Sundog Lit

Open now for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

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Sundog Lit is a twice-yearly literary magazine publishing poetry, nonfiction, and fiction, 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 after that is not stated.Pays: $50 upon publication.

General submissions are accepted March 1–May 1 and October 1–December 1. Submit a short story of no more than 3,000 words or up to 3 flash fictions of less than 750 words each in one document. Simultaneous submissions are allowed; previously published work is not considered. The current fall window is open through December 1, 2026.

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

General submissions are accepted March 1–May 1 and October 1–December 1. Traditional personal essay, memoir, experimental, research-driven, segmented, lyric, and hybrid work are welcome. Submit one piece of no more than 4,000 words or up to 3 flash essays of less than 1,000 words each. The page says nonfiction is closed for fall.

poetryLiteraryCloses Dec 1First 300 submissions to each reading period are free; fee amount after that is 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. The current fall window is open through December 1, 2026.

otherOpens Jul 15, 2027

The annual Summer Collaboration Contest accepts wild, inventive work by two or more writers, in any or mixed genre, from July 15 through August 31. The work must be 1,000 words or less; winners receive a $300 prize and publication.

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