Essays - Personal Narrative — Personal Narrative will open for submissions on Tuesday, September 3, 2024. The portal will close at 11:59 PM PST on Tuesday, September 17, 2024 or when we reach a cap of 750 submissions.
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- Submissions must be full drafts of personal essays submitted via Submittable
- While there are no restrictions on form or subject matter, submissions should center narrative and consider what it means to essay; in other words, write to interrogate, investigate, adventure, and introspect
- Submissions must be between 2,000 and 6,500 words in length
- Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please let us know immediately if a submission is accepted elsewhere
- Previously published work will not be considered
- Response time is approximately six to eight months
- Writers may submit once per submission period, but writers can have active submissions across other EL categories. (This does not apply to year-round submitting members. For more information on member submissions, please refer to the welcome email you received when you signed up as member, or email wynter@electricliterature.com.)
- Upon acceptance, we can offer authors $100 for publishing rights, with 90-day exclusivity
For more information on what we’re looking for, please watch our salon on EL’s General Nonfiction Program
More information and submission portal here.
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