STORYGLOSSIA Submission Guidelines
Guidelines updated August 19, 2011.
Temporarily closed to submissions.
Issue 46, August 2011 is the current issue. Please read the last few issues before submitting.
STORYGLOSSIA has published a lot of new writers over the years and would love to be your first, so if you are unpublished don't be shy about saying so when you submit.
What to Submit
Literary styled short fiction only. Regardless of style or form, editorial preference is for material that is character-driven with emotional consequences. Innovative forms and language are especially encouraged. No memoirs or poetry. Word length: 5000 maximum. Novel excerpts and previously published fiction are not being considered at this time. For current editorial tastes see the back issues.
Simultaneous submissions are OK—as long as notice is given as soon as the piece is accepted elsewhere.
How to Submit
Submissions must be made using our submissions manager database at submishmash: Submit to Storyglossia
Response Time
Response time will typically be within a month, usually much quicker, and will be an email reply to your submission. Feedback is frequently provided with rejections. If accepted, the story will generally appear in the next issue, that is, within three months. Occasionally a story will be held over for the following issue if we think it will be a better fit, but you will be notified in advance if that is the case.
Please report your response times at Duotrope's Digest.
We look forward to your submissions.
Steven J. McDermott
Editor & publisher, STORYGLOSSIA
editor AT storyglossia DOT com
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Business
No payment at this time. By accepting the publication offer you grant Storyglossia one-time electronic rights to publish the story in the issue indicated in your acceptance letter, and to maintain a copy in the archives. You retain all other rights and your copyright notice will appear with the story. If you re-publish the piece later, please acknowledge that it was first published in Storyglossia.
Privacy
Email is the primary means for Storyglossia to communicate with authors who submit. Your email address and other contact information is strictly confidential and used only by Storyglossia and it is not provided to others (including agents, editors, etc.) without your express permission. Other than submission notification and publication correspondence, authors may occasionally be sent announcements pertaining to Storyglossia, such as publication of issues or calls for submissions. You will be removed from such mailing lists upon request.