or genre fiction. Send all submissions through online submissions manager.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Cover letter is preferred. Does not want religious or patriotic dogma and light verse. Pays 2 contributor’s copies.
TIPS “Our editors have very eclectic tastes, so don’t specifically try to cater to us. Above all, we look for original, high-quality work.”
THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTIONP.O. Box 3447, Hoboken NJ 07030. (201) 876-2551. E-mail: fandsf@aol.com. Website: www.fandsf.com. Contact: C.C. Finlay, editor. “The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction publishes various types of science fiction and fantasy short stories and novellas, making up about 80% of each issue. The balance of each issue is devoted to articles about science fiction, a science column, book and film reviews, cartoons, and competitions.” Bimonthly. Buys first North American serial rights, buys foreign serial rights. Pays on acceptance. Publishes ms an average of 9-12 months after acceptance. Responds in 2 months to queries. Sample copy: $6. Guidelines for SASE, by e-mail, or on website.
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction won a Nebula Award for Best Novelet for What We Found by Geoff Ryman in 2012. Also won the 2012 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story for The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Wants only poetry that deals with the fantastic or the science fictional. Has published poetry by Rebecca Kavaler, Elizabeth Bear, Sophie M. White, and Robert Frazier. Pays $50/poem and 2 contributor’s copies.
TIPS “Good storytelling makes a submission stand out. Regarding manuscripts, a well-prepared manuscript (i.e., one that follows the traditional format, like that describted here: www.sfwa.org/writing/vonda/vonda.htm) stands out more than any gimmicks. Read an issue of the magazine before submitting. New writers should keep their submissions under 15,000 words—we rarely publish novellas by new writers.”
MAGMA POETRY23 Pine Walk, Carshalton Surrey SM5 4ES, United Kingdom. E-mail: contributions@magmapoetry.com; info@magmapoetry.com. Website: www.magmapoetry.com. Contact: Laurie Smith. Magma appears 3 times/year and contains modern poetry, reviews and interviews with poets. Wants poetry that is modern in idiom and shortish (2 pages maximum). Nothing sentimental or old fashioned. Has published poetry by Thomas Lynch, Thom Gunn, Michael Donaghy, John Burnside, Vicki Feaver, and Roddy Lumsden. Guidelines available online.
Only accepts contributions from the UK. Magma is 64 pages, 8×8, photocopied and stapled, includes b&w illustrations. Receives about 3,000 poems/year, accepts 4-5%. Press run is about 500. Single copy: £5.70 UK and Ireland, £6.15 rest of Europe, £7.50 airmail ROW. Subscription: £14.50 UK and Ireland, £18 rest of Europe, £20.50 airmail ROW. Make checks payable to Magma. For subscriptions, contact Helen Nicholson, distribution secretary, Flat 2, 86 St. James’s Dr., London SW17 7RR England.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Accepts submissions by post (with SAE and IRCs). Cover letter is preferred. Deadlines for submissions: end of January, May, and September. Poems are considered for one issue only. Each issue has an editor who submits his/her selections to a board for final approval. Editor’s selection very rarely changed. Occasionally publishes theme issues. Pays 1 contributor’s copy.
ALSO OFFERS “We hold a public reading in London three times/year, to coincide with each new issue, and poets in the issue are invited to read.”
TIPS “See ‘About Magma’ and the contents of our website to gain an idea of the type of work we accept.” Keep up with the latest news and comment from Magma Poetry by receiving free updates via e-mail. Sign up online to receive the Magma Blog and/or the Magma newsletter.
P.O. Box 10294, Gulfport MS 39505. E-mail: writerpllevin@gmail.com. Website: www.gcwriters.org. Contact: Phil Levin, editor. The Magnolia Quarterly publishes poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and reviews. For members of GCWA only. Returns rights to author upon publication. Time between acceptance and publication varies. Single copy: $3; subscription: included in $30 GCWA annual dues. Make checks payable to Gulf Coast Writers Association. Guidelines available in magazine or on website.
The Magnolia Quarterly is 40 pages, pocket-sized, stapled, with glossy cover, includes ads. Editing service offered on all prose.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit 1-3 poems at a time. Prefers e-mail submissions. Reads submissions year round. Has published poetry by Leonard Cirino, Catharine Savage Brosman, Angela Ball, Jack Bedell, and Larry Johnson. Will consider all styles of poetry. Does not want “pornography, racial or sexist bigotry, far-left or far-right political poems.” Length: up to 40 lines/poem. No payment.
ALSO OFFERS Holds the “Let’s Write” contest, with cash prizes for poetry and prose. Additional information available on website.
P.O. Box 690100, Charlotte NC 28227-7001. (704)573-2516. E-mail: editor@mainstreetrag.com. Website: www.mainstreetrag.com. Contact: M. Scott Douglass, editor/publisher. The Main Street Rag, published quarterly, prints “poetry, short fiction, essays, interviews, reviews, photos, and art. We like publishing good material from people who are interested in more than notching another publishing credit, people who support small independent publishers like ourselves.” Will consider “almost anything,” but prefers “writing with an edge—either gritty or bitingly humorous. Contributors are advised to visit our website prior to submission to confirm current needs.” Acquires first North American print rights. Time between acceptance and publication is up to 1 year. Responds in 6 weeks. Single copy: $8. Subscription: $24/year, $45 for 2 years. E-mail submissions only. Detailed guidelines and current needs available on website.
The Main Street Rag receives about 5,000 submissions/year; publishes 50+ poems and 3-5 short stories per issue, a featured interview, photos, and an occasional nonfiction piece. Press run is about 500 (250 subscribers, 15 libraries).
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit 6 pages of poetry at a time; no more than 1 poem per page. E-mail submissions only. Cover letter is preferred. “No bios or credits—let the work speak for itself.” Pays 1 contributor’s copy.
THE MALAHAT REVIEWThe University of Victoria, P.O. Box 1700, STN CSC, Victoria BC V8W 2Y2, Canada. (250)721-8524. E-mail: malahat@uvic.ca (for queries only). Website: www.malahatreview.ca. Contact: John Barton, editor. Quarterly magazine covering poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and reviews. “We try to achieve a balance of views and styles in each issue. We strive for a mix of the best writing by both established and new writers.” Buys first world rights. Pays on acceptance. Publishes ms an average of 6 months after acceptance. Responds in 2 weeks to queries; in 3-10 months to mss. Sample copy: $16.95 (US). Guidelines available online.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit 3-5 poems via online submissions manager: malahatreview.ca/submission_guidelines.html#submittable. Length: up to 6 pages. Pays $50/magazine page.
CONTEST/AWARD OFFERINGS Presents the P.K. Page Founders’ Award for Poetry, a $1,000 prize to the author of the best poem or sequence of poems to be published in The Malahat Review’s quarterly issues during the previous calendar year. Also offers the Open Season Awards, biennial Long Poem Prize, biennial Novella Prize, Constance Rooke Creative Nonfiction Prize, the biennial Far Horizons Award for Short Fiction, and the biennial Far Horizons Award for Poetry.
TIPS “Please do not send more than 1 submission at a time: 3-5 poems, 1 piece of creative nonfiction, or 1 short story (do not mix poetry and prose in the same submission). See The Malahat Review’s Open Season Awards for poetry and short fiction, creative nonfiction, long poem, and novella contests in the Awards section of our website.”
440 Riverside Dr., #38, New York NY 10027. E-mail: phfried@gmail.com. Website: themanhattanreview.com. Contact: Philip Fried. The Manhattan Review publishes only poetry, reviews of poetry books, and poetry-related essays. The editor reads unsolicited submissions year round but requests that you observe the guidelines. The Manhattan Review acquires first North American serial rights only for the work it publishes. Responds in 3 months if possible. Guidelines online.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Send 3-5 poems with SASE and brief bio. Read magazine before submitting. Pays contributor’s copies.
MANOAEnglish Dept., University of Hawaii, Honolulu HI 96822. (808)956-3070. Fax: (808)956-3083. E-mail: mjournal-l@lists.hawaii.edu. Website: manoajournal.hawaii.edu. Contact: Frank Stewart, editor. Manoa is seeking “high-quality literary fiction, poetry, essays, and personal narrative. In general, each issue is devoted to new work from Pacific and Asian nations. Our audience is international. U.S. writing need not be confined to Pacific settings or subjects. Please note that we seldom publish unsolicited work.” Buys first North American serial rights, buys nonexclusive, one-time print rights. Pays on publication. Responds in 3 weeks to queries. Editorial lead time 9 months. Sample copy: $15 (U.S.). Guidelines available online.
Manoa has received numerous awards, and work published in the magazine has been selected for prize anthologies. See website for recently published issues.
MAGAZINES NEEDS No light verse. Pays $25 per poem.
TIPS “Not accepting unsolicited mss at this time because of commitments to special projects. Please query before sending mss as e-mail attachments.”
THE MASSACHUSETTS REVIEWUniversity of Massachusetts, Photo Lab 309, Amherst MA 01003. (413)545-2689. E-mail: massrev@external.umass.edu. Website: www.massreview.org. Contact: Emily Wojcik, managing editor. Seeks a balance between established writers and promising new ones. Interested in material of variety and vitality relevant to the intellectual and aesthetic questions of our time. Aspire to have a broad appeal. Buys first North American serial rights. Pays on publication. Publishes ms an average of 18 months after acceptance. Responds in 6 months to mss. Sample copy: $8 for back issue, $10 for current issue. Guidelines available online.
Does not respond to mss without SASE.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Has published poetry by Catherine Barnett, Billy Collins, and Dara Wier. Include your name and contact on every page. Length: There are no restrictions for length, but generally poems are less than 100 lines. Pays $50/publication.
TIPS “No manuscripts are considered May-September. Electronic submission process can be found on website. No fax or e-mail submissions. No simultaneous submissions. Shorter rather than longer stories preferred (up to 28-30 pages).” Looks for works that “stop us in our tracks.” Manuscripts that stand out use “unexpected language, idiosyncrasy of outlook, and are the opposite of ordinary.”
526 S. Lincoln Park Dr., Evansville IN 47714. (812)488-2963. E-mail: editors@measurepress.com. Website: www.measurepress.com/measure. Measure, an international journal of formal poetry, began in 2005 in conjunction with the University of Evansville. Measure Press is a new enterprise by editors Rob Griffith and Paul Bone. The goal is to continue bringing readers the best new poetry from both established and emerging writers through the biannual journal. Measure has a mission not only to publish the best new poetry from both established and emerging writers but also to reprint a small sampling of poems from books of metrical poetry published the previous year. Likewise, each issue includes interviews with some of the most important contemporary poets and also offers short critical essays on the poetry that has helped to shape the craft. Responds in 3 months. Guidelines online at website.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Send no more than 3 to 5 poems at a time. Poems must be metrical. Include poet’s name and phone number. Submit electronically on website.
718 N. Main St., Newton KS 67114-1703. (866)866-2872 ext. 34398. Fax: (316)283-0454. E-mail: gordonh@themennonite.org. Website: www.themennonite.org. Contact: Gordon Houser, associate editor. The Mennonite, published monthly, seeks “to help readers glorify God, grow in faith, and become agents of healing and hope in the world. Our readers are primarily people in Mennonite churches.” Acquires first or one-time rights. Publishes ms up to 1 year after acceptance. Responds in 2 weeks. Single copy: $4; subscription: $46 U.S. Guidelines online.
TIPS “Writing should be concise, accessible to the general reader, and with strong lead paragraphs. This last point cannot be overemphasized. The lead paragraph is the foundation of a good article. It should provide a summary of the article. We are especially interested in personal stories of Mennonites exercising their faith.”
CQS Media, Inc., P.O. Box 418, Sturbridge MA 01566. Fax: (508)347-8150. E-mail: features@mensbook.com. Website: www.mensbook.com. Contact: P.C. Carr, editor/publisher. “We target bright, inquisitive, discerning gay men who want more noncommercial substance from gay media. We seek primarily first-person autobiographical pieces—then: biographies, political and social analysis, cartoons, short fiction, commentary, travel, and humor.” Responds in 8 weeks to queries. Editorial lead time 4 months. Sample copy sent free by PDF. Publisher splits download fee with authors 50/50. Submit finished material anytime by e-mail. Do not call. Guidelines online at www.mensbook.com/writersguidelines.htm.
TIPS “Be a tight writer with a cogent, potent message. Structure your work with well-organized progressive sequencing. Edit everything down before you send it over so we know it is the best you can do, and we’ll work together from there.”
University of Virginia, P.O. Box 400145, Charlottesville VA 22904-4145. E-mail: meridianuva@gmail.com; meridianpoetry@gmail.com; meridianfiction@gmail.com. Website: www.readmeridian.org. Meridian, published semiannually, prints poetry, fiction, nonfiction, interviews, and reviews. “Meridian is interested in writing that is vibrant, moving, and alive, and welcomes contributions from a variety of aesthetic approaches. Has published such poets as Alexandra Teague, Gregory Pardlo, Sandra Meek, and Bob Hicok, and such fiction writers as Matt Bell, Kate Milliken, and Ron Carlson. Has recently interviewed C. Michael Curtis, Ann Beatty, and Claire Messud, among other luminaries. Also publishes a recurring feature called ‘Lost Classic,’ which resurrects previously unpublished work by celebrated writers and which has included illustrations from the mss of Jorge Luis Borges, letters written by Elizabeth Bishop, Stephen Crane’s deleted chapter from The Red Badge of Courage, and a letter written by Flannery O’Connor about her novel Wise Blood.” Time between acceptance and publication is 1-2 months. Seldom comments on rejected poems and mss. Responds in 1-4 months. Always sends prepublication galleys and author contracts. Sample copy: $6 (back issue). Single print copy: $7. Print subscription: $12 for 1 year; $22 for 2 years. Single digital copy: $3. Digital subscription: $4 for 1 year; $7 for 2 years. Buy subscriptions online via credit card, or mail an order form with a check made out to Meridian. Guidelines online.
Meridian is 130 pages, digest-sized, offset-printed, perfect-bound, with color cover. Receives about 2,500 poems/year, accepts about 40 (less than 1%). Press run is 1,000 (750 subscribers, 15 libraries, 200 shelf sales); 150 distributed free to writing programs. Work published in Meridian has appeared in The Best American Poetry and The Pushcart Prize Anthology.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 5 poems via online submissions manager or postal mail. Length: up to 10 pages total. Pays 2 contributor’s copies (additional copies available at discount).
ALSO OFFERS Meridian Editors’ Prize Contest offers annual $1,000 award. Submit online only; see website for formatting details. Entry fee: $8.50, includes one-year subscription to Meridian for all U.S. entries or 1 copy of the prize issue for all international entries. Deadline: December or January; see website for current deadline.
MICHIGAN QUARTERLY REVIEW0576 Rackham Bldg., 915 E. Washington, Ann Arbor MI 48109-1070. (734)764-9265. E-mail: mqr@umich.edu. Website: www.michiganquarterlyreview.com. Contact: Jonathan Freedman, editor; Vicki Lawrence, managing editor. MQR is an eclectic interdisciplinary journal of arts and culture that seeks to combine the best of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction with outstanding critical essays on literary, cultural, social, and political matters. The flagship journal of the University of Michigan, MQR draws on lively minds here and elsewhere, seeking to present accessible work of all varieties for sophisticated readers from within and without the academy. Buys first serial rights. Pays on publication. Publishes ms an average of 1 year after acceptance. Responds in 2 months to queries. Responds in 2 months to mss. Sample copy for $4. Guidelines available online.
The Laurence Goldstein Award is a $500 annual award to the best poem published in MQR during the previous year. The Lawrence Foundation Award is a $1,000 annual award to the best short story published in MQR during the previous year. The Page Davidson Clayton Award for Emerging Poets is a $500 annual award given to the best poet appearing in MQR during the previous year who has not yet published a book.
MAGAZINES NEEDS No previously published poems or simultaneous submissions. No e-mail submissions. Cover letter is preferred. “It puts a human face on the ms. A few sentences of biography is all I want, nothing lengthy or defensive.” Prefers typed mss. Reviews books of poetry. “All reviews are commissioned.” Length: should not exceed 8-12 pages. Pays $8-12/published page.
TIPS “Read the journal and assess the range of contents and the level of writing. We have no guidelines to offer or set expectations; every manuscript is judged on its unique qualities. On essays—query with a very thorough description of the argument and a copy of the first page. Watch for announcements of special issues, which are usually expanded issues and draw upon a lot of freelance writing. Be aware that this is a university quarterly that publishes a limited amount of fiction and poetry and that it is directed at an educated audience, one that has done a great deal of reading in all types of literature.”
Bowling Green State University, Dept. of English, Bowling Green OH 43403. (419)372-2725. E-mail: mar@bgsu.edu. E-mail: marsubmissions.bgsu.edu. Website: www.bgsu.edu/midamericanreview. Contact: Abigail Cloud, editor in chief; Laura Walter, fiction editor. “We aim to put the best possible work in front of the biggest possible audience. We publish contemporary fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, translations, and book reviews.” Buys first North American serial rights. Publishes mss an average of 6 months after acceptance. Responds in 5 months to mss. Sample copy: $9 (current issue), $5 (back issue), $10 (rare back issues). Guidelines available online.
Contests: The Fineline Competition for Prose Poems, Short Shorts, and Everything In Between (June 1 deadline, $10 per 3 pieces, limit 500 words each); The Sherwood Anderson Fiction Award (November 1 deadline, $10 per piece); and the James Wright Poetry Award (November 1 deadline, $10 per 3 pieces).
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit by mail with SASE or with online submission manager. Publishes poems with “textured, evocative images, an awareness of how words sound and mean, and a definite sense of voice. Each line should help carry the poem, and an individual vision must be evident.” Recently published work by Mary Ann Samyn, G.C. Waldrep, and Daniel Bourne.
TIPS “We are seeking translations of contemporary authors from all languages into English; submissions must include the original and proof of permission to translate. We would also like to see more creative nonfiction.”
406b Russ Hall, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg KS 66762. (620)235-4369; (620)235-4317. E-mail: midwestq@pittstate.edu; smeats@pittstate.edu. Website: www.pittstate.edu/department/english/midwest-quarterly. Contact: Dr. Jonathan Dresner, editor. The Midwest Quarterly publishes “articles on any subject of contemporary interest, particularly literary criticism, political science, philosophy, education, biography, and sociology. Each issue contains a section of poetry usually 12 poems in length. We seek discussions of an analytical and speculative nature and well-crafted poems.” For publication in MQ and eligibility for the annual Emmett Memorial Prize competition, the editors invite submission of articles on any literary topic but preferably on Victorian or Modern British Literature, Literary Criticism, or the Teaching of Literature. The winner receives an honorarium and invitation to deliver the annual Emmett Memorial Lecture. Contact Dr. Stephen Meats, English Department, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS 66762. Acquires first serial rights. Responds in 2 months to mss. Sample copy: $5. Subscription: $15 US; $25 foreign. Guidelines available on website.
The Midwest Quarterly is 130 pages, digest-sized, professionally printed, flat-spined, with matte cover. Press run is 650 (600 subscribers, 500 are libraries).
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 5 poems at a time. No fax or e-mail submissions. “Mss should be typed with poet’s name on each page. Include e-mail address for notification of decision. SASE only for return of poem.” Comments on rejected poems “if the poet or poem seems particularly promising.” Occasionally publishes theme issues or issues devoted to the work of a single poet. Receives about 3,500-4,000 poems/year, accepts about 50. Has published poetry by Peter Cooley, Lyn Lifshin, Judith Skillman, Naomi Shihab Nye, Jonathan Holden, and Ted Kooser. Wants “well-crafted poems, traditional or untraditional, that use intense, vivid, concrete, and/or surrealistic images to explore the mysterious and surprising interactions of the natural and inner human worlds.” Does not want “‘nature poems,’ per se, but if a poem doesn’t engage nature in a significant way, as an integral part of the experience it is offering, I am unlikely to be interested in publishing it.” Length: up to 60 lines/poem (“occasionally longer if exceptional”). Pays 2 contributor’s copies.
MILLER'S PONDE-mail: mail@handhpress.com (C.J. Houghtaling); mpwebeditor@yahoo.com (Julie Damerell). Website: www.millerspondpoetry.com. Contact: C.J. Houghtaling, publisher; Julie Damerell, editor. miller’s pond is exclusively an e-zine and does not publish in hard copy format. Web version is published 3 times/year. Submissions accepted year round but read in December, April, and August. Responses sent only in December, April, and August. “Current guidelines, updates, and changes are always available on our website. Check there first before submitting anything.”
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit poems to Julie Damerell, editor. All submissions must be sent in the body of an e-mail. Mail sent through the post office will be discarded. No payment for accepted poems or reviews.
TIPS “Follow submission guidelines on the website. Submissions that do not fulfill the guidelines are deleted without comment. Read the website to see the kind of poetry we like.”
American Tolkien Society, P.O. Box 97, Highland MI 48357-0097. E-mail: editor@americantolkiensociety.org; americantolkiensociety@yahoo.com. Website: www.americantolkiensociety.org. Contact: Amalie A. Helms, editor. Minas Tirith Evening-Star: Journal of the American Tolkien Society, published quarterly, publishes poetry, book reviews, essays, and fan fition. Minas Tirith Evening-Star is digest-sized, offset-printed from typescript, with cartoon-like b&w graphics. Press run is 400. Single copy: $3.50; subscription: $12.50. Sample: $3. Make checks payable to American Tolkien Society. Responds in 2 weeks. Guidelines for SASE or by e-mail.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Uses poetry of fantasy about Middle-earth and Tolkien. Considers poetry by children and teens. Has published poetry by Thomas M. Egan, Anne Etkin, Nancy Pope, and Martha Benedict. Submit by mail or e-mail. Reviews related books of poetry; length depends on the volume (“a sentence to several pages”). Send materials for review consideration. Pays 1 contributor’s copy.
ALSO OFFERS Membership in the American Tolkien Society is open to all, regardless of country of residence, and entitles one to receive the quarterly journal. Dues are $12.50/year to addresses in U.S., Canada, and Mexico, and $15 elsewhere. Sometimes sponsors contests.
Virginia Tech, ASPECT, 202 Major Williams Hall (0192), Blacksburg VA 24061. E-mail: editors@theminnesotareview.org. Website: http://minnesotareview.wordpress.com. Contact: Janell Watson, editor. The Minnesota Review, published biannually, is a journal featuring creative and critical work from writers on the rise or who are already established. Each issue is about 200 pages, digest-sized, flat-spined, with glossy card cover. Press run is 1,000 (400 subscribers). Also available online. Subscription: $30/2 years for individuals, $60/year for institutions. Sample: $15. Guidelines available online.
Open to submissions August 1-November 1 and January 1-April 1. Accepts submissions via online submissions manager.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 5 poems every 3 months online. Pays 2 contributor’s copies.
M.I.P. COMPANYP.O. Box 27484, Minneapolis MN 55427. (763)544-5915. Website: www.mipco.com. Contact: Michael Peltsman, editor. The publisher of controversial Russian literature (erotic poetry). Responds to queries in 1 month. Seldom comments on rejected poems.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Considers simultaneous submissions; no previously published poems.
University of Southern Mississippi, 118 College Dr., #5144, Hattiesburg MS 39406-0001. (601)266-4321. Fax: (601)266-5757. E-mail: msreview@usm.edu. Website: www.usm.edu/mississippi-review. Contact: Andrew Malan Milward, editor in chief; Caleb Tankersley and Allison Campbell, associate editors. Mississippi Review “is one of the most respected literary journals in the country. Raymond Carver, an early contributor to the magazine, once said that Mississippi Review ‘is one of the most remarkable and indispensable literary journals of our time.’ Well-known and established writers have appeared in the pages of the magazine, including Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winners, as well as new and emerging writers who have gone on to publish books and to receive awards.” Buys first North American serial rights. Sample copy for $10. “We do not accept unsolicited manuscripts except under the rules and guidelines of the Mississippi Review Prize Competition. See website for guidelines.”
Publishes 25-30 new writers/year. Annual fiction and poetry competition: $1,000 awarded in each category, plus publication of all winners and finalists. Fiction entries: 8,000 words or less. Poetry entries: 1-5 poems; page limit is 10. $15 entry fee includes copy of prize issue. No limit on number of entries. Deadline December 1. No mss returned.
THE MISSOURI REVIEW357 McReynolds Hall, University of Missouri, Columbia MO 65211. (573)882-4474. Fax: (573)884-4671. E-mail: question@moreview.com. Website: www.missourireview.com. Contact: Speer Morgan, editor; Michael Nye, managing editor. Publishes contemporary fiction, poetry, interviews, personal essays, cartoons, special features—such as History as Literature series and Found Text series—for the literary and the general reader interested in a wide range of subjects. Offers signed contract. Responds in 2 weeks to queries. Responds in 10-12 weeks to mss. Editorial lead time 6 months. Sample copy for $8.95 or online Guidelines available online.
MAGAZINES NEEDS TMR publishes poetry features only—6-14 pages of poems by each of 3-5 poets per issue. Keep in mind the length of features when submitting poems. Typically, successful submissions include 8-20 pages of unpublished poetry (note: do not send complete mss—published or unpublished—for consideration). Pays $40/printed page and 3 contributor’s copies.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION The Tom McAfee Discovery Feature is awarded at least once/year to showcase an outstanding young poet who has not yet published a book; poets are selected from regular submissions at the discretion of the editors.
TIPS “Send your best work.”
149 Talmadge, Madison WI 53704. (608)335-9340. E-mail: fmschep@charter.net. Website: www.mobiusmagazine.com. Contact: Fred Schepartz, publisher and executive editor. Mobius: The Journal of Social Change became an online-only journal, published quarterly in March, June, September, and December, in 2009. Publishes ms 3-6 months after acceptance. Responds in 1 month. Guidelines available online.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit poetry dealing with themes of social change. Accepts e-mailed poetry submissions only. “We have a marked distate for prosaic didacticism (but a weakness for prose poems).” DO NOT submit poems by postal mail.
TIPS “We like high impact. We like plot- and character-driven stories that function like theater of the mind. We look first and foremost for good writing. Prose must be crisp and polished; the story must pique my interest and make me care due to a certain intellectual, emotional aspect. Mobius is about social change. We want stories that make some statement about the society we live in, either on a macro or micro level. Not that your story needs to preach from a soapbox (actually, we prefer that it doesn’t), but your story needs to have something to say.”
The League of Minnesota Poets, 427 N. Gorman St., Blue Earth MN 56013. (507)526-5321. Website: www.mnpoets.com. Contact: Meredith R. Cook, editor. The Moccasin, published annually in October, is the literary magazine of The League of Minnesota Poets. Membership is required to submit work.
The Moccasin is 40 pages, digest-sized, offset-printed, stapled, with 80 lb. linen-finish text cover with drawing and poem. Receives about 190 poems/year, accepts about 170. Press run is 200. Single copy: $6.25; subscription: free with LOMP membership.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Send submissions by mid-July each year. Looking for all forms of poetry. Prefer strong short poems. Considers poetry by children and teens who are student members of The League of Minnesota Poets (write grade level on poems submitted). Has published poetry by Diane Glancy, Laurel Winter, Susan Stevens Chambers, Doris Stengel, Jeanette Hinds, and Charmaine Donovan. Does not want profanity or obscenity. Do not use inversions or archaic language. Length: 24 lines max.
TIPS To become a member of The League of Minnesota Poets, send $20 ($10 if high school student or younger) to Angela Foster, LOMP Treasurer, 30036 St. Croix Rd, Pine City MN 55063. Make checks payable to LOMP. You do not have to live in Minnesota to become a member of LOMP. “Membership in LOMP automatically makes you a member of the National Federation of State Poetry Societies, which makes you eligible to enter its contests at a cheaper (members’) rate.”
Missouri Western State University, 4525 Downs Dr., St. Joseph MO 64507. E-mail: mochila@missouriwestern.edu. Website: www.missouriwestern.edu/orgs/mochila/homepage.htm. Contact: Marianne Kunkel, editor. “We are looking for writing that has a respect for the sound of language. We value poems that have to be read aloud so your mouth can feel the shape of the words. Send us writing that conveys a sense of urgency, writing that the writer can’t not write. We crave fresh and daring work.” Responds in 3-4 months to mss. Guidelines available online.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit no more than 5 poems at a time by postal mail. Include cover letter, contact information, SASE. Pays in contributor’s copies.
TIPS “Manuscripts with fresh language, energy, passion, and intelligence stand out. Study the craft and be entertaining and engaging.”
MODERN HAIKUP.O. Box 930, Portsmouth RI 02871. E-mail: modernhaiku@gmail.com. Website: modernhaiku.org. Modern Haiku is the foremost international journal of English-language haiku and criticism and publishes high-quality material only. Haiku and related genres, articles on haiku, haiku book reviews, and translations comprise its contents. It has an international circulation; subscribers include many university, school, and public libraries. Acquires first North American serial rights, first international serial rights. Publishes ms an average of 6 months after acceptance. Responds in 1 week to queries; in 6-8 weeks to mss. Editorial lead time 4 months. Sample copy: $15 in North America, $16 in Canada, $20 in Mexico, $22 overseas. Subscription: $35 ppd by regular mail in the U.S. Payment possible by PayPal on the Modern Haiku website. Guidelines available for SASE or on website.
Modern Haiku is 140 pages (average), digest-sized, printed on heavy-quality stock, with full-color cover illustrations, 4-page full-color art sections. Receives about 15,000 submissions/year, accepts about 1,000. Press run is 700.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Postal submissions: “Send 5-15 haiku on 1 or 2 letter-sized sheets. Put name and address at the top of each sheet. Include SASE.” E-mail submissions: “May be attachments (recommended) or pasted in body of message. Subject line must read: MH Submission. Adhere to guidelines on the website. No payment for haiku sent/accepted by e-mail.” Publishes 750 poems/year. Has published haiku by Roberta Beary, Billy Collins, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Carolyn Hall, Sharon Olds, Gary Snyder, John Stevenson, George Swede, and Cor van den Heuvel. Does not want “general poetry, tanka, renku, linked-verse forms. No special consideration given to work by children and teens.” No payment.
ALSO OFFERS Reviews of books of haiku by staff and freelancers by invitation in 350-1,000 words, usually single-book format. Send materials for review consideration with complete ordering information. Sponsors the annual Robert Spiess Memorial Haiku Competition. Guidelines available for SASE or on website.
TIPS “Study the history of haiku, read books about haiku, learn the aesthetics of haiku and methods of composition. Write about your sense perceptions of the suchness of entities; avoid ego-centered interpretations. Be sure the work you send us conforms to the definitions on our website.”
Box Turtle Press, 184 Franklin St., New York NY 10013. (212)219-9278. E-mail: mudfishmag@aol.com. Website: www.mudfish.org. Contact: Jill Hoffman, editor. Mudfish, a journal of art and poetry (and some fiction), takes its title from the storyteller’s stool in Nigerian art. The poems each tell a story. They are resonant, and visceral, encapsulating the unique human experience. There is a wide range to the subject matter and style, but the poems all have breath and life, a living voice. Mudfish has featured work from the best established and emerging artists and poets—including John Ashbery, Charles Simic, and Frank Stella—since it burst onto the poetry scene. Responds in 3 months.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Wants free verse with energy, intensity, and originality of voice, mastery of style, the presence of passion. Submit 5 or 6 poems at a time. No e-mail submissions; postal submissions only. Pays 1 contributor’s copy.
CONTEST/AWARD OFFERINGS Sponsors the Mudfish Poetry Prize Award of $1,000. Entry fee: $15 for up to 3 poems, $3 for each additional poem. Deadline: varies. Guidelines available for SASE.
Department of English, University of North Florida, Jacksonville FL 32224-2645. (904)620-2273. Fax: (904)620-3940. E-mail: mudlark@unf.edu. Website: www.unf.edu/mudlark. Contact: William Slaughter, editor and publisher. Mudlark: An Electronic Journal of Poetry & Poetics, published online “irregularly, but frequently,” offers 3 formats: Issues of Mudlark “are the electronic equivalent of print chapbooks; posters are the electronic equivalent of print broadsides; and flash poems are poems that have news in them, poems that feel like current events. The poem is the thing at Mudlark, and the essay about it. As our full name suggests, we will consider accomplished work that locates itself anywhere on the spectrum of contemporary practice. We want poems, of course, but we want essays, too, that make us read poems (and write them?) differently somehow. Although we are not innocent, we do imagine ourselves capable of surprise. The work of hobbyists is not for Mudlark. As for representative authors: No naming names here. If we are, as we imagine ourselves, capable of surprise, then there is no such thing as a ‘representative author’ in the Mudlark archive, which is ‘never in and never out of print.’ The Mudlark archive, going back to 1995, is as wide as it is deep, as rich and various as it is full.” Mudlark is archived and permanently on view at www.unf.edu/mudlark. Acquires one-time rights. No payment; however, “one of the things we can do at Mudlark to ‘pay’ our authors for their work is point to it here and there. We can tell our readers how to find it, how to subscribe to it, and how to buy it—if it is for sale. Toward that end, we maintain A-Notes on the authors we publish. We call attention to their work.” Publishes ms no more than 3 months after acceptance. Responds in “1 day to 1 month, depending.” Guidelines for SASE, by e-mail, or on website.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit any number of poems at a time. “Prefers not to receive multiple submissions but will consider them if informed of the fact, up front, and if notified immediately when poems are accepted elsewhere. Considers previously published work only as part of a Mudlark issue, the electronic equivalent of a print chapbook, and only if the previous publication is acknowledged in a note that covers the submission. Only poems that have not been previously published will be considered for Mudlark posters, the electronic equivalent of print broadsides, or for Mudlark flashes.” Accepts e-mail or USPS submissions with SASE; no fax submissions. Cover letter is optional. Seldom comments on rejected poems. Always sends prepublication galleys “in the form of inviting the author to proof the work on a private website that Mudlark maintains for that purpose.”
MYTHIC DELIRIUM3514 Signal Hill Ave. NW, Roanoke VA 24017-5148. E-mail: mythicdelirium@gmail.com. Website: www.mythicdelirium.com. Contact: Mike Allen, editor. “Mythic Delirium is an online and e-book venue for fiction and poetry that ranges through science fiction, fantasy, horror, interstitial, and cross-genre territory—we love blurred boundaries and tropes turned on their heads. We are interested in work that demonstrates ambition, that defies traditional approaches to genre, that introduces readers to the legends of other cultures, that re-evaluates the myths of old from a modern perspective, that twists reality in unexpected ways. We are committed to diversity and are open to and encourage submissions from people of every race, gender, nationality, sexual orientation, political affiliation and religious belief. We publish 12 short stories and 24 poems a year. Our quarterly ebooks in PDF, EPUB, and MOBI formats, published in July, October, January, and April, will each contain 3 stories and 6 poems. We will also publish 1 story and 2 poems on our website each month.” Reading period: August 1-October 1 annually. Responds in 2 months. Accepts electronic submissions only to mythicdelirium@gmail.com.
MAGAZINES NEEDS “No unsolicited reprints. Please use the words ‘poetry submission’ in the e-mail subject line. Poems may be included in the e-mail as RTF or DOC attachments.” Length: open. Pays $5 flat fee.
TIPS “Mythic Delirium isn’t easy to get into, but we publish newcomers in every issue. Show us how ambitious you can be, and don’t give up.”
2443 Fillmore St. #214, San Francisco CA 94115. Website: www.narrativemagazine.com. Contact: Michael Croft, senior editor; Mimi Kusch, managing editor; Michael Wiegers, poetry editor. “Narrative publishes high-quality contemporary literature in a full range of styles, forms, and lengths. Submit poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, including stories, short shorts, novels, novel excerpts, novellas, personal essays, humor, sketches, memoirs, literary biographies, commentary, reportage, interviews, and short audio recordings of short-short stories and poems. We welcome submissions of previously unpublished mss of all lengths, ranging from short-short stories to complete book-length works for serialization. In addition to submissions for issues of Narrative itself, we also encourage submissions for our Story of the Week, literary contests, and Readers’ Narratives. Please read our Submission Guidelines for all information on ms formatting, word lengths, author payment, and other policies. We accept submissions only through our electronic submission system. We do not accept submissions through postal services or e-mail. You may send us mss for the following submission categories: General Submissions, Narrative Prize, Story of the Week, Readers’ Narrative, iPoem, iStory, Six-Word Story, or a specific Contest. Your ms must be in one of the following file forms: .doc, .rtf, .pdf, .docx, .txt, .wpd, .odf, .mp3, .mp4, .mov, or .flv.” Buys exclusive first North American serial rights in English for 90 days, and thereafter, for nonexclusive rights “to maintain the work in our online library.” Responds in 4-14 weeks to queries. Guidelines available online. Charges $20 reading fee except for 2 weeks in April.
Narrative has received recognitions in New Stories from the South, Best American Mystery Stories, O. Henry Prize Stories, Best American Short Stories, Best American Essays, and the Pushcart Prize Collection. In their first quarterly issue of 2010, the National Endowment for the Arts featured an article on the business of books, with Narrative’s digital publishing model a key focus. Providing a behind-the-scenes look at the way in which Narrative functions and thrives, it is an essential read for anyone looking to learn more about the current state of publishing both in the print and digital arenas.
TIPS “Log on and study our magazine online. Narrative fiction, graphic art, and multimedia are selected, first and foremost, for quality.”
Nassau Community College, State University of New York, English Dept., 1 Education Dr., Garden City NY 11530. E-mail: nassaureview@ncc.edu. Website: www.ncc.edu/nassaureview. Contact: Christina Rau, editor in chief and poetry editor; Beth Beatrice Smith, fiction editor; Emily Hegarty, creative nonfiction editor. The Nassau Review welcomes submissions of many genres, preferring work that is “innovative, captivating, well-crafted, and unique, work that crosses boundaries of genre and tradition. You may be serious. You may be humorous. You may be somewhere in between. We are looking simply for quality. New and seasoned writers are welcome.” Acquires first North American serial rights “and the right to archive your work online for an indefinite period of time.” Submit via online submissions system only. Please read all guidelines and details on the website: www.ncc.edu/nassaureview.
All open submissions are under consideration for the Writer Awards.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Accepts simultaneous submissions: “Please let us know they are simultaneous when you submit them.” Submit via online submissions manager. Include title, word count, and bio of up to 100 words. Length: 50 lines/poem. Pays 1 contributor’s copy.
THE NATION33 Irving Place, 8th Floor, New York NY 10003. E-mail: submissions@thenation.com. Website: www.thenation.com. Steven Brower, art director. Contact: Roane Carey, managing editory; Ange Mlinko, poetry editor. The Nation, published weekly, is a journal of left/liberal opinion, with arts coverage that includes poetry. The only requirement for poetry is excellence. Guidelines available online.
Poetry published by The Nation has been included in The Best American Poetry. Has published poetry by W.S. Merwin, Maxine Kumin, James Merrill, May Swenson, Edward Hirsch, and Charles Simic.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit poems only via mail. Send no more than 8 poems in a calendar year. Include a SASE.
HOW TO CONTACT The Nation welcomes unsolicited poetry submissions. You may send up to three poems at a time, and no more than eight poems during a calendar year. Send poems by first-class mail, accompanied by a SASE. Does not reply to or return poems sent by fax or e-mail or submitted without an SASE. Submissions are not accepted from June 1 to September 15. Manuscripts may be mailed to: Ange Mlinko, poetry editor.
P.O. Box 2080, Aptos CA 95001-2080. E-mail: editor@nationalpoetryreview.com; nationalpoetryreview@yahoo.com. Website: www.nationalpoetryreview.com. Contact: C.J. Sage, editor. The National Poetry Review seeks “distinction, innovation, and joie de vivre. We agree with Frost about delight and wisdom. We believe in rich sound. We believe in the beautiful—even if that beauty is not in the situation of the poem but simply the sounds of the poem, the images, or (and, ideally) the way the poem stays in the reader’s mind long after it’s been read.” TNPR considers both experimental and ‘mainstream’ work.” Does not want “overly self-centered or confessional poetry.” Acquires first rights. Time between acceptance and publication is no more than 1 year. “The editor makes all publishing decisions.” Sometimes comments on rejected poems. Usually responds in about 1-12 weeks. Guidelines available in magazine or on website.
The National Poetry Review is 80 pages, perfect-bound, with full-color cover. Accepts less than 1% of submissions received. Single copy: $15; subscription: $15/year. Make checks payable to TNPR only. Poetry appearing in The National Poetry Review has also appeared in The Pushcart Prize. Has published poetry by Bob Hicok, Jennifer Michael Hecht, Larissa Szplorluk, Martha Zweig, Nance Van Winkel, William Waltz, and Ted Kooser.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit 3-5 poems at a time by e-mail only to address below; postal submissions will be recycled unread. Considers simultaneous submissions “with notification only. Submit only between December 1 and February 28 unless you are a subscriber or benefactor. Put your name in the subject line of your e-mail and send to tnprsubmissions@yahoo.com.” Bio is required. Subscribers and benefactors may submit any time during the year (“please write ‘subscriber’ or ‘benefactor’ in the subject line”). See website before submitting. Pays 1 contributor’s copy and small honorarium when funds are available.
Dept. of English, University of Missouri-St. Louis, One University Blvd., St. Louis MO 63121. (314)516-7327. E-mail: natural@umsl.edu. Website: www.umsl.edu/~natural. Natural Bridge, published biannually in May and December, invites submissions of poetry, fiction, personal essays, and translations. Acquires first North American rights. Publishes ms 9 months after acceptance. Responds in 4-8 months. Guidelines available online at website.
No longer accepts submissions via e-mail. Accepts submissions through online submission form and postal mail only.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Seeks “fresh, innovative poetry, both free and formal, on any subject. We want poems that work on first and subsequent readings—poems that entertain and resonate and challenge our readers.” Submit 4-6 poems at a time. “Submissions should be typewritten, with name and address on each page. Do not staple manuscripts. Send SASE.” Submit year round; however, “we do not read May 1-August 1. Work is read and selected by the guest-editor and editor, along with editorial assistants made up of graduate students in our MFA program. We publish work by both established and new writers.” Length: no limit. Pays 2 contributor’s copies and one-year subscription.
Internaturally, Inc., P.O. Box 317, Newfoundland NJ 07435. (973)697-3552. Fax: (973)697-8313. E-mail: naturally@internaturally.com. Website: www.internaturally.com. “A full-color, glossy magazine with online editions, and the foremost naturist/nudist magazine in the U.S. with international distribution, Naturally focuses on the clothes-free lifestyle, publishing articles about worldwide destinations, first-time nudist experiences, and news information pertaining to the clothes-free lifestyle. Our mission is to demystify the human form and allow each human to feel comfortable in their own skin, in a nonsexual environment. We offer a range of books, DVDs, magazines, and other products useful to naturists/nudists in their daily lives and for the education of nonnaturists. Travel DVDs featuring resorts to visit; books on Christianity and nudity, nudist plays, memoirs, cartoons, and novellas; and also towels, sandals, calendars, and more.” Buys first North American serial rights, first rights, one-time rights, second serial (reprint) rights, simultaneous rights, electronic rights. Makes work-for-hire assignments. Pays on publication. Publishes ms an average of 3 months after acceptance. Responds in 2 weeks to queries; in 3 months to mss. Editorial lead time 3-6 months. Sample copy available online.
Write about nudists and naturists. Wants more people stories than travel.
TIPS “Become a nudist/naturist. Appreciate human beings in their natural state.”
P.O. Box 368, Westfield MA 01085. E-mail: naugatuckriver@aol.com. Website: naugatuckriverreview.wordpress.com. Contact: Lori Desrosiers, publisher. Naugatuck River Review, published semiannually, “is a literary journal for great narrative poetry looking for narrative poetry of high caliber, where the narrative is compressed with a strong emotional core.” Acquires first North American serial rights. Responds in 1-4 months. Always sends prepublication galleys. Guidelines available in magazine and on website.
Accepts submissions through online submission form only.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 3 poems. Prefers unpublished poems. Accepts online submissions through submission manager only; no e-mail, fax, or disk submissions. Include a brief bio and mailing information. Reads submissions January 1-March 1 and July 1-September 1 for contest (fee). Length: up to 50 lines.
TIPS “WHAT IS NARRATIVE POETRY? What NRR is looking for are poems that tell a story or have a strong sense of story. They can be stories of a moment or an experience and can be personal or historical. A good narrative poem that would work for our journal has a compressed narrative, and we prefer poems that take up 2 pages or less of the journal (50 lines max). We are looking above all for poems that are well crafted, have an excellent lyric quality, and contain a strong emotional core. Any style of poem is considered, including prose poems. Poems with very long lines don’t fit well in the 6x9 format.”
Arkansas Tech University, Department of English, Russellville AR 72801. (501)968-0256. E-mail: nebo@atu.edu. Website: www.atu.edu/worldlanguages/Nebo.php. Contact: Editor. “Nebo routinely publishes Arkansas Tech students and unpublished writers alongside nationally known writers.” Acquires one-time rights. Publishes mss 3-6 months after acceptance. Responds in 2 weeks to 4 months to mss. Occasionally comments on rejected mss. Sample copy: $6. Subscriptions: $10. Guidelines available on website.
Literary journal: 5x8; 50-60 pages. For general, academic audience. Receives 20-30 unsolicited mss per month. Nebo is published in the spring and fall.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Accepts all forms of poetry. Contact editor for specifics. Submit by mail. Reads mss August 15-January 31. Pays 1 contributor’s copy.
TIPS “Avoid pretentiousness. Write something you genuinely care about. Please edit your work for spelling, grammar, cohesiveness, and overall purpose. Many of the mss we receive should be publishable with a little polishing. Mss should never be submitted handwritten or on ‘onion skin’ or colored paper.”
NEON MAGAZINEE-mail: info@neonmagazine.co.uk. Website: www.neonmagazine.co.uk. Contact: Krishan Coupland. Quarterly website and print magazine covering alternative work of any form of poetry and prose, short stories, flash fiction, artwork and reviews. “Genre work is welcome. Experimentation is encouraged. We like stark poetry and weird prose. We seek work that is beautiful, shocking, intense, and memorable. Darker pieces are generally favored over humorous ones.” Buys one-time rights. “After publication all rights revert back to you.” Responds in 1 month. Query if you have received no reply after 6 weeks. Guidelines available online.
Neon was previously published as FourVolts Magazine.
MAGAZINES NEEDS “No nonsensical poetry; we are not appreciative of sentimentality. Rhyming poetry is discouraged.” No word limit. Pays royalties.
TIPS “Send several poems, 1 or 2 pieces of prose or several images via form e-mail. Include the word ‘submission’ in your subject line. Include a short biographical note (up to 100 words). Read submission guidelines before submitting your work.”
369 Molino Ave., Mill Valley CA 94941. Website: www.newamericanwriting.com. Editors: Maxine Chernoff and Paul Hoover. New American Writing is a literary magazine emphasizing contemporary American poetry. The magazine is distinctive for publishing a range of contemporary innovative poetry. Sample copies available for $15. Guidelines online.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Reading period September 1 to January 15. Submit via postal mail. Response time varies between 2 weeks to 6 months.
THE NEW CRITERIONWebsite: www.newcriterion.com. Contact: Roger Kimball, editor and publisher. “A monthly review of the arts and intellectual life, The New Criterion began as an experiment in critical audacity—a publication devoted to engaging, in Matthew Arnold’s famous phrase, with ‘the best that has been thought and said.’ This also meant engaging with those forces dedicated to traducing genuine cultural and intellectual achievement, whether through obfuscation, politicization, or a commitment to nihilistic absurdity. We are proud that The New Criterion has been in the forefront both of championing what is best and most humanely vital in our cultural inheritance and in exposing what is mendacious, corrosive, and spurious. Published monthly from September through June, The New Criterion brings together a wide range of young and established critics whose common aim is to bring you the most incisive criticism being written today.”
Has published poetry by Donald Justice, Andrew Hudgins, Elizabeth Spires, and Herbert Morris. The New Criterion is 90 pages, 7x10, flat-spined. Single copy: $12.
NEW ENGLAND REVIEWMiddlebury College, Middlebury VT 05753. (802)443-5075. E-mail: nereview@middlebury.edu. Website: www.nereview.com. Contact: Carolyn Kuebler, editor. New England Review is a prestigious, nationally distributed literary journal. Reads September 1-May 31 (postmarked dates). Buys first North American serial rights, buys first rights, buys second serial (reprint) rights. Sends galleys to author. Pays on publication. Publishes ms an average of 6 months after acceptance. Responds in 2 weeks to queries; in 3 months to mss. Sometimes comments on rejected mss. Sample copy: $10 (add $5 for overseas). Subscription: $30. Overseas shipping fees add $25 for subscription, $12 for Canada. Guidelines available online.
New England Review is 200+ pages, 7x10, printed on heavy stock, flat-spined, with glossy cover with art. Receives 3,000-4,000 poetry submissions/year, accepts about 70-80 poems/year. Receives 550 unsolicited mss/month, accepts 6 mss/issue, 24 fiction mss/year. Does not accept mss June-August. Agented fiction less than 5%.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 6 poems at a time. No previously published or simultaneous submissions for poetry. Accepts submissions by postal mail or online submission manager only; accepts questions by e-mail. “Cover letters are useful.” Address submissions to “Poetry Editor.” Pays $20/page ($20 minimum), and 2 contributor’s copies.
ALSO OFFERS NER pays $50 per published online essay in their series “Confluences,” works of 500-1,000 words. Submission details appear online.
TIPS “We consider short fiction, including short shorts, novellas, and self-contained extracts from novels in both traditional and experimental forms. In nonfiction, we consider a variety of general and literary but not narrowly scholarly essays; we also publish long and short poems, screenplays, graphics, translations, critical reassessments, statements by artists working in various media, testimonies, and letters from abroad. We are committed to exploration of all forms of contemporary cultural expression in the U.S. and abroad. With few exceptions, we print only work not published previously elsewhere.”
NEW LETTERSUniversity of Missouri-Kansas City, 5101 Rockhill Rd., Kansas City MO 64110. (816)235-1168. Fax: (816)235-2611. E-mail: newletters@umkc.edu. Website: www.newletters.org. Contact: Robert Stewart, editor in chief. “New Letters continues to seek the best new writing, whether from established writers or those ready and waiting to be discovered. In addition, it supports those writers, readers, and listeners who want to experience the joy of writing that can both surprise and inspire us all.” 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 5 months to mss. Editorial lead time 6 months. Sample copy: $10 or sample articles on website. Guidelines available online.
Submissions are not read May 1-October 1.
MAGAZINES NEEDS No light verse. Length: open. Pays $10-25.
TIPS “We aren’t interested in essays that are footnoted or essays usually described as scholarly or critical. Our preference is for creative nonfiction or personal essays. We prefer shorter stories and essays to longer ones (an average length is 3,500-4,000 words). We have no rigid preferences as to subject, style, or genre, although commercial efforts tend to put us off. Even so, our only fixed requirement is good writing.”
Murray State University, Department of English and Philosophy, 7C Faculty Hall, Murray KY 42071-3341. (270)809-4730. E-mail: msu.newmadrid@murraystate.edu. Website: newmadridjournal.org. Contact: Ann Neelon, editor. “New Madrid is the national journal of the low-residency MFA program at Murray State University. It takes its name from the New Madrid seismic zone, which falls within the central Mississippi Valley and extends through western Kentucky.” Acquires first North American serial rights. Publication is copyrighted. Responds at the close of each reading period. Guidelines available on website.
See website for guidelines and upcoming themes. "We have 2 reading periods, one from August 15-October 15, and one from January 15-March 15." Also publishes poetry and creative nonfiction. Rarely comments on/critiques rejected mss.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Accepts submissions by online submissions manager only. Include brief bio, list of publications. Considers multiple submissions.
TIPS “Quality is the determining factor for breaking into New Madrid. We are looking for well-crafted, compelling writing in a range of genres, forms, and styles.”
NEW MILLENNIUM WRITINGSNew Messenger Writing and Publishing, P.O. Box 2463, Knoxville TN 37901. (865)428-0389. Website: newmillenniumwritings.com. Contact: Elizabeth Petty, submissions editor. Only accepts general submissions January-April, but holds 4 contests twice each year for all types of fiction, nonfiction, short-short fiction, and poetry. Publishes mss 6 months to 1 year after acceptance. Rarely comments on/critiques rejected mss.
Annual anthology. 6x9, 204 pages, 50 lb. white paper, glossy 4-color cover. Contains illustrations and photographs.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit 3 poems, up to 5 pages total.
English Department, 360 Ellis Hall, Ohio University, Athens OH 45701. (740)597-1360. E-mail: noreditors@ohio.edu. Website: www.ohiou.edu/nor. Contact: Jill Allyn Rosser, editor. New Ohio Review, published biannually in spring and fall, publishes fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Responds in 2-4 months. Single copy: $9. Subscription: $16. Guidelines available on website.
Member CLMP. Reading period is September 15-December 15 and January 15-April 1.
MAGAZINES NEEDS “Please do not submit more than once every 6 months.”
NEW ORLEANS REVIEWBox 195, Loyola University, New Orleans LA 70118. (504)865-2295. E-mail: noreview@loyno.edu. Website: neworleansreview.org. Contact: Heidi Braden, managing editor. New Orleans Review is a biannual journal of contemporary literature and culture, publishing new poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art, photography, film and book reviews. Buys first North American serial rights. Pays on publication. Responds in 4 months to mss. Sample copy: $5.
The journal has published an eclectic variety of work by established and emerging writers including Walker Percy, Pablo Neruda, Ellen Gilchrist, Nelson Algren, Hunter S. Thompson, John Kennedy Toole, Richard Brautigan, Barry Spacks, James Sallis, Jack Gilbert, Paul Hoover, Rodney Jones, Annie Dillard, Everette Maddox, Julio Cortazar, Gordon Lish, Robert Walser, Mark Halliday, Jack Butler, Robert Olen Butler, Michael Harper, Angela Ball, Joyce Carol Oates, Diane Wakoski, Dermot Bolger, Roddy Doyle, William Kotzwinkle, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Arnost Lustig, Raymond Queneau, Yusef Komunyakaa, Michael Martone, Tess Gallagher, Matthea Harvey, D. A. Powell, Rikki Ducornet, and Ed Skoog.
TIPS “We’re looking for dynamic writing that demonstrates attention to the language and a sense of the medium, writing that engages, surprises, moves us. We’re not looking for genre fiction or academic articles. We subscribe to the belief that in order to truly write well, one must first master the rudiments: grammar and syntax, punctuation, the sentence, the paragraph, the line, the stanza. We receive about 3,000 manuscripts a year and publish about 3% of them. Check out a recent issue, send us your best, proofread your work, be patient, be persistent.”
THE NEW QUARTERLYSt. Jerome’s University, 290 Westmount Rd. N., Waterloo ON N2L 3G3, Canada. (519)884-8111, ext. 28290. E-mail: editor@tnq.ca; info@tnq.ca. Website: www.tnq.ca. “Emphasis on emerging writers and genres, but we publish more traditional work as well if the language and narrative structure are fresh.” Buys first Canadian rights. Pays on publication. Responds in early January to submissions received March 1-August 31; in early June to submissions received September 1-February 28. Editorial lead time 6 months. Sample copy: $16.50 (cover price, plus mailing). Guidelines online.
Open to Canadian writers only. Reading periods: March 1-August 31; September 1-February 28.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Canadian work only. Pays $40/poem.
TIPS “Reading us is the best way to get our measure. We don’t have preconceived ideas about what we’re looking for other than that it must be Canadian work (Canadian writers, not necessarily Canadian content). We want something that’s fresh, something that will repay a second reading, something in which the language soars and the feeling is complexly rendered.”
English Dept., Georgia State University, P.O Box 3970, Atlanta GA 30302-3970. (404)413-5874. E-mail: newsoutheditors@gmail.com. Website: www.newsouthjournal.com. Semiannual magazine dedicated to finding and publishing the best work from artists around the world. Wants original voices searching to rise above the ordinary. Seeks to publish high-quality work, regardless of genre, form, or regional ties. Acquires first North American serial rights. Time between acceptance and publication is 3-5 months. Responds in 3-5 months. Sample: $3 (back issue). Single copy: $5; subscription: $8 for 1 year. Guidelines available online.
New South is 160+ pages. Press run is 2,000; 500 distributed free to students. The New South Annual Writing Contest offers $1,000 for the best poem and $1,000 for the best story or essay; one-year subscription to all who submit. Submissions must be unpublished. Submit up to 3 poems, 1 story, or 1 essay on any subject or in any form. Specify “poetry” or “fiction” on outside envelope. Guidelines available by e-mail or on website. Competition receives 300 entries. Past judges include Sharon Olds, Jane Hirschfield, Anthony Hecht, Phillip Levine, and Jake Adam York. Winner will be announced in the Fall issue.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 5 poems at a time through Submittable. Pays 2 contributor’s copies.
TIPS “We want what’s new, what’s fresh, and what’s different—whether it comes from the Southern United States, the South of India, or the North, East or West of Anywhere.”
THE NEW VERSE NEWSTangerang, Indonesia. E-mail: nvneditor@gmail.com. Website: www.newversenews.com. Contact: James Penha, editor. The New Verse News, published online and updated “every day or 2,” has “a clear liberal bias but will consider various visions and views.” Acquires first rights. Rights revert to poet upon publication. “Normally, poems are published immediately upon acceptance.” Responds in 1-3 weeks. Does not comment on rejected poems. Guidelines available on website.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Wants “previously unpublished poems, both serious and satirical, on current events and topical issues; will also consider prose poems.” Does not want “work unrelated to the news.” Submit 1-5 poems at a time. Accepts only e-mail submissions (pasted into body of message); use “Verse News Submission” as the subject line; no disk or postal submissions. Send brief bio. Reads submissions year round. Poems are circulated to an editorial board. Receives about 1,200 poems/year; accepts about 300. No length restrictions.
NEW WELSH REVIEWP.O. Box 170, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion Wa SY23 1 WZ, United Kingdom. 01970-626230. E-mail: editor@newwelshreview.com. E-mail: submissions@newwelshreview.com. Website: www.newwelshreview.com. Contact: Gwen Davies, editor. “NWR, a literary quarterly ranked in the top 5 of British literary magazines, publishes stories, poems, and critical essays. The best of Welsh writing in English, past and present, is celebrated, discussed, and debated. We seek poems, short stories, reviews, special features/articles, and commentary.” Quarterly.
THE NEW YORKER1 World Trade Center, New York NY 10007. Website: www.newyorker.com. Contact: David Remnick, editor in chief. A quality weekly magazine of distinct news stories, articles, essays, and poems for a literate audience. Pays on acceptance. Responds in 3 months to mss. Subscription: $59.99/year (47 issues), $29.99 for 6 months (23 issues).
The New Yorker receives approximately 4,000 submissions per month.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 6 poems at a time by e-mail (as PDF attachment) or mail (address to Poetry Department). Pays top rates.
TIPS “Be lively, original, not overly literary. Write what you want to write, not what you think the editor would like.”
University of Tulsa, 800 S. Tucker Dr., Tulsa OK 74104-3189. (918)631-3080. Fax: (918)631-3033. E-mail: nimrod@utulsa.edu. Website: www.utulsa.edu/nimrod. Contact: Eilis O’Neal, editor-in-chief. “Nimrod’s mission is the discovery and support of new writing of vigor and quality from this country and abroad. The journal seeks new, unheralded writers; writers from other lands who become accessible to the English-speaking world through translation, and established authors who have vigorous new work to present that has not found a home within the establishment. We believe in a living literature; that it is possible to search for, recognize, and reward contemporary writing of content and vigor, without reliance on a canon.” Responds in 3 months to mss. Sample copy: $11. Subscription: $18.50/year U.S., $20 foreign. Guidelines online or for SASE.
Semiannual magazine: 200 pages; perfect-bound; 4c cover. Receives 120 unsolicited mss/month. Publishes 5-10 new writers/year. Reading period: January 1-November 30. Does not accept submissions by e-mail unless the writer is living outside the U.S. Poetry published in Nimrod has been included in The Best American Poetry.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit poems by mail. Length: 3-10 pages. Pays 2 contributor’s copies.
ALSO OFFERS Sponsors the annual Nimrod Literary Awards, including The Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry (see separate listing in Contests & Awards). “During the months that the Nimrod Literary Awards competition is being conducted, reporting time on noncontest mss will be longer.”
NINTH LETTERDepartment of English, University of Illinois, 608 S. Wright St., Urbana IL 61801. (217)244-3145. E-mail: info@ninthletter.com; editor@ninthletter.com. Website: www.ninthletter.com. Contact: Jodee Stanley, editor. “Ninth Letter accepts submissions of fiction, poetry, and essays from September 1-February 28 (postmark dates). Ninth Letter is published semiannually at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. We are interested in prose and poetry that experiment with form, narrative, and nontraditional subject matter, as well as more traditional literary work.” Pays on publication.
Ninth Letter won Best New Literary Journal 2005 from the Council of Editors of Learned Journals (CELJ) and has had poetry selected for The Pushcart Prize, Best New Poets, and The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit 3-6 poems (no more than 10 pages) at a time. “All mailed submissions must include an SASE for reply.” Pays $25 per printed page and 2 contributor’s copies.
ALSO OFFERS Member: CLMP; CELJ.
158 Spencer Ave., Suite 100, Pittsburgh PA 15227. (412)668-0691. E-mail: nitewritersliteraryarts@gmail.com. Website: nitewritersinternational.webs.com. Contact: John Thompson. Nite-Writer’s International Literary Arts Journal is an online literary arts journal. “We are ‘dedicated to the emotional intellectual’ with a creative perception of life.” Retains first North American serial rights. Copyright reverts to author upon publication. Guidelines available on website. Does not pay authors but offers international exposure to the individual artist.
Journal is open to beginners as well as professionals.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Wants strong imagery in everything you write. Considers previously published poems and simultaneous submissions (let us know when and where your work has been published). Cover letter is preferred. “Give brief bio, state where you heard of us, state if material has been previously published and where.” Receives about 1,000 poems/year, accepts about 10-15%. Has published poetry by Lyn Lifshin, Rose Marie Hunold, Peter Vetrano, Carol Frances Brown, and Richard King Perkins II. Does not want porn or violence. Open to length.
TIPS “Read a lot of what you write—study the market. Don’t fear rejection, but use it as a learning tool to strengthen your work before resubmitting.”
E-mail: admin@nonplusx.com. E-mail: wtompepper@att.net. Website: www.nonplusx.com. Contact: Tom Pepper, editor. “non + x is an experimental e-journal dedicated to the critique of Buddhist and other contemporary cultural materials. Our goal ‘consists in wresting vital potentialities of humans from the artificial forms and static norms that subjugate them‘ (Marjorie Gracieuse).” Buys one-time rights. Responds in 2 weeks to queries. Editorial lead time is 4 months. Sample copy online at website or for SASE. Guidelines available online at website (www.nonplusx.com/contribute) or for SASE.
The Press at the California State University - Fresno, 5245 North Backer Ave., M/S PB 98, Fresno CA 93740-8001. E-mail: editors@thenormalschool.com. Website: http://thenormalschool.com. Contact: Steven Church, editor. Semiannual magazine that accepts outstanding work by beginning and established writers. Acquires first North American serial rights. Publication is copyrighted. Publishes ms 3-6 months after acceptance. Responds to stories in 2 months. Sample copy available for $7 on website or via e-mail. For guidelines, send check and address or visit website.
Mss are read from September 1 to December 1 and from January 15 to April 15. Address submissions to the appropriate editor. Charges $3 fee for each online submission, due to operational costs.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Considers poetry of any style. Limit the number of cat poems.
NORTH AMERICAN REVIEWUniversity of Northern Iowa, 1222 W. 27th St., Cedar Falls IA 50614. (319)273-6455. Fax: (319)273-4326. E-mail: nar@uni.edu. Website: northamericanreview.wordpress.com. Contact: Kim Groninga, nonfiction editor. “The NAR is the oldest literary magazine in America and one of the most respected; though we have no prejudices about the subject matter of material sent to us, our first concern is quality.” Buys first North American serial rights, buys first rights. Publishes ms an average of 1 year after acceptance. Responds in 3 months to queries; 4 months to mss. Sample copy: $7. Guidelines available online.
This is the oldest literary magazine in the country and one of the most prestigious. Also one of the most entertaining—and a tough market for the young writer.
MAGAZINES NEEDS No restrictions; highest quality only.
TIPS “We like stories that start quickly and have a strong narrative arc. Poems that are passionate about subject, language, and image are welcome, whether they are traditional or experimental, whether in formal or free verse (closed or open form). Nonfiction should combine art and fact with the finest writing.”
NORTH CAROLINA LITERARY REVIEWEast Carolina University, Mailstop 555 English, Greenville NC 27858-4353. (252)328-1537. Fax: (252)328-4889. E-mail: nclrsubmissions@ecu.edu. Website: www.nclr.ecu.edu. Contact: Margaret Bauer. “Articles should have a North Carolina slant. Fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry accepted through yearly contests. First consideration is always for quality of work. Although we treat academic and scholarly subjects, we do not wish to see jargon-laden prose; our readers, we hope, are found as often in bookstores and libraries as in academia. We seek to combine the best elements of a magazine for serious readers with the best of a scholarly journal.” Acquires first North American serial rights. Rights returned to writer on request. Publishes ms an average of 1 year after acceptance. Responds in 1 month to queries; in 6 months to mss. Editorial lead time 6 months. Sample copy: $5-25. Guidelines available online.
Accepts submissions through Submittable.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit poetry for the James Applewhite Poetry Prize competition via Submittable. Submit up to 3 poems for $15 entry fee or up to 5 poems for $20 entry fee. Published writers paid in copies of the journal. First-place winners of contests receive a prize of $250.
TIPS “By far the easiest way to break in is with special issue sections. We are especially interested in reports on conferences, readings, meetings that involve North Carolina writers, and personal essays or short narratives with a strong sense of place. See back issues for other departments. Interviews are probably the other easiest place to break in; no discussions of poetics/theory, etc., except in reader-friendly (accessible) language. Interviews should be personal, more like conversations, that explore connections between a writer’s life and his/her work.”
North Central College, CM #235, 30 N. Brainard St., Naperville IL 60540. (630)637-5291. E-mail: nccreview@noctrl.edu. Website: http://orgs.noctrl.edu/review. Contact: Heather M. Placko, editor; Kelly Noel Rasmussen, editor. North Central Review, published semiannually, considers work in all literary genres, including occasional interviews, from undergraduate writers globally. The journal’s goal is for college-level, emerging creative writers to share their work publicly and create a conversation with each other. All styles and forms are welcome as submissions. The readers tend to value attention to form (but not necessarily fixed form), voice, and detail. Very long poems or sequences (running more than 4 or 5 pages) may require particular excellence because of the journal’s space and budget constraints. Does not want overly sentimental language and hackneyed imagery. These are all-too-common weaknesses that readers see in submissions; recommends revision and polishing before sending work. Considers poetry by teens (undergraduate writers only). Acquires first rights. Publishes ms 1-4 months after acceptance. Responds in 1-4 months. Guidelines for SASE, by e-mail, online and in magazine.
North Central Review is 120 pages, digest-sized, perfect-bound, with cardstock cover with 4-color design. Press run is about 750, distributed free to contributors and publication reception attendees. Single copy: $5; subscription: $10. Make checks payable to North Central College.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Accepts e-mail submissions (as Word attachments only); no fax submissions. Cover letter is preferred. Include name, postal address, phone number, and e-mail address (.edu address as proof of student status). If necessary (i.e., .edu address not available), include a photocopy of student ID with number marked out as proof of undergraduate status. Reads submissions September-March, with deadlines in February and October. Poems are circulated to an editorial board. All submissions are read by at least 3 staff members, including an editor. Rarely comments on rejected poems. No line limit. Pays 2 contributor’s copies.
TIPS “Don’t send anything you just finished moments ago—rethink, revise, and polish. Avoid sentimentalitity and abstraction. That said, the North Central Review publishes beginners, so don’t hesitate to submit and, if rejected, submit again.”
276 Centennial Dr. Stop 7209, Merrifield Hall Room 15, Grand Forks ND 58202. (701)777-3322. Website: www.und.edu/org/ndq. Contact: Kate Sweney, managing editor. “North Dakota Quarterly strives to publish the best fiction, poetry, and essays that in our estimation we can. Our tastes and interests are best reflected in what we have been recently publishing, and we suggest that you look at some current issues for guidance.” Requires first serial rights. Guidelines available online.
Only reads fiction and poetry between September 1-May 1. Work published in North Dakota Quarterly was selected for inclusion in The O. Henry Prize Stories, The Pushcart Prize Series, and Best American Essays.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 5 poems as hard copy.
NOTRE DAME REVIEWUniversity of Notre Dame, B009C McKenna Hall, Notre Dame IN 46556. Website: ndreview.nd.edu. “The Notre Dame Review is an indepenent, noncommercial magazine of contemporary American and international fiction, poetry, criticism, and art. Especially interested in work that takes on big issues by making the invisible seen, that gives voice to the voiceless. In addition to showcasing celebrated authors like Seamus Heaney and Czelaw Milosz, the Notre Dame Review introduces readers to authors they may have never encountered before but who are doing innovative and important work. In conjunction with the Notre Dame Review, the online companion to the printed magazine, the nd[re]view engages readers as a community centered in literary rather than commercial concerns, a community we reach out to through critique and commentary as well as aesthetic experience.” Buys first North American serial rights. Pays on publication. Publishes ms an average of 6 months after acceptance. Responds in 4 or more months to mss. Sample copy: $6. Guidelines online.
Does not accept e-mail submissions. Only reads hardcopy submissions September-November and January-March.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Send complete ms with cover letter. Include 4-sentence bio. Send SASE for response, return of ms, or send a disposable copy of ms.
TIPS “We’re looking for high-quality work that takes on big issues in a literary way. Please read our back issues before submitting.”
East Tennessee State University, Box 70556, Johnson City TN 37614-1707. (423)439-5348. Fax: (423)439-6340. E-mail: nowandthen@etsu.edu. E-mail: sandersr@etsu.edu. Website: www.etsu.edu/cass/nowandthen. Contact: Randy Sanders, managing editor; Wayne Winkler, music editor; Charlie Warden, photo editor. Literary magazine published twice/year. “Now & Then accepts a variety of writing genres: fiction, poetry, nonfiction, essays, interviews, memoirs, and book reviews. All submissions must relate to Appalachia and to the issue’s specific theme. Our readership is educated and interested in the region.” Buys first North American serial rights. Rights revert back to author after publication. Responds in 5 months to queries; 5 months to mss. Sample copy: $8 plus $3 shipping. Guidelines and upcoming themes available on website.
Now & Then tells the stories of Appalachia and presents a fresh, revealing picture of life in Appalachia, past and present, with engaging articles, personal essays, fiction, poetry, and photography.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 5 poems, with SASE and cover letter including “a few lines about yourself for a contributor’s note and whether the work has been published or accepted elsewhere.” Will consider simultaneous submissions; occasionally accepts previously published poems. Put name, address, and phone number on every poem. Deadlines: last workday in February (spring/summer issue) and August 31 (fall/winter issues). Publishes theme issues. Pays $25 for each accepted poem. Pays on publication.
TIPS “Keep in mind that Now & Then only publishes material related to the Appalachian region. Plus we only publish fiction that has some plausible connection to a specific issue’s themes. We like to offer first-time publication to promising writers.”
E-mail: submissions@nthzine.com. Website: www.nthzine.com. Contact: Michael Pederson. Free online fanzine to promote up-and-coming new science fiction and fantasy authors and artists. Also supports the world of fandom and conventions. Acquires one-time rights. Responds in 2 weeks to queries; 3 months to mss. Online e-zine; copies available upon request. Guidelines available online.
No longer accepts hard copy submissions.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit through e-mail. Looking for poetry about science fiction, fantasy, horror, alternate history, well-crafted mystery, and humor. Pays in contributor’s copies.
TIPS “Don’t submit anything that you may be ashamed of 10 years later.”
NTHPOSITIONE-mail: val@nthposition.com. Website: www.nthposition.com. Contact: Val Stevenson, managing editor. nthposition, published monthly online, is an eclectic, London-based journal with politics and opinion, travel writing, fiction and poetry, art reviews and interviews, and some high weirdness. Does not request rights but expects proper acknowledgement if poems are reprinted later. Time between acceptance and publication is 4 months. Responds in 6 weeks. Never comments on rejected poems. Guidelines available online.
TIPS “Submit as text in the body of an e-mail, along with a brief bio note (2-3 sentences). If your work is accepted, it will be archived into the British Library’s permanent collection.”
Website: www.nuthousemagazine.com. Nuthouse, published every 3 months, uses humor of all kinds, including homespun and political. Acquires one-time rights. Publishes ms 6-12 months after acceptance. Responds in 1 month. Sample: $1.50. Make checks payable to Twin Rivers Press. Guidelines for #10 SASE.
Nuthouse is 12 pages, digest-sized, photocopied from desktop-published originals. Receives about 500 poems/year, accepts about 100. Press run is 100. Subscription: $5 for 4 issues.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Wants “humorous verse; virtually all genres considered.” Has published poetry by Holly Day, Daveed Garstenstein-Ross, and Don Webb. Send complete ms with SASE and cover letter. Include bio (paragraph) and list of publications. No e-mail submissions. Pays 1 contributor’s copy per poem.
North Carolina State University, Department of English, Box 8105, Raleigh NC 27695. E-mail: obsidianatbrown@gmail.com. Website: obsidian-magazine.tumblr.com. Contact: Maya Finoh, managing editor. Obsidian is a “literary and visual space to showcase the creativity and experiences of black people, specifically at Brown University, formed out of the need for a platform made for us, by us.” It is “actively intersectional, safe, and open: a space especially for the stories and voices of black women, black queer and trans people, and black people with disabilities.” Acquires one-time rights.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit by e-mail. Include brief bio up to 3 sentences.
TIPS “Following proper format is essential. Your title must be intriguing and text clean. Never give up. Some of the writers we publish were rejected many times before we published them.”
Resolute Bear Press, P.O. Box 14, Robbinston ME 04671. (207)454-8026. E-mail: poetrylane2@gmail.com. Website: www.off-the-coast.com. Contact: Valerie Lawson, editor/publisher. Quarterly journal with deadlines of March, June, September and December 15. Off the Coast is accepting submissions of poetry (any subject or style; please use our submission manager: www.offthecoast.submittable.com/submit; postal submissions OK with SASE), photography, graphics, and books for review (books only, no chapbooks). Subscriptions are $35 for 1 year, $60 for 2 years. Single issue: $10. Off the Coast prints all styles and forms of poetry. Considers poetry by children and teens. Has published poetry by Wes McNair, Kate Barnes, Henry Braun, Baron Wormser, Betsy Sholl, David Wagoner, Diana DerHovanessian, Simon Perchik, and Rhina Espaillat. Off the Coast is 80-100+ pages, perfect-bound, with stock cover with original art. Receives about 5,000 poems/year, accepts about 250. Press run is 300; occasional complimentary copies offered. Make checks payable to Off the Coast. Editorial decisions are not made until after the deadline for each issue. Notifications go out the first two weeks of the month following the deadline date eg: early April for March 15 deadline. For samples of poetry, art and reviews, visit our website www.off-the-coast.com. “The mission of Off the Coast is to become recognized around the world as Maine’s international poetry journal, a publication that prizes quality, diversity and honesty in its publications and in its dealings with poets. Off the Coast, a quarterly print journal, publishes poetry, artwork and reviews. Arranged much like an anthology, each issue bears a title drawn from a line or phrase from one of its poems.” The rights to each individual poem and print are retained by each individual artist. Publishes mss 1-2 months after acceptance. Responds in 1-3 months. Editorial decisions are not made until after the deadline for each issue. Notifications go out the first two weeks of the month following the deadline date, e.g. early April for March 15 deadline. For samples of poetry, art and reviews, visit our website: www.off-thecoast.com. Contributors receive one free copy. Additional copies of the issue their work appears in available for $5, half the cover price. Sample issue for $10. Guidelines available in magazine.
HOW TO CONTACT “Send 1-3 previously unpublished poems, any subject or style, using our submission manager: www.offthecoast.submittable.com/submit. We accept postal submissions with SASE with sufficient postage for return. Please include contact information and brief bio with submission. We accept simultaneous submissions, but please inform us if your work is accepted elsewhere. Pays one contributor’s copy. “The rights to each individual poem and print are retained by each individual artist.” For reviews, send a single copy of a newly published poetry book. Please send bound books only, we do not review chapbooks.”
1209 Heather Run, Wilmington OH 45177. E-mail: ohioteacherswrite@octela.org. Website: www.octela.org/OTW.html. Contact: Eimile Máiréad Green, editor. “Ohio Teachers Write is a literary magazine published annually by the Ohio Council of Teachers of English Language Arts. This publication seeks to promote both poetry and prose of Ohio teachers and to provide an engaging collection of writing for our readership of educators and other like-minded adults. Invites electronic submissions from both active and retired Ohio educators for our annual literary print magazine.”
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 4 poems by e-mail. Pays 2 contributor’s copies.
TIPS Check website for yearly theme.
Georgia Highlands College, 3175 Cedartown Highway SE, Rome GA 30161. E-mail: napplega@highlands.edu. Website: www.highlands.edu/site/ork. Contact: Dr. Nancy Applegate, professor of English; Thomas Dobson, literary editor. Old Red Kimono, published annually, prints original, high-quality poetry and fiction. Has published poetry by Walter McDonald, Peter Huggins, Ruth Moon Kempher, John Cantey Knight, Kirsten Fox, and Al Braselton. Acquires one-time rights. Responds in 3 months. Accepts e-mail submissions. Reads submissions September 1-February 15 only. Guidelines available for SASE or on website for more submission information.
Old Red Kimono is 72 pages, magazine-sized, professionally printed on heavy stock, with colored matte cover with art. Receives about 500 submissions/year, accepts about 60-70. Sample: $3.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit 3-5 poems at a time. Pays 2 contributor’s copies.
ON SPECP.O. Box 4727, Station South, Edmonton AB T6E 5G6, Canada. (780)628-7121. E-mail: onspec@onspec.ca. Website: www.onspec.ca. “We publish speculative fiction and poetry by new and established writers, with a strong preference for Canadian-authored works.” Buys first North American serial rights. Pays on acceptance. Publishes ms an average of 6-18 months after acceptance. Responds in 2 weeks to queries; in 6 months after deadline to mss. Editorial lead time 6 months. Sample copy: $8. Guidelines on website.
See website guidelines for submission announcements. "Please refer to website for information regarding submissions, as we are not open year round."
MAGAZINES NEEDS No rhyming or religious material. Length: 4-100 lines. Pays $50 and 1 contributor’s copy.
TIPS “We want to see stories with plausible characters, a well-constructed, consistent, and vividly described setting, a strong plot, and believable emotions; characters must show us (not tell us) their emotional responses to each other and to the situation and/or challenge they face. Also: Don’t send us stories written for television. We don’t like media tie-ins, so don’t watch TV for inspiration! Read instead! Strong preference given to submissions by Canadians.”
OPEN MINDS QUARTERLYNorthern Initiative for Social Action, 36 Elgin St., 2nd Floor, Sudbury ON P3C 5B4, Canada. (705)675-9193, ext. 8286. E-mail: openminds@nisa.on.ca. Website: www.openmindsquarterly.com. Contact: Dinah Laprairie, editor. Open Minds Quarterly provides a venue for individuals who have experienced mental illness to express themselves via poetry, short fiction, essays, first-person accounts of living with mental illness, and book/movie reviews. Wants unique, well-written, provocative poetry. Does not want overly graphic or sexual violence. Time between acceptance and publication is 6-18 months. Responds in up to 4 months. Single copy: $7 CAD, $7 USD; subscription: $24.95 CAD and USD (special rates also available). Make checks payable to NISA/Northern Initiative for Social Action. Guidelines available for SASE, by fax, e-mail, or on website.
Open Minds Quarterly is 24 pages, magazine-sized, saddle-stapled, with 100 lb. stock cover with original artwork, includes ads. Press run is 550; 100 distributed free to potential subscribers, published writers, advertisers, and conferences and events.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit 1-5 poems at a time. Accepts e-mail and postal submissions. Cover letter is required. Info in cover letter: indication as to “consumer/survivor” of the mental health system status. Reads submissions year round. Poems are first reviewed by poetry editor, then accepted/rejected by the editor. Sometimes, submissions are passed on to a third party for input or a third opinion. Seldom comments on rejected poems. Rarely sends prepublication galleys. Considers poetry by teens. Has published poetry by Beth Brown Preston, Sophie Soil, Ky Perraun, and Kurt Sass.
ALSO OFFERS The Brainstorm Poetry Contest runs in first 2 months of each year. Contact the editor for information.
ORBIS17 Greenhow Ave., West Kirby Wirral CH48 5EL, UK. E-mail: carolebaldock@hotmail.com. Website: www.orbisjournal.com. Contact: Carole Baldock, editor; Noel Williams, reviews editor. “Orbis has long been considered one of the top 20 small-press magazines in the UK. We are interested in social inclusion projects and encouraging access to the Arts, young people, Under 20s, and 20-somethings. Subjects for discussion: ‘day in the life,’ technical, topical.” Responds in 3 months.
Please see guidelines on website before submitting.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Readers’ Award: £50 for piece receiving the most votes in each issue. Four winners selected for submissions to Forward Poetry Prize, Single Poem category. Plus £50 split between 4 or more runners-up. Feature Writer receives £50. NB, work commissioned: 3-4 poems or 1,500 words.
TIPS “Any publication should be read cover to cover because it’s the best way to improve your chances of getting published. Enclose SAE with all correspondence. Overseas: 2 IRCs, 3 if work is to be returned.”
P.O. Box 297, Deerfield MA 01342. E-mail: amoorhead@deerfield.edu. Website: www.facebook.com/osiris.poetry. Contact: Andrea Moorhead, editor. Osiris, published semiannually, prints contemporary poetry in English, French, and Italian without translation, and in other languages with translation, including Polish, Danish, and German. Responds in 1 month. Sometimes sends prepublication galleys. Sample: $15.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Wants poetry that is “lyrical, non-narrative, post-modern. Also looking for translations from non-Indo-European languages.” Has published poetry by Abderrahmane Djelfaoui (Algeria); George Moore, Rob Cook, Simon Perchik, Ingrid Swanberg (USA); Flavio Ermini (Italy); Denise Desautels (Quebec); Yves Broussard (France); and Frances Presley (UK). Submit 4-6 poems at a time. “Poems should be sent by postal mail. Include short bio and SASE with submission. Translators should include a letter of permission from the poet or publisher as well as copies of the original text.” Pays 3 contributor’s copies.
120 San Lorenzo Blvd., #3, Santa Cruz CA 95060. (415)678-9554. E-mail: jsh619@earthlink.net. Contact: Jonathan Hayes, editor. Over the Transom, published 2 times/year, is a free publication of poetry and prose. Open to all styles of poetry. “We look for the highest-quality writing that best fits the issue.” Publishes ms 2-6 months after acceptance. Responds in 2 months. Sample copy: $10. Single copy: free. Make checks payable to Jonathan Hayes.
Over The Transom is 32 pages, magazine-sized, saddle-stapled, with cardstock cover. Receives about 1,000 poems/year, accepts about 5%. Press run is 300 (100 subscribers); 150 distributed free to cafés, bookstores, universities, and bars.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 5 poems at a time. Accepts e-mail submissions; no disk submissions. Must include an SASE with postal submissions. Reads submissions year round. Never comments on rejected poems. Occasionally publishes theme issues. Considers poetry by children and teens. Has published poetry by Klipschutz, Richard Lopez, Glen Chesnut, Peter Cherches, and Don Skiles. Pays 1 contributor’s copy.
Miami University, Oxford OH 45056. Website: www.oxfordmagazine.org. Oxford Magazine, published annually online in May, is open in terms of form, content, and subject matter. “Since our premiere in 1984, our magazine has received Pushcart Prizes for both fiction and poetry and has published authors such as Charles Baxter, William Stafford, Robert Pinsky, Stephen Dixon, Helena Maria Viramontes, Andre Dubus, and Stuart Dybek.” Acquires first North American serial rights, one-time anthology rights, online serial rights. Responds in 6 months, starting in September.
Work published in Oxford Magazine has been included in the Pushcart Prize anthology. Does not read submissions June through August.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit 3-5 poems via online submissions manager.
Roosevelt University, Dept. of Literature & Languages, 430 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago IL 60605. E-mail: oyezreview@roosevelt.edu. Website: oyezreview.wordpress.com. Annual magazine of the Creative Writing Program at Roosevelt University, publishing fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and art. There are no restrictions on style, theme, or subject matter. Buys first North American serial rights. Publishes ms an average of 2-3 months after acceptance. Responds by mid-December each year. Sample copies available by request, or using e-book retailers. Guidelines online.
Reading period is August 1-October 1. Each issue has 104 pages: 92 pages of text and an 8-page spread of 1 artist's work (in color or b&w). Work by the issue’s featured artist also appears on the front and back cover, totaling 10 pieces. The journal has featured work from such writers as Charles Bukowski, James McManus, Carla Panciera, Michael Onofrey, Tim Foley, John N. Miller, Gary Fincke, and Barry Silesky, and visual artists Vivian Nunley, C. Taylor, Jennifer Troyer, and Frank Spidale. Accepts queries by e-mail.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Send up to 5 poems via online submissions manager or postal mail. Length: up to 10 pages total.
P.O. Box 1483, Pacifica CA 94044. E-mail: email_2015@oysterboyreview.com. Website: www.oysterboyreview.com. Contact: Damon Suave, editor/publisher. Electronic and print magazine. Oyster Boy Review, published annually, is interested in “the underrated, the ignored, the misunderstood, and the varietal. We’ll make some mistakes.” Publishes ms 12 months after acceptance. Responds in 6 months. Guidelines by e-mail or online at website.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit by postal mail or e-mail. Pays 2 contributor’s copies.
TIPS “Keep writing, keep submitting, keep revising.”
E-mail: pacificalitreview@gmail.com. Website: www.pacificareview.com. Editor-in-Chief: Matt Muth. Managing Editor: Courtney Johnson. Pacifica Literary Review is a small literary arts magazine based in Seattle. Our print editions are published biannually in winter and summer. PLR is now accepting submissions of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, author interview, and b&w photography. Submission period: September 15-May 7. Acquires first North American rights. Guidelines available online.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit poems via onlline submission form.
111 S. Lincoln St., Batavia IL 60510. E-mail: editors@packingtownreview.com. Website: www.packingtownreview.com. Packingtown Review publishes imaginative and critical prose and poetry by emerging and established writers. Welcomes submissions of poetry, scholarly articles, drama, creative nonfiction, fiction, and literary translation, as well as genre-bending pieces. Acquires first North American serial rights. Sends galleys to author. Publication is copyrighted. Pays on publication. Publishes ms a maximum of 1 year after acceptance. Responds in 3 weeks to queries; in 3 months to mss. Single copy: $10 (back issue). Guidelines available on website.
Literary magazine/journal. 81⁄2x11, 250 pages. Press run: 500.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Wants well-crafted poetry. Open to most styles and forms. Looking for poetry that takes risks and does so successfully. Send 3-5 poems with cover letter. Include estimated word count, brief bio, SASE. Does not want uninspired or unrevised work. Length: up to 10 pages of single-spaced verse. Pays 2 contributor’s copies.
TIPS “We are looking for well-crafted prose. We are open to most styles and forms. We are also looking for prose that takes risks and does so successfully. We will consider articles about prose.”
PAINTED BRIDE QUARTERLYDrexel University, Department of English and Philosophy, 3141 Chestnut St., Philadelphia PA 19104. E-mail: pbq@drexel.edu. Website: pbq.drexel.edu. Painted Bride Quarterly seeks literary fiction (experimental and traditional), poetry, and artwork and photographs. Buys first North American serial rights. Responds in 6 months to mss. Guidelines available online and by e-mail.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit via postal mail. Does not accept e-mail submissions. “We have no specifications or restrictions. We’ll look at anything.”
ALSO OFFERS Sponsors an annual poetry contest and a chapbook competition. Guidelines available for SASE or on website.
TIPS “We look for freshness of idea incorporated with high-quality writing. We receive an awful lot of nicely written work with worn-out plots. We want quality in whatever—we hold experimental work to as strict standards as anything else. Many of our readers write fiction; most of them enjoy a good reading. We hope to be an outlet for quality. A good story gives, first, enjoyment to the reader. We’ve seen a good many of them lately, and we’ve published the best of them.”
P.O. Box 86146, Los Angeles CA 90086. E-mail: info@palabralitmag.com. Website: www.palabralitmag.com. “PALABRA is about exploration, risk, and ganas—the myriad intersections of thought, language, story, and art—el mas alla of letters, symbols and spaces into meaning.” Acquires first serial rights, electronic promotional rights, and nonexclusive print anthology rights. Responds in 3-4 months to mss. Guidelines online.
Reading period: September 1-April 30.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 5 poems via postal mail. Include brief cover letter and SASE. Pays $25-40.
Website: www.pankmagazine.com. Contact: M. Bartley Seigel, editor. “PANK Magazine fosters access to emerging and experimental poetry and prose, publishing the brightest and most promising writers for the most adventurous readers. To the end of the road, up country, a far shore, the edge of things, to a place of amalgamation and unplumbed depths, where the known is made and unmade, and where unimagined futures are born, a place inhabited by contradictions, a place of quirk and startling anomaly. PANK, no soft pink hands allowed.” Buys first North American serial rights and electronic rights. Publishes ms and average of 3-12 months after acceptance. Writer’s guidelines are free and online at website.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit through online submissions manager. Pays $20, a one-year subscription, and a PANK t-shirt.
TIPS “To read PANK is to know PANK. Or, read a lot within the literary magazine and small press universe—there’s plenty to choose from. Unfortunately, we see a lot of submissions from writers who have clearly read neither PANK nor much else. Serious writers are serious readers. Read. Seriously.”
PAPERPLATES19 Kenwood Ave., Toronto ON M6C 2R8, Canada. (416)651-2551. E-mail: magazine@paperplates.org. Website: www.paperplates.org. Contact: Bernard Kelly, publisher. paperplates is a literary quarterly published in Toronto. “We make no distinction between veterans and beginners. Some of our contributors have published several books; some have never before published a single line.” Acquires first North American serial rights. Responds in 4-6 months. Guidelines available online at website.
No longer accepts IRCs.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit no more than 5 poems via surface mail or e-mail with short bio. Length: no more than 1,500 words.
THE PARIS REVIEW544 West 27th St., New York NY 10001. (212)343-1333. E-mail: queries@theparisreview.org. Website: www.theparisreview.org. Contact: Lorin Stein, editor; Robyn Creswell, poetry editor. The Paris Review publishes “fiction and poetry of superlative quality, whatever the genre, style, or mode. Our contributors include prominent, as well as less well-known and previously unpublished writers. The Writers at Work interview series includes important contemporary writers discussing their own work and the craft of writing.” Buys all rights, buys first English-language rights. Pays on publication. Responds in 4 months to mss. Guidelines available online.
Address submissions to proper department. Do not make submissions via e-mail.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit no more than 6 poems at a time. Poetry can be sent to the poetry editor (please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope). Poets receive $100/poem.
Poetry in Review Foundation, 205 W. 89th St., #8F, New York NY 10024. (212)362-3492. E-mail: parnew@aol.com. Website: www.parnassusreview.com. Contact: Herbert Leibowitz, editor and publisher. Parnassus: Poetry in Review provides “a forum where poets, novelists, and critics of all persuasions can gather to review new books of poetry, including translations—international poetries have occupied center stage from our very first issue—with an amplitude and reflectiveness that Sunday book supplements and even the literary quarterlies could not afford. Our editorial philosophy is based on the assumption that reviewing is a complex art. Like a poem or a short story, a review essay requires imagination, scrupulous attention to rhythm, pacing, and supple syntax; space in which to build a persuasive, detailed argument; analytical precision and intuitive gambits; verbal play, wit, and metaphor. We welcome and vigorously seek out voices that break aesthetic molds and disturb xenophobic habits.” Buys one-time rights. Pays on publication. Publishes ms an average of 12-14 months after acceptance. Responds in 2 months to mss. Sample copy: $15.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Accepts most types of poetry.
TIPS “Be certain you have read the magazine and are aware of the editor’s taste. Blind submissions are a waste of everybody’s time. We’d like to see more poems that display intellectual acumen and curiosity about history, science, music, etc., and fewer trivial lyrical poems about the self, or critical prose that’s academic and dull. Prose should sing.”
Passager Press, 1420 N. Charles St., Baltimore MD 21201. E-mail: editors@passagerbooks.com. Website: www.passagerbooks.com. Contact: Mary Azrael and Kendra Kopelke, editors. “Passager has a special focus on older writers. Its mission is to encourage, engage, and strengthen the imagination well into old age and to give mature readers oppertunities that are sometimes closed off to them in our youth-oriented culture. We are dedicated to honoring the creativity that takes hold in later years and to making public the talents of those over the age of 50.” Passager publishes 2 issues/year, an Open issue (fall/winter) and a Poetry Contest issue (spring/summer). Acquires first North American serial rights. Publication is copyrighted. Responds in 5 months to mss. Sample copy: $10. Guidelines online.
Literary magazine/journal. 8.25x8.25, 84 pages, recycled paper.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Publishes poetry as part of annual poetry contest. Deadline: April 15. Send up to 5 poems with cover letter. Include estimated word count, brief bio, list of publications. Send either SASE (or IRC) for return of ms or disposable copy of ms and #10 SASE for reply only. Reading fee: $20 (includes one-year subscription). Length: up to 40 lines/poem.
TIPS “Stereotyped images of old age will be rejected immediately. Write humorous, tongue-in-cheek essays. Read the publication, or at least visit the website.”
English Department, Northern Michigan University, 1401 Presque Isle Ave., Marquette MI 49855. (906)227-1203. E-mail: passages@nmu.edu. Website: www.passagesnorth.com. Contact: Jennifer A. Howard, editor in chief; Matt Weinkam and Robin McCarthy, managing editors; Matthew Gavin Frank, nonfiction editor; Martin Achatz, poetry editor; Timston Johnston, fiction editor. Passages North, published annually in spring, prints poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, essays, and interviews. Sample: $3 (back issue). Single copy: $13; subscription: $13/year, $23 for 2 years. Guidelines available for SASE, by e-mail, or on website.
Magazine: 7×10; 200-300 pgs; 60 lb. paper. Publishes work by established and emerging writers.
MAGAZINES NEEDS “We’re looking for poems that give us pause, poems that surprise us, poems that keep us warm during long northern nights. We want them to sing and vibrate with energy. We’re open to all forms and aesthetics.” Submit up to 5 poems together in 1 document. Has published poetry by Moira Egan, Frannie Lindsay, Ben Lerner, Bob Hicok, Gabe Gudding, John McNally, Steve Almond, Tracy Winn, and Midege Raymond.
TIPS “We look for voice, energetic prose, writers who take risks. We look for an engaging story in which the author evokes an emotional response from the reader through carefully rendered scenes, complex characters, and a smart, narrative design. Revise, revise. Read what we publish.”
PASSIONCrescent Moon Publishing, P.O. Box 1312, Maidstone Kent ME14 5XU, United Kingdom. (44)(162)272-9593. E-mail: cresmopub@yahoo.co.uk. Website: www.crmoon.com. Passion, published quarterly, features poetry, fiction, reviews, and essays on feminism, art, philosophy, and the media. Single copy: £2.50 ($4 USD); subscription: £10 ($17 USD). Make checks payable to Crescent Moon Publishing.
Wants "thought-provoking, incisive, polemical, ironic, lyric, sensual, and hilarious work." Does not want "rubbish, trivia, party politics, sport, etc."
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit 5-10 poems at a time. Cover letter is required. Include brief bio and publishing credits (“and please print your address in capitals”). Wants “poetry that is passionate and authentic. Any form or length.” Does not want “the trivial, insincere, or derivative.” Has published poetry by Jeremy Reed, Penelope Shuttle, Alan Bold, D.J. Enright, and Peter Redgrove. Pays 1 contributor’s copy.
ALSO OFFERS Crescent Moon publishes about 25 books and chapbooks/year on arrangements subsidized by the poet. “We are also publishing 2 anthologies of new American poetry each year titled Pagan America.”
Passaic County Community College, Cultural Affairs Dept., One College Blvd., Paterson NJ 07505-1179. (973)684-6555. Fax: (973)523-6085. E-mail: mGillan@pccc.edu. Website: www.pccc.edu/poetry. Contact: Maria Mazziotti Gillan, editor/executive director. Paterson Literary Review, published annually, is produced by the The Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College. Wants poetry of “high quality; clear, direct, powerful work.” Acquires first North American serial rights. Publishes ms 6-12 months after acceptance. Reads submissions December 1-March 31 only. Responds within 1 year. Sample cop: $13 plus $1.50 postage.
Work for PLR has been included in the Pushcart Prize anthology and Best American Poetry.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 5 poems at a time. Has published poetry and work by Diane di Prima, Ruth Stone, Marge Piercy, Laura Boss, Robert Mooney, and Abigail Stone. Lines/poem: 100 maximum.
ALSO OFFERS Publishes The New Jersey Poetry Resource Book ($5 plus $1.50 p&h) and The New Jersey Poetry Calendar. The Distinguished Poets Series offers readings by poets of international, national, and regional reputation. Poetryworks/USA is a series of programs produced for UA Columbia-Cablevision. See website for details about these additional resources.
TIPS Looks for “clear, moving, and specific work.”
E-mail: editor@paumanokreview.com. E-mail: submissions@paumanokreview.com. Website: www.paumanokreview.com. “The Paumanok Review is a quarterly Internet literary magazine dedicated to promoting and publishing the best in contemporary art, music, and literature. TPR is published exclusively on the Web and is available free of charge. Acquires one-time and nonexclusive anthology rights. “Rights revert to the individual creator of a work with the exception of an option to publish the work, whole or in part, in a future electronic or print anthology edition of The Paumanok Review.” Responds in 1 month. Guidelines available online at website.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Wants all forms of poetry. Submit up to 5 poems per submission via e-mail (submissions@paumanokreview.com). Include cover letter. Length: up to 100 lines.
TIPS “TPR does not accept multiple submissions. The best statement of TPR’s publishing preferences is the magazine itself. Please read at least 1 issue before submitting.”
Pavement Saw Press, 321 Empire St., Montpelier OH 43543. E-mail: editor@pavementsaw.org. Website: pavementsaw.org. Contact: David Baratier, editor. Pavement Saw, published annually in August, wants “letters, short fiction, and poetry on any subject, especially work.” Dedicates 15-20 pages of each issue to a featured writer. Acquires first rights. Responds in 4 months. Sometimes sends prepublication galleys. Seldom comments on rejected poems. Sample: $7. Subscription: $14. Guidelines available in magazine or for SASE.
Pavement Saw is 88 pages, digest-sized, perfect-bound. Press run is 550.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Receives about 9,000 poems/year, accepts less than 1%. Submit 5 poems at a time. Considers simultaneous submissions, “as long as poet has not published a book with a press run of 1,000 or more.” No e-mail submissions; postal submissions only. Cover letter is required. “No fancy typefaces.” Does not want “poems that tell; no work by a deceased writer, and no translations.” Length: up to 1-2 pages. Pays at least 2 contributor’s copies.
ALSO OFFERS “Pavement Saw Press has been publishing steadily since the fall of 1993. Each year since 1999, we have published at least 4 full-length paperback poetry collections, with some printed in library edition hard covers, 1 chapbook and a yearly literary journal anthology. We specialize in finding authors who have been widely published in literary journals but have not published a chapbook or full-length book.”
PEACE & FREEDOMPeace & Freedom Press, 17 Farrow Rd., Whaplode Drove, Spalding, Lincs PE12 0TS, England. Website: http://pandf.booksmusicfilmstv.com/index.htm. Published semiannually; emphasizes social, humanitarian, and environmental issues. Considers submissions from subscribers only. Those new to poetry are welcome. The poetry published is pro-animal rights/welfare, anti-war, environmental; poems reflecting love; erotic, but not obscene; humorous; spiritual, humanitarian; with or without rhyme/meter. Considers poetry by children and teens. Has published poetry by Dorothy Bell-Hall, Freda Moffatt, Andrew Bruce, Bernard Shough, Mona Miller, and Andrew Savage. Responds to submissions in less than a month usually, with SAE/IRC. Submissions from subscribers only.
Peace & Freedom has a varied format. Subscription: $20 U.S., £10 UK for 6 issues. Sample: $5 U.S., £1.75 UK. Sample copies can be purchased only from the above address. Advisable to buy a sample copy before submitting. Banks charge the equivalent of $5 to cash foreign checks in the UK, so please only send bills, preferably by registered post.
MAGAZINES NEEDS No previously published poems or simultaneous submissions. Accepts e-mail submissions (pasted into body of message, no attachments; no more than 3 poems/e-mail); no fax submissions. Include bio. Reads submissions year round. Publishes theme issues. Upcoming themes available in magazine, for SAE with IRC, by e-mail, or on website. “Work without correct postage will not be responded to or returned until proper postage is sent.” Pays one contributor’s copy. Reviews books of poetry. Lines/poem: 32 max.
CONTEST/AWARD OFFERINGS “Peace & Freedom holds regular poetry contests as does one of our other publications, Eastern Rainbow, which is a magazine concerning 20th-century popular culture using poetry up to 32 lines.” Subscription: $20 U.S., £10 UK for 6 issues. Further details of competitions and publications available for SAE with IRC or on website.
TIPS “Too many writers have lost the personal touch that editors generally appreciate. It can make a difference when selecting work of equal merit.”
THE PEDESTAL MAGAZINE6815 Honors Court, Charlotte NC 28210. E-mail: pedmagazine@carolina.rr.com. Website: www.thepedestalmagazine.com. Contact: John Amen, editor in chief. Committed to promoting diversity and celebrating the voice of the individual. Buys first rights. All rights revert back to the author/artist upon publication. Retains the right to publish the piece in any subsequent issue or anthology without additional payment. Publishes ms 2-4 weeks after acceptance. Responds in 1-2 months to mss. Guidelines available online.
See website for reading periods for different forms. Member: CLMP.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Open to a wide variety of poetry, ranging from the highly experimental to the traditionally formal. Submit all poems in 1 form. No need to query before submitting. No length restriction.
TIPS “If you send us your work, please wait for a response to your first submission before you submit again.”
PENNINE INK MAGAZINE1 Neptune St., Burnley BB11 1SF, England. E-mail: sheridansdandl@yahoo.co.uk. Website: pennineink.weebly.com. Contact: Laura Sheridan, editor. Pennine Ink, published annually in January, prints poems and short prose pieces. Responds to submissions in 3 months.
Pennine Ink is 48 pages, A5, with b&w illustrated cover. Receives about 400 poems/year, accepts about 40. Press run is 200. “Contributors wishing to purchase a copy of Pennine Ink should enclose £4 ($8 USD) per copy.”
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 6 poems at a time. Accepts e-mail submissions. Seldom comments on rejected poems. Length: up to 40 lines/poem; up to 1,000 words for prose. Pays 1 contributor’s copy.
(814)375-4785. Fax: (814)375-4785. E-mail: avallone@psu.edu. Website: www.english.iup.edu/pcea/publications.htm. Contact: Dr. Jess Haggerty, editor; Dr. Michael Cox, nonfiction and fiction editor (mwcox@pitt.edu). Pennsylvania English, published annually, is “sponsored by the Pennsylvania College English Association. Our philosophy is quality. We publish literary fiction (and poetry and nonfiction). Our intended audience is literate, college-educated people.” Acquires first North American serial rights. Pays upon publication. Publishes ms up to 12 months after acceptance. Responds in up to 12 months to mss. Sometimes comments on rejected mss. Sample copy: $10. Guidelines available on website.
Pennsylvania English is 5.25×8.25, up to 200 pages, perfect -bound, full-color cover featuring the artwork of a Pennsylvania artist. Reads mss during the summer. Publishes 4-6 new writers/year. Has published work by Dave Kress, Dan Leone, Paul West, Liz Rosenberg, Walt MacDonald, Amy Pence, Jennifer Richter, and Jeff Schiff.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit 3 or more poems at a time via the online submission manager at https://paenglish.submittable.com/submit. “For all submissions, please include a brief bio for the contributors’ page. Be sure to include your name, address, phone number, e-mail address, institutional affiliation (if you have one), the title of your poem(s), and any other relevant information. We will edit if necessary for space.” Wants poetry of “any length, any style.”
TIPS “Quality of the writing is our only measure. We’re not impressed by long-winded cover letters detailing awards and publications we’ve never heard of. Beginners and professionals have the same chance with us. We receive stacks of competently written but boring fiction. For a story to rise from the rejection pile, it takes more than the basic competence.”
Anaphora Literary Press, 1803 Treehills Parkway, Stone Mountain GA 30088. (520)425-4266. E-mail: director@anaphoraliterary.com. Website: anaphoraliterary.com. Contact: Anna Faktorovich, editor/director. “Pennsylvania Literary Journal is a printed, peer-reviewed journal that publishes critical essays, book reviews, short stories, interviews, photographs, art, and poetry. Published triannually, most are special issues with room for random projects in a wide variety of different fields. These special issues can be used to present a set of conference papers, so feel free to apply on behalf of a conference you are in charge of, if you think attending writers might be interested in seeing their revised conference papers published.” Does not provide payment. Publishes ms an average of 2 months after acceptance. Responds in 1 day to queries and ms. Sample copy: $15. Guidelines available online. Accepts queries and ms submissions by e-mail at director@anaphoraliterary.com.
MAGAZINES NEEDS No line limit. Does not provide payment.
TIPS “We are just looking for great writing. Send your materials; if they are good and you don’t mind working for free, we’ll take it.”
P.O. Box 719, Radio City Station, Hell’s Kitchen NY 10101-0719. E-mail: mmpendragon@aol.com. Website: www.mpendragon.com. Penny Dreadful: Tales & Poems of Fanastic Terror, published irregularly (about once a year), features goth-romantic poetry and prose. Publishes poetry, short stories, essays, letters, listings, reviews, and b&w artwork “which celebrate the darker aspects of Man, the World, and their Creator.” Wants “literary horror in the tradition of Poe, M.R. James, Shelley, M.P. Shiel, and LeFanu—dark, disquieting tales and verses designed to challenge the reader’s perception of human nature, morality, and man’s place within the Darkness. Stories and poems should be set prior to 1910 and/or possess a timeless quality.” Does not want “references to 20th- and 21st-century personages/events, graphic sex, strong language, excessive gore and shock elements.” Acquires one-time rights. Sample: $10. Subscription: $25/3 issues. Make checks payable to Michael Pendragon. Guidelines online.
"Works appearing in Penny Dreadful have been reprinted in The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror.” Penny Dreadful nominates best tales and poems for Pushcart Prizes. Penny Dreadful is over 100 pages, digest-sized, desktop-published, perfect-bound. Press run is 200.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit by mail or e-mail. Rhymed, metered verse preferred. Has published poetry by Nancy Bennett, Michael R. Burch, Lee Clark, Louise Webster, K.S. Hardy, and Kevin N. Roberts. Length: up to 5 pages. Pays 1 contributor’s copy.
ALSO OFFERS Penny Dreadful “includes market listings for, and reviews of, kindred magazines.” Pendragon Publications also publishes Songs of Innocence & Experience.