| Name |
Reading Periods |
Word Count Range |
Notes |
| Glimmer Train |
January, April, July, October |
up to 12,000 words |
Online submission. OK to submit up to 3 stories per month. |
|
Glimmer Train -- New Writers |
February 1 - March 31,
August 1 - September 30 |
up to 8,000 words |
Online submission. Open to any writer whose fiction has not
appeared in a publication with a circulation over 5,000. $12 reading fee |
|
Glimmer Train -- Very Short Fiction |
June 1 - July 31,
November 1 - January 31 |
up to 2,000 words |
Online submission. $10 reading fee |
|
Blue Mesa Review
|
July 1 - October 1 |
None |
UNM Creative Writing Dept. Magazine |
|
Story Quarterly |
October - March |
No limit |
Publishes first-time authors in every edition, some
critiques or comments with rejections, email submissions,
simultaneous OK, reports in 3 months |
|
Antioch Review |
September 1 - June 1 |
up to 8,000 words, preferably less than 5,000 |
|
|
Michigan Quarterly Review
|
Any time? |
1,500 words minimum, 5,000 average, 7,000 maximum |
If accepted for publication, they will ask for a computer disk with
the submission |
|
Ploughshares |
August 1 - December 31 |
Up to 30 pages |
Expect 3 - 5 months for a decision! |
|
Ploughshares -- Emerging Writers |
January 1 - March 31 |
Up to 30 pages |
Must be sponsored by a published author |
|
Zoetrope All-Story |
any time |
Up to 7,000 words, no multiple |
Francis Ford Coppola's baby. Simultaneous ok. |
|
Tin House |
any time |
No multiple |
Simultaneous ok, but mention in the cover letter. |
