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Copper Nickel accepts submissions of poetry , fiction , essays , and translation folios from September 1 to December 15, January 15 to March 1 . Please submit four to six poems , one story , or one essay at a time, and please wait at least six months between submissions. For prose we do not have any length restrictions —but longer-than-normal pieces have to earn their space . For a translation feature , submit five to ten poems or a piece of prose (fiction or nonfiction). If we accept, we’ll ask for a contextualizing introductory essay of 500-1200 words. We DO accept simultaneous submissions , though we ask you to contact us if submitted work is accepted elsewhere . To withdraw stories, essays, or translation folios , please withdraw through submittable . To withdraw individual poems or flash pieces , please email editor/managing editor Wayne Miller indicating which poems should be withdrawn. Note that you will not receive a direct reply ; the information ...

The most enduring and influential contest in the history of SF and Fantasy L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future Contest is an opportunity for new writers of science fiction and fantasy to have their work judged by some of the masters in the field and discovered by a wide audience. No entry fee is required and entrants retain all publication rights. Entries in the Writers of the Future Contest are adjudicated only by professional writers. Prizes of $1000, $750 and $500 are awarded every three months. From the four quarterly 1st Place winners each year, a panel of judges select one story as the grand prize winner. The writer of the grand-prize-winning story receives the L. Ron Hubbard Golden Pen Award and an additional $5000 cash prize. More details  

General Submission Information Please submit via the Submittable link to the right: We do not accept e-mail submissions. We do not accept previously published work. This includes material that has appeared online in any form, including personal blogs. We accept simultaneous submissions provided you promptly withdraw your work if it is accepted elsewhere. All work should be in a 12 point standard font. Please include a cover page with title, author, and complete contact information. We will only consider one submission per author at a time. We review submissions from September 1- May 1 , with a response time of 1 to 5 months. If after 5 months you have not received a response from us, feel free to contact us by email at  bayoumagazine@gmail.com , and we will be happy to check on the status of your submission. We do not accept submissions from those who are current or former students or faculty of the University of New Orleans. Fiction Update: We are pleas...

About us Overland  is a quarterly print journal (publishing essays, stories and poetry) and an online magazine, publishing non-fiction articles each week day. Overland also occasionally publishes special online editions of fiction and poetry. Those wishing to submit material are strongly urged to familiarise themselves with Overland  and its various projects. Overland  will not – except in special circumstances – accept submissions that have been previously published elsewhere, including on the internet. Overland has a proud history of publishing underrepresented writers and promoting manifold voices. We are especially keen on receiving submissions from women writers of colour in all areas – fiction, poetry, nonfiction and art. Pitches Writers wishing to submit articles to the online magazine should look at our pitch page . This lists the topics we would particularly like to cover and provides a mechanism through which writers can pitch...

Briarpatch Magazine publishes writing and artwork on a wide range of topics, including current events, grassroots activism, electoral politics, economic justice, ecology, labour, food security, gender equity, indigenous struggles, international solidarity, and other issues of political importance. We welcome pitches from unpublished writers, seasoned freelancers, front-line activists, and anyone else with a story to tell and a desire to tell it compellingly. We ask that you research your topic thoroughly, back up your expressed opinions with verifiable facts and persuasive arguments, interview a range of relevant sources as the topic requires, and hold on to relevant documentation for fact-checking purposes. Briarpatch seeks to explore complex issues in everyday language — please write for a progressive, non-specialist audience that may not necessarily share your assumptions or opinions. Include a short (one- or two-sentence) biography at the end of your article. We’v...

Full details  Leading Edge  is a science fiction and fantasy magazine that publishes the work of people from all over the world. We are always accepting submissions, especially short stories. There are a few rules, so please read through our submissions guidelines before sending us your work. We look forward to seeing your submission soon! General Guidelines As with any publication, Leading Edge Magazine will not tolerate plagiarism in any form. If you submit plagiarized work, your work will be rejected and your name and email will be flagged for any future submissions. In addition,  Leading Edge does not accept previously published pieces. Leading Edge is affiliated with and run through Brigham Young University; written and visual submissions must conform with the BYU Honor Code. This includes no nudity, sex, profanity, excessive violence, belittlement of traditional family values or religion, or drug use. More specifics can be found on the Honor Cod...

Call for Submissions: TDotSpec Magazine We are currently seeking exciting, entertaining, thought-provoking, and well-written speculative fiction (broadly defined), without limitation on content or theme, in the range of 100 to 10,000 words . Stories in the range of 2 to 5 thousand words are preferred. We offer a semi-professional rate of CAD 1.5c/word for original fiction (CAD $15/1000 words). We accept reprints at a reduced rate of CAD .4c/word (CAD $4/1000 words). We believe there are many ways to write a good story, so we won't try to limit what we're asking for. In general, a good story keeps you turning pages until the end, and a great story keeps you thinking about it long after that. Of course it's subjective, and our editors represent diverse tastes, so the best thing to do is to submit and see if we like it. Aside from being a good story, with all that entails, some things that might earn you extra points include: innovat...