Lake Effect
Open now for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
Last checkedLake Effect is an international literary journal seeking literary fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry.
Response time info: Generally within four months, possibly longer over the summer
Read the full guidelines at lakeeffectaninternationalliteraryjournal.submittable.com↗Submission calls
Literary fiction emerging from character and language as much as plot; genre fiction is generally not published. Stories longer than about fifteen pages should be queried first.
Well-crafted, lively literary or personal essays; literary criticism is not sought, though essays engaging literature in the context of lived experience are welcome. Essays longer than about fifteen pages should be queried first.
Poems should demonstrate an original voice and use multilayered, evocative imagery in language shaped by awareness of how words sound and mean. No length limit per poem; send no more than four poems at a time.
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