Writers! You've got stories, poems, essays, comics, books, and interesting lists that you want the world to see, right? THEN SUBMIT THEM. They're not doing you any good just rotting on your hard drive, that's for certain. But, I get it. You're busy and tired and you don't know where you should submit your stuff. Well, here's Rich's Select List of Awesome Local and National Magazines Whose Submission Deadline Is Today. (Nothing like a hard deadline to boost productivity, right?) Get home, get your shit together, and submit your work to at least three places.
What they're looking for: Poetry
Submissions should consist of 3-5 poems (up to 10 pages). We look at excerpts from long poems, too. Simultaneous submissions are fine, as long as you let us know immediately via a Submittable note.
What they're looking for: Fiction, non-fiction.
Though we will consider pieces of any length, we prefer submissions of at least 1,800 words; shorter pieces may be paid at a reduced rate. We are not accepting poetry at this time.
Submissions are limited to current residents of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and British Columbia and those with a substantial connection to the region. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable, with the condition that you notify us immediately if your piece is accepted for publication elsewhere. Please send only one submission, attached as a Word document, to mosslit [at] gmail [dot] com.
Moss pays $125 for each accepted piece. We buy First Serial Rights. There is no fee to submit.
2017 Artsmith Residency on Orcas Island:
What they're looking for: To have you write something in their pretty place.
Beginning in 2017, artists selected for the residency on Orcas Island will receive a $50 honorarium to help offset travel costs. The residency offers lodging at the historic Kangaroo House Bed & Breakfast to five interdisciplinary artists the week of January 2-9, 2017.
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What they're looking for: Comics.
We're looking for completed stand-alone pieces, so no strips. For initial submission, upload a .jpeg file that's 300 dpi. If it's accepted, we'll ask for higher res. Since these comics will be printed, they must be formatted to fit and read well within our parameters of 5x8" (We print at 6x9" with a 1" gutter). Page limit is 8 max.
What they're looking for: Fiction, non-fiction, poetry.
What they're looking for: Short non-fiction on the theme of "The Experience of Race, Racism, and Racialization"
What they're looking for: Fiction, non-fiction, drama, poetry.
Please limit your submission to no more than 5 poems, 2 short plays, or 7,000 words of prose. Simultaneous submissions are encouraged, but we ask that you notify us if the work is accepted elsewhere.
What they're looking for: Fiction, non-fiction, poetry.
We ask that submissions of fiction and nonfiction are between 2,500 and 8,500 words in length. Exceptional work that falls outside this range has found a home in Crazyhorse in the past, but it is an unusual occurrence. For poetry, please submit a set of 3-5 poems.
What they're looking for: Fiction
Word count: 12,000 words, any shorter length stories are more than welcome. Open to all writers.
What they're looking for: Books, chapbooks, or a small batch of poems.
What they're looking for: Non-fiction about your time in the midwest. That's at least 11% of you!
Please submit creative nonfiction or essays of up to 8,000 words. Submissions should be double-spaced and in 12-point font (easier for us to read that way). Please only submit as Word (.doc/.docx) or RTF (.rtf) files.
What they're looking for: Fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, translation.
What they're looking for: Fiction, non-fiction, poetry, translation.
We are interested in innovative writing, good stories, and work that feels as if it had to be written. In other words, we like writing that has the courage of its convictions.
Be mindful of length. Our prose pieces tend to be less than 7,000 words. We consider more than one poem at a time, but will get confused if you send us too many at once (seven is already a dizzying quantity). We consider long poems and flash fiction. We love work in translation (please let us know in your cover letter whether you have appropriate permission to be submitting the translation).
What they're looking for: Interesting lists.
Lists of creative and cultural artifacts, from poems that include the word blackberry to paintings that are mostly white; from famous examples of anaphora to obscure quotations about the nature of art; from novels about nervous breakdowns to good covers of bad songs; from ten pages of a new essay collection to twenty images from the photo album of a famous drag queen. Published simultaneously on our Tumblr account.There is no limit to how many items are featured in a list; however, high-resolution images — which you have permission to use! — should be available to accompany most or all items. Please submit a 1–2 paragraph proposal describing your idea and describing/identifying the images that your piece would include.
Good luck.
