Stanchion

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Stanchion is a literary magazine and small press seeking original writing, including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, reviews, and book-length manuscripts, alongside excluded visual-art categories.

Response time info: 72 hours for the optional rapid-response service; regular response time is not stated

Read the full guidelines at stanchionzine.com↗

Submission calls

fictionLiterary

Manuscript submissions are currently closed. Stanchion Books is reading novels, novellas, collections of short stories, and flash-fiction collections. Only full manuscripts are accepted; each author may submit one manuscript per reading period. Novels and novellas should be 100–240 A5 pages; chapbooks should be 40–90 A5 pages, though only full manuscripts are accepted.

fictionLiterary

Submissions are currently closed. The magazine seeks unpublished short stories up to approximately 4,000 words and flash fiction; two total submissions may be made when open. No theme. Rapid responses are available within 72 hours for $5 per work.

fictionLiterary

Elegant Variations submissions are currently closed. This online weekly feature seeks unpublished short stories, flash fiction, and experimental forms such as monologues and interviews with inanimate objects, with a limit of approximately 1,000 words. Only one piece may be submitted, and only 40 submissions are accepted in total.

nonfictionLiterary

Submissions are currently closed. The magazine seeks unpublished creative nonfiction, essays, and book reviews; two total submissions may be made when open. No theme. Rapid responses are available within 72 hours for $5 per work.

nonfictionLiterary

Elegant Variations submissions are currently closed. This online weekly feature seeks unpublished creative nonfiction, essays, reviews of everyday items and moments, and experimental forms such as monologues and interviews with inanimate objects, with a limit of approximately 1,000 words. Only one piece may be submitted, and only 40 submissions are accepted in total.

nonfictionLiterary

Manuscript submissions are currently closed. Stanchion Books is reading essay collections. Only full manuscripts are accepted; each author may submit one manuscript per reading period. Full-length manuscripts should be 100–240 A5 pages and chapbooks 40–90 A5 pages, though only full manuscripts are accepted.

otherLiterary

Manuscript submissions are currently closed. Stanchion Books is reading hybrid mixes of writing. Only full manuscripts are accepted; each author may submit one manuscript per reading period. Full-length manuscripts should be 100–240 A5 pages and chapbooks 40–90 A5 pages, though only full manuscripts are accepted.

poetryLiterary

Manuscript submissions are currently closed. Stanchion Books is reading poetry collections. Only full manuscripts are accepted; each author may submit one manuscript per reading period. Full-length manuscripts should be 100–240 A5 pages and chapbooks 40–90 A5 pages, though only full manuscripts are accepted.

poetryLiterary

Elegant Variations submissions are currently closed. This online weekly feature seeks unpublished poetry, prose poems, and experimental forms such as stray thoughts, with a limit of approximately 1,000 words. Only one piece may be submitted, and only 40 submissions are accepted in total.

poetryLiterary

Submissions are currently closed. The magazine seeks unpublished poetry and prose poems; two total submissions may be made when open. No theme. Rapid responses are available within 72 hours for $5 per work.

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