Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine ★Has a Wikipedia article.
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Last checkedEllery Queen’s Mystery Magazine publishes mystery fiction, poetry, translations, and nonfiction focused on crime, detection, and related topics, welcoming both new and established writers.
Response time info: Up to 3 months for fiction and up to 6 months for poetry and nonfiction
Read the full guidelines at elleryqueenmysterymagazine.com↗Submission calls
Mystery short stories of every kind, including psychological suspense, deductive puzzles, private-eye cases, hardboiled stories, cozies, locked rooms, and impossible crimes; preferred length is 2,500-8,000 words, with stories under 700 or over 20,000 less likely. Submissions are currently available through the portal.
Criticism, reviews, creative nonfiction, essays on relevant topics, and true crime. Submissions are currently available through the portal.
Original poetry submissions; submit up to 5 poems or 10 pages per file. Submissions are currently available through the portal.
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