STORYGLOSSIA Submission Guidelines
Guidelines updated June 17, 2009.
Issue 34 (July) is now closed to submissions. Still reading for Issue 35 (August) - see What To Submit below for guidelines.
Musical Obsession is the theme for Issue 36 (October).
Seeking fiction that reveals musical obsession in any form. Could be about musicians, singers, songwriters, A/R people, roadies, groupies, fans, possessed jukeboxes/iPods, etc.
Fiction only. Maximum length 7500 words. No limits on style. Realism, language driven, or innovative forms are all encouraged equally. Regardless of style or form, editorial preference is for edgy material with emotional consequences (it's about obsession after all).
This theme is well-trod so the challenge—as ever—is to make it new.
Submission deadline for theme issue is September 15th, 2009.
What to Submit
Short fiction only. Literary and crime/noir. Innovative form and language encouraged. No memoirs, poetry, sci-fi, spec, or fantasy. Word length: 1000 minimum, 7500 maximum. Novel excerpts and previously published fiction are not being considered at this time. For current editorial tastes see Issue 33 and other recent issues.
Simultaneous submissions are OK—as long as notice is given as soon as the piece is accepted elsewhere.
How to Submit
Email only. Paste the text of your submission into the email. That will be read first. Include the story as an a attachment (Word or RTF format only), which will be used for subsequent readings if the story survives the first cut.
Use Storyglossia Submission as the message subject and send your submission to:
editor AT storyglossia.com
Response Time
Response time will typically be within a month, usually much quicker, and will be an email reply to your submission. Feedback, with rare exceptions, will no longer be provided. If your story is rejected without comment you can assume one of two things: either it didn't suit the editor's taste or it wasn't as strong as the other submissions received. 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
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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.