West Branch
Open now for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
Last updatedWest Branch is a literary magazine publishing poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and translation, with annual reading periods and payment for accepted work.
Response time info: ten weeks or less--often much less--but if we find your material interesting you may wait longer to hear from us. Please DO query if more than four…
Read the full guidelines at westbranchsubmissions.bucknell.edu↗Submission calls
Submit up to thirty pages of a single piece, or up to three short-form pieces totaling under fifteen pages, during the reading period (August 1st-April 1st). Payment is $0.10/word for prose, maximum $200. No more than two submissions per contributor per reading period; only one piece under…
Submit up to thirty pages of creative nonfiction during the reading period (August 1st-April 1st). Payment is $0.10/word for prose, maximum $200. No more than two submissions per contributor per reading period; only one piece under consideration at a time.
Submit up to six poems in a single file during the reading period (August 1st-April 1st). Payment is $100 per accepted submission. No more than two submissions per contributor per reading period; only one piece under consideration at a time.
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