Submissions for Journal Fifteen are Open
We don't mean to stress you out, but our theme for Journal 15 is Tension.
It's the elephant in the room. It's the lion tamer's head in the lion's mouth.
BUT, on the bright side, it's also the engine that drives the drama, the abracadabra that makes the magic, and the need that creates the invention.
For Journal 15, we want tension.
We knock on your door and request that emotion come out and play. We pound on your door and demand the truth.
We want the rubber band taut. We want resistance. We want your focus on the gap between where you are and where you want to be, the longing for home, or the need to get away.
Send us the revelations, conversations, and adaptations that spring up. We want to explore tension channeled forward, from the drainage ditch to the river, to the waves and the ocean, to good things hard earned.
We want the bad tension too. Ease our tension with yours. Ease your tension by screaming at us. Turn up the heat. Don't give us a break.
We'll keep this fury fast.
We'll close submissions on Labor Day, September 1, a fitting day to refocus your attention.
What we are looking for…
Muleskinner Journal accepts previously unpublished work only. Please use the following word counts to select a category to submit. Submit in only one category. Send no more than one submission per issue.
Poetry: Any length or form. (1-3 pieces)
Flash or Micro Fiction: max. 1000 words each (1-3 pieces)
Short Story/excerpts from longer (previously unpublished) work: (max. 3000 words) Please include word count on first page
Creative Nonfiction: (max. 3000 words) Please include word count on first page
We look for writing of all kinds that uses skill, wit, and determination to deliver the goods. We accept and publish poetry, short fiction, flash fiction, micro-fiction, short scripts, excerpts from longer works, memoir, criticism, craft essays, artwork, journalism, and shopping lists.
We don’t care who you are, as long as you are the author of what you submit.
Manuscript Guidelines…
We accept unsolicited general submissions for free, through Submittable.
We have a Tip Jar. It’s voluntary. But’s it’s there to help us offset costs and build toward paying our writers. Someday. Soon.
Submissions should be in .doc or .docx format and the file should be titled: Last Name_Title or Last Name_Poems.
Prose submissions should be sent in Times New Roman or similar, 12pt font, double-spaced, always, with numbered pages.
For prose, please include the word count at the top of the first page.
Simultaneous submissions are fine — we’re writers too, after all — but let us know if your piece is accepted elsewhere.
Include a short, third-person bio - we want to know who you are, and include any social media handles you would like us to share.
No more than one submission per issue.
Feel free to inquire about the status of your submission if you haven’t heard back after a month. We try to be quick.
No re-submissions of the same work unless a revision was specifically requested.
And finally, we are listed in Duotrope, so don’t forget to report your submission (if you use them, that is), and thank you!
Submit your work here.
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