Sundog Lit

Open now for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

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Sundog Lit is a literary magazine publishing poetry, nonfiction, and fiction twice yearly, with an annual collaborative writing contest.

Response time info: ~133 days; sourced from The Submission Grinder

Read the full guidelines at sundoglit.com↗

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryHumorCloses Dec 1First 300 submissions to each reading period are free; fee amount thereafter not stated.Pays: $50 upon publication

General submissions are accepted March 1–May 1 and October 1–December 1. Submit short stories of no more than 3,000 words or up to 3 flash fictions of less than 750 words each in one document.

nonfictionLiteraryCloses Dec 1First 300 submissions to each reading period are free; fee amount thereafter not stated.Pays: $50 upon publication

General submissions are accepted March 1–May 1 and October 1–December 1; nonfiction is closed for fall. Traditional personal essays, memoir, experimental and research-driven work, and hybrid poetry/nonfiction are welcome. Submit one piece up to 4,000 words or up to 3 flash essays of less than 1,000 words each.

poetryLiteraryCloses Dec 1First 300 submissions to each reading period are free; fee amount thereafter not stated.Pays: $50 upon publication

General submissions are accepted March 1–May 1 and October 1–December 1. Submit up to 3 poems in a single document; prose poems, poetry with prose elements, and traditional poetry are welcome.

otherOpens Jul 15, 2027

Annual Summer Collaboration Contest runs July 15–August 31. Submit collaborative work created with two or more writers, in any or mixed genre, of 1,000 words or less. Winners receive a $300 prize and publication.

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