Doctor T. J. Eckleburg Review

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Doctor T. J. Eckleburg Review publishes fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and related literary work, with year-round submissions for several written categories and awards.

Response time info: usually three months or longer; sometimes within the day; contact them if there has been no response by six months

Read the full guidelines at eckleburg.org↗

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsPays: Print contributors receive a free copy; award winners may receive prize money up to $1,000.

Open to: Previously unpublished work, except rare solicited pieces; no multiple submissions.

Previously unpublished, polished prose up to 8,000 words is accepted year round. The editors especially seek tightly woven short works under 2,000 words and short-shorts around 500 words; simultaneous submissions are allowed but multiple submissions are not.

fictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsFee required; amount not statedPays: First prize: $1,000 and publication.

Open to: Stories must be in English; previously published stories are eligible only if published after January 1, 2011. Authors, editors, publishers, and agents

The Gertrude Stein Award accepts English-language stories year round, including previously published stories published after January 1, 2011. No minimum word count; each story requires separate submission and payment. First prize is $1,000 and publication.

nonfictionLiteraryPays: Print contributors receive a free copy; award winners may receive prize money up to $1,000.

Polished creative nonfiction and essays up to 8,000 words are accepted year round. Preferences favor shorter works under 1,500 words with an arts and culture focus; subjects include politics, cultural and feminist critiques, science, medicine, nature, interviews, literary journalism, and experimental nonfiction.

poetryLiteraryEligibility requirementsPays: Print contributors receive a free copy; award winners may receive prize money up to $1,000.

Open to: Previously unpublished work, except rare solicited pieces.

Previously unpublished poetry of all forms is accepted year round. Submit 1–5 poems as separate files in separate submissions.

fictionFantasy

The Franz Kafka Award accepts English-language magic realism stories year round, but submissions are currently closed. Previously published stories are eligible if published after January 1, 2011; no minimum word count. Each story requires separate submission and payment.

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