Submission Guidelines

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(Moved to Flash outlets)

WWW Magazines

• Aabye's Baby (poetry)
• ableMUSE (formal poetry)
• Ancient Heart (Send up to three poems in the body of an email message to: editor@ancientheart.co.uk)
• Avatar Review
• Big Bridge (poetry, fiction, non-fiction).
• Blue Moon Review
• Blue Penny Quarterly (literary short fiction (less than 3000 words), poetry, and creative non-fiction - submissions to dlawson@ebbs.english.vt.edu)
• Carnelian (poetry)
• Carve (stories)
• Conspire (poetry and prose)
• Cortland Review (Poetry, Prose, and Essays).
• Defenestration (humour)
• Echoes (poetry and prose - submissions to echoesmag@aol.com)
• Eclectic Literary Forum (fiction and essays up to 3500 and poetry)
• flashquake (Flash fiction/nonfiction and poetry)
• Fringe Magazine (all genres (including criticism, plays, short shorts, novel exerpts, six-word novels, and long poetry).
• Gravity. Send submissions to John Carle
• The Green Tricycle (very short poetry, fiction, drama, and creative non-fiction)
• Gruene Street (poetry, fiction and essays up to 5000 words, reviews 750-2500 words. Previously paper-published work is accepted - submissions to aff@tenet.edu)
• The Hawk (poetry and articles - submissions to hawk@cruzio.com)
• HeadLight Journal (non-fiction, fiction, poetry, art and photography) - submissions to submissions@HeadLightJournal.com
• Highbeams "poetry, fiction, and prose" - submissions to highbe@stu.beloit.edu
• Infinity Online (SF, fantasy, horror, essays - submissions to submissions@infinityonline.com)
• Inklings (writers' magazine - query letters to ohi@inkspot.com)
• InterText (prose - submissions to submissions@intertext.com)
• in Vivo (fiction under 15,000 words and poetry - submissions to jtillman@freenet.fsu.edu)
• Ironwood
• Janus Head - essays, fiction, poetry
• ken*again (prose less than 2500 words, poetry, creative nonfiction, art or photography)
• Kudzu (fiction under 7,500 words, essays and poetry) - submissions to kudzu@etext.org
• Limestone Poetry and a few Short Stories and comments etc.
• Lynx Poems and critical articles - stress lies on readability.
• Magma (poetry - submissions to magma@dcs.qmw.ac.uk)
• Makar "poetry, fiction, and special features" - submissions to dmp137@email.psu.edu
• Mississippi Review - submissions to barthelm@whale.st.usm.edu
• The Missouri Review (currently - July 2000 - not accepting electronic submissions).
• The Morpo Review "poetry and short, unhinged essays and short stories" - submissions to morpo-submissions@morpo.com
• Numbat (e-mail submissions of poetry ok) [added Jan 2003]
• Offcourse (essays, poems, short fiction or reviews up to 1000 words)
• Oyster Boy Review.
• Pedestal (pays)
• Pink Cadillac (poetry and prose). Submissions to jmitchel@olemiss.edu
• Plum Ruby Review [added Apr 2004]
• Quanta (mostly SF) - submissions to quanta@quanta.org
• Querty (poetry and prose) - submissions to I1AV@unb.ca
• Rear View Mirror - poetry, prose and art.
• Recursive Angel (poetry and prose - pays!) - submissions to 3468441@mcimail.com
• Samsära Quarterly - Send up to 6 poems and one fiction piece per month to shahan@intercom.net [added January 2003]
• Steel Point Quarterly
• Salt Hill (Hypertext and Digital Art, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Print Art, and Book Reviews. Electronic submissions are welcome)
• Scrawl (email contributions to scrawlmagazine@newwriting.org) [added April 2002]
• Shearsman [added January 2003]
• Snakeskin (poetry to simmers@primex.co.uk)
• So it goes... (poetry - submissions to soitgoes@pitt.edu)
• Stride Magazine (submissions of 4 or 5 poems, short prose, reviews or articles to submissions@stridemagazine.co.uk)
• The Summerset Review (prose) [added May 2004]
• Tarpaulin Sky [added Jan 2004]
• trout (for/about New Zealand writers)
• Verbiage (short fiction 100-3000 words - submissions to boutell@boutell.com)
• Verso (poetry. Submissions to sarbnsn@cncnet.com)
• Vestal Review (Flash Fiction - pays)
• Words-Myth (poetry, articles)
• The Writers Edge (writers' magazine - query letters to edge@nashville.net)
• The Writer's Hood (many genres)
• Zuzu's Petals Quarterly

Paper-only Magazines with WWW pages

• 32 poems
• AGNI Review - "The editors welcome submissions of poetry and fiction. Manuscripts may be sent from October 1 to April 30."
• Ambit. Send submissions to: Ambit (W.S.S), 17 Priory Gardens, London, N6 5QY, UK.
• American Letters & Commentary (annual - particularly interested in innovative and challenging writing.)
• American Literary Review - submit between September 1 and May 1.
• American Tanka (online submission preferred!)
• Angelaki (journal of the theoretical humanities). Themed issues. Manuscripts should be submitted to: Angelaki, 44 Abbey Road, Oxford OX2 0AE, UK. E-mail: greenway@angelaki.demon.co.uk. Work accepted for publication in the journal is required to conform to the Modern Language Association Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
• Anon (a poetry magazine with anonymous submissions)
• Antigonish Review - poetry, fiction (500-5000 words). Canadian bias.
• Bellingham Review (October 1st through May 1st)
• Beloit Poetry Journal
• Buzzwords (fiction up to 4000 words, and poetry).
• Candelabrum (poetry - specially welcomes metrical work, particularly with rhyme)
• The Carolina Quarterly
• Carriage House Review (dark fiction)
• Chapman (poetry and fiction - mostly Scottish)
• Chicago Review - "The editors welcome submissions of unpublished poetry, fiction, and nonfiction."
• Colorado Review (Manuscripts read September 1 - April 30)
• Cream City Review - Fiction, non-fiction, poetry. Avoid May 1-Sept. 1.
• DreamCatcher - Fiction, non-fiction, poetry. Joe Warner, 32 Queen Road, Barnetby-le-Wold, North Lincolnshire, UK
• The Edge City Review, 0912 Harpers Sq Ct, Reston, VA 20191 - don't send in December. They publish almost no free verse.
• Fine Madness - (poetry)
• Fishdrum - especially interested in Zen
• Florida Review
• Georgia Review
• Glimmer Train Stories (on-line submission preferred)
• Indiana Review, Include work titles, previous publications and awards, and a SHORT biographical paragrah in cover letters.
• Interzone (SF)
• Iowa Review (not April 1st - September 1st)
• Kenyon Review - "manuscripts are read September through March. However, because of a backlog of accepted manuscripts, we will not be reading unsolicited manuscripts from April 1999 to September 2000"
• Lullaby Hearse - poetry and fiction. Send submissions in the body or as an attachment to: editor@lullabyhearse.com. [added Mar 2003]
• New England Review - (accepts work Sept 1st to May 31st. All editorial and business correspondence should be mailed to New England Review, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753).
• Janus - Poetry.
• The Leading Edge - SF semi-pro paper/WWW magazine.
• Literal Latte - "Stories, Personal Essays, Plays or Poems 6,000 word max"
• The Literary Review - "TLR welcomes submissions of fiction and poetry written in English or translated, essays on contemporary literature, and short reviews. Literary essays should provide an overview of a writer or theme rather than a close reading of individual works."
• Los
• Manifold (poetry)
• Many Mountains Moving (June 1st - August 31st)
• Marlboro Review
• Michigan Quarterly Review
• Mobius
• Mosaic - Evelyn J. Hinz, 208 Tier Bldg., Univ of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R3T 2N2. Interdisciplinary study of literature. 5,000 words is the desired length. Essays must represent innovative thought. Send 3 hard copies of the essay and a 60 word abstract and include both on a diskette copy (MAC or IBM both accepted). Please do not put your name or address on the copies of the essay or the abstract. Provide a cover letter stating that the essay has not previously been published and is not being considered for publication elsewhere.
• The National Poetry Review
• nemonymous (prose, Nov-May)
• New England Review (September 1 through May 31)
• New Letters (no submissions between May 15 and October 15)
• Nimrod
• Orphan Leaf
• Other Poetry (submissions to The Editors, Other Poetry 29 Western Hill Durham DH1 4RL United Kingdom. Alternatively, submissions can be e-mailed to James Roderick Burns at roderickburns@hotmail.com. Both attachments (in Microsoft Word) or poems pasted into the body of the message are acceptable. You will receive an immediate reply acknowledging your submission. However, as all poems are subjected to a multi-layered editorial process, it is not possible to furnish a decision on electronically-submitted poems any more quickly than for those posted to the magazine. (Decisions on work are generally made within six weeks of initial submission.)
• Oxford Magazine - (fiction and poetry. Submit between September and January) - submissions to Miami University, Department of English, 356 Bachelor Hall, Oxford, OH 45056
• Oxford Poetry (10 pounds for 2 issues [5/5/09]
• Papers on Language & Literature (MLA style, 1985)
• Ploughshares (submit between August 1 and March 31)
• Poesia International Poetry Review (Our reading period is December 1-March 1) [25/11/03]
• Poetry
• Prairie Schooner (short stories, poems, interviews, imaginative essays of general interest, and reviews of current books of poetry and fiction. Not scholarly articles. Send between September and May).
• Pretext. Prose (less than 5000) and poems.
• Q.W.F. Magazine (Quality Women's Fiction) (September to May, Up to 4,500 for stories, up to 1,000 for articles/reviews).
• Quarterly West
• Rafters (fiction, creative non-fiction, short shorts, translations, and poetry)
• Sewanee Review (Poems (40 lines or less) should not exceed 6 per submission; stories (3500-7500 words) should be sent individually. For each poem published, roughly 250 poems are considered here; for each story, 150 stories.). Unsolicited works should not be submitted between June 1st and August 31st.
• SHENANDOAH (poetry and prose)
• Sol
• The Stinging Fly
• Sycamore Review (poetry, short fiction, essays)
• The Threepenny Review (not June, July, and August. $100/poem)
• Tin House
• TriQuarterly
• Verse
• The Wolfhead
• Zoetrope stories

UK Poetry Presses

• Anvil
• Arc - 8 books/year. Send to Nanholme Mill, Shaw Wood Rd., Todmorden, Lancs, OL14 6DA
• Barque
• Bloodaxe (they receive 100 unsolicited manuscripts a week. They produce 50 book a year)
• Carcanet (40/year)
• Jonathan Cape/Chatto & Windus - send a covering letter and 30 poems. Random House, 20 Vauxhall Bridge Rd., London SW1V 2SA
• Enitharmon Press - 36 St George's Avenue, London N7 0HD
• Faber and Faber
• Headland Publications - 38 York Avenue,West Kirby, Wirral L48 3JF
• The Many Press
• Peterloo
• The Poetry Business
• Ragged Raven Press
• Reality Street Editions
• Rockingham Press. 11 Musley Lane, Ware, Herts, SG12 7EN.
• Seren Books. Andmar House Tondu Road, Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, CF31 4LJ, Wales
• Stride
• Lollipop (UK small poetry publishers)

Paper-only Magazines

• Essays in Criticism, Stephen Wall, 6A Rawlinson Rd., Oxford, OX2 6UE. Oxford bias. 'Critical Opinion', 'Articles'...
• The Cambridge Quarterly, Mrs J.E.Parker, Forbes Library, Clare College, Cambridge, England.
• New Literary History, 219 Bryan Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 2290. - (theoretical articles on literature, articles from other disciplines that help define the problems of literary study, etc. 5000 words, max).
• Yale Journal of Criticism, The Editors, The Yale Journal of Criticism, The Whitney Humanities Center, PO Box 208298, New Haven, CT 06520 - (Interdisciplinary articles welcome. 2 copies conforming to the Chicago Manual of Style, 13th edition)

See also

• in Vivo's Internet Writer's Guideline Listing
• Bold Type's Index of Literary Magazines
• Poetry Publishers Who Accept Electronic Submissions
• My guide to Getting your poetry published in the UK