Call for Submissions: River Styx

General Submission Guidelines for Writers

• Work submitted to River Styx must be previously unpublished in print or online. This includes social media posts.

• We accept poetry, prose, and short play submissions electronically via Submittable or through USPS sent to:

 River Styx

3301 Washington Ave, Suite 2C

St. Louis, MO 63103

• All mailed submissions and correspondence must include a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) with sufficient postage.

• Please do not submit work via any method that requires a signature.

• Prose pieces should be typed, double-spaced, and page-numbered. Send no more than one short story or essay per submission. Stories/essays of 500 words or fewer may be sent in groups of up to three.

• Send up to five poems per submission.

• Translations are welcome if permission has been granted from owner of copyright.

• We will read simultaneous submissions but ask that you inform us of such and notify us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere.

• Expect up to five months for a decision. Please do not query before five months have passed.

• No e-mail submissions of any kind will be considered. If you wish to submit electronically, please use Submittable.

Payment

All writers whose work we publish will receive compensation. This includes a one-year subscription, one additional copy of the issue in which their work appears, and payment of approximately $25 to $150, depending on the length of the work as well as our finances at the time of publication.

For art, we pay $50-150, depending on location and use of the work and (again) our finances at the time the work is accepted.