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  Full details  Severed Press is open for submissions, and we want to hear from talented writers of horror and science fiction looking to have their work published. We give full consideration to any submission that offers a well-presented story while adhering to our guidelines. What we want Killer sea creatures or monstrous kaiju fiction: Creature features about monsters that come from the deep, or maybe even somewhere more terrifying. Minimum word count 30k. Dinosaurs: Lost world adventures featuring terrifying creatures from the past. Minimum word count 30k. Military horror/sci-fi: Like Predator or Aliens, a military unit faces off against an unknown threat from beyond the stars or from another dimension. Minimum word count 40k. Apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic scen...

 Full details  Arequipa, Peru is also known as “The White City,” due to its buildings made from gleaming white stone. It’s a city that’s a celebration of ancient Peru and contemporary life combined into one city. During the day, Arequipa shines bright in the sunlight. After dark, the narrow (and, often, cobblestone) streets of the city are mysterious and intriguing. Tiny shops are tucked away in narrow alleys. Theaters exist through massive wooden doors but buried in the depths of hillsides. It’s a city of intrigue and history. White City Press endeavors to capture that same feeling of history/nostalgia while also bringing forth titles of contemporary design. Our special sub-imprint,  Sandra Murphy Presents , exists to help shine the light on unpublished or underpublished authors of extraordinary talent that deserve to be seen and read. We are not interested in publishing lots and lots of material. We’re interested in publishing the  right material. St...

  Full details  Please submit only once per submission period unless otherwise invited. We do not accept e-mail submissions; all work must be submitted through Submittable . Please send all work in one file. We aim to respond to your work within two months; our average response time is closer to one month. Simultaneous submissions are fine, but please notify us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere. We do not accept previously published works. We do not accept any AI-assisted or AI-generated work. Poetry There are no format restrictions. Limit your submission to 5 poems totaling no more than 10 pages. Fiction Authors should limit submissions to no more than 20 pages  (5500 words). Flash and Micro Series Please send ONE piece of flash fiction or flash nonfiction (1200 words or less) or a connected series of THREE micros (250 to 400 words each). What happened to the nonfiction genre? If your nonfiction is less than 1200 words, submit to the flash...

 Full details  We nominate for Pushcart, Best of the Net, Best New Poets, Best Small Fictions, PENN Awards, AND pay $60 per piece of writing for our seasonal issues, $25 for Micro Monday features, and $50 for cover art.   Details on all opportunities and the forms to submit are on Submittable . We believe that diversity and inclusivity is important in redressing imbalances of representation in literary discourse. As such, we strongly encourage submissions by writers from underrepresented areas of society. 100% of the work we publish is unsolicited and many of the writers are early in their writing and/or publishing journey. Each piece that lands in our queue is handled with care, given serious consideration, and evaluated by at least three people, including both editors and readers, from genre specific editorial teams. The Basics: Work must be original and previously uncurated. We gladly accept pieces that have previously only appeared on p...

  Full details  We nominate for Pushcart, Best of the Net, Best New Poets, Best Small Fictions, PENN Awards, AND pay $60 per piece of writing for our seasonal issues, $25 for Micro Monday features, and $50 for cover art.   Details on all opportunities and the forms to submit are on Submittable . We believe that diversity and inclusivity is important in redressing imbalances of representation in literary discourse. As such, we strongly encourage submissions by writers from underrepresented areas of society. 100% of the work we publish is unsolicited and many of the writers are early in their writing and/or publishing journey. Each piece that lands in our queue is handled with care, given serious consideration, and evaluated by at least three people, including both editors and readers, from genre specific editorial teams. The Basics: Work must be original and previously uncurated. We gladly accept pieces that have previously only appeared on ...

 Full details  What can I submit to the European Review of Books? We welcome reviews and essays, broadly considered (the essay is a flexible form). We will consider full drafts as well as well-wrought pitches. All pieces will go through our (often intensive!) process of editing. More sporadically, we welcome fiction and poetry.  Reviews are not limited to English-language material. In fact we welcome elegant and incisive review essays that cast their nets beyond English and consider untranslated writing. Cross-lingual juxtapositions are welcome, too: for instance, we are keen to publish ensemble review essays that pair books from the Anglo-American orbit with books from beyond it. Can I submit an « opinion » piece to the European Review of Books? In general: no. The world is inundated with op-eds. Basta. What is a « pearl »? A pearl is, pragmatically speaking, a shorter-form piece. It is impossible to define bu...