Submissions for Issue XI (Fall/Winter 2025) and Issue XII (Spring/Summer 2026) open midnight (CST/CDT) JUNE 1, 2025 and close 11:59 PM/midnight (CST/CDT) JULY 14, 2025. Please note that submissions for a particular genre are subject to close early if a large amount of submissions are received.
Mulberry Literary is thrilled to announce that, as of June 2025, we are a paying publication. Contributors will now receive a payment of $20 USD for each piece accepted in an issue. (please note that payment can only be sent through PayPal)
PLEASE NOTE: Mulberry Literary does not accept any copyright infringing pieces, AI-generated, or AI-prompted visual art, writing, or any such AI-created submissions.
As of June 1st 2025, all written and visual work must be submitted through our online forms; we no longer accept submissions through our email. Submissions received through email without editor approval will be automatically rejected.
Submissions to Mulberry are currently free, but if you would like to receive an expedited TWO-WEEK response, please consider making a donation to help Mulberry’s growing platform for artists and writers. Our donation page here has more information. Donations do not increase your chances of being accepted for publication, contests, or awards.
Simultaneous submissions are a-okay, but please inform us immediately if your piece has been accepted elsewhere. After a piece has been rejected or accepted, do not send us another entry during the same submission period. If you were published in a previous issue of Mulberry, please wait a full year before submitting again.
During our summer reading period, those who submit are automatically entered into Mulberry’s Fresh Voices Award, which awards an interview and artist spotlight to one applicant in each genre.
If your work is accepted, Mulberry Literary receives first North American serial publication rights (FNASR). Feel free to publish your piece elsewhere afterward so long as you state Mulberry Literary as its first appearance.
Written work accepted by Mulberry is subject to possible edits. An edited version of your work will be sent to you before the release of an issue. We encourage you to read it. If there are any changes you do not agree with or changes you would like to make in addition, do not hesitate to let us know.
Expect a response anywhere from an hour to a day to a week to a few months after you submit. If you do not hear back from us after 3 months, please reach out and make sure we received your submission. Publication date of Issue XI (Fall/Winter 2025) and Issue XII (Spring/Summer 2026) will be announced.
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and one of our editors will get back to you as soon as possible.
We look forward to reading and sharing your stories!
More information and online art submission forms here.
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