READING FEE

There is a $3 reading fee for non-subscribers.

Current print or digital subscribers are waived the submission fee and usually receive a faster response time. Subscribe now by clicking here.

We will verify your subscription is current before your submission is assigned to our editorial team. The form in Submittable will be auto-saved and you can return to it once you have subscribed.

GUIDELINES

• Please submit only one short story at a time and wait for a response before sending another. Simultaneous submissions to other magazines accepted. Please withdraw promptly if story is accepted elsewhere.

• Due to increasing submissions and a limited volunteer reading staff, we cannot guarantee a specific response time window. If you’d like to check on the status of your story, log into your Submittable account for updates.

• We accept submissions from anywhere in the world, but stories must be in English. Translations are accepted if permission of original author is explicitly granted in writing.

• No genre fiction (thriller, horror, romance, etc.); literary fiction only. Novel excerpts only if it stands alone as a story.

• Stories must be previously unpublished. This includes blogs, online, and any print media with a circulation greater than 1000.

• Word count limit: no minimum, max 10,000.

• Please do your best to format manuscript to be double-spaced, with 1" margins, and author name and story title in header.