Fiction

Literary fiction, up to 5,000 words. Original work; first serial rights only. Please format properly. PLEASE put your name and email address on your manuscript.

We seek literary fiction that matters, something that speaks to the world about something that matters. Tell us the story you're burning to tell.

We value authors who show a mastery of prose. The lyrical rather than the plain; the intriguing rather than the expected. We value innovation and don't mind work that might be a bit odd or eccentric, if it's interesting.

We don't publish genre fiction, but we do consider submissions of literary work that uses genre conventions. Think Ishiguro, Le Guin, Murakami, and those serious writers who go beyond genre.

We can take up to six months to reply, given the cycles of the work, but we'll try to get back to much sooner than that.

We do not look at previously published work unless in translation and noted as so (in with translations, the full legal permission of the author being translated).

And please: Put your name and contact info on the manuscript itself.