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Special Call for Submissions: In addition to our regular submissions, we need tributes for Kowit’s Korner: poems, prose poems, essays, anecdotes, etc. Photographs may be considered as well. For examples of tributes, please see our Steve Kowit Memorial Edition.
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SHJ-17 Reading Period: 1 July 2017–31 August 2017
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We accept submissions by email only; please submit Word documents as
email attachments:
servinghousejournal [at] gmail [dot] com
* NOTE: Our editors are way busy—just like you!—
so we trust you’ll understand we may not read submissions
which do not meet these guidelines.
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| Reading Periods: |
Spring Issues: 1 January–28 February
Fall Issues: 1 July–31 August |
| Launch Dates: |
Spring issues: 1 May
Fall issues: 1 November |
| Fiction: |
Up to 5,000 words |
| Flash Fiction: |
Up to 1,500 words |
| Micro-Essays: |
Up to 500 words |
Nonfiction
(CNF, biography, essays, interviews,
memoirs, reviews): |
Up to 5,000 words |
| Poetry: |
Up to 5 poems
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Translations
(we consider literary works of any
genre): |
Up to 5,000 words |
| Visual Arts: |
Up to five (5) jpegs, 200 DPI, 400–500 pixels wide
Please feel free to send links to your portfolios and galleries as well.
During Spring and Fall reading periods as listed above, please email, as
separate attachments, no more than five jpeg files to:
SHJWebmaster [at] gmail [dot] com *
* NOTE: Visual Arts submissions only. Other genres will not be
considered at this address.
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| Reprints: |
Will be considered.
Please be sure to include name of venue and date of the work’s
previous publication. Thank you!
We especially need these details when we nominate pieces for the Best
of the Net Anthology, the Pushcart Prize, and other competitions with
specific requirements about publication dates.
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| Simultaneous Submissions: |
Yes, but please let us know right away if your
piece has been accepted elsewhere. |
| Payment: |
Non-paying |
| Response Time: |
Up to 6 months |