THE CINCINNATI REVIEW THE CINCINNATI REVIEWP.O. Box 210069, Cincinnati OH 45221-0069. (513)556-3954. E-mail: editors@cincinnatireview.com. Website: www.cincinnatireview.com. Contact: Michael Griffith, fiction editor; Don Bogen, poetry editor. 100% freelance written. Semiannual magazine containing new literary fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, book reviews, essays, and interviews. A journal devoted to publishing the best new literary fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry, as well as book reviews, essays, and interviews. Estab. 2003. Byline given. Pays on publication. No kill fee. Publishes ms an average of 6 months after acceptance. Accepts queries by online submission form. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in 4 months to mss. Always sends prepublication galleys. Sample copy: $7 (back issue). Single copy: $9 (current issue). Subscription: $15. Guidelines available on website.
NONFICTION Submit complete ms via online submissions manager only. Length: up to 40 double-spaced pages. Pays $25/page.
FICTION Needs short stories. Does not want genre fiction. Buys 13 mss/year. Submit complete ms via online submissions manager only. Length: up to 40 double-spaced pages. Pays $25/page.
POETRY Needs avant-garde, free verse, traditional. Submit up to 10 pages of poetry at a time via submission manager only. Buys 120 poems/year. Pays $30/page.
COLORADO REVIEWCenter for Literary Publishing, Colorado State University, 9105 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins CO 80523. (970)491-5449. E-mail: creview@colostate.edu. Website: coloradoreview.colostate.edu. Contact: Stephanie G'Schwind, editor in chief and nonfiction editor; Steven Schwartz, fiction editor; Don Revell, Sasha Steensen, and Matthew Cooperman, poetry editors; Dan Beachy-Quick, book review editor. Literary magazine published 3 times/year. Estab. 1956. Circ. 1,000. Byline given. Pays on publication. No kill fee. Publishes ms an average of 6 months after acceptance. Editorial lead time 1 year. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in 2 months to mss. Sample copy: $10. Guidelines online.
NONFICTION Needs essays, memoir, personal experience. Buys 6-9 mss/year. Mss for nonfiction stories are read year round. Send no more than 1 story at a time. Length: up to 10,000 words. Pays $200 for essays.
FICTION Needs experimental, literary short fiction. No genre fiction. Buys 12 mss/year. Send complete ms. Fiction mss are read August 1-April 30. Mss received May 1-July 31 will be returned unread. Length: up to 10,000 words. Pays $200.
POETRY Considers poetry of any style. Poetry mss are read August 1-April 30. Mss received May 1-July 31 will be returned unread. Has published poetry by Sherman Alexie, Laynie Browne, John Gallaher, Mathias Svalina, Craig Morgan Teicher, Pam Rehm, Elizabeth Robinson, Elizabeth Willis, and Rosmarie Waldrop. Buys 60-100 poems/year. Submit maximum 5 poems. Pays minimum of $30 or $10/page for poetry.
CONFRONTATIONEnglish Department, LIU Post, Brookville NY 11548. (516)299-2963. E-mail: confrontationmag@gmail.com. Website: www.confrontationmagazine.org. Terry Kattleman, publicity director/production editor. Contact: Jonna Semeiks, editor in chief; Belinda Kremer, poetry editor. 75% freelance written. Semiannual magazine comprising all forms and genres of stories, poems, essays, memoirs, and plays. A special section contains book reviews. “We also publish the work of 1 visual artist per issue, selected by the editors.” “Confrontation has been in continuous publication since 1968. Our taste and our magazine is eclectic, but we always look for excellence in style, an important theme, a memorable voice. We enjoy discovering and fostering new talent. Each issue contains work by both well-established and new writers. We read August 16-April 15. Do not send mss or e-mail submissions between April 16 and August 15.” Estab. 1968. Circ. 2,000. Byline given. Pays on publication. Offers kill fee. Publishes work in the first or second issue after acceptance. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in 10 weeks to mss. “We prefer single submissions. Clear copy. No e-mail submissions unless writer resides outside the U.S. Mail submissions with a SASE.”
NONFICTION Needs essays, personal experience. Special issues: “We publish personal, cultural, political, and other kinds of essays as well as self-contained sections of memoirs.” Buys 5-10 mss/year. Send complete ms. Length: 1,500-5,000 words. Pays $100-150; more for commissioned work.
FICTION “We judge on quality of writing and thought or imagination, so we will accept genre fiction. However, it must have literary merit or must transcend or challenge genre.” Needs experimental as well as more traditional fiction, self-contained novel excerpts, slice-of-life vignettes, lyrical or philosophical fiction. No “proselytizing" literature or conventional genre fiction. Buys 10-15 mss/year. Send complete ms. Length: up to 7,200 words. Pays $175-250; more for commissioned work.
POETRY Needs avant-garde or experimental as well as traditional poems (and forms), lyric poems, dramatic monologues, satiric or philosophical poems. In short, a wide range of verse. “Confrontation is interested in all poetic forms. Our only criterion is high literary merit. We think of our audience as an educated, lay group of intelligent readers.” Has published poetry by David Ray, T. Alan Broughton, David Ignatow, Philip Appleman, Jane Mayhall, and Joseph Brodsky. Submit no more than 12 pages at a time (up to 6 poems). Confrontation also offers the annual Confrontation Poetry Prize. No sentimental verse. No previously published poems. Buys 20 poems/year. Length: up to 2 pages. Pays $75-100; more for commissioned work.
CONTRARYP.O. Box 806363, Chicago IL 60616-3299. E-mail: chicago@contrarymagazine.com. Website: www.contrarymagazine.com. Contact: Jeff McMahon, editor; Frances Badgett, fiction editor; Shaindel Beers, poetry editor. 100. Contrary publishes fiction, poetry, and literary commentary, and prefers work that combines the virtues of all those categories. Founded at the University of Chicago, it now operates independently and not-for-profit on the South Side of Chicago. “We like work that is not only contrary in content, but contrary in its evasion of the expectations established by its genre. Our fiction defies traditional story form. For example, a story may bring us to closure without ever delivering an ending. We don't insist on the ending, but we do insist on the closure. And we value fiction as poetic as any poem.” Quarterly. Member CLMP. Estab. 2003. Circ. 38,000. Byline given. Pays on publication and receipt of invoice. Mss published 21 days after acceptance. Editorial lead time 3 months. Accepts queries by online submission form. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds to queries in 2 weeks; in 3 months to mss. Rarely comments on/critiques rejected mss. Guidelines online.
NONFICTION Needs book excerpts, essays, general interest, humor, memoir, opinion, personal experience, reviews, Accepts lyrical, literary nonfiction. Does not expository or argumentative nonfiction. Buys 4-6 mss/year. Accepts submissions through website only: www.contrarymagazine.com/Contrary/Submissions.html. Include estimated word count, brief bio, list of publications.
FICTION Receives 650 mss/month. Accepts 6 mss/issue; 24 mss/year. Publishes 14 new writers/year. Has published Sherman Alexie, Andrew Coburn, Amy Reed, Clare Kirwan, Stephanie Johnson, Laurence Davies, and Edward McWhinney. Needs experimental, mainstream, religious, short stories, slice-of-life vignettes, literary. Buys 8-12 mss/year. Accepts submissions through website only: www.contrarymagazine.com/Contrary/Submissions.html. Include estimated word count, brief bio, list of publications. Length: up to 2,000 words. Average length: 750 words. Publishes short shorts. Average length of short shorts: 750 words. Pays $20-60.
POETRY Accepts submissions through website only: www.contrarymagazine.com/Contrary/Submissions.html. Include estimated word count, brief bio, list of publications.Often comments on rejected poems. Submit maximum 3 poems. Pays $20 per byline, $60 for featured work.
CREATIVE NONFICTIONCreative Nonfiction Foundation, 5501 Walnut St., Suite 202, Pittsburgh PA 15232. (412)688-0304. Fax: (412)688-0262. E-mail: information@creativenonfiction.org. Website: www.creativenonfiction.org. 100% freelance written. Magazine published 4 times/year covering nonfiction—personal essay, memoir, literary journalism. “Creative Nonfiction is the voice of the genre. It publishes personal essays, memoirs, and literary journalism on a broad range of subjects. Interviews with prominent writers, reviews, and commentary about the genre also appear in its pages.” Estab. 1993. Circ. 7,000. Byline given. Pays on publication. No kill fee. Publishes ms an average of 1 year after acceptance. Editorial lead time 6 months. Accepts queries by mail, online submission form. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in 6 months to mss. Sample copy: $10. Guidelines online.
NONFICTION Needs essays, interview, memoir, personal experience, narrative journalism. No poetry or fiction. Send complete ms. Length: up to 4,000 words. Pays $50, plus $10/page—sometimes more for theme issues.
COLUMNS Contact: Hattie Fletcher. “Have an idea for a literary timeline? An opinion on essential texts for readers and/or writers? An in-depth, working knowledge of a specific type of nonfiction? Pitch us your ideas.” Complete guidelines found at www.creativenonfiction.org/submissions/pitch-us-column.
THE DARK311 Fairbanks Ave., Northfield NJ 08225. E-mail: thedarkmagazine@gmail.com. Website: www.thedarkmagazine.com. Contact: Jack Fisher and Sean Wallace, editors. 100% freelance written. Quarterly electronic magazine publishing horror and dark fantasy. Estab. 2013. Byline given. Pays on acceptance. No kill fee. Publishes ms an average of 6 months after acceptance. Editorial lead time 1 month. Accepts queries by e-mail. Responds in 1-2 weeks to mss. Always sends prepublication galleys. Sample: $2.99 (back issue). Guidelines available on website.
FICTION Needs fantasy, horror, suspense, strange, magic realism, dark fantasy. “Don’t be afraid to experiment or to deviate from the ordinary; be different—try us with fiction that may fall out of 'regular' categories. However, it is also important to understand that despite the name, The Dark is not a market for graphic, violent horror.” Buys 12-16 mss/year. Send complete ms by e-mail attached in Microsoft Word DOC only. No multiple submissions. Length: 1,000-6,000 words. Pays 3¢/word.
DECEMBERA Literary Legacy Since 1958, December Publishing, P.O. Box 16130, St. Louis MO 63105-0830. (314)301-9980. E-mail: editor@decembermag.org. Website: decembermag.org. Contact: Gianna Jacobson, editor; Jennifer Goldring, managing editor. Committed to distributing the work of emerging writers and artists, and celebrating more seasoned voices through a semiannual nonprofit literary magazine featuring fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and visual art. Estab. 1958. Circ. 500. Byline given. Pays on publication. Editorial lead time 5 months. Accepts queries by mail, e-mail. Responds in 2 months to mss. Sample copy: $12. Guidelines online.
NONFICTION Needs essays, general interest, humor, memoir, opinion, personal experience, literary journalism. Not interested in straight journalism (news or features). Buys 2-10 mss/year. Submit complete ms. Length: 25-6,000 words. Pays $10/page (minimum $40; maximum $200).
FICTION Needs experimental, humorous, novel excerpts, short stories, slice-of-life vignettes, literary fiction, flash fiction. Does not want genre fiction. Buys 10-20 mss/year. Send complete ms. Length: up to 10,000 words. Pays $10/page (minimum $40; maximum $200).
POETRY Needs avant-garde, free verse, traditional. Buys 100-150 poems/year. Submit maximum 5-7 poems. No length requirements. Pays $10/page (minimum $40; maximum $200).
DELAWARE BEACH LIFEEndeavours LLC, Endeavours, LLC, P.O. Box 417, Rehoboth Beach DE 19971. (302)227-9499. E-mail: info@delawarebeachlife.com. Website: www.delawarebeachlife.com. Contact: Terry Plowman, publisher/editor. Magazine published 8 times/year covering coastal Delaware. “Delaware Beach Life focuses on coastal Delaware: Fenwick to Lewes. You can go slightly inland as long as there's water and a natural connection to the coast, e.g., Angola or Long Neck.” Estab. 2002. Circ. 15,000. Byline given. Pays on acceptance. 50% kill fee. Publishes ms 4 months after acceptance. Editorial lead time 6 months. Submit seasonal material 1 year in advance. Accepts queries by e-mail. Reports in 2 months to queries; in 6 months to mss. Sample copy available online at website. Guidelines free and by e-mail.
NONFICTION Needs book excerpts, essays, general interest, humor, interview, opinion, photo feature. Does not want anything not focused on coastal Delaware. Query with published clips. Length: 1,200-3,000 words. Pays $400-1,000 for assigned articles.
COLUMNS Profiles, History, and Opinion (focused on coastal DE), all 1,200 words. Buys 32 mss/year. Query with published clips. Pays $150-350.
FICTION Needs adventure, condensed novels, historical, humorous, novel excerpts, Must have coastal theme. Does not want anything not coastal. Buys 3 mss/year. Query with published clips. Length: 1,000-2,000 words.
POETRY Needs avant-garde, free verse, haiku, light verse, traditional. Does not want anything not coastal. No erotic poetry. Buys 6 poems/year. Submit maximum 3 poems. Length: 6-15 lines/poem. Pays up to $50.
DENVER QUARTERLYUniversity of Denver, 2000 E. Asbury, Denver CO 80208. (303)871-2892. E-mail: denverquarterly@gmail.com. Website: www.du.edu/denverquarterly. Contact: Laird Hunt, editor. Publishes fiction, articles, and poetry for a generally well-educated audience, primarily interested in literature and the literary experience. Audience reads DQ to find something a little different from a strictly academic quarterly or a creative writing outlet. Quarterly. Reads September 15-May 15. Estab. 1965. Circ. 2,000. Publishes ms 1 year after acceptance. Accepts queries by mail, online submission form. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in 3 months. Sample copy: $10.
NONFICTION Needs essays, interview, reviews, critical engagements. Submit by postal mail or online submissions manager. Length: up to 15 pages. Pays $5/page for fiction and 2 contributor's copies.
FICTION “We are interested in experimental fiction (minimalism, magic realism, etc.) as well as in realistic fiction and in writing about fiction. No sentimental, science fiction, romance, or spy thrillers.” Needs experimental. Submit by postal mail or online submissions manager. Length: up to 15 pages. Pays $5/page and 2 contributor's copies.
POETRY Submit 3-5 poems by postal mail or online submissions manager. Pays $5/page and 2 contributor's copies.
ELLIPSISWestminster College, 1840 S. 1300 E., Salt Lake City UT 84105. (801)832-2321. E-mail: ellipsis@westminstercollege.edu. Website: www.westminstercollege.edu/ellipsis. Ellipsis, published annually in April, needs good literary poetry, fiction, essays, plays, and visual art. Estab. 1965. Circ. 2,500. Byline given. Pays on publication. No kill fee. Publishes ms an average of 3 months after acceptance. Accepts queries by mail. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in 6 months to mss. Sample copy: $7.50. Guidelines online.
NONFICTION Needs essays, creative nonfiction. Submit complete ms via online submissions manager. Include cover letter. Pays $50 and 2 contributor's copies.
FICTION literary fiction, plays. Submit complete ms via online submissions manager. Include cover letter. Length: up to 6,000 words. Pays $50 and 2 contributor's copies.
POETRY Submit poems via online submissions manager. Include cover letter. Has published poetry by Allison Joseph, Molly McQuade, Virgil Suaárez, Maurice Kilwein-Guevara, Richard Cecil, and Ron Carlson. Submit maximum 5 poems. Pays $10/poem and 2 contributor's copies.
EPOCH251 Goldwin Smith Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca NY 14853-3201. (607)255-3385. Website: english.arts.cornell.edu/publications/epoch. Contact: Michael Koch, editor; Heidi E. Marschner, managing editor. 100% freelance written. Literary magazine published 3 times/year. Looking for well-written literary fiction, poetry, personal essays. Newcomers welcome. Open to mainstream and avant-garde writing. Estab. 1947. Circ. 1,000. Byline given. Pays on publication. Offers 100% kill fee. Publishes ms an average of 6 months after acceptance. Editorial lead time 6 months. Submit seasonal material 8 months in advance. Accepts queries by mail. Responds in 2 weeks to queries; in 6 weeks to mss. Sometimes comments on rejected mss. Sample copy: $5. Guidelines online and for #10 SASE.
NONFICTION Needs essays, interview. No inspirational. Buys 6-8 mss/year. Send complete ms. Pay varies; pays up to $150/unsolicited piece.
FICTION Needs ethnic, experimental, mainstream, literary short stories. No genre fiction. Would like to see more Southern fiction (Southern U.S.). Buys 25-30 mss/year. Send complete ms. Considers fiction in all forms, short short to novella length. Pay varies; pays up to $150/unsolicited piece.
POETRY Needs avant-garde, free verse, haiku, light verse, traditional. Mss not accompanied by SASE will be discarded unread. Occasionally provides criticism on poems. Considers poetry in all forms. Buys 30-75 poems/year. Submit maximum 5 poems. Pay varies; pays $50 minimum/poem.
TIPS “Tell your story, speak your poem, straight from the heart. We are attracted to language and to good writing, but we are most interested in what the good writing leads us to, or where.”
EVENTDouglas College, P.O. Box 2503, New Westminster British Columbia V3L 5B2 Canada. (604)527-5293. Fax: (604)527-5095. E-mail: event@douglascollege.ca. Website: www.eventmags.com. 100% freelance written. Magazine published 3 times/year containing fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, notes on writing, and reviews. “We are eclectic and always open to content that invites involvement. Generally, we like strong narrative.” Estab. 1971. Circ. 1,000. Byline given. Pays on publication. Publishes ms an average of 8 months after acceptance. Accepts queries by mail. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in 1 month to queries. Responds in 6 months to mss. Guidelines online.
FICTION “We look for readability, style, and writing that invites involvement.” Submit maximum 2 stories. , contemporary. No technically poor or unoriginal pieces. Buys 12-15 mss/year. Send complete ms. Length: 5,000 words maximum. Pays $25/page up to $500.
POETRY Needs free verse. “We tend to appreciate the narrative and sometimes the confessional modes.” No light verse. Buys 30-40 poems/year. Submit maximum 10 poems. Pays $25-500.
FICTIONDepartment of English, The City College of New York, 138th St. & Convent Ave., New York NY 10031. Website: www.fictioninc.com. Contact: Mark J. Mirsky, editor. “As the name implies, we publish only fiction; we are looking for the best new writing available, leaning toward the unconventional. Fiction has traditionally attempted to make accessible the inaccessible, to bring the experimental to a broader audience.” Reading period for unsolicited mss is September 15-June 15. Estab. 1972. Circ. 4,000. No kill fee. Publishes ms an average of 1 year after acceptance. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in 3-6 months to mss. Sample: $7. Guidelines online.
FICTION Needs experimental, short stories, Also needs contemporary, literary, translations. No romance, science fiction, etc. Submit complete ms via online submissions manager. Length: reads any length, but encourages lengths under 5,000 words.
THE FIDDLEHEADUniversity of New Brunswick, Campus House, 11 Garland Court, Box 4400, Fredericton NB E3B 5A3 Canada. (506)453-3501. Fax: (506)453-5069. E-mail: fiddlehd@unb.ca. Website: www.thefiddlehead.ca. Contact: Kathryn Taglia, managing editor; Ross Leckie, editor; Mark Anthony Jarman and Gerard Beirne, fiction editors; Phillip Crymble, Ian LeTourneau, and Rebecca Salazar, poetry editors; Sabine Campbell and Ross Leckie, reviews editors. Covers feature artwork from New Brunswick artists and museums. “Canada's longest living literary journal, The Fiddlehead is published 4 times/year at the University of New Brunswick, with the generous assistance of the University of New Brunswick, the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Province of New Brunswick. It is experienced, wise enough to recognize excellence, and always looking for freshness and surprise. The Fiddlehead publishes short stories, poems, book reviews, and a small number of personal essays. Our full-color covers have become collectors' items and feature work by New Brunswick artists and from New Brunswick museums and art galleries. The journal is open to good writing in English from all over the world, looking always for freshness and surprise. Our editors are always happy to see new unsolicited works in fiction and poetry. Work is read on an ongoing basis; the acceptance rate is around 1-2%. Apart from our annual contest, we have no deadlines for submissions.” Estab. 1945. Circ. 1,500. Pays on publication. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in 3-9 months to mss. Occasionally comments on rejected mss. Sample copy: $15 U.S. Writer's guidelines online at www.thefiddlehead.ca/submissions.html.
NONFICTION The Fiddlehead occasionally publishes creative nonfiction pieces. Pays up to $40 (Canadian)/published page and 2 contributor's copies.
FICTION Receives 100-150 unsolicited mss/month. Accepts 4-5 mss/issue; 20-40 mss/year. Agented fiction: small percentage. Publishes high percentage of new writers/year. , The Fiddlehead publishes literary short fiction, more rarely literary novel excerpts. Send SASE and Canadian stamps or IRCs for return of mss. No e-mail, fax, or disc submissions. Simultaneous submissions only if stated on cover letter; must contact immediately if accepted elsewhere. Length: up to 6,000 words. Also publishes short shorts. Pays up to $40 (Canadian)/published page and 2 contributor's copies.
POETRY Send SASE and Canadian stamps or IRCs for return of mss. No e-mail, fax, or disc submissions. Simultaneous submissions only if stated on cover letter; must contact immediately if accepted elsewhere. Submit maximum 10 poems. Pays up to $40 (Canadian)/published page and 2 contributor's copies.
Blue Cubicle Press, LLC, P.O. Box 250382, Plano TX 75025. (972)824-0646. E-mail: submission@thefirstline.com. Website: www.thefirstline.com. Contact: Robin LaBounty, manuscript coordinator. 100% freelance written. “The First Line is an exercise in creativity for writers and a chance for readers to see how many different directions we can take when we start from the same place. The purpose of The First Line is to jumpstart the imagination—to help writers break through the block that is the blank page. Each issue contains short stories that stem from a common first line; it also provides a forum for discussing favorite first lines in literature.” Estab. 1999. Circ. 2,750. Byline given. Pays on acceptance. Publishes ms 1 month after acceptance. Accepts queries by mail, e-mail. Responds 3 weeks after submission time closes. Sample copy and guidelines online. All stories must be written with the first line provided. The line cannot be altered in any way, unless otherwise noted by the editors. The story should be between 300 and 5,000 words (this is more like a guideline and not a hard-and-fast rule; going over or under the word count won't get your story tossed from the slush pile). The sentences can be found on the home page of The First Line's website, as well as in the prior issue. Note: We are open to all genres. We try to make TFL as eclectic as possible.
NONFICTION Needs essays. Buys 4 mss/year. Submit complete ms. Length: 300-600 words. Pays $25.
FICTION “We only publish stories that start with the first line provided. We are a collection of tales—of different directions writers can take when they start from the same place. “ Needs adventure, ethnic, experimental, fantasy, historical, horror, humorous, mainstream, mystery, religious, romance, science fiction, short stories, suspense, western, “No stories that do not start with our first line.” Buys 35-50 mss/year. Submit complete ms. Length: 300-5,000 words. Pays $25-50.
FREEFALL MAGAZINEFreefall Literary Society of Calgary, 922 Ninth Ave. SE, Calgary AB T2G 0S4 Canada. E-mail: editors@freefallmagazine.ca. Website: www.freefallmagazine.ca. Contact: Ryan Stromquist, managing editor. 100% freelance written. “Magazine published triannually containing fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, essays on writing, interviews, and reviews. We are looking for exquisite writing with a strong narrative.” Estab. 1990. Circ. 1,000. Pays on publication. Accepts queries by e-mail. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Guidelines and submission forms on website.
NONFICTION Needs essays, interview, creative nonfiction. Submit complete ms via website. Attach submission file (file name format is lastname_firstname_storytitle.doc or .docx or .pdf). Length: up to 4,000 words. Pays $10/printed page in the magazine, to a maximum of $100, and 1 contributor's copy.
FICTION Needs short stories, slice-of-life vignettes. Submit via website form. Attach submission file (file name format is lastname_firstname_storytitle.doc or .docx or .pdf). Length: up to 4,000 words. Pays $10/printed page in the magazine, to a maximum of $100, and 1 contributor's copy.
POETRY Submit 2-5 poems via website. Attach submission file (file name format is lastname_firstname_storytitle.doc or .docx or .pdf). Accepts any style of poetry. Length: up to 6 pages. Pays $25/poem and 1 contributor's copy.
THE GEORGIA REVIEWThe University of Georgia, Main Library, Room 706A, 320 S. Jackson St., Athens GA 30602. (706)542-3481. Fax: (706)542-0047. E-mail: garev@uga.edu. Website: thegeorgiareview.com. Contact: Stephen Corey, editor. 99% freelance written. Quarterly journal. “Our readers are inquisitive people and avid consumers of art and literature. All work submitted should be marked by singularity of vision, exceptional skillfulness of craft, and thoughtful engagement with the contemporary world.” Electronic submissions available for $3 fee. Reading period: August 15-May 15. Estab. 1947. Circ. 3,500. Byline given. Pays on publication. No kill fee. Publishes ms an average of 6 months after acceptance. Accepts queries by mail. Responds in 2 weeks to queries; in 2-3 months to mss. Sample copy: $10. Guidelines online.
NONFICTION Needs essays. Buys 12-20 mss/year. “We generally avoid publishing scholarly articles that are narrow in focus and/or overly burdened with footnotes. The Georgia Review is interested in provocative, thesis-oriented essays that can engage both the intelligent general reader and the specialist, as well as those that are experimental or lyrical in approach but accessible to a range of readers.” Pays $50/published page.
FICTION “We seek original, excellent short fiction not bound by type. Ordinarily we do not publish novel excerpts or works translated into English, and we discourage authors from submitting these.” Buys 12-20 mss/year. Send complete ms via online submissions manager or postal mail. Pays $50/published page.
POETRY “We seek original, excellent poetry.” Submit 3-5 poems at a time. Buys 60-75 poems/year. Pays $4/line.
THE GETTYSBURG REVIEWGettysburg College, Gettysburg College, 300 N. Washington St., Gettysburg PA 17325. (717)337-6770. Fax: (717)337-6775. E-mail: mdrew@gettysburg.edu. Website: www.gettysburgreview.com. Contact: Mark Drew, editor; Ellen Hathaway, managing editor. Published quarterly, The Gettysburg Review considers unsolicited submissions of poetry, fiction, and essays. “Our concern is quality. Mss submitted here should be extremely well written.” Reading period September 1-May 31. Estab. 1988. Circ. 2,000. Byline given. Pays on publication. Publishes ms an average of 6 months after acceptance. Editorial lead time 1 year. Submit seasonal material 9 months in advance. Accepts queries by mail, fax. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in 1 month to queries; in 3-5 months to mss. Sample: $15. Guidelines online.
NONFICTION Needs book excerpts, essays, general interest, humor, memoir, personal experience, reviews. Buys 20 mss/year. Send complete ms. Length: up to 25 pages. Pays $15/printed page, a one-year subscription, and 1 contributor's copy.
FICTION Wants high-quality literary fiction. Needs experimental, historical, humorous, mainstream, novel excerpts, short stories, slice-of-life vignettes, literary, contemporary. “We require that fiction be intelligent and esthetically written.” No genre fiction. Buys 20 mss/year. Send complete ms with SASE. Length: 2,000-7,000 words. Pays $15/printed page, a one-year subscription, and 1 contributor's copy.
POETRY Considers “well-written poems of all kinds on all subjects.” Has published poetry by Rita Dove, Alice Friman, Philip Schultz, Michelle Boisseau, Bob Hicok, Linda Pastan, and G.C. Waldrep. Does not want sentimental, clichéd verse. Buys 50 poems/year. Submit maximum 5 poems. Pays $2/line, a one-year subscription, and 1 contributor's copy.
GLIMMER TRAIN STORIESGlimmer Train Press, Inc., P.O. Box 80430, Portland OR 97280. Fax: (503)221-0837. E-mail: eds@glimmertrain.org. Website: www.glimmertrain.org. 100% freelance written. Triannual magazine of literary short fiction. “We are interested in literary short stories, particularly by new and emerging writers.” Estab. 1991. Circ. 12,000. Byline given. Pays on acceptance. Publishes ms an average of 15 months after acceptance. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in 2 months to mss. Sometimes comments on rejected mss. Sample: $15 on website. For guidelines and to submit online: www.glimmertrain.org.
FICTION Submit via the website at www.glimmertrain.org. “In a pinch, send a hard copy and include SASE for response.” Receives 36,000 unsolicited mss/year. Accepts 15 mss/issue; 45 mss/year. Agented fiction 2%. Publishes 20 new writers/year. Length: 1,200-12,000 words. Pays $700 for standard submissions, up to $2,500 for contest-winning stories.
GRAINP.O. Box 3986, Regina SK S4P 3R9 Canada. (306)791-7749. Fax: (306)565-8554. E-mail: grainmag@skwriter.com. Website: www.grainmagazine.ca. Quarterly magazine covering poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction. “Grain, The Journal of Eclectic Writing is a literary quarterly that publishes engaging, diverse, and challenging writing and art by some of the best Canadian and international writers and artists. Every issue features superb new writing from both developing and established writers. Each issue also highlights the unique artwork of a different visual artist. Grain has garnered national and international recognition for its distinctive, cutting-edge content and design.” Estab. 1973. Circ. 1,600. Byline given. Pays on publication. Accepts queries by mail. Responds in 6 months to mss. Sample: $13 CAD. Subscription: $35 CAD/year, $55 CAD for 2 years. (See website for U.S. and foreign postage fees.). Guidelines online.
NONFICTION Needs essays. No academic papers or reportage. Postal submissions only. Send typed, unpublished material only (considers work published online to be previously published). Please only submit work in 1 genre at a time. Length: up to 3,500 words. Pays $50/page ($250 maximum) and 3 contributor's copies.
FICTION Needs short stories. No romance, confession, science fiction, vignettes, mystery. Postal submissions only. Send typed, unpublished material only (considers work published online to be previously published). Please only submit work in 1 genre at a time. Length: up to 3,500 words. Pays $50/page ($250 maximum) and 3 contributor's copies.
POETRY Needs individual poems, sequences, suites. Wants “high-quality, imaginative, well-crafted poetry.” Postal submissions only. Send typed, unpublished material only (considers work published online to be previously published). Has published poetry by Lorna Crozier, Don Domanski, Cornelia Haeussler, Patrick Lane, Karen Solie, and Monty Reid. Length: up to 6 pages. Pays $50/page ($250 maximum) and 3 contributor's copies.
P.O. Box 420816, San Diego CA 92142. E-mail: editor@grasslimb.com. Website: www.grasslimb.com. Contact: Valerie Polichar, editor. “Grasslimb publishes literary prose, poetry, and art. Fiction is best when it is short and avant-garde or otherwise experimental.” Estab. 2002. Circ. 200. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in 4 months to mss. Rarely comments on rejected mss. Sample copy: $3. Guidelines for SASE, e-mail, or on website.
FICTION “Fiction in an experimental, avant-garde, or surreal mode is often more interesting to us than a traditional story.” Needs experimental. “Although general topics are welcome, we're less likely to select work regarding romance, sex, aging, and children.” Send complete ms via e-mail or postal mail with SASE. Length: up to 2,500 words; average length: 1,500 words. Pays $10-70 and 2 contributor's copies.
POETRY Submit poems via e-mail or postal mail with SASE. Submit maximum 5 poems. Pays $5-20/poem.
GULF COAST: A JOURNAL OF LITERATURE AND FINE ARTS4800 Calhoun Rd., Houston TX 77204-3013. (713)743-3223. E-mail: editors@gulfcoastmag.org. Website: www.gulfcoastmag.org. Contact: Adrienne Perry, editor; Martin Rock, managing editor; Carlos Hernandez, digital editor; Henk Rossouw, Luisa Muradyan, and Erika Jo Brown, poetry editors; Jennifer McFarland, Dino Piacentini, and Joshua Foster, fiction editors; Georgia Pearle and Nathan Stabenfeldt, nonfiction editors; Matthew Salesses, online fiction editor; Christopher Murray, online poetry editor; Melanie Brkich, online nonfiction editor. Biannual print magazine covering innovative fiction, nonfiction, poetry, visual art, and critical art writing. GC Online is the companion online journal and publishes unique content. Estab. 1986. Circ. 3,000. No kill fee. Publishes ms 6 months-1 year after acceptance. Accepts queries by mail, e-mail, phone. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in 4-6 months to mss. Sometimes comments on rejected mss. Back issue: $8, plus 7x10 SASE with 4 first-class stamps. Writer's guidelines for #10 SASE or on website.
NONFICTION Needs interview, reviews. Gulf Coast reads general submissions, submitted by post or through the online submissions manager, September 1-March 1. Submissions e-mailed directly to the editors or postmarked March 1-September 1 will not be read or responded to. “Please visit our contest page for contest submission guidelines.” Pays $100 per review and $200 per interview.
FICTION “Please do not send multiple submissions; we will read only 1 submission per author at a given time, except in the case of our annual contests.” Needs ethnic, multicultural, literary, regional, translations, contemporary. No children's, genre, religious/inspirational. Gulf Coast reads general submissions, submitted by post or through the online submissions manager, September 1-March 1. Submissions e-mailed directly to the editors or postmarked March 1-September 1 will not be read or responded to. “Please visit our contest page for contest submission guidelines.” Receives 500 unsolicited mss/month. Accepts 6-8 mss/issue; 12-16 mss/year. Agented fiction: 5%. Publishes 2-8 new writers/year. Recently published work by Alan Heathcock, Anne Carson, Bret Anthony Johnston, John D'Agata, Lucie Brock-Broido, Clancy Martin, Steve Almond, Sam Lipsyte, Carl Phillips, Dean Young, and Eula Biss. Publishes short shorts. Pays $50/page.
POETRY Submit up to 5 poems at a time. Considers simultaneous submissions with notification; no previously published poems. Cover letter is required. List previous publications and include a brief bio. Reads submissions September-April. Pays $50/page.
5344 SE 38th Ave., Portland OR 97202. (503)775-0370. E-mail: lisa.steinman@reed.edu. Website: www.reed.edu/hubbub. J. Shugrue and Lisa M. Steinman, co-editors. Hubbub, published once/year, is designed “to feature a multitude of voices from interesting, contemporary American poets.” Wants “poems that are well crafted, with something to say. We have no single style, subject, or length requirement and in particular will consider long poems.” Estab. 1983. Pays on publication. Publishes poems 1-12 months (usually) after acceptance. Accepts queries by mail, e-mail. Responds in 4 months. Sample: $3.35 (back issues), $7 (current issue). Subscription: $7/year. Guidelines available for SASE or online.
POETRY Submit 3-6 typed poems at a time. Include SASE. “We review 2-4 poetry books/year in short (three-page) reviews; all reviews are solicited. We do, however, list books received/recommended.” Send materials for review consideration. Has published poetry by Madeline DeFrees, Cecil Giscombe, Carolyn Kizer, Primus St. John, Shara McCallum, and Alice Fulton. Does not want light verse. Buys 40-50 poems/year. Submit maximum 6 poems. No length requirements. Pays $20/poem.
HUNGER MOUNTAINVermont College of Fine Arts, 36 College St., Montpelier VT 05602. (802)828-8517. E-mail: hungermtn@vcfa.edu. Website: www.hungermtn.org. Contact: Samantha Kolber, managing editor. Monthly online publication and annual perfect-bound journal covering high-quality fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, craft essays, writing for children, and artwork. Accepts high-quality work from unknown, emerging, or successful writers. Publishing fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and young adult & children's writing. Four writing contests annually. Estab. 2002. Circ. 1,000. Byline given. Pays on publication. No kill fee. Publishes ms an average of 1 year after acceptance. Submit between May 1 and October 1. Accepts queries by online submission form. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in 4 months to mss. Single issue: $12; subscription: $18 for 2 issues/2 years; back issue: $8. Checks payable to Vermont College of Fine Arts, or purchase online http://hungermtn.org/subscribe. Guidelines online at http://hungermtn.org/submit.
NONFICTION “We welcome an array of traditional and experimental work, including, but not limited to, personal, lyrical, and meditative essays, memoirs, collages, rants, and humor. The only requirements are recognition of truth, a unique voice with a firm command of language, and an engaging story with multiple pressure points.” No informative or instructive articles, no interviews, and no book reviews please. Payment varies. Submit complete ms using online submissions manager at Submittable: https://hungermtn.submittable.com/submit Length: up to 10,000 words. Pays $50 for general fiction or creative nonfiction, for both children's lit and general adult lit;
$50 for general fiction or creative nonfiction, for both children's lit and general adult lit; $50 for general fiction or creative nonfiction, for both children's lit and general adult lit.
FICTION “We look for work that is beautifully crafted and tells a good story, with characters that are alive and kicking, storylines that stay with us long after we've finished reading, and sentences that slay us with their precision.” Needs experimental, humorous, novel excerpts, short stories, slice-of-life vignettes. No genre fiction, meaning science fiction, fantasy, horror, detective, erotic, etc. Submit ms using online submissions manager. Length: up to 10,000 words. $50 for general fiction.
POETRY Needs avant-garde, free verse, traditional. Submit 1-5 poems at a time. “We are looking for truly original poems that run the aesthetic gamut: lively engagement with language in the act of pursuit. Some poems remind us in a fresh way of our own best thoughts; some poems bring us to a place beyond language for which there aren’t quite words; some poems take us on a complicated language ride that is, itself, its own aim. Complex poem-architectures thrill us and still-points in the turning world do, too. Send us the best of what you have.” Submit using online submissions manager. No light verse, humor/quirky/catchy verse, greeting card verse. Submit maximum 5 poems. $25 for poetry up to two poems (plus $5 per poem for additional poems); $25 for poetry up to two poems (plus $5 per poem for additional poems).
1675 Amazon Rd., Mohegan Lake NY 10547-1804. Website: www.iconoclastliterarymagazine.com. Contact: Phil Wagner, editor and publisher. Iconoclast seeks and chooses the best new writing and poetry available—of all genres and styles and entertainment levels. Its mission is to provide a serious publishing opportunity for unheralded, unknown, but deserving creators, whose work is often overlooked or trampled in the commercial, university, or Internet marketplace. Estab. 1992. Pays on publication. Accepts queries by mail. Responds in 6 weeks to mss. Sample copy: $4. Subscription: $20 for 6 issues.
FICTION “Subjects and styles are completely open (within the standards of generally accepted taste—though exceptions, as always, can be made for unique and visionary works).” Needs adventure, experimental, fantasy, mainstream, short stories. No slice-of-life stories, stories containing alcoholism, incest, and domestic or public violence. Accepts most genres, “with the exception of mysteries.” Submit by postal mail; include SASE. Cover letter not necessary. Pays 1¢/word and 2 contributor’s copies. Contributors get 40% discount on extra copies.
POETRY “Try for originality; if not in thought than expression. No greeting card verse or noble religious sentiments. Look for the unusual in the usual, parallels in opposites, the capturing of what is unique or often unnoticed in an ordinary or extraordinary moment. What makes us human—and the resultant glories and agonies. The universal usually wins out over the personal. Rhyme isn’t as easy as it looks—especially for those unversed in its study.” Submit by postal mail; include SASE. Cover letter not necessary. Length: up to 2 pages. Pays $2-6/poem and 1 contributor’s copy per page or work. Contributors get 40% discount on extra copies.
Boise State University, 1910 University Dr., Boise ID 83725. E-mail: mwieland@boisestate.edu. Website: idahoreview.org. Contact: Mitch Wieland, editor. The Idaho Review is the literary journal of Boise State University. Estab. 1998. Pays on publication. Publishes ms 1 year after acceptance. Accepts queries by mail, online submission form. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in 3-5 months. Guidelines online.
NONFICTION Special issues: “Although we do not regularly publish creative nonfiction, we are open to reading CNF submissions.”
FICTION Needs experimental, literary. No genre fiction of any type. Prefers submissions using online submissions manager, but will accept submissions by postal mail. Length: up to 25 double-spaced pages. Pays $100/story and contributor's copies.
POETRY Submit up to 5 poems. Prefers submissions using online submissions manager, but will accept submissions by postal mail. Submit maximum 5 poems.
ILLUMENAlban Lake Publishing, P.O. Box 782, Cedar Rapids IA 52406-0782. E-mail: illumensdp@yahoo.com. Website: albanlake.com. Contact: Terrie Leigh Relf, editor. 100% freelance written. “Illumen is a print magazine of speculative poetry. It is published biannually on 1 April and 1 October in perfect-bound digest format. It contains speculative poetry, illustrations, articles, and reviews.” Estab. 2004. Byline given. Offers 100% kill fee. Submit seasonal material 6 months in advance. Accepts queries by e-mail. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in 4 months. Guidelines online.
NONFICTION Special issues: Wants articles that address some aspect of speculative poetry. Send complete ms by e-mail. Length: 800-2,000 words. Pays $12 and 1 contributor's copy.
REPRINTS Pays $3 for reprints.
POETRY Needs avant-garde, free verse, haiku, light verse, traditional. “Speculative poetry is 1 result of the application of imagination to reality. In speculative poetry, one’s 'vision' often is taken from a different angle, from another perspective, perhaps even from another time and place. Speculative poetry is usually tinged with 1 or more of the genres. Thus, in speculative poetry you find hints of science fiction, fantasy, folklore, myth, the surreal … and yes, even horror. Good speculative poetry will awaken a sense of adventure in the reader. That’s what we’re looking for: good, original speculative poetry.” Submit poetry by e-mail. “Speculative horror poetry evokes moods, often dark and spooky ones. It should not make you upchuck. Remember: twisted is an attitude, not an action.” Buys 40-50 poems/year. Submit maximum 3 poems. Length: up to 100 lines/poem. Pays 2¢/word, minimum $3.
3307 Third Ave. W., Seattle WA 98119. (206)281-2988. Fax: (206)281-2979. E-mail: image@imagejournal.org. Website: www.imagejournal.org. Contact: Gregory Wolfe, publisher and editor. 50% freelance written. Quarterly magazine covering the intersection between art and faith. “Image is a unique forum for the best writing and artwork that is informed by—or grapples with—religious faith. We have never been interested in art that merely regurgitates dogma or falls back on easy answers or didacticism. Instead, our focus has been on writing and visual artwork that embody a spiritual struggle, that seek to strike a balance between tradition and a profound openness to the world. Each issue explores this relationship through outstanding fiction, poetry, painting, sculpture, architecture, film, music, interviews, and dance. Image also features 4-color reproductions of visual art.” Estab. 1989. Circ. 4,500. Byline given. Pays on acceptance. No kill fee. Publishes ms an average of 8 months after acceptance. Accepts queries by mail, e-mail. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in 1 month to queries; in 5 months to mss. Sample copy: $16 or available online. Guidelines online.
NONFICTION Needs essays, interview, profile, religious. “No sentimental, preachy, moralistic, or obvious essays.” Buys 10 mss/year. Send complete ms by postal mail (with SASE for reply or return of ms) or online submissions manager, or query Mary Mitchell (mkenagy@imagejournal.org). Does not accept e-mail submissions. Length: 3,000-6,000 words. Pays $10/page ($150 maximum) and 4 contributor's copies.
FICTION Needs religious, short stories. “No sentimental, preachy, moralistic, obvious stories, or genre stories (unless they manage to transcend their genre).” Buys 8 mss/year. Send complete ms by postal mail (with SASE for reply or return of ms) or online submissions manager. Does not accept e-mail submissions. Length: 3,000-6,000 words. Pays $10/page ($150 maximum) and 4 contributor's copies.
POETRY Wants poems that grapple with religious faith, usually Judeo-Christian. Send up to 5 poems by postal mail (with SASE for reply or return of ms) or online submissions manager. Does not accept e-mail submissions. Submit maximum 5 poems. Length: up to 10 pages. Pays $2/line ($150 maximum) and 4 contributor's copies.
INDIANA REVIEWBallantine Hall 529, 1020 E. Kirkwood Ave., Indiana University, Bloomington IN 47405. E-mail: inreview@indiana.edu. Website: indianareview.org. Contact: See masthead for current editorial staff. 100% freelance written. Biannual magazine. “Indiana Review, a nonprofit organization run by IU graduate students, is a journal of innovative fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. We're interested in energy, originality, and careful attention to craft. While we publish many well-known writers, we also welcome new and emerging poets and fiction writers.” Estab. 1976. Circ. 5,000. Byline given. Pays on publication. Publishes ms an average of 3-6 months after acceptance. Accepts queries by online submission form. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in 4 or more months to mss. Sample copy: $12. Guidelines online. “We no longer accept hard-copy submissions. All submissions must be made online.”
NONFICTION Needs essays, interview. No coming-of-age/slice-of-life pieces or book reviews. Buys 5-7 mss/year. Submit complete ms through online submissions manager. Length: up to 8,000 words. Pays $5/page ($10 minimum), plus 2 contributor's copies.
FICTION “We look for daring stories which integrate theme, language, character, and form. We like polished writing, humor, and fiction which has consequence beyond the world of its narrator.” Needs ethnic, experimental, mainstream, literary, short fictions, translations. No genre fiction. Buys 14-18 mss/year. Submit via online submissions manager. Length: up to 8,000 words. Pays $5/page ($10 minimum), plus 2 contributor's copies.
POETRY “We look for poems that are skillful and bold, exhibiting an inventiveness of language with attention to voice and sonics.” Wants experimental, free verse, prose poem, traditional form, lyrical, narrative. Submit poetry via online submissions manager. Buys 80 poems/year. Submit maximum 6 poems. Pays $5/page ($10 minimum), plus 2 contributor's copies.
THE IOWA REVIEW308 EPB, The University of Iowa, Iowa City IA 52242. (319)335-0462. E-mail: iowa-review@uiowa.edu. Website: www.iowareview.org. Lynne Nugent, managing editor. Contact: Harilaos Stecopoulos. Triannual magazine covering stories, essays, and poems for a general readership interested in contemporary literature. The Iowa Review, published 3 times/year, prints fiction, poetry, essays, reviews, and, occasionally, interviews. Receives about 5,000 submissions/year, accepts up to 100. Press run is 2,900; 1,500 distributed to stores. Estab. 1970. Circ. 3,500. Pays on publication. Publishes ms an average of 12-18 months after acceptance. Accepts queries by mail, online submission form. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds to mss in 4 months. Sample: $8.95 and online. Subscription: $20. Guidelines online.
NONFICTION Needs essays, interview. Send complete ms with cover letter. Don't bother with queries. SASE for return of ms. Accepts mss by snail mail (SASE required for response) and online submission form at iowareview.submittable.com/submit; no e-mail submissions. Pays 8¢/word ($100 minimum), plus 2 contributor's copies.
FICTION “We are open to a range of styles and voices and always hope to be surprised by work we then feel we need.” Receives 600 unsolicited mss/month. Accepts 4-6 mss/issue; 12-18 mss/year. Does not read mss January-August. Publishes ms an average of 12-18 months after acceptance. Agented fiction less than 2%. Publishes some new writers/year. Recently published work by Johanna Hunting, Bennett Sims, and Pedro Mairal. Needs experimental, mainstream, novel excerpts, short stories. Send complete ms with cover letter. Don't bother with queries. SASE for return of ms. Accepts mss by snail mail (SASE required for response) and online submission form at iowareview.submittable.com/submit; no e-mail submissions. Pays 8¢/word ($100 minimum), plus 2 contributor's copies.
POETRY Submit up to 8 pages at a time. Online submissions accepted, but no e-mail submissions. Cover letter (with title of work and genre) is encouraged. SASE required. Reads submissions “only during the fall semester, September through November, and then contest entries in the spring.” Occasionally comments on rejected poems or offers suggestions on accepted poems. “We simply look for poems that, at the time we read and choose, we find we admire. No specifications as to form, length, style, subject matter, or purpose. Though we print work from established writers, we're always delighted when we discover new talent.” Pays $1.50/line, $40 minimum.
ISLANDP.O. Box 4703, Hobart Tasmania 7000 Australia. E-mail: admin@islandmag.com. Website: www.islandmag.com. Contact: Geordie Williamson, editor at large. Quarterly magazine. Island seeks quality fiction, poetry, and essays. It is “one of Australia’s leading literary magazines, tracing the contours of our national, and international, culture while still retaining a uniquely Tasmanian perspective.” Estab. 1979. Circ. 1,500. Accepts queries by online submission form. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Subscriptions and sample copies available for purchase online. Guidelines online.
NONFICTION Needs essays. Query first with brief overview of essay and description of why it is suitable for Island. Pay varies.
FICTION Submit 1 piece via online submissions manager. Pay varies.
POETRY Submit via online submissions manager. Submit maximum 3 poems. Pay varies.
KANSAS CITY VOICESWhispering Prairie Press, P.O. Box 410661, Kansas City MO 64141. E-mail: info@wppress.org. Website: www.wppress.org/kansas-city-voices. Contact: Jessica Conoley, managing editor. 100% freelance written. Kansas City Voices, published annually, features an eclectic mix of fiction, poetry, and art. “We seek exceptional written and visual creations from established and emerging voices.” Estab. 2003. Circ. 1,000. Byline given. Pays on publication. Publishes ms an average of 6 months after acceptance. Accepts queries by online submission form. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Sample copy online. Guidelines online.
FICTION Needs short stories. Submit up to 2 complete mss via online submissions manager. Length: up to 2,500 words. Pays small honorarium and 1 contributor's copy.
POETRY Needs avant-garde, free verse, light verse, traditional. Submit maximum 3 poems. Length: up to 35 lines/poem. Pays small honorarium and 1 contributor's copy.
KASMA MAGAZINEKasma Publications, E-mail: editors@kasmamagazine.com. Website: www.kasmamagazine.com. Contact: Alex Korovessis, editor. Online magazine. “We publish the best science fiction, from promising new and established writers. Our aim is to provide stories that are well written, original and thought provoking.” Estab. 2009. Pays on publication. Publishes mss 2-3 months after acceptance. Editorial lead time 2 months. Submit seasonal material 1 month in advance. Accepts queries by e-mail. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in 1 week to queries; in 3 months to mss. Sample copy available online and by e-mail. Guidelines online.
FICTION Needs science fiction. No erotica, excessive violence/language. Submit complete ms via e-mail. Length: 1,000-5,000 words. Pays 2¢/word (Canadian).
THE KENYON REVIEWFinn House, 102 W. Wiggin, Gambier OH 43022. (740)427-5208. Fax: (740)427-5417. E-mail: kenyonreview@kenyon.edu. Website: www.kenyonreview.org. Contact: Alicia Misarti. 100% freelance written. Bimonthly magazine covering contemporary literature and criticism. “An international journal of literature, culture, and the arts, dedicated to an inclusive representation of the best in new writing (fiction, poetry, essays, interviews, criticism) from established and emerging writers.” Estab. 1939. Circ. 6,000. Byline given. Pays on publication. No kill fee. Publishes ms an average of 1 year after acceptance. Editorial lead time 1 year. Submit seasonal material 1 year in advance. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in 4 months to mss. Sample copy: $10; includes postage and handling. Call or e-mail to order. Guidelines online.
NONFICTION Needs essays, interview, criticism. Only accepts mss via online submissions program; visit website for instructions. Do not submit via e-mail or snail mail. Receives 130 unsolicited mss/month. Unsolicited mss accepted September 15-December 15 only. Length: 3-15 typeset pages preferred. Pays 8¢/published word of prose (minimum payment $80; maximum payment $450); word count does not include title, notes, or citations.
FICTION Receives 800 unsolicited mss/month. Unsolicited mss accepted September 15-December 15 only. Recently published work by Alice Hoffman, Beth Ann Fennelly, Romulus Linney, John Koethe, Albert Goldbarth, Erin McGraw. Needs condensed novels, ethnic, experimental, historical, humorous, mainstream, novel excerpts, short stories, contemporary, excerpts from novels, gay/lesbian, literary, translations. Only accepts mss via online submissions program; visit website for instructions. Do not submit via e-mail or snail mail. Length: 3-15 typeset pages preferred. Pays 8¢/published word of prose (minimum payment $80; maximum payment $450); word count does not include title, notes, or citations.
POETRY Features all styles, forms, lengths, and subject matters. Considers translations. Has published poetry by Billy Collins, D.A. Powell, Jamaal May, Rachel Zucker, Diane di Prima, and Seamus Heaney. Submit maximum 6 poems. Submit up to 6 poems at a time. No previously published poems. Only accepts mss via online submissions program; visit website for instructions. Do not submit via e-mail or snail mail. Accepts submissions September 15-December 15. Pays 16¢/published word of poetry (minimum payment $40; maximum payment $200); word count does not include title, notes, or citations.
150 Pleasant St., #306, Easthampton MA 01027. E-mail: smallbeerpress@gmail.com. Website: www.smallbeerpress.com/lcrw. Contact: Gavin Grant, editor. Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet accepts fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and b&w art. “The fiction we publish tends toward, but is not limited to, the speculative. This does not mean only quietly desperate stories. We will consider items that fall out with regular categories. We do not accept multiple submissions.” Estab. 1996. Circ. 1,000. Yes. Pays on publication. Publishes ms 6-12 months after acceptance. Accepts queries by mail. Responds in 6 months to mss. Sometimes comments on rejected mss. Sample copy: $5. Guidelines online.
NONFICTION Needs essays. Send complete ms with a cover letter. Include estimated word count. Send SASE (or IRC) for return of ms, or send a disposable copy of ms and #10 SASE for reply only. Pays $25.
FICTION Receives 100 unsolicited mss/month. Accepts 4-6 mss/issue; 8-12 mss/year. Publishes 2-4 new writers/year. Also publishes literary essays, poetry. Has published work by Ted Chiang, Gwenda Bond, Alissa Nutting, and Charlie Anders. Needs short stories. “We do not publish gore, sword and sorcery, or pornography. We can discuss these terms if you like. There are places for them all; this is not one of them.” Send complete ms with a cover letter. Include estimated word count. Send SASE (or IRC) for return of ms, or send a disposable copy of ms and #10 SASE for reply only. Length: 200-7,000 words. Pays $25.
POETRY Send complete ms with a cover letter. Include estimated word count. Send SASE (or IRC) for return of ms, or send a disposable copy of ms and #10 SASE for reply only. Pays $5/poem.
LINEWest Coast Review Publishing Society, Line, 6079 Academic Quadrangle, 8888 University Drive, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby BC V5A 1S6 Canada. E-mail: wcl@sfu.ca. Website: linejournal.tumblr.com/about. Triannual magazine of literature and criticism. Estab. 1990. Circ. 500. Pays on publication. No kill fee. Editorial lead time 4 months. Accepts queries by mail, e-mail. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in up to 6 months to queries. Responds in up to 6 months to mss. Sample copy for $15 CAD, $20 U.S. Guidelines for SASE (U.S. must include IRC).
NONFICTION Needs essays, experimental prose. No journalistic articles or articles dealing with nonliterary material. Buys 8-10 mss/year. Send complete ms. Length: 1,000-5,000 words. Pays $8/page, 2 contributor's copies and a 1-year subscription.
FICTION Needs experimental. Buys 3-6 mss/year. Send complete ms. Length: 1,000-7,000 words. Pays $8/page.
POETRY Needs avant-garde. No light verse, traditional. Buys 10-15 poems/year. Submit maximum 5-6 poems. Pays $8/page.
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. 100% freelance written. Eager to work with new/unpublished writers. 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.” Estab. 1967. Circ. 2,000. Byline given. Pays on acceptance. No kill fee. Publishes ms an average of 6 months after acceptance. Accepts queries by online submission form. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in 2 weeks to queries; in 3-10 months to mss. Sample: $16.95 (US). Guidelines online.
NONFICTION Submit via online submissions manager: malahatreview.ca/submission_guidelines.html#submittable. Length: 1,000-3,500 words. Pays $50/magazine page.
FICTION Buys 12-14 mss/year. Submit via online submissions manager: malahatreview.ca/submission_guidelines.html#submittable. Length: up to 8,000 words. Pays $50/magazine page.
POETRY Needs avant-garde, free verse, traditional. Submit 3-5 poems via online submissions manager: malahatreview.ca/submission_guidelines.html#submittable. Buys 100 poems/year. Length: up to 6 pages. Pays $50/magazine page.
MĀNOA: A PACIFIC JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL WRITINGEnglish Department, 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. Semiannual magazine. Mānoa is seeking “high-quality literary fiction, poetry, essays, and translations. In general, each issue is devoted to new work from Pacific and Asian areas. Our audience is international. US writing need not be confined to Pacific settings or subjects. Please note that we seldom publish unsolicited work; you may query us at our website.” Estab. 1989. Circ. 1,000 print, 10,000 digital. Byline given. Pays on publication. Editorial lead time 9 months. Accepts queries by online submission form. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in 3 weeks to queries. Sample: $15 (US). Guidelines online.
NONFICTION No Pacific exotica. Query first. Length: 1,000-5,000 words. Pays $25/printed page.
FICTION Query first. Needs mainstream, contemporary, excerpted novel. No Pacific exotica. Buys 1-2 mss/year. Send complete ms. Length: 1,000-7,500 words. Pays $100-500 ($25/printed page).
POETRY No light verse. Buys 10-20 poems/year. Submit maximum 5-6 poems. Pays $25/poem.
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. Quarterly magazine. 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. Estab. 1959. Circ. 1,200. Pays on publication. Publishes ms an average of 18 months after acceptance. Accepts queries by mail. Responds in 2-6 months to mss. Sample copy: $8 for back issue, $10 for current issue. Guidelines online.
NONFICTION No reviews of single books. Articles and essays of breadth and depth are considered, as well as discussions of leading writers; of art, music, and drama; analyses of trends in literature, science, philosophy, and public affairs. Include name and contact information on the first page. Encourages page numbers. Send complete ms or query with SASE. Length: up to 6,500 words. Pays $50 and 2 contributor’s copies.
FICTION Wants short stories. Accepts 1 short story per submission. Include name and contact information on the first page. Encourages page numbers. Has published work by Ahdaf Soueif, Elizabeth Denton, and Nicholas Montemarano. Buys 30-40 mss/year. Send complete ms. Length: up to 30 pages or 8,000 words. Pays $50 and 2 contributor’s copies.
POETRY Has published poetry by Catherine Barnett, Billy Collins, and Dara Wier. Include your name and contact on every page. Submit maximum 6 poems. Length: There are no restrictions for length, but generally poems are less than 100 lines. Pays $50/publication and 2 contributor’s copies.
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. 75% freelance written. Quarterly journal of literature and the humanities publishing literary essays, fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, memoir, interviews, and book reviews. Michigan Quarterly Review 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. Estab. 1962. Circ. 1,000. Byline given. Pays on publication. No kill fee. Publishes ms an average of 1 year after acceptance. Accepts queries by mail. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in 2 months to queries and mss. Sample: $4. Guidelines online.
NONFICTION Needs essays. Special issues: Publishes theme issues. Upcoming themes available in magazine and on website. Buys 35 mss/year. Query. Length: 1,500-7,000 words, 5,000 words average. Payment varies but is usually in the range of $50 -$150.
FICTION Contact: Fiction editor. “No restrictions on subject matter or language. We are very selective. We like stories that are unusual in tone and structure, and innovative in language. No genre fiction written for a market. Would like to see more fiction about social, political, and cultural matters, not just centered on a love relationship or dysfunctional family.” Receives 300 unsolicited mss/month. Accepts 3-4 mss/issue; 12-16 mss/year. Publishes 1-2 new writers/year. Has published work by Rebecca Makkai, Peter Ho Davies, Laura Kasischke, Gerald Shapiro, and Alan Cheuse. Buys 10 mss/year. Send complete ms. Length: 1,500-7,000 words; average length: 5,000 words. Payment varies but is usually in the range of $50-$150.
POETRY No previously published poems. 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.
MID-AMERICAN REVIEWBowling Green State University, Dept. of English, Bowling Green OH 43403. (419)372-2725. E-mail: mar@bgsu.edu; marsubmissions.bgsu.edu. Website: www.bgsu.edu/midamericanreview. Contact: Abigail Cloud, editor in chief; Lydia Munnell, fiction editor. Semiannual magazine of the highest-quality fiction, poetry, and translations of contemporary poetry and fiction. Also publishes creative nonfiction and book reviews of contemporary literature. Reads mss year round. Publishes new and established writers. “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.” Estab. 1981. Circ. 1,500. Byline given. No kill fee. Publishes mss an average of 6 months after acceptance. Accepts queries by online submission form. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in 5 months to mss. Sample copy: $9 (current issue), $5 (back issue), $10 (rare back issues). Guidelines online.
NONFICTION Submit ms by post with SASE or with online submission manager.
FICTION Publishes traditional, character-oriented, literary, experimental, prose poem, and short-short stories. No genre fiction. Submit ms by post with SASE or with online submission manager. Agented fiction 5%. Recently published work by Mollie Ficek and J. David Stevens. Length: 6,000 words maximum.
POETRY 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. Submit maximum 6 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. Semiannual literary magazine. 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.” Estab. 1972. Circ. 1,500. No kill fee. Accepts simultaneous submissions. 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.”
FICTION Needs experimental, fantasy, humorous, contemporary, avant-garde, art fiction. No juvenile or genre fiction. Length: 30 pages maximum.
THE MISSOURI REVIEW357 McReynolds Hall, University of Missouri, Columbia MO 65211. (573)882-4474. Fax: (573)884-4671. E-mail: mutmrquestion@moreview.com. Website: www.missourireview.com. Contact: Speer Morgan, editor; Kate McIntyre, managing editor, Evelyn Somers, associate editor; Chun Ye, poetry editor. 90% freelance written. Quarterly magazine. Publishes contemporary fiction, poetry, interviews, personal essays, cartoons, special features—such as History as Literature series, Found Text series, and Curio Cabinet art features—for the literary and the general reader interested in a wide range of subjects. Estab. 1978. Circ. 6,500. Byline given. Offers signed contract. Editorial lead time 4-6 months. Accepts queries by mail. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in 2 weeks to queries; in 10-12 weeks to mss. Sample copy: $10 or online. Guidelines online.
NONFICTION Needs book excerpts, essays. No literary criticism. Buys 10 mss/year. Send complete ms. Pays $40/printed page.
FICTION Contact: Speer Morgan, editor. Needs ethnic, humorous, mainstream, literary. No genre or flash fiction. Buys 25 mss/year. Send complete ms. Length: 15-25 pp. average Pays $40/printed page.
POETRY 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.) No inspirational verse. Pays $40/printed page and 3 contributor's copies.
MODERN HAIKUP.O. Box 930, Portsmouth RI 02871. E-mail: modernhaiku@gmail.com. Website: modernhaiku.org. Contact: Paul Miller, editor. 85% freelance written. Magazine published 3 times/year in February, June, and October covering haiku poetry. 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. Estab. 1969. Circ. 650. Byline given. No kill fee. Publishes ms an average of 6 months after acceptance. Editorial lead time 4 months. Accepts queries by mail, e-mail. Responds in 1 week to queries; in 6-8 weeks to mss. 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.
NONFICTION Needs essays. Send complete ms. Pays $5/page.
COLUMNS Haiku & Senryu; Haibun; Essays (on haiku and related genres); Reviews (books of haiku or related genres). Buys 40 mss/year. Send complete ms. Pays $5/page.
POETRY Needs haiku, senryu, haibun, haiga. 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.” 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.” Offers no payment.
2443 Fillmore St. #214, San Francisco CA 94115. E-mail: contact@narrativemagazine.com. Website: www.narrativemagazine.com. Contact: Michael Croft, senior editor; Mimi Kusch, managing editor; Michael Wiegers, poetry editor. 100% freelance written. Online literary journal that publishes American and international literature 3 times/year. “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 mss 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.” Estab. 2003. Circ. 210,000. Byline given. Accepts queries by e-mail. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in 4-14 weeks to queries. Guidelines online. Charges $23 reading fee except for 2 weeks in April.
NONFICTION Needs book excerpts, essays, general interest, humor, interview, memoir, personal experience, photo feature, travel. Send complete ms.
FICTION Has published work by Alice Munro, Tobias Wolff, Marvin Bell, Jane Smiley, Joyce Carol Oates, E.L. Doctorow, Min Jin Lee, and Alice Munro. Publishes new and emerging writers. , fiction, cartoons, graphic art, and multimedia content “to entertain, inspire, and engage.” Send complete ms. Pays on publication between $150-1,000, $1,000-5,000 for book length, plus annual prizes of more than $32,000 awarded.
POETRY Contact: Michael Wiegers, poetry editor. Needs poetry of all forms.
NEON MAGAZINEUK. E-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.” No kill fee. Accepts queries by e-mail. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in 2 months. Query if you have received no reply after 10 weeks. Guidelines online.
NONFICTION Needs reviews. No word limit.
FICTION Needs experimental, horror, humorous, science fiction, suspense. “No nonsensical prose; we are not appreciative of sentimentality.” Buys 8-12 mss/year. No word limit. Pays royalties.
POETRY “No nonsensical poetry; we are not appreciative of sentimentality. Rhyming poetry is discouraged.” Buys 24-30 poems/year. No word limit. Pays royalties.
NEW ENGLAND REVIEWMiddlebury College, Middlebury VT 05753. (802)443-5075. E-mail: nereview@middlebury.edu. Website: www.nereview.com. Contact: Marcia Parlow, managing editor. Quarterly literary magazine. New England Review is a prestigious, nationally distributed literary journal. Reads September 1 through May 31 (postmarked dates). Estab. 1978. Circ. 2,000. Byline given. Pays on publication. No kill fee. Publishes ms an average of 6 months after acceptance. Accepts simultaneous submissions. 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 online.
NONFICTION Buys 20-25 mss/year. Send complete ms via online submission manager. No e-mail submissions. Length: up to 7,500 words, though exceptions may be made. Pays $20/page ($20 minimum) and 2 contributor's copies.
FICTION Send 1 story at a time, unless it is very short. Serious literary only, novel excerpts. Publishes approximately 10 new writers/year. Has published work by Steve Almond, Christine Sneed, Roy Kesey, Thomas Gough, Norman Lock, Brock Clarke, Carl Phillips, Lucia Perillo, Linda Gregerson, and Natasha Trethewey. Buys 25 mss/year. Send complete ms via online submission manager. No e-mail submissions. “Will consider simultaneous submissions, but must be stated as such and you must notify us immediately if the ms accepted for publication elsewhere.” Length: not strict on word count. Pays $20/page ($20 minimum), and 2 contributor's copies.
POETRY Submit up to 6 poems at a time. No previously published or simultaneous submissions for poetry. Accepts submissions by online submission manager only; accepts questions by e-mail. “Cover letters are useful.” Address submissions to “Poetry Editor.” Buys 75-90 poems/year. Submit maximum 6 poems. Pays $20/page ($20 minimum), and 2 contributor's copies.
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. 100% freelance written. Quarterly magazine. “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.” Estab. 1934. Circ. 5,000. Byline given. Pays on publication. No kill fee. Publishes ms an average of 6 months after acceptance. Editorial lead time 6 months. Submit seasonal material 6 months in advance. Accepts queries by mail. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in 1 month to queries; in 5 months to mss. Sample copy: $10 or sample articles on website. Guidelines online.
NONFICTION Needs essays. No self-help, how-to, or nonliterary work. Buys 8-10 mss/year. Send complete ms. Length: up to 5,000 words. Pays $40-100.
FICTION Needs ethnic, experimental, humorous, mainstream, contemporary. No genre fiction. Buys 15-20 mss/year. Send complete ms. Length: up to 5,000 words. Pays $30-75.
POETRY Needs avant-garde, free verse, haiku, traditional. No light verse. Buys 40-50 poems/year. Submit maximum 6 poems. Length: open. Pays $10-25.
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 an annual journal of contemporary literature and culture, publishing new poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art, photography, film and book reviews. Estab. 1968. Circ. 1,500. Pays on publication. No kill fee. Accepts queries by online submission form. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in 4 months to mss.
FICTION Contact: Mark Yakich, editor. , “good writing, from conventional to experimental.” “We are now using an online submission system and require a $3 fee.” See website for details. Length: up to 6,500 words. Pays $25-50 and 2 contributor's copies.
POETRY Submit maximum 3-6 poems.
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. 95% freelance written. Quarterly book covering Canadian fiction and poetry. “Emphasis on emerging writers and genres, but we publish more traditional work as well if the language and narrative structure are fresh.” Estab. 1981. Circ. 1,000. Byline given. Pays on publication. No kill fee. Editorial lead time 6 months. Accepts queries by mail. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in early January to submissions received March 1-August 31; in early June to submissions received September 1-February 28. Sample copy: $16.95 (cover price, plus mailing). Guidelines online.
NONFICTION Needs essays. Query with a proposal.
FICTION “Canadian work only. We are not interested in genre fiction. We are looking for innovative, beautifully crafted, deeply felt literary fiction.” , literary. Buys 20-25 mss/year. Send complete ms with submission cover sheet and bio. Does not accept submissions by e-mail. Accepts simultaneoues submissions if indicated in cover letter. Pays $250/story.
POETRY Needs avant-garde, free verse, traditional. Canadian work only. Send with submission cover sheet and bio. Does not accept submissions by e-mail. Accepts simultaneoues submissions if indicated in cover letter. Submit maximum 3 poems. Pays $40/poem.
Department of English, University of Illinois, 608 S. Wright St., Urbana IL 61801. (217)300-4315. 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. Accepts queries by mail, online submission form. Accepts simultaneous submissions.
NONFICTION Contact: nonfiction@ninthletter.com. “Please send only 1 essay at a time. All mailed submissions must include an SASE for reply.” Length: up to 8,000 words. Pays $25 per printed page and 2 contributor's copies.
FICTION Contact: fiction@ninthpoetry.com. “Please send only 1 story at a time. All mailed submissions must include an SASE for reply.” Length: up to 8,000 words. Pays $25 per printed page and 2 contributor's copies.
POETRY Contact: poetry@ninthletter.com. 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.
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; bauerm@ecu.edu. Website: www.nclr.ecu.edu. Contact: Margaret Bauer. Biannual magazine published online in the winter and in print in the summer covering North Carolina writers, literature, culture, history. “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.” Estab. 1992. Circ. 750. Byline given. No kill fee. Publishes ms an average of 1 year after acceptance. Editorial lead time 6 months. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in 1 month to queries; in 6 months to mss. Sample copy: $5-25. Guidelines online.
NONFICTION Submit creative nonfiction for Alex Albright Creative Nonfiction Prize competition via Submittable. Length: up to 7,500 words. Published writers paid in copies of the journal. First-place winners of contests receive a prize of $250.
FICTION Submit fiction for the Doris Betts Fiction Prize competition via Submittable. Length: up to 6,000 words. First-place winners of contests receive a prize of $250. Other writers whose stories are selected for publication receive comp copies.
POETRY Submit poetry for the James Applewhite Poetry Prize competition via Submittable. Only subscribers can submit, and all poets must have a North Carolina connection. Submit up to 3 poems with a 1-year subscription ($15) or up to 5 poems with a 2-year subscription ($25). First-place winners of contests receive a prize of $250. Other poets whose poems are selected for publication receive comp copies of the issue.
FILLERS Buys 2-5 mss/year.
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.” Estab. 1984. Circ. 1,000. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in 5 months to queries; 5 months to mss. Sample copy: $8 plus $3 shipping. Guidelines and upcoming themes available on website.
FICTION “Absolutely has to relate to Appalachian theme. Can be about adjustment to new environment, themes of leaving and returning, for instance. Nothing unrelated to region.” Accepts 1-2 mss/issue. Publishes ms 4 months after acceptance. Publishes some new writers/year. Send complete ms. Accepts submissions by mail, e-mail, with a strong preference for e-mail. Include “information we can use for contributor’s note.” SASE (or IRC). Rarely accepts simultaneous submissions. Reviews fiction. Length: 1,000-1,500 words. Pays $50 for each accepted article. Pays on publication.
POETRY 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.
Blue Cubicle Press, LLC, P.O. Box 250382, Plano TX 75025. E-mail: overtime@workerswritejournal.com. Website: www.workerswritejournal.com/overtime.htm. Contact: David LaBounty, editor. 100% freelance written. Quarterly saddle-stitched chapbook covering working-class literature. Estab. 2006. Circ. 725. Byline given. Pays on acceptance of ms. Publishes ms 6 months after acceptance. Accepts queries by mail, e-mail. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in 1 week to queries; 1 month to mss. Sample copy and writer's guidelines available online at website.
FICTION Needs adventure, condensed novels, ethnic, experimental, historical, humorous, mainstream, novel excerpts, short stories, slice-of-life vignettes, working-class literature. Buys 4 mss/year. Query; send complete ms. Length: 5,000-12,000 words. Pays $35-50.
PAKN TREGERNational Yiddish Book Center, 1021 West St., Amherst MA 01002. (413)256-4900. E-mail: aatherley@bikher.org; pt@bikher.org;. Website: www.yiddishbookcenter.org. Contact: Anne Atherley, editor’s assistant. 50% freelance written. Literary magazine published 3 times/year; focuses on modern and contemporary Jewish and Yiddish culture. Estab. 1980. Circ. 20,000. Byline given. Pays on publication. Publishes ms an average of 3 months after acceptance. Editorial lead time 4 months. Submit seasonal material 3 months in advance. Accepts queries by mail, e-mail, fax. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in 4 weeks to queries. Responds in 3 months to mss. Sample copy online. Guidelines by e-mail.
NONFICTION Needs essays, humor, interview. Does not want personal memoirs, fiction, or poetry. Buys 6-10 mss/year. Query. Length: 1,200-4,000 words. Pays $800-2,000 for assigned articles. Pays $350-1,000 for unsolicited articles.
COLUMNS Let’s Learn Yiddish (Yiddish lesson), 1 page Yid/English; Translations (Yiddish-English), 1,200-2,500 words. Pays $350-1,000.
PANK, Department of Humanities, 1400 Townsend Dr., Houghton MI 49931-1200. E-mail: mbartley@pankmagazine.com. Website: www.pankmagazine.com. Contact: M. Bartley Seigel, editor. 100% freelance written. Annual literary magazine. “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.” Estab. 2006. Circ. 1,000/print; 18,000/online. Publishes ms and average of 3-12 months after acceptance. Accepts queries by online submission form. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Guidelines available on website.
NONFICTION Needs essays, general interest, historical, humor, nostalgic, opinion. Send complete ms through online submissions manager. Pays $20, a one-year subscription, and a PANK t-shirt.
FICTION “Bright, new, energetic, passionate writing, writing that pushes our tender little buttons and gets us excited. Push our tender buttons, excite us, and we'll publish you.” Send complete ms through online submissions manager. Pays $20, a one-year subscription, and a PANK t-shirt.
POETRY Submit through online submissions manager. Pays $20, a one-year subscription, and a PANK t-shirt.
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. Quarterly magazine. 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.” Pays on publication. No kill fee. Accepts queries by mail. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in 4 months to mss. Guidelines online.
FICTION Study the publication. Annual Plimpton Prize award of $10,000 given to a new voice published in the magazine. Recently published work by Ottessa Moshfegh, John Jeremiah Sullivan, and Lydia Davis. Send complete ms. Length: no limit. Pays $1,000-3,000.
POETRY Contact: Robyn Creswell, poetry editor. 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.
PARNASSUS: POETRY IN REVIEWPoetry in Review Foundation, 205 W. 89th St., No. 8F, New York NY 10024. (212)787-3569. E-mail: poetryinreview@gmail.com. Website: www.parnassusreview.com. Contact: Herbert Leibowitz, editor and publisher. Annual magazine covering poetry and criticism. “We now publish 1 double issue/year.” 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.” Estab. 1972. Circ. 1,800. Byline given. Pays on publication. No kill fee. Publishes ms an average of 12-14 months after acceptance. Accepts queries by mail. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in 2 months to mss. Sample copy: $15.
NONFICTION Needs essays, reviews. Buys 30 mss/year. Query with published clips. Length: 1,500-7,500 words. Pays $200-1,000.
POETRY Needs avant garde, free verse, traditional. Accepts most types of poetry. Buys 3-4 unsolicited poems/year.
Riverside CA E-mail: editor@poemeleon.org. Website: www.poemeleon.org. Contact: Cati Porter, editor. Each issue of Poemeleon is devoted to a specific kind of poetry. Previous emphases include: poetry of place, ekphrastic poetry, poems in form, prose poems, persona poems, humor, gender, and collaboration. Estab. 2005. Accepts queries by online submission form. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in 1-3 months after close of submissions. Guidelines online.
NONFICTION Submit 1 craft essay or 1 book review using online subvmission form. Include a brief third-person bio in cover letter.
POETRY Submit 1-5 poems using online submission manager. Include a brief third-person bio in cover letter. Submit maximum 5 poems.
POETRYThe Poetry Foundation, 61 W. Superior St., Chicago IL 60654. (312)787-7070. Fax: (312)787-6650. E-mail: editors@poetrymagazine.org. Website: www.poetrymagazine.org. Don Share, editor. Contact: Don Share, editor. 100% freelance written. Monthly magazine. Poetry, published monthly by The Poetry Foundation, “has no special ms needs and no special requirements as to form: We examine in turn all work received and accept that which seems best.” Has published poetry by the major voices of our time as well as new talent. Estab. 1912. Circ. 32,500. Byline given. Pays on publication. No kill fee. Publishes ms an average of 9 months after acceptance. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in 2 months to mss and queries. Guidelines online.
NONFICTION Buys 14 mss/year. Query. No length requirements. Pays $150/page.
POETRY Accepts all styles and subject matter. Submit up to 4 poems via online submissions manager. Reviews books of poetry in multibook formats of varying lengths. Does not accept unsolicited reviews. Buys 180-250 poems/year. Length: up to 10 pages total. Pays $10 line (minimum payment of $300).
POETRY IRELAND REVIEWPoetry Ireland, 32 Kildare Street, Dublin 2 Ireland. 01-4789974. Fax: 01-6789815. E-mail: publications@poetryireland.ie. Website: www.poetryireland.ie. Quarterly poetry, reviews, and essays magazine in book form. Estab. 1978. Circ. 2,000. Pays on publication. No kill fee. Accepts queries by mail, e-mail, fax, phone. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in 1 week to queries. Responds in 3 months to mss. Guidelines available on website: www.poetryireland.ie/writers/submission-to-pir/.
POETRY Needs avant-garde, free verse, haiku, traditional. Buys 150 poems/year. Submit maximum 6 poems. Pays $32/submission.
THE PRAIRIE JOURNALP.O. Box 68073, 28 Crowfoot Terrace NW, Calgary AB Y3G 3N8 Canada. E-mail: editor@prairiejournal.org (queries only); prairiejournal@yahoo.com. Website: www.prairiejournal.org. Contact: A.E. Burke, literary editor. 100% freelance written. Semiannual magazine publishing quality poetry, short fiction, drama, literary criticism, reviews, bibliography, interviews, profiles, and artwork. “The audience is literary, university, library, scholarly, and creative readers/writers.” Estab. 1983. Circ. 650-750. Byline given. Pays on publication. No kill fee. Publishes ms an average of 4-6 months after acceptance. Editorial lead time 2-6 months. Accepts queries by mail, e-mail. Responds in 2 weeks to queries; 2-6 months to mss. Sample copy: $5. Guidelines online.
NONFICTION Needs essays, humor, interview, literary. No inspirational, news, religious, or travel. Buys 25-40 mss/year. Query with published clips. Length: 100-3,000 words. Pays $50-100, plus contributor's copy.
COLUMNS Reviews (books from small presses publishing poetry, short fiction, essays, and criticism), 200-1,000 words. Buys 5 mss/year. Query with published clips. Pays $10-50.
FICTION Needs mainstream. No genre (romance, horror, western—sagebrush or cowboys), erotic, science fiction, or mystery. Buys 6 mss/year. Send complete ms. No e-mail submissions. Length: 100-3,000 words. Pays $10-75.
POETRY Needs avant-garde, free verse, haiku. Seeks poetry “of any length; free verse, contemporary themes (feminist, nature, urban, nonpolitical), aesthetic value, a poet's poetry.” Does not want to see “most rhymed verse, sentimentality, egotistical ravings. No cowboys or sage brush.” Has published poetry by Liliane Welch, Cornelia Hoogland, Sheila Hyland, Zoe Lendale, and Chad Norman. Receives about 1,000 poems/year, accepts 10%. No heroic couplets or greeting card verse. Buys 25-35 poems/year. Submit maximum 6-8 poems. Length: 3-50 lines. Pays $5-50.
PRISM INTERNATIONALDept. of Creative Writing, Buch E462, 1866 Main Mall, University of British Columbia, Vancouver British Columbia V6T 1Z1 Canada. (604)822-2514. Fax: (604)822-3616. E-mail: prismcirculation@gmail.com. Website: www.prismmagazine.ca. 100% freelance written. Works with new/unpublished writers. A quarterly international journal of contemporary writing—fiction, poetry, drama, creative nonfiction and translation. PRISM international is 80 pages, digest-sized, elegantly printed, flat-spined, with original color artwork on a glossy card cover. Readership: public and university libraries, individual subscriptions, bookstores—a world-wide audience concerned with the contemporary in literature. “We have no thematic or stylistic allegiances: Excellence is our main criterion for acceptance of manuscripts.” Receives 1,000 submissions/year, accepts about 80. Circulation is for 1,200 subscribers. Subscription: $35/year for Canadian subscriptions, $40/year for US subscriptions, $45/year for international. Sample: $13. Estab. 1959. Circ. 1,200. Pays on publication. No kill fee. Publishes ms an average of 4 months after acceptance. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in 4 months to queries. Responds in 3-6 months to mss. Sample copy for $13, more info online. Guidelines online.
NONFICTION No reviews, tracts, or scholarly essays. Pays $20/printed page, and 2 copies of issue.
FICTION For Drama: one-acts/excerpts of no more than 1500 words preferred. Also interested in seeing dramatic monologues. Needs experimental, traditional. “New writing that is contemporary and literary. Short stories and self-contained novel excerpts. Works of translation are eagerly sought and should be accompanied by a copy of the original. Would like to see more translations. No gothic, confession, religious, romance, pornography, or science fiction.” Buys 12-16 mss/year. Send complete ms. 25 pages maximum Pays $20/printed page, and 2 copies of issue.
POETRY Needs avant-garde, traditional. Wants “fresh, distinctive poetry that shows an awareness of traditions old and new. We read everything.” Considers poetry by children and teens. “Excellence is the only criterion.” Has published poetry by Margaret Avison, Elizabeth Bachinsky, John Pass, Warren Heiti, Don McKay, Bill Bissett, and Stephanie Bolster. Submit maximum up to 6 poems. Pays $40/printed page, and 2 copies of issue.
QUEEN'S QUARTERLY144 Barrie St., Queen's University, Kingston ON K7L 3N6 Canada. (613)533-2667. E-mail: queens.quarterly@queensu.ca. Website: www.queensu.ca/quarterly. Contact: Joan Harcourt, literary editor (fiction and poetry); Boris Castel, nonfiction editor (articles, essays and reviews). 95% freelance written. Quartlery literary magazine. Queen's Quarterly is “a general interest intellectual review featuring articles on science, politics, humanities, arts and letters, extensive book reviews, and some poetry and fiction.” Estab. 1893. Circ. 3,000. Byline given. Pays on publication. Sends galleys to author. Publishes ms on average 6-12 months after acceptance. Accepts queries by e-mail. Responds in 2-3 months to queries; 1-2 months to ms. Sample copy: $6.50. U.S. Subscription: $20 for Canada, $25 for U.S. and foreign subscribers. Guidelines available on website.
NONFICTION Send complete ms with SASE and/or IRC. No reply with insufficient postage. Length: up to 3,000 words. “Payment to new writers will be determined at time of acceptance.”
FICTION Send complete ms with SASE and/or IRC. No reply with insufficient postage. Accepts 2 mss/issue; 8 mss/year. Publishes 5 new writers/year. Length: 2,500-3,000 words. “Submissions over 3,000 words shall not be accepted.” “Payment to new writers will be determined at time of acceptance.”
POETRY Receives about 400 submissions of poetry/year, accepts 40. Submissions can be sent on hard copy with a SASE (no replies/returns for foreign submissions unless accompanied by an IRC) or by e-mail and will be responded to by same. “We are especially interested in poetry by Canadian writers. Shorter poems preferred.” Has published poetry by Evelyn Lau, Sue Nevill, and Raymond Souster. Each issue contains about 12 pages of poetry. Buys 25 poems/year. Submit maximum 6 poems. Usually pays $50 (Canadian)/poem (but it varies), plus 2 copies.
P.O. Box 17463, Portland OR 97217. E-mail: submissions@raglitmag.com. Website: raglitmag.com. Contact: Seth Porter, editor; Dan Reilly, editor. 90% freelance written. The Rag focuses on the grittier genres that tend to fall by the wayside at more traditional literary magazines. The Rag's ultimate goal is to put the literary magazine back into the entertainment market while rekindling the social and cultural value short fiction once held in North American literature. Estab. 2011. Byline given. Pays prior to publication. Editorial lead time 1-2 months. Accepts queries by e-mail. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in 1 month or less for queries; in 1-2 months for mss. Guidelines online.
FICTION Accepts all styles and themes. Needs humorous, transgressive. Buys 12 mss/year. Send complete ms. Length: up to 10,000 words. Pays 5¢/word, the average being $250/story.
FILLERS Length: 150-1,000 words. Pays $20-100.
Box 6725, Raleigh NC 27628-6725. E-mail: info@raleighreview.org. Website: www.raleighreview.org. Rob Greene, editor. Contact: Rob Greene, editor; Landon Houle, fiction editor; Bryce Emley, poetry editor. 90% freelance written. Semiannual literary magazine. “Raleigh Review is a national nonprofit magazine of poetry, short fiction (including flash), and art. We believe that great literature inspires empathy by allowing us to see the world through the eyes of our neighbors, whether across the street or across the globe. Our mission is to foster the creation and availability of accessible yet provocative contemporary literature. We look for work that is emotionally and intellectually complex. Estab. 2010. Pays on publication. Publishes ms 3-6 months after acceptance. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds typically in 1-3 months, though sometimes up to 3-6 months. “Poetry and fiction submissions through Tell It Slant online system; no prior query required.” Sample copy: $13.50 hardcopy or $4.95 on Kindle. “Sample work also online at website.” Guidelines online.
FICTION Needs confessions, ethnic, mainstream, novel excerpts, slice-of-life vignettes. “We prefer work that is physically grounded and accessible, though complex and rich in emotional or intellectual power. We delight in stories from unique voices and perspectives. Any fiction that is born from a relatively unknown place grabs our attention. We are not opposed to genre fiction, so long as it has real, human characters and is executed artfully.” Buys 10-15 mss/year. Submit complete ms. Length: 250-7,500 words. “While we accept fiction up to 7,500 words, we are more likely to publish work in the 4,500- to 5,000-word range.” Pays $10 maximum.
POETRY Needs free verse, traditional, lyric, narrative poems of experience. Submit up to 5 poems. “If you think your poems will make a perfect stranger's toes tingle, heart leap, or brain sizzle, then send them our way. We typically do not publish avant garde, experimental, or language poetry. We do like a poem that causes—for a wide audience—a visceral reaction to intellectually and emotionally rich material.” Buys 30-40 poems/year. Submit maximum 5 poems. Length: open. Pays $10 maximum.
12411 Ventura Blvd., Studio City CA 91604. (818)505-6777. E-mail: tim@rattle.com. Website: www.rattle.com. Contact: Timothy Green, editor. Published quarterly in March, June, September, and October. RATTLE “includes poems, essays, and interviews with poets, and tribute features dedicated to a specific ethnic or vocational group.” Estab. 1994. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in 1-3 months. Guidelines online.
NONFICTION “Welcomes essays on poetry or the writing process.”
POETRY Wants “meaningful poetry in any form.” Submit up to 5 poems at a time. Accepts e-mail submissions (pasted into body of message). Cover letter is required (with e-mail address, if possible). Submit maximum 5 poems. Pays $100/poem and a 1-year subscription for print contributors; $50/poem for online contributors.
THE RIALTOP.O. Box 309, Alysham, Norwich NR11 6LN England. E-mail: info@therialto.co.uk. Website: www.therialto.co.uk. Contact: Michael Mackmin, editor. The Rialto, published 3 times/year, seeks to publish the best new poems by established and beginning poets. Seeks excellence and originality. Has published poetry by Alice Fulton, Jenny Joseph, Les Murray, George Szirtes, Philip Gross, and Ruth Padel. Estab. 1984. Payment on publication. Publishes ms 5 months after acceptance. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in 3-4 months. Submission guidelines can be found on the website. We now accept online submissions via Submittable. Details on website. Postal submissions still very welcome. We respond by e-mail to postal submissions from outside of the UK.
POETRY Submit up to 6 poems at a time with a SASE. E-mail submissions via Submittable now welcome, details on website. Pays £20/poem on publication.
ROOMWest Coast Feminist Literary Magazine Society, P.O. Box 46160, Station D, Vancouver BC V6J 5G5 Canada. E-mail: contactus@roommagazine.com. Website: www.roommagazine.com. “Room is Canada's oldest feminist literary journal. Published quarterly by a collective based in Vancouver, Room showcases fiction, poetry, reviews, art work, interviews, and profiles by writers and artists who identify as women or genderqueer. Many of our contributors are at the beginning of their writing careers, looking for an opportunity to get published for the first time. Some later go on to great acclaim. Room is a space where women can speak, connect, and showcase their creativity. Each quarter we publish original, thought-provoking works that reflect women's strength, sensuality, vulnerability, and wit.” Estab. 1975. Circ. 1,400. Byline given. Pays on publication. Yes, if work is accepted but cannot be published Accepts queries by online submission form. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in 6 months. Sample copy: $12 or online at website.
NONFICTION Buys 1-2 mss/year. Submit complete ms via online submissions manager. Length: up to 3,500 words. Pays $50-120 (Canadian), 2 contributor's copies, and a one-year subscription.
FICTION Accepts literature that illustrates the female experience—short stories, creative nonfiction, poetry—by, for and about women. Submit complete ms via online submissions manager. Pays $50-120 (Canadian), 2 contributor's copies, and a one-year subscription.
POETRY Room uses “poetry by women, including trans* and genderqueer writers, written from a feminist perspective. Nothing simplistic, clichéd. We prefer to receive up to 5 poems at a time, so we can select a pair or group.” Submit via online submissions manager. Pays $50-120 (Canadian), 2 contributor's copies, and a one-year subscription.
Creative Writing Program, Syracuse University, English Deptartment, 401 Hall of Languages, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY 13244. Website: salthilljournal.net. Contact: Emma DeMilta and Jessica Poli, editors. “Salt Hill is published through Syracuse University’s Creative Writing MFA program. We strive to publish a mix of the best contemporary and emerging talent in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Your work, if accepted, would appear in a long tradition of exceptional contributors, including Steve Almond, Mary Caponegro, Kim Chinquee, Edwidge Danticat, Denise Duhamel, Brian Evenson, B.H. Fairchild, Mary Gaitskill, Terrance Hayes, Bob Hicok, Laura Kasischke, Etgar Keret, Phil Lamarche, Dorianne Laux, Maurice Manning, Karyna McGlynn, Ander Monson, David Ohle, Lucia Perillo, Tomaž Šalamun, Zachary Schomburg, Christine Schutt, David Shields, Charles Simic, Patricia Smith, Dara Wier, and Raúl Zurita among many others.” Byline given. No kill fee. Accepts queries by online submission form. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Guidelines online.
NONFICTION Contact: salthillnonfiction@gmail.com. Needs essays, interview, reviews. Special issues: “We accept a wide-range of creative nonfictions. Currently, we are especially interested in memoir and essay forms.” Does not want articles or reports. Submit via online submissions manager; contact nonfiction editor via e-mail for retractions and queries only. Length: up to 30 pages.
FICTION Contact: salthillfiction@gmail.com. Submit via online submissions manager; contact fiction editor via e-mail for retractions and queries only. Length: up to 30 pages.
POETRY Contact: salthillpoetry@gmail.com. Submit up to 5 poems via online submissions manager; contact poetry editor via e-mail for retractions and queries only.
THE SAVAGE KICK LITERARY MAGAZINEMurder Slim Press, 29 Alpha Rd., Gorleston Norfolk NR31 0EQ United Kingdom. E-mail: moonshine@murderslim.com. Website: www.murderslim.com. 100% freelance written. Semiannual magazine. “Savage Kick primarily deals with viewpoints outside the mainstream: honest emotions told in a raw, simplistic way. It is recommended that you are very familiar with the SK style before submitting. Ensure you have a distinctive voice and story to tell.” Estab. 2005. Circ. 500+. Byline given. Pays on acceptance. Publishes ms an average of up to 2 months after acceptance. Accepts queries by mail, e-mail. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in 7-10 days to queries. Guidelines free.
NONFICTION Needs interview, personal experience. Buys 10-20 mss/year. Send complete ms. Length: 500-3,000 words. Pays $25-35.
COLUMNS Buys up to 4 mss/year. Query. Pays $25-35.
FICTION Needs mystery, slice-of-life vignettes, crime. “Real-life stories are preferred, unless the work is distinctively extreme within the crime genre. No poetry of any kind, no mainstream fiction, Oprah-style fiction, Internet/chat language, teen issues, excessive Shakespearean language, surrealism, overworked irony, or genre fiction (horror, fantasy, science fiction, western, erotica, etc.).” Buys 10-25 mss/year. Send complete ms. Length: 500-6,000 words. Pays $35.
Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva NY 14456. (315)781-3392. Fax: (315)781-3348. E-mail: senecareview@hws.edu. Website: www.hws.edu/academics/senecareview/index.aspx. Semiannual magazine publishing mss of poetry, translations, essays on contemporary poetry, and lyric essays (creative nonfiction that borders on poetry). The editors have special interest in translations of contemporary poetry from around the world. Publisher of numerous laureates and award-winning poets, Seneca Review also publishes emerging writers and is always open to new, innovative work. Poems from SR are regularly honored by inclusion in The Best American Poetry and Pushcart Prize anthologies. Distributed internationally. No kill fee. Accepts queries by mail or via Submittable. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in 3 months. Guidelines online. E-mail questions to senecareview@hws.edu.
NONFICTION Needs essays, translation. Special issues: Past special features include Irish women's poetry; Israeli women's poetry; Polish, Catalan, and Albanian poetry; excerpts from the notebooks of 32 contemporary American poets, an issue of essays devoted to Hayden Carruth; an issue dedicated to editor Deborah Tall; The Lyric Body, Anthology of Poets, Essayists and Artists Intimately Address Difference and Disability. Length: up to 20 pages.
POETRY Submit maximum 3-5 poems.
Sequestrum Publishing, 1023 Garfield Ave., Ames IA 50014. E-mail: sequr.info@gmail.com. Website: www.sequestrum.org. Contact: R.M. Cooper, managing editor. Biweekly literary magazine in tabloid and online formats. All publications are paired with a unique visual component. Regularly holds contests and features well-known authors, as well as promising new and emerging voices. Estab. 2014. Circ. 1,200 monthly. Byline given. Pays on acceptance. 100% kill fee. Publishes ms 2-6 months after acceptance. Editorial lead time: 3 months. Accepts queries by online submission form. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Sample copy available for free online. Guidelines available for free online.
NONFICTION Needs book excerpts, essays, general interest, humor, memoir, opinion, personal experience, photo feature, narrative, experimental. Special issues: Two contests yearly: Editor's Reprint Award (for previously published material) and New Writer Awards (for writers yet to publish a book-length manuscript). Buys 3-5 mss/year. Submit complete ms via online submissions manager. Length: 500-5,000 words. Pays $10/article.
FICTION Needs adventure, confessions, experimental, fantasy, horror, humorous, mainstream, mystery, novel excerpts, science fiction, short stories, suspense, western, Slipstream. Buys 11-15 mss/year. Submit complete ms via online submissions manager. Length: 5,000 words max. Pays $10-15/story.
POETRY Needs avant-garde, free verse, haiku, light verse, traditional, cross-genre. Buys 20 poems/year. Submit maximum 4 poems. Length: 35 lines max. Pays $10/set of poems.
University of the South, 735 University Ave., Sewanee TN 37383-1000. (931)598-1000. E-mail: sreview@sewanee.edu. Website: review.sewanee.edu. Contact: George Core, editor. The Sewanee Review is America's oldest continuously published literary quarterly. Publishes original fiction, poetry, essays on literary and related subjects, and book reviews for well-educated readers who appreciate good American and English literature. Only erudite work representing depth of knowledge and skill of expression is published. Estab. 1892. Circ. 2,200. Pays on publication. Responds in 6-8 weeks to mss. Sample copy: $8.50 ($9.50 outside U.S.). Guidelines online. Submit complete ms by mail; no electronic submissions. Queries accepted but not preferred. Rarely accepts unsolicited reviews.
NONFICTION Submit complete ms by mail; no electronic submissions. Queries accepted but not preferred. Rarely accepts unsolicited reviews. Length: up to 7,500 words. Pays $10-12/printed page, plus 2 contributor's copies.
FICTION literary, contemporary. No erotica, science fiction, fantasy, or excessively violent or profane material. Buys 10-15 mss/year. Submit complete ms by mail; no electronic submissions. Length: 3,500-7,500 words. No short-short stories. Pays $10-12/printed page, plus 2 contributor's copies.
POETRY Submit up to 6 poems by postal mail. Keep in mind that for each poem published in The Sewanee Review, approximately 250 poems are considered. Length: up to 40 lines/poem. Pays $2.50/line, plus 2 contributor's copies (and reduced price for additional copies).
P.O. Box 2071, Dept. W-1, Niagara Falls NY 14301. E-mail: editors@slipstreampress.org. Website: www.slipstreampress.org/index.html. Contact: Dan Sicoli, co-editor. Annual magazine covering poetry only, b&w photos, drawings, and illustrations; a yearly anthology of some of the best poetry and fiction you'll find today in the American small press. Estab. 1980. No kill fee. Accepts queries by mail. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Guidelines online.
POETRY Submit poetry via mail or online submission manager, Submittable. Prefers contemporary urban themes—writing from the grit that is not afraid to bark or bite. Shies away from pastoral, religious, and rhyming verse. Chapbook Contest prize is $1,000 plus 50 professionally printed copies of your chapbook.
SMITHS KNOLLGoldings, Golding Lane, Leiston, Suffolk England IP16 4EB UK. E-mail: michael@klaskey.orangehome.co.uk. Website: www.michael-laskey.co.uk/smiths_knoll.php. Contact: Michael Laskey and Joanna Cutt, co-editors. Magazine covering contemporary poetry. “We are open to new voices. We like to work with poets too on poems that appeal to us but that we think aren’t quite there yet, asking questions, maybe making suggestions if it seems helpful. Then we care a lot about the look of the poems: we print them on good quality paper; and give them space, don’t cram them in.” Estab. 1991. Circ. 500. Pays on publication. No kill fee. Publishes ms an average of 2 weeks after acceptance. Accepts queries by mail. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in 1 week to mss. Free if you live in the UK. Guidelines online.
POETRY Submit maximum 4-6 poems.
TIPS We’re neurotic about proofreading.
The Society of Classical Poets, 11 Heather Lane, Mount Hope NY 10940. E-mail: submissions@classicalpoets.org. Website: www.classicalpoets.org. Contact: Evan Mantyk, president. 10% freelance written. Annual literary magazine, published in a book format, that features poetry, essays, and artwork. Interested in poetry with rhyme and meter (or syllable counting). Believes in reviving classical poetry and classical arts. Estab. 2012. Circ. 1,000. Byline given. Publishes ms an average of 6 months after acceptance. Editorial lead time is 2 months. Accepts queries by e-mail. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in 1 weeks to queries and 1 month to mss. Guidelines available for SASE.
NONFICTION Needs essays, expose, opinion.
POETRY Needs traditional. Some type of meter, such as iambic pentameter, (or syllable counting) is preferred but not absolutely required. If you want feedback on your submission, indicate it on the submission. Accepts poetry only on 5 themes (generally): beauty (in human nature, culture, the natural world, classical art forms, and the divine), great culture (good figures, stories, and other elements from classical history and literature), persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners in China (and plight of Chinese people under communism in general), and humor (clean humor only, includes riddles), and translations. Also will consider short stories, essays, art, news, and videos on the above themes. Does not want love poetry, free verse, or any dark poetry. Submit maximum 5 poems. Does not offer payment.
English Department - MH249 Salem State University, 352 Lafayette St., Salem MA 01970. (978)542-6000. E-mail: soundingseast@salemstate.edu. Website: www.salemstate.edu/soundingseast/. Annual magazine dedicated to publishing high quality literature covering poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Soundings East is the literary journal of Salem State University, published annually with support from the Center for Creative and Performing Arts. Estab. 1973. Circ. 750. No kill fee. Accepts queries by mail, online submission form. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Prose submissions (fiction and nonfiction) should not exceed 10,000 words. Poetry of any style is welcomed; please limit prose submission to 2 pieces and poetry to 5 poems. Include a brief bio. All publication rights revert to authors.
Auburn University, 9088 Haley Center, Auburn University AL 36849. (334)844-9088. Fax: (334)844-9027. E-mail: shr@auburn.edu. Website: www.southernhumanitiesreview.com. Contact: Aaron Alford, managing editor. Southern Humanities Review publishes fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Estab. 1967. Circ. approximately 800. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Sample copy: $5 U.S., $8 international. Guidelines online.
SOUTHERN OCEAN REVIEWP.O. Box 2143, Dunedin New Zealand. E-mail: treeves@es.co.nz. Website: homepages.ihug.co.nz/~Streeves/guidline.htm. Quarterly magazine including fiction, poetry, criticism, commentary, essays, and articles on visual arts and music. Southern Ocean Review welcomes submissions from across the globe. Estab. 1996. No kill fee. Accepts queries by mail, e-mail. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Guidelines online.
THE SOUTHERN REVIEW338 Johnston Hall, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge LA 70803. (225)578-5104. Fax: (225)578-6461. E-mail: southernreview@lsu.edu. Website: thesouthernreview.org. Contact: Jessica Faust, co-editor and poetry editor; Emily Nemens, co-editor and prose editor. 100% freelance written. Works with a moderate number of new/unpublished writers each year; reads unsolicited mss. Quarterly magazine with emphasis on contemporary literature in the U.S. and abroad. “The Southern Review is one of the nation’s premiere literary journals. Hailed by Time as 'superior to any other journal in the English language,' we have made literary history since our founding in 1935. We publish a diverse array of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry by the country’s—and the world’s—most respected contemporary writers.” Reading period: September 1 through December 1 (prose); September 1 through February 1 (poetry). All mss submitted during outside the reading period will be recycled. Estab. 1935. Circ. 2,900. Byline given. Pays on publication. No kill fee. Publishes ms an average of 6 months after acceptance. Accepts queries by mail, online submission form. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in 6 months. Sample copy: $12. Guidelines available online at thesouthernreview.org/submissions.
NONFICTION Needs essays. Buys 15 mss/year. Submit ms by mail or through online submission form. Length: up to 8,000 words. Pays $25/printed page (max $200), 2 contributor's copies, and 1-year subscription.
FICTION Wants short stories of lasting literary merit, with emphasis on style and technique; novel excerpts. “We emphasize style and substantial content. No mystery, fantasy, or religious mss.” Buys 30 mss/year. Submit 1 ms at a time by mail or through online submission form. “We rarely publish work that is longer than 8,000 words. We consider novel excerpts if they stand alone.” Length: up to 8,000 words. Pays $25/printed page (max $200), 2 contributor's copies, and 1-year subscription.
POETRY Submit poems by mail. Submit maximum 5 poems. Pays $25/printed page (max $200); 2 contributor's copies, and 1-year subscription.
STAND MAGAZINESchool of English, Leeds LS2 9JT United Kingdom. (44)(113)233-4794. E-mail: stand@leeds.ac.uk. Website: www.standmagazine.org. North American submissions: David Latané, Stand Magazine, Dept. of English, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond VA 23284. Contact: Jon Glover, managing editor. Stand Magazine is concerned with what happens when cultures and literatures meet, with translation in its many guises, with the mechanics of language, with the processes by which the policy receives or disables its cultural makers. Stand promotes debate of issues that are of radical concern to the intellectual community worldwide. U.S. submissions can be made through the Virginia office (see separate listing). Estab. 1952. Publishes ms an average of 1 year to 18 months after acceptance. Accepts queries by mail. Guidelines online.
FICTION Does not want genre fiction. Length: up to 3,000 words.
POETRY Submit through postal mail only. Include SASE.
Sundress Publications, E-mail: stirring@sundresspublications.com. E-mail: stirring.fiction@gmail.com; stirring.poetry@gmail.com; stirring.nonfiction@gmail.com. Website: www.sundresspublications.com/stirring. Contact: Luci Brown, Managing Editor; Andrew Koch, Managing Editor; Sarah Einstein, Managing Editor. “Stirring is one of the oldest continually-published literary journals on the web. Stirring is a monthly literary magazine that publishes poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, and photography by established and emerging writers.” Estab. 1999. Circ. 2500/month. Publishes ms 1-2 weeks after acceptance. Accepts queries by e-mail. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in 3-6 months. Visit our website for guidelines.
NONFICTION Needs essays, memoir, reviews. Submit complete ms by e-mail to stirring.nonfiction@gmail.com. Length: up to 5,000 words.
FICTION Needs literary. Submit complete ms by e-mail to stirring.fiction@gmail.com Length: up to 5,000 words.
POETRY Wants free verse, formal poetry, etc. Doesn't want religious verse or children's verse. Has published poetry by Dorianne Laux, Sharon Olds, Patricia Smith, Chad Davidson. Receives about 1,500 poems/year, accepts 60. Submit up to 5 poems by e-mail to stirring.poetry@gmail.com. Length: 1-6 pages (most often accepts half- to full-page poems).
STORIEVia Suor Celestina Donati 13/E, Rome 00167 Italy. (+39)06-454-33670. Fax: (+39)06-454-33670. E-mail: info@storie.it. Website: www.storie.it/english. “Storie is one of Italy's leading cultural and literary magazines. Committed to a truly crossover vision of writing, the bilingual (Italian/English) review publishes high-quality fiction and poetry, interspersed with the work of alternative wordsmiths such as filmmakers and musicians. Through writings bordering on narratives and interviews with important contemporary writers, it explores the culture and craft of writing.” Estab. 1986.
FICTION “Manuscripts may be submitted directly by regular post without querying first; however, we do not accept unsolicited manuscripts via e-mail. Please query via e-mail first. We only contact writers if their work has been accepted. We also arrange for and oversee a high-quality, professional translation of the piece.” Pays $30-600 and 2 contributor's copies.
TIPS “More than erudite references or a virtuoso performance, we're interested in a style merging news writing with literary techniques in the manner of new journalism. Storie reserves the right to include a brief review of interesting submissions not selected for publication in a special column of the magazine.”
3302 MHRA Building, UNCG, Greensboro NC 27412 USA. E-mail: terry@storysouth.com. Website: www.storysouth.com. Contact: Terry Kennedy, editor; Cynthia Nearman, creative nonfiction editor; Drew Perry, fiction editor; Luke Johnson, poetry editor. Covers experimental, literary, regional (South), poetry, translations. “storySouth accepts unsolicited submissions of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction during 2 submission periods annually: May 15-July 1 and November 15-January 1. Long pieces are encouraged. Please make only 1 submission in a single genre per reading period.” Estab. 2001. Publishes ms 1 month after acceptance. Accepts queries by online submission form. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Responds in 2-6 months to mss. Guidelines online.
NONFICTION Contact: Cynthia Nearman, creative nonfiction editor. Needs translations. Submit 1 essay via online submissions manager. No word limit.
FICTION Contact: Drew Perry, fiction editor. Submit 1 story via online submissions manager. No word limit.
POETRY Contact: Luke Johnson, poetry editor. Needs experimental, literary, regional (South), translations. Submit 3-5 poems via online submissions manager. No word/line limit.
Murray Hall 170, College of St. Benedict, 37 S. College Ave., St. Joseph MN 56374. E-mail: studio1@csbsju.edu. Website: digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/studio_one/. Contact: William Harren, Lucas Giese, editors in chief. Studio One is a literary and visual arts magazine published each spring by the College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s University. Its mission is to give new and established writers alike a forum in which to present their works. The magazine’s focus is poetry, short fiction, essays, and all forms of reproducible visual art works. Studio One is student-run, and the student editors change yearly. Submissions are open to all students on either Saint John’s or Saint Benedict’s campuses and to the general public regardless of regional, national, or international location. Estab. 1976. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Sample copy can be obtained by sending a self-addressed, stamped manila envelope and $6.
FICTION Length: no more than 2,000 words.
POETRY Considers simultaneous submissions; no previously published poems. Accepts e-mail submissions (pasted into body of message); “clearly show page breaks and indentations.” Seldom comments on rejected poems. Submit maximum 5 poems. Lines/poem: “poetry no more than 2 pages stands a better chance of publication.”