They do not appear to have distribution, but they have an easy-to-navigate site. You can get a better feel for it here.

They publish poetry, both chapbook-length and full manuscripts. Poetry collections must be between 30 and 150 pages in total length. Poets they particularly enjoy include Hanif Abdurraqib, Fatimah Asghar, Kendra DeColo, Ilya Kaminsky, and Danez Smith.

They also publish fiction, including full and chapbook-length collections of short stories, novels, novellas, and experimental works. Fiction manuscripts should be between 15,000 and 80,000 words in total length. In terms of fiction, the authors they particularly appreciate include Kelly Link, Aimee Bender, Carmen Maria Machado, Lydia Millet, and Jonathan Lethem.

Finally, just this year, they’ve started to publish nonfiction, although their requirements for that are very specific and are as follows: “Starting with our 2021 open submissions period, we will be considering nature field guides that cover specific regions within North America. We are particularly interested in work pertaining to foraging and herbalism, as well as guides to specific regional biomes and habitats (e.g. high desert, tall grass prairies, tidal pools), but we are open to any topics within the broader fields of zoology, botany, mycology, geology and other ecological categories. We are also interested in fictional works that use a similar field guide format (see above guidelines for fiction). Field guides intended to have illustrations or photography must have all images included in the submission, as we are not currently able to source the images ourselves.” Field guides must be over 30 pages in length, including images.

Do not submit to them unless your work seems like a good fit.

If they accept your work they pay between $200-500 advance depending on length, plus “a standard royalty” (although they do not go into details in terms of what that means).

To learn more or to submit, go here.

Emily Harstone is the author of many popular books, including The Authors Publish Guide to Manuscript Submissions, Submit, Publish, Repeat, and The 2021 Guide to Manuscript Publishers.

Kitchen Table Quarterly will be published four times a year online. They plan to publish autumn, winter, and spring editions, as well as a “best of” summer issue. Submitting authors can expect a response within one to three months.

Right Now through August 7th, Kitchen Table Quarterly is seeking submissions. They’re looking for writing from both emerging and established authors. Poets may submit up to five poems, totaling 12 pages or fewer. Authors of creative nonfiction may submit one essay, 4,000 words or fewer. They do not accept excerpts from longer works, and they do not accept fiction or writing in translation. They ask that authors send only one submission per reading period.

Although Kitchen Table Quarterly doesn’t pay authors, they plan to nominate authors published in their journal for The Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net.

Kitchen Table Quarterly accepts submissions online, not via email or by post. They accept simultaneous submissions but ask that authors withdraw work published elsewhere. They do not accept previously published work; however, they do accept work that’s been published on personal blogs and social media. They just ask that authors remove these posts before submitting. They also accept writing previously published in literary journals that are now defunct.

Kitchen Table Quarterly only accepts submissions that adhere to the guidelines they’ve posted online. Please read these guidelines in full before submitting.

If you’d like to learn more or submit to Kitchen Table Quarterly, please visit their website here.

Bio: Ella Peary is the pen name for an author, editor, creative writing mentor, and submission consultant. Over the past five years, she’s written hundreds of articles for Authors Publish, and she’s also served as a copywriter and copy editor for a wide range of organizations and individuals. She is the author of The Quick Start Guide to Flash Fiction. She occasionally teaches a course on flash fiction. You can contact her at ellapeary@gmail.com.

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