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-18 Reading Period: 1 January–28 February 2018
NOTE: Reading periods may close early.
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We accept submissions during our reading periods by email only;
please submit Word documents as email attachments to
servinghousejournal [at] gmail [dot] com
* 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.
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Reading Periods: |
Spring Issues: 1 January–28 February
Fall Issues: 1 July–31 August
NOTE: Reading periods may close early.
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Launch Dates: |
Spring issues: 1 May
Fall issues: 1 November |
Fiction: |
Up to 5,000 words |
Flash Fiction: |
Up to 1,500 words each; 3 stories max |
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
Feel free to send us 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, so we can give proper credit. Thank you!
We also need these details when we nominate works 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 extend us the professional courtesy of letting
us know right away if your work has been accepted elsewhere. |
Payment: |
Non-paying |
Response Time: |
Up to six months |