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Our submission guidelines have changed. Even if you have read them before, please read them again before you submit.
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How to Submit |
- E-mail your submission as a .doc attachment (for artwork, as .jpg, .gif, or .pdf) to the correct section e-mail address.
Fiction: fiction@litterboxmagazine.com
Poetry: poetry@litterboxmagazine.com
Art: art@litterboxmagazine.com
Non-Fiction: nonfiction@litterboxmagazine.com
Recipes: recipes@litterboxmagazine.com
- In the subject line, write the genre, the title of your work, and your last name (example: Poetry / "My Pet Cat" / Smith). In the body of the e-mail, we ask that you provide us with a 2-3 line 3rd person biography.
We allow simultaneous submissions so long as you notify us when it gets accepted elsewhere; we will be the first to congratulate you.
By submitting your work to Litterbox, you grant Litterbox exclusive electronic rights to your work for a period of 60 days, should your work be accepted, as well as a non-exclusive right to maintain a copy of published work in the literary journal archives indefinitely. Art may already be published in an electronic format; however, if your work is chosen and it is up in a different location, we ask that you link to Litterbox. You retain all other rights, including the right to publish the work in non-electronic form at any time. Any subsequent publication should include the credit "Originally published in Litterbox Magazine." We retain the right to edit for quality, content, and grammar with the author's approval. Also, by sending your work into us, you acknowledge that the work is your own and has not been plagiarized nor published elsewhere (unless specifically noted).
"Exclusive electronic rights" means that you agree not to re-publish your work elsewhere online while the issue featuring your work is current. "Publish" means any public display of your work, and includes your personal website and posting to message boards. You are welcome to link to the page featuring your work instead. Once the issue has been archived, you are free to re-publish your work online.
Unfortunately, we do not pay, but you do get the joy of having people read your work.
For general inquiries, please e-mail editors@litterboxmagazine.com
fiction • poetry • non-fiction • art • recipes
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Fiction Guidelines |
There does not exist a formula for a good story. But a reader instantly recognizes one in the opening lines, and that greatness is confirmed by the final punctuation mark. There is some perfected combination of compelling characters in opposition with each other, with the world, or within themselves. There is a familiar, or exotic, or imagined setting that can be comfortable, hostile, or indifferent. And, there is a plot that resonates the triumphs and tragedies that unite us as human beings. It can be done in as little as six words, but can also consume the span of six hundred pages. Share with us your best, unpublished work under 3,000 words (or any combination of pieces not exceeding that limit) -- the ones you as an artisan has crafted to that perfected combination.
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Poetry Guidelines |
Dylan Thomas said, "You can tear a poem apart to see what makes it tick... You're back with the mystery of having been moved by words. The best craftsmanship always leaves holes and gaps... so that something that is not in the poem can creep, crawl, flash or thunder in." Send us up to five of your best poems, the ones that reach into the readers soul to fill its vacant spaces.
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Non-Fiction Guidelines |
Creative Essay / Creative Nonfiction
Send on over your creative nonfiction: noncritical essays (of literature that is-or loosely critical), memoir, journal notes filled with profound and existential reverie, knock-knock jokes. Submission lengths can vary depending on the scope and theme (please check upcoming themes), somewhere between 3-3,000 words perhaps. Good things do come in small packages. That being said, if Sedaris dropped off a manuscript the size of Canada, we would only be a little angry.
Book Reviews
Read a great book lately? Read a horrible book lately? We believe that in order to write well, one has to be well read. Because of this, we accept book reviews of all genres from mystery to biography, from spiritual to western. Send us your book reviews of between 500-1,000 words. Each issue will include 5-6 book reviews spanning the genres. We are open to reading a review of any book classified (or not classified) into any genre. Hopefully, you are able to find a recently released book, but if there is an old favorite, or a literary classic, or any book you feel strongly about, we want to read about it. With your review, include the book's title, author, publisher, publishing date, and ISBN.
Travel
Seeing as how foreignness is all relative, good travel
writing is never without the "I." Travel writing is about your
personal experience in a new or foreign place. Show us a place--show
us you in a place--within 500-3,000 words. Please don't give us
proposed itineraries or restaurant/hotel reviews, unless (unless is
always a possibility!) it's written in a creative and engaging way.
Lifestyle
Do you have a funny and fresh way of commenting on what's going on in
our world? Are you tired of writing a blog that no one reads? (Sorry,
your mom does not count.) The Lifestyle section of Litterbox Magazine
is looking for your intelligent musings on pop culture, politics,
fashion, music, or anything else you think is relevant. Our readers
are highly literate, so unless you have a profound new perspective on
[insert celebrity here], then maybe it's better to leave it on your
blog. Keep it under 500 words.
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Art Guidelines |
Trash can be art and art can be trash. With that said, we will take your crap, put it in a box with a nice bow and call it art. Submissions of artwork do not rely on the theme of the month, but rather on its innovative, exciting, and inspiring qualities. Do not judge whether you should submit your work or not based on previous work by other artists. Each issue is different and we will be looking for something with the qualities mentioned above. Entertain us.
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Recipes Guidelines |
Virginia Woolf once said, "One cannot think well, love well, sleep
well, if one has not dined well." Dining well should not be complicated or expensive. Please send us your original (not borrowed, stolen, or otherwise copied) recipes. They should be healthy, using fresh and affordable ingredients. Most of all, they should be simple enough for novice cooks to try. We have a special place in our hearts for vegetarian or veg-friendly fare. Please submit with your original recipe a photograph of the finished product as you have made it.
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