3/3/21

Hump Day Submission Carousel 6

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#6: 3/3/21

It's Wednesday, so you know what that means! HUMP DAY SUBMISSIONS! Because it's easy to fall off the submission train during the week I'm presenting you with 3 cool and very different small journals currently open for submissions to save you research time! Pick one of the three journals presented and read some of the pieces in your genre. If you're not digging them, check the next journal. Don't agonize over it, if you're not enjoying the writing or you don't feel your writing would fit in there move along to the next journal. If none of them seem to fit... maybe next week? 

Journal 1: Tulane Review. This bi-annual print journal out of Tulane University in Louisiana is currently reading no fee submissions in poetry, fiction and nonfiction via Submittable. 


Click here to read their most recent online archived issue from 2015. It's not the most recent, but for a print journal it's nice to get anything substantial to research so there's that. I find they lean accessible but want there to be layers to the writing.

Journal 2: TriQuarterly. TriQuarterly is not only a funny name for a journal, it is one of the best lit mags out there. They are now readily available worldwide as an online journal, and one with a microscopic acceptance rate because of the volume of submissions—but that absolutely doesn't mean your piece doesn't have a chance. Each piece has the sae chance as the next—remember that. $2 submissions in poetry, fiction and nonfiction via Submittable.  Check out their interview with Duotrope here.


"TriQuarterly is the literary magazine of Northwestern University. It is edited by students in the Litowitz MFA+MA Graduate Creative Writing Program and the MFA in Prose and Poetry in the School of Professional Studies. Alumni of these programs and other readers also serve as editorial staff. Available around the world, TriQuarterly has remained "an international journal of writing, art, and cultural inquiry. TQ has created an online archive of its own history by publishing individual works from its past, sometimes with new accompanying comments by the writers. The Northwestern University Library has digitized the entire history of the journal."
Journal 3: Stonecoast Review. Out of the the University of Southern Maine, print journal Stonecoast Review is one of the few journals that looks for 'Popular Fiction', as well as all the normal genres. Also, 10% of rejections are personalized with feedback, which is a decent amount. They read no fee submissions in all genres via Submittable.


"We welcome writing in the genres of creative nonfiction, literary fiction, popular (genre) fiction, and poetry. The editorial staff of Stonecoast Review seeks exciting work from both new and established writers. Our goal is to publish innovative and deeply resonant literature that embodies our core values of social and environmental justice, cultural awareness, and international perspectives. We especially want unique, powerful writing that brings the reader to entirely unexpected places. We also accept art submissions for issue covers, and for our online gallery."

Get your writing out there! You got this! I know it's mid-week, but spending just a little bit of time with reading well-crafted creative writing in the middle of the week it can keep your creativity a little fresher when the weekend comes around. I think, at least.

Also a gentle reminder that Sparked is reading submissions of writing from Notebooking Daily prompts, so send them work now! And if you thought this post was helpful, consider shooting me a buck or two for my own future submissions or to help pay writers for Sparked (which comes out of my pocket). No pressure though. I'm just trying to get better with the begging for pennies, submission fees in 2020 are pretty monumental and 2021 is shaping up to be just as bad!