Okie Modern
Open now for fiction, nonfiction, other work, and poetry.
Last updatedOkie Modern is a biannual literary journal focused on Oklahoma writing, accepting work from Oklahomans or about Oklahoma across poetry, fiction, nonfiction, hybrid, and blog articles.
Response time info: within 15 days after the end of the submission period
Read the full guidelines at okiemodern.org↗Submission calls
Open to: Writers from Oklahoma may submit any work; others must submit work connected to Oklahoma.
Fiction up to 6000 words; flash fiction up to 1000 words; all styles and genres welcome, including experimental and genre fiction; work by Oklahomans can be on any topic, others must connect to Oklahoma.
Open to: Writers from Oklahoma may submit any work; others must submit work connected to Oklahoma.
Creative nonfiction including lyric essays, personal essays, memoir, and literary journalism; up to 6000 words; work by Oklahomans can be on any topic, others must connect to Oklahoma.
Open to: Writers from Oklahoma may submit any work; others must submit work connected to Oklahoma.
Blog submissions: pitches up to 500 words and finished articles up to 3500 words (longer considered) about Oklahoma literature and culture; academic or accessible writing; no deadline.
Open to: Writers from Oklahoma may submit any work; others must submit work connected to Oklahoma.
Book reviews of books about Oklahoma or by Oklahoma authors, and interviews with Oklahoma authors; no deadline.
Open to: Writers from Oklahoma may submit any work; others must submit work connected to Oklahoma.
Hybrid submissions (uncategorizable work, prose-curious, poetry-ambiguous, etc.) up to 6000 words; work by Oklahomans can be on any topic, others must connect to Oklahoma.
Open to: Writers from Oklahoma may submit any work; others must submit work connected to Oklahoma.
Submit a packet of 1-5 poems; no preference for style or mode; work by Oklahomans can be on any topic, others must connect to Oklahoma.
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