Call for Submissions: upstreet

upstreet, based in the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts, is an award-winning literary annual containing the best new fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction available. Founded in 2005, it is a nationally distributed magazine, independently owned and published.

upstreetnumber four was awarded a Bronze Medal in the 2008 Independent Publisher Book Awards.

Submission Guidelines:

We invite you to submit your fiction and creative nonfiction to upstreet.

• upstreet does not consider unsolicited poetry submissions. Only poems submitted by invitation will be read. Queries about poetry may be made to poetry1ATupstreet-magDOTorg (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )

• Work whose theme or topic is political, or which contains partisan political references, will not be considered.

• We take submissions only through our website. To submit, please go to our website and follow the instructions for the upstreet Submission Manager. 

• The submission period for the next issue of upstreet is from September 1 to March 1. The Submission Manager will take work only within that time period.• The Submission Manager provides a form to enter the author’s name, address, phone number, and email. A brief bio and other information may be entered in the comments field.• Please do not submit previously published works, or more than two fiction and two nonfiction pieces per issue.

• Fiction and nonfiction pieces must be 5,000 words or less. Each item should be submitted separately. If more than one piece is included in a file, the submission will be withdrawn, unread.• 

• Please tell us if your submission is being considered elsewhere, and tell us immediately if it is accepted by another publication.• Notification will be made by email by mid-May. The next issue of upstreet will appear in early July. 

• Payment, upon publication, will be between $50 and $250 for short stories or essays. Each author will also receive one complimentary copy, and may purchase more copies at a reduced rate.