Smoky Blue Literary and Arts Magazine

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Smoky Blue Literary and Arts Magazine publishes poetry, fiction, nonfiction, memoir, and related creative work in its literary issues.

Response time info: Up to two months after the submission deadlines

Read the full guidelines at sblaam.com↗

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryCloses Dec 15Fee: $3Pays: No payment.

Accepts short fiction; maximum of one fiction work per contributor per issue. Prose is limited to 5,000 words, and novels or serial excerpts are not accepted unless the excerpt stands alone. Submissions are accepted February 1–June 15 and August 1–December 15.

nonfictionLiteraryCloses Dec 15Fee: $3Pays: No payment.

Accepts traditional nonfiction, creative nonfiction, and memoir; maximum of one nonfiction work per contributor per issue. Prose is limited to 5,000 words. Submissions are accepted February 1–June 15 and August 1–December 15.

poetryLiteraryCloses Dec 15Fee: $3Pays: No payment.

Accepts poetry, with a maximum of four poems per contributor per issue. Submissions are accepted February 1–June 15 for the Fall/Winter issue and August 1–December 15 for the Spring/Summer issue.

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