Gumshoe Review

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Gumshoe Review publishes mystery-focused short fiction and nonfiction essays.

Response time info: ~1 days; sourced from The Submission Grinder

Read the full guidelines at gumshoereview.com↗

Submission calls

fictionMysteryPays: 5 cents per word, up to a maximum of $50.

Complete mystery stories of 1,000 words or less, preferably leaning toward noir, with the investigator as protagonist or a significant character and a focus on solving a crime, helping someone out of a jam, or seeking justice. Email submissions should use the subject line “Gumshoe Short Story Submission.”

nonfictionMysteryPays: 5 cents per word, up to a maximum of $50.

Nonfiction essays on topics of interest to readers, writers, and students of the mystery genre, limited to 1,000 words. Email submissions should use the subject line “Gumshoe Essay Submission.”

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