Stanchion

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Stanchion is a literary magazine and small press publishing fiction, nonfiction, poetry, reviews, and book-length manuscripts, with submissions currently closed.

Response time info: 72 hours for paid rapid responses; one regular submission is randomly answered within 72 hours per rapid response purchased

Read the full guidelines at stanchionzine.com↗

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fictionLiterary

Elegant Variations submissions are currently closed. The online feature seeks short stories up to roughly 1,000 words, flash fiction, and experimental forms including monologues and interviews with inanimate objects. Authors may submit only one piece; 40 submissions total will be accepted.

fictionLiterary

Submissions are currently closed. The magazine seeks unpublished short stories up to roughly 4,000 words and flash fiction; there is no theme. Regular submissions are free, and 72-hour rapid responses cost $5 each.

nonfictionLiterary

Elegant Variations submissions are currently closed. The online feature seeks creative nonfiction, essays, stray thoughts, reviews of everyday items and moments, interviews with inanimate objects, and similar writing. Authors may submit only one piece; 40 submissions total will be accepted.

nonfictionLiterary

Submissions are currently closed. The magazine seeks creative nonfiction, essays, and book reviews; there is no theme. Regular submissions are free, and 72-hour rapid responses cost $5 each.

otherLiterary

Manuscript submissions are currently closed. Stanchion Books reads novels, novellas, collections of short stories or flash fiction, poetry, essays, and hybrid works. Chapbooks should be 40–90 A5 pages; full-length manuscripts should be 100–240 A5 pages. Only full manuscripts will be accepted, and each author may submit one manuscript per reading period.

poetryLiterary

Submissions are currently closed. The magazine seeks poetry and prose poems; there is no theme. Regular submissions are free, and 72-hour rapid responses cost $5 each.

poetryLiterary

Elegant Variations submissions are currently closed. The online feature seeks poetry and prose poems. Authors may submit only one piece; 40 submissions total will be accepted.

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