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Submission Guidelines


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* NOTE: Our editors are way busy – just like you! – so we trust you’ll understand that we may not read submissions which do not meet these guidelines.
Reading Period, Issue 5: 1 January–1 March 2012
General Deadlines: 1 March: Spring issues
1 September: Fall issues
General Launch Dates: 7 April: Spring issues
7 October: Fall issues
Fiction: up to 5,000 words
Poetry: up to 5 poems
Essays, CNF, Memoirs,
Reviews, Interviews:		 up to 5,000 words
Reprints: Will be considered.
Please include name and date of first publication.
Simultaneous Submissions: Yes, but please let us know right away if your piece has been accepted elsewhere.
Payment: non-paying at this time
Response Time: 2-6 months

  • Please read Serving House Journal to decide whether your work would be a good fit. You’ll find our mission described on the home page.
     
  • Our editors prefer to read submissions as Word documents in Verdana font, size 11. If you cannot use Verdana, then a sans-serif font will be easiest to review onscreen and will be most appreciated. For publication, all submissions will be reformatted as necessary to follow house style of “Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif.”
     
  • Double-space all prose submissions (stories, essays, interviews, etc.), and number your pages sequentially.
     
  • Single-space poetry, and set poems (line breaks, etc.) as you would want them to appear on a printed page.
     
  • Please be sure to include your name and e-mail address on page one of your manuscript, along with the submitted genre (e.g., Fiction, Nonfiction, CNF, Poetry).
     
  • Also, be sure to include a brief bio (up to 175 words) at the end of your manuscript.
     
  • We accept electronic submissions only:
     
  • Thank you! We look forward to reading your work.
     

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