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Before you submit
Read the brief before you send your work in. All open calls are listed below.
To get a feel for the kind of work we publish and why, read the About page first.
We read everything we receive: fully, or until we know the work is not for us. If it isn't, we'll tell you why. If it is, we'll be in touch. Either way, expect to hear from us within twelve weeks.
One submission at a time, please. Simultaneous submissions are fine; let us know immediately if the work is accepted elsewhere.
What we look for
Not this
- Performed emotion
- Explained metaphors
- Correct politics in bad prose
- Narrators asking for sympathy
- Obvious redemptive arcs
This
- The strange, handled without ceremony
- Politics embedded in what the narrator notices
- Writing that works on the sentence level
- Questions rather than answers
AI-assisted work
Seize the means of production.
We see AI as a tool, not a malevolent sentient entity, and accept AI-assisted work. We are not interested in policing your process. Whether it includes a writing group, a regime of controlled intoxication, or a chatbot, use whatever makes your writing better.
Our conditions are simple
- You must hold the rights to publish
- You must disclose AI assistance when submitting
- The work must meet our literary standards
The rest is irrelevant.
Open calls
Your submission
We've received your submission.
We'll read it, and we'll be in touch. Every submission gets a response.