Submission Period: October 22 - December 22
What can I submit?
First a reminder that we only look at work that has been rejected (at least once) from other literary magazines and presses. In your cover letter, you may let us know from where your piece was previously rejected (just let us know one place if it has been rejected from multiple places), but it is not required. This stays confidential. While we default to trust, we do reserve the right to contact other lit mags if necessary.
We publish poetry and short (typically no more than 1,000 words) prose. Please do not send us longer stories or manuscripts. Our tastes are eclectic and we especially love reading pieces written by poets in marginalized communities. We aren’t looking for any particular themes or styles, though as the issue develops we may group accepted pieces into similarly themed collections for the issue. You may submit just one poem or short prose story during an open submission period, so make it count!
Simultaneous submissions are fine, but please let us know right away if your work is accepted somewhere else so we can send you a virtual high-five!
Please keep in mind that we do not want pieces that were rejected because they were deemed racist, homophobic, hateful, antisemitic, sexist, overly graphic, nsfw, etc. etc. etc. This is definitely not the place for any of that.
How do I submit?
Send all submissions to:
secondchancelit@gmail.com
Your submission’s subject line should read: PoetrySubmission/LastName or ProseSubmission/LastName.
In the body of your email please include a short (25-50ish word) greeting letting us know who you are (and optional: one place where your submitted piece was not accepted. Again, this stays confidential). Please also include a short (25-50ish word) third-person bio and social media handle(s) so we can hopefully promote/tag you later!
We ask that your work be sent as an attachment in .doc(x) or .pdf file format.
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