We are delighted to announce that Conjunctions’ Submittable window will open at 12pm EST on Friday, October 3rd and close a full month later at midnight on October 31st.  Please send us your best innovative poetry, fiction, essays, hybrid or other writings, for us to consider for publication in either Conjunctions:85, Anew or Conjunctions online. 

Please read the submission call for the issue below before submitting your work. All submissions will additionally be considered for our weekly online magazine, which does not have thematic restrictions.   

SUBMISSION CALL

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What We Publish

• Conjunctions publishes short- and long-form fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and hybrid texts. We do not publish academic essays or book reviews.
• All submissions must be in English and previously unpublished. We will consider works in translation for which the translator has secured the rights.
• Although we have no official restrictions regarding word count, most of the manuscripts we select for publication are under 8,000 words long. For poetry submissions, we suggest sending half a dozen poems, depending on length.

Submission Guidelines

• Along with your manuscript, please include a brief cover letter. Be sure to list your name, the title of your submission, and your email address.
• Former contributor to Conjunctions, in print or online? Please note this in your cover letter.
• All submissions are also considered for publication in the weekly online magazine, which is not subject to thematic restrictions.
• We cannot accept revisions after a manuscript has been submitted. If a manuscript is accepted, there will be an opportunity to make edits then.
• While we strongly prefer to receive exclusive submissions, simultaneous submissions are permitted. If a simultaneous submission is accepted elsewhere, please withdraw it immediately from Submittable.
• As always, we only consider previously unpublished work. 
• If a manuscript is accepted for publication online or in print, our editors will contact the author via email and Submittable.
• Please also note that partial submission withdrawals are strongly discouraged.
• Our small editorial staff reads every manuscript carefully. We will do our very best to respond to your work within 6-8 months after receipt with the intention of getting back to you sooner than that. Please refrain from querying about the status of a submission until 8 months have passed. 
• Writers published in print issues of Conjunctions receive a small honorarium.

More Information

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Conjunctions charges a $4 submission fee (by necessity, raised one dollar this year) to help us cover administration expenses. If this fee is a hardship, please email managingeditor.conjunctions@gmail.com and we will waive the cost. If a disability prevents you from using Submittable, please email managingeditor.conjunctions@gmail.com. 

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