Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
Open now for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
Last checkedEllery Queen Mystery Magazine is a leading publication specializing in a wide range of mystery and crime short stories, as well as related nonfiction and poetry.
Response time info: up to 3 months for fiction and 6 months for poetry and nonfiction
Read the full guidelines at elleryqueenmysterymagazine.com↗Submission calls
Publishes all types of mystery short stories, from psychological suspense to hardboiled and cozy mysteries, including locked rooms and impossible crimes; prefers 2,500-8,000 words but accepts stories from 700 to 20,000 words; no explicit sex or violence; previously unpublished in the US.
Accepts criticism, reviews, creative nonfiction, essays on relevant topics, and true crime; previously unpublished in the US.
Accepts up to 5 poems or 10 pages per submission; previously unpublished in the US.
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