Monday, September 9, 2024

More places to send your short prose and poetry (and get paid by some of them)

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Freefall: Canada’s magazine of exquisite writing

Freefall is a literary magazine based in Calgary, Alberta. It publishes two issues a year, with one of them dedicated to their annual prose and poetry contest. They accepts submissions of h poetry, fiction, non-fiction, literary reviews, author interviews, and visual arts.

For prose, submit up to 4,000 words. They accept short stories and novel excerpts; nonfiction, including writing-related or general-audience topics; creative nonfiction; plays; and postcard stories. Pays $10 per page in the magazine (to a maximum of $100) and one copy of the issue your piece is published in.

For poetry, submit 1–3 poems of any style. The length of any individual poem cannot exceed 6 pages. Pays $25 per poem and one copy of the issue your piece is published in.

For art, submit photographs of original artwork or any other subject matter. Photos must be submitted in black and white with maximum dimensions of 6” by 4”, minimum 300 dpi, and artistnametitle name scheme. FreeFall pays $100 for cover art/photos and one issue copy upon publication. They also provide the artist/photographer a one-page bio inside the issue to promote themselves.

For interviews and book reviews, submit proposal queries only (guidelines supplied when proposal approved). Pays $50 and one copy of the issue in which your piece is published.

Deadline for upcoming issue: September 30, 2024. Full guidelines here.

 

Blue MarbleReview is a quarterly online literary journal showcasing creative work of writers ages 13–22. They publish sort fiction, poetry, nonfiction, photography and art.

Pays $30 U.S. per published piece or $75 for cover art.

For fiction, submit stories of 1,500 words or less. You may submit up to three pieces at a time.

In nonfiction, they publish memoir, personal essays, travel adventure, and the occasional research paper and book review. You may submit one or two pieces at a time.

For poetry, submit up to three poems; otherwise, wide open.

With art, submit up to four pieces (scanned, jpeg format) or four photographs.

Full submission guidelines here.

 

Uppagus literary journal accepts poems, flash fiction, and visual art. 

“Uppagus is your childhood friend that adults never meet. They think he's imaginary, but you know better. Adults fear the psychological damage they'll cause by disbelieving you. So one day, they all start pretending to see him too.

“That makes Uppagus real. Doesn't it?

“Uppagus is a mother-son venture, something we do for fun.”

Submit up to four poems or one flash fiction piece. They prefer flash fiction shorter than 750 words.

For visual art, submit up to six files (.jpg or .png)

Full submission guidelines here. No deadline; accepts submissions on an on-going basis.


CommuterLit is looking for short stories, memoir, novel excerpts and poetry (one poem or a series of poems), in any genre, with a word count of 500 to 4,000. They always need stories. This is one of the best places in Canada to get your first publication.

Deadline: Ongoing. Full submissions guidelines here.

 

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Monday, July 29, 2024

Three places to send your short prose and poetry (especially travel pieces, but everything else, too)

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Lowestoft Chronicle

Founded in September 2009, Lowestoft Chronicle is an online literary magazine, published quarterly, accepting flash fiction, short stories, poetry, and creative nonfiction. Preference is given to humorous submissions with an emphasis on travel. Lowestoft also publishes an annual anthology of the best work.

Their mission: “To form a global think tank of inquisitive, worldly scribblers, collectively striving towards excellence and, if possible, world domination.”

Fiction: Submit manuscripts of any genre up to 3,000 words for consideration. 

“In contrast to my Humanities schoolteacher, who would place exam papers on a grocery scale and grade according to weight, at Lowestoft Chronicle we always give priority to shorter manuscripts. However, unless it is poetry, bite size submissions under 100 words will probably be considered too slight for our scales and will likely be rejected.”

Poetry: Lowestoft accepts all forms of poetry, but please only submit one or two of your very best poems per reading period.

Nonfiction: Lowestoft welcomes narrative nonfiction, commentary, slice of life, and memoirs. Humorous pieces are especially welcome. Please keep submissions under 3,000 words.

Deadline for next issue: August 15, 2024. After that, check back to see when their next reading period opens. Full submission guidelines here.

TheNashwaak Review

The Nashwaak Review publishes original poetry, short fiction, travel pieces, essays, articles and reviews. The Nashwaak also reproduces photography and paintings in black and white. Their covers are by living Canadian artists and are reproduced in full colour.

Since its founding in 1994, The Nashwaak Review has been a venue for new and established artists, reviewers, and critics throughout Canada. Contributors include such luminaries as the late Louis Dudek, David Adams Richards, Karen Connolly, Fred Cogswell, Stephen Heighton, George Elliot Clarke, Ann Copeland, and Ken Norris.

Perhaps more importantly The Nashwaak has been an outlet for many promising young writers especially, but not exclusively, from Atlantic Canada. They like to claim that they’re slightly different from most small Canadian magazines because of their travel section and because they accept essays and review books from disciplines other than literature.

The Nashwaak Review publishes twice yearly with the financial support of St. Thomas University in Fredricton, New Bruswick.

Submissions:

“Submissions must be sent by hard copy as well as electronically as an attachment.” (That seems to say you submit your piece by both hard copy and by email ~Brian)

All submissions must be accompanied by a self-addressed stamped envelope.

Mail submissions to:

Stewart Donovan, Editor
The Nashwaak Review
St. Thomas University
Fredericton, NB, Canada
E3B 5G3

And by email at: tnr@stu.ca

Full submission guidelines here.

World Hum

World Hum is a well-established and highly reputable website dedicated to publishing travel stories, videos and slideshows of the highest quality. Since World Hum’s inception in 2001, stories from the site have appeared in “The Best American Travel Writing” anthologies and Travelers’ Tales anthologies, and they have won Lowell Thomas Awards from the Society of American Travel Writers.

World Hum posts several types of features:

Travel Stories are first-person travel narratives.

Speaker’s Corner essays feature rants or raves about any travel-related subject.

Travel Interviews are interviews with travelers, writers, artists – anyone with something interesting to say about travel.

Lists explore a wide range of travel-related topics.

Audio slideshows explore travel through photographs, sound and narration.

Submissions:

If you would like to contribute to any of these sections, please paste your completed essay or article as well as a brief bio into the body of an email – World Hum will not open attachments – and send it to dispatches@worldhum.com

Submissions should be no more than 1,500 words. Do not send multiple submissions, and do not send queries. World Hum reviews only completed posts and essays.

Include the section of the site you want to contribute to in the subject line of your email. If your submission is time sensitive, please say so in the subject line as well.

If your submission is accepted by World Hum, the editors will contact you as soon as possible with more information, including payment details. (I haven’t been able to find how much they pay, but they do pay ~Brian)

Full guidelines here.


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Monday, July 15, 2024

More great places to send your weird (and not so weird) short prose & poetry ~ and most of them pay

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Craft was established in 2017 as a literary magazine for fiction and expanded in 2020 to also publish creative nonfiction.

Pays $200 US for short stories and for creative nonfiction pieces 1,000–6,000 words; $100 for flash fiction and flash creative nonfiction; and $50–$100 for essays on writing craft and interviews. 

Submissions always open. Guidelines here.

Currently, Craft is also running a First Chapters contest for adult literary fiction. Submit the first chapter or chapters of your novel – maximum 5,000 words. Prizes: $2,000 US for first place; $500 for second, and $300 for third. $20 entry fee.

Contest deadline Aug 4, 2024. Details here.

 

City. River. Tree. Publishes postcard or flash fiction and picta-flash, both online and in a yearly print anthology.

They are looking for fiction of 100-500 words in any genre. You may submit up to three stories. Pays 2 cents US per word ($2 minimum, $5 maximum).

They also want one-page stories written in pictographs; 10 – 50 pictographs per story. Pays 20 cents US per pictograph ($2 minimum, $10 maximum).

Full submission information here.

 

Bourbon Penn seeks highly imaginative stories with a healthy dose of the odd.  Odd characters, odd experiences, odd realities. 

“We’re looking for genre / speculative stories and are quite partial to slipstream, cross-genre, magic realism, absurdist, and the surreal.

“We want character.  For us, stories live and die by their characters.  We’re looking for fully drawn characters who surprise us with their honesty, complexity, and contradictions.

“We want mysterious.  We’re looking for stories that grab the reader, make them ask, “what the hell is going on?” and then deliver on the tease.

“We want ideas and we want action.  We love exploring big, philosophical ideas, but we revel in suspenseful plotting.  If you’re adept at blending these elements, we can’t wait to read your work.

“We want fresh voices and exciting prose.  We want to be surprised.  We want to be inspired.  We want to find stories that we can’t wait to publish, promote, and evangelize.”

Pays 4 cents US per word.  Guidelines here.

 

Monkeybicycle is an online literary journal which is updated almost daily. 

“Founded in 2002 in Seattle, WA, Monkeybicycle has continued to publish the absolute highest quality in a wide range of literary categories. Twice, works we’ve published were selected for inclusion in the Best American Nonrequired Reading anthologies and have a selection in the 2018 Best Small Fictions anthology.”

Monkeybicycle publishes short stories (2,000 words maximum) and one-sentence stories. They are open to all genres, as long as there is a strong story and a great narrative. If you have experimental work you'd like to send, they’ll definitely consider that as well.

One-sentence stories, need to be one sentence long, and MonkeyBicycle publishes a new one on their website every Wednesday.

Submissions always open. Guidelines here.

 

PureSlush wants flash fiction submissions for The Absent Bassoonist, the 4th anthology in their Music series. Stories must be 150 – 1,000 words.

They have a detailed scenario you must adhere to:

The Quonsettville Community Orchestra is set to open the newly-rebuilt LaChute Cultural Center with a sparkling concert.

The concert on Saturday 18th June 2023, will include the first public performance in 68 years of Dudley Donegal O’Day’s magnificent (and very underrated) Triple Bassoon Concerto (transcribed for two bassoons).

But on the night of the concert, First Bassoonist Solomon Schweitzer never arrives.

Why?

We want to know what Solomon is doing instead of showing up to perform.

What do you believe happened to Solomon?

To set the scene for the anthology, click here for the story An Empty Chair.

For some simple facts about Solomon (so we’re all on the same page), click here.

For a map of Quonsettville, where the action in The Absent Bassoonist is set, click here.

 Your The Absent Bassoonist submission must include mention of Solomon Schweitzer, his whereabouts, and his reason/s for not showing up to the concert.

PLEASE NOTE: Solomon is not dead. Nor does he show up to play at the end of the concert. Nor does Bethany Thackeray know where he is, nor was she involved in his non-appearance. Solomon and Bethany are not secret lovers or conspirators, and she is genuine in her claim she does not know why he has not arrived for the performance, nor does she know where he might be.

To submit, click here. Please include the word BASSOON, plus your name and the title of your submission, and the word count. (Please note: word counts do not include titles or your name.)

Deadline:  September 30, 2024. Full guidelines here.

  

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