Call for Creative Nonfiction Submissions: Hindsight Magazine

Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis. We accept pieces online through our Submittable account. We do not accept pieces by post or email. Submission is free.

All submissions are considered for publication, either in print or online. While we cannot offer payment outside of our competitions, we send print copies to all published contributors. Print copies are otherwise distributed annually at AWP conferences, and locally here in Boulder, Colorado. Our print volume is published annually. All of our issues are available for free online.

Submission Guidelines

We welcome submissions from everyone except current teaching faculty at the University of Colorado Boulder.

We only publish creative nonfiction writing, fact-checking as necessary.

Any necessary textual citation should follow Chicago Manual of Style footnote format.

AI-generated submissions will be rejected.

Hindsight publishes all forms of creative nonfiction (including narrative journalism, creative scholarship, and nonfiction poetry). Pieces for our Changing Skies issues must address or center around climate issues.

All submissions are considered for publication in print, online, or both.

We only accept the following file types:

Word files (.docx, .doc) for writing.

JPG's or PDF's for art or work including graphics.

For all prose, use double-spaced Times New Roman 12 point type, 1" margins, and indented paragraphs.

For prose in sections, indicate space breaks with a centered hashtag.

For all poetry, use single-spaced Times New Roman 12 point type, double spacing between stanzas.

Please remove your name from your piece, including file name, first page with title, headers, and pagination, to ensure anonymous reviewing. If your writing includes an identifiable name for you (beyond simply a common first name, etc.) please replace with "MY NAME" and we will restore your name in editing if accepting your piece for publication.

We accept simultaneous submissions, but please notify us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere, through Submittable, and pull the piece. We publish only previously unpublished work and obtain First North American Serial Rights: all rights revert to you as soon as we publish your work first. We may then republish or excerpt your work unless you request that we not do so.

Submit your work here.

Call for Submissions: Toronto Journal

What do we publish?

We publish short stories from anywhere in the world.

We will also consider non-fiction pieces that are either set locally or explore some local history (Toronto, GTA, and surrounding). See the Stories from the City category, and the Toronto Feature category, respectively, for some examples.

Who do we publish?

We are firm believers in the idea that the writing should speak for itself. It’s irrelevant to us whether you’re a new writer or an established writer. All submissions to Toronto Journal are anonymous.

Compensation

We pay $50 per piece. All published writers will also receive a printed copy of the issue in which they appear.

Submission Guidelines

• Do not include your name or email on the pdf or word document with your content.

• Do not include a cover letter with your work.

• Word limit is 7,500 words.

• No strict formatting requirements besides legibility.

• Simultaneous submissions are ok. Please let us know if your work is accepted elsewhere.

• If your work is selected for publication, Toronto Journal has first serial rights only, and the author retains all other rights to the work.

• We cannot accept any work that has been published previously in English, either in print, online, in audio format, or otherwise.

• Should we happen to accept multiple pieces from the same author for a given issue, the accepted pieces may be postponed to subsequent issues.

• If you are submitting for the Summer issue, expect to hear back from us by March 31st each year. If you are submitting for the Winter issue, expect to hear back from us by September 30th each year. If you don’t hear back from us, please get in touch: submissions@torontojournal.com.

How to submit?

Use the online form. Remember to not include any identifying information in your attachment. Submissions to Toronto Journal are anonymous.
We are currently accepting submissions for our Summer 2025 issue.

Deadline: 1 March 2025.

Call for Submissions: West Branch

The editors of West Branch welcome submissions of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and translation. We normally read unsolicited manuscripts between August 1st and April 1st. We print only original, unpublished work. For accepted work, we purchase First North American serial rights.

Payment is awarded for accepted works in the amount of $100 per submission of poetry, and $.10/word for prose with a maximum payment of $200. Additionally, we provide each contributor with two copies of the issue in which his/her work appears and a one-year subscription to West Branch.

Please review the submission guidelines below before submitting using the online submission manager:

• All manuscripts should be paginated, with the author's name on each page. Prose should be double-spaced and include a word count.

• Please send no more than six poems or thirty pages of prose. You may submit up to three pieces of short-form fiction (flash, short-shorts, etc.) so long as the total page count remains under fifteen pages. Poems and multiple short-form pieces should be saved and uploaded as a single file.

• The submission manager accepts most document types; we prefer to receive files in .DOC or .RTF format.

• We prefer to receive no more than two submissions from a single contributor in a given reading period. We make periodic checks for contributors who have reached the 2-submission limit, and reject any additional pieces submitted by those contributors. However, you will still be able to log in to view your account, and reaching the 2-submission limit will not affect pieces already under consideration. Please note also that the submission manager will only allow you to have one piece under consideration at any given time.

• Simultaneous submissions must be clearly marked as such in the comments section. If any of the work is accepted elsewhere, please withdraw your own West Branch submission immediately.

• Our usual response time is ten weeks or less--often much less--but if we find your material interesting you may wait longer to hear from us. Please DO query if more than four months have passed since your submission, via e-mail at:

 westbranch@bucknell.edu

• Book reviews are typically arranged by assignment, and we currently publish only poetry reviews. If you are interested in writing reviews, please query with a sample. Our pay rate for reviews is highly competitive.

Please acquaint yourself with the magazine before submitting; sample back issues are available for only $3. Subscriptions are available at $10 for one year and $16 for two years. For subscription information, selected work, and news, see our website.

Call for Submissions: British Science Fiction Association

British Science Fiction Association

Editors Gene Rowe and Eugen Bacon are delighted to announce that submissions for Fission #5 are opening. We’re excited to read your original science fiction stories!

The submissions window opens at midnight on 13 February 2025 and closes at 11:59 pm on 26 February 2025.

Submission guidelines: Email submissions to:

fission@bsfa.co.uk

and put “Fission #5 submission” in the subject header. Please COPY AND PASTE your story into the body of the email. NO ATTACHMENTS.Due to ongoing cybersecurity concerns, we’ll delete any submission that is an attachment or has hyperlinks.

We invite original science fiction stories (genre-bending stories welcome!) up to 5,000 words, and offer a contributor payment rate of 2 pence per word.

We do not accept reprints. We may consider translations for work that has never been published in the English language.

One submission per author, simultaneous submissions welcome, but tell us when your work is accepted elsewhere so we can withdraw it from Fission.

You don’t need to be a BSFA member to submit.

Important note on generative AI: We do not accept any work created or altered by generative ‘AI’ such as, but not limited to, Midjourney and ChatGPT.

Questions? Email:

fission@bsfa.co.uk.

Call for Submissions: Chewers by Masticadores

Chewers by Masticadores

Submissions are always open and free.

Submit up to five pieces of poetry, prose, fiction, creative nonfiction and essays, book reviews, interviews, experimental works, translations, images of original artwork/photography, or collaborations. Include your works in a Word document or in the body of your email.

Add your author image and a short third-person bio (2-3 lines, no more than 50 words) and a link to your website at the bottom of your submission email.

Note: Previously-published contributors do not have to provide an author image or bio unless they want to update their information on this page: https://chewersmasticadores.wordpress.com/contributor-bios/

Chewers accepts both unpublished and previously published work. Submit previously-published work if you own the rights, and note the journal that published your work.

Simultaneous submissions ok.

Please edit for spelling and grammar before you submit.

The Subject line of the email should state Submission – your full name.

Submit to: Nolcha Fox/Editor

email:

nolchafox@yahoo.com

Notes:

Chewers by Masticadores does not allow Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), nor is it a content farm. All of our content is produced by humans. – Nolcha Fox, Editor

Please do not submit work that would be removed from social media if published because it is inappropriate, disrespectful, or offensive. This includes work that is sexist, racist, homophobic, sexually explicit, or hateful. Moreover, this is not a forum for promoting religions, political parties, or products (except books).

After publication, all rights revert to the author. If your work is republished in the future, please credit Chewers by Masticadores as the previous publisher.

Call for Submissions: New Feathers Anthology

New Feathers Anthology is an online literature and art magazine, published three times annually, with a year-end print anthology. We are interested in quality fiction, poetry, nonfiction, visual art, music, and short videos, imposing no restrictions on genre; however, we only accept written work that has not been previously published, whether in print or online.

All work must be electronically submitted to our editors through Duosoma. Works of literature should be attached as a .doc or .docx file. We suggest that literature submissions be formatted with 12 pt. Times New Roman type, and essays and short stories should be double spaced.

Your files should contain no identifying information, as all submissions are read blindly by our editors. Submit each piece in a separate file, so that you can easily withdraw pieces, if necessary. Include a cover letter with your first and last name, email address, mailing address, the title of your work(s), and a brief bio (100 words or less). If you have a project to promote or a website, include a few lines promoting your work and a link to your website.

We are open for submissions from February 1 to March 1 for our spring issue, June 1 to July 1 for our summer issue, and October 1 to November 1 for our winter issue.

​Simultaneous submissions are accepted. If your submission has been accepted by another journal, however, please do us a favor and withdraw the piece. Allow four to six weeks for a decision​Fiction and Nonfiction

We welcome literary fiction submissions of all forms, including those that incorporate experimental or genre elements. We are happy to consider self-contained excerpts of novels and long stories. In nonfiction, we welcome memoir, personal essay, lyric and experimental work, hybrid forms, new journalism and nonacademic cultural criticism. Please limit fiction and nonfiction submissions to one story or essay, with a maximum of 4,000 words. For flash fiction or nonfiction, contributors may submit up to three works.

Poetry
We are looking for fresh, original work that impresses us with its ideas, language, and technique, regardless of the form. When submitting, make sure that the line breaks, spacing, and other formal elements of your poem are correct. Please limit poetry submissions to one to five poems.

Art
Works of visual art should be attached as a .jpg, .jpeg, .gif, .png, or .pdf file. We accept most forms of visual art (as photos); this includes photography, illustration, animation, sculpture, painting, ceramics, and drawing. Each artist can submit up to three pieces of visual art for consideration.

Videos
Since we are an online journal, we are excited to include short films (no more than twenty minutes). We are interested in both documentary and fictional work, of all types. Please attach a link to your video, as a multimedia submission. If your work is accepted, we will arrange a dropbox to upload your file. Please submit just one video per submission.

Music or Sound Art
Music or sound art should be attached as a link, for example to a Soundcloud or Bandcamp file, as a multimedia submission. If your submission is accepted we will arrange a dropbox to upload your file. Please limit your submission to three pieces.

New Feathers Anthology acquires First Electronic Rights and Archival Rights for the work we publish in our magazine. We ask that you give permission for us to also publish your work in the year-end print anthology. All rights revert back to the author upon publication. If your work is later republished, we request you note its initial publication in New Feathers Anthology.

At this time we are unable to offer monetary payment to our contributors, but all contributors will be eligible for the New Feathers Award at the end of the year and will receive a print copy of the year-end anthology comprised of all works published during the year. 

Submit your work here.

Call for Submissions: Menagerie Magazine

 

Menagerie publishes fictions, essays, and poems. We believe in sentences so sharp they draw blood, the strange and inexplicable, the wild and weird and uncanny, words in thickets, clusters, and flocks, pieces that move us beyond caring what others think about said pieces.

Things we like: fictions ala Borges, Link, Calvino, & Sparks; weird lyric essay; engagements with the environment and natural world; poems that explode form; bricolage, masala, & sagul sagul; forays into the omnipresent information-saturated online architecture we live in.

Things we don’t: lukewarm prose, sentences bereft of emotion, formulaic attempts at being on trend, conformity, pat endings, sentiment-drenched rhyming poems, neat and orderly stories.

We care about writers and artists. That means if you’ve entrusted your work to us, you’ll get a response. And we pay for the work we publish. Because it’s important that we value what you’ve made.

Menagerie is open for two reading periods a year: Feb-May and Aug-Nov. Subs are free till we hit our monthly cap, so get in early. Tip Jar subs are also available during reading periods. (If only tip jar subs are available on the submittable page, that means we’ve hit our monthly free cap. If you want to submit for free, just wait till the start of the next month.)

We’ll do our level best to promote your work, pairing each piece with original artwork, and providing social posts you can use on your own channels. It’s our hope that Menagerie will serve as an accelerator for bringing your work into the world and getting it noticed.

We observe the following guidelines:

• Simultaneous submissions are allowed. If your work is accepted elsewhere, please withdraw it.

• Please submit to only one category at a time. A focused submission is better than hitting all categories at once.

• Poetry submissions may include 3-5 poems at once. If one of the poems is accepted elsewhere, notify us, and we’ll continue considering the other poems in your submission.

• Stories and essays should be no more than 5K. We tend to publish in the 1-3K category more frequently, through, given the short attention span we all have on the web.

• We pay $50 per acceptance (e.g. one piece of prose or one to three poems) and acquire first serial rights. We do not republish work that has already appeared elsewhere.

• Please expect a response time of 30-60 days.

In short: if you’ve written something and don’t know what to call it, we want to see it. Our menagerie is vast and unending, and contains all size and shape of curios.

Perhaps yours will soon be one of them.

Submit your work here.