Issue One Hundred Thirty Seven – Authors Publish Magazine

Southern Indiana Review: Now Accepting Submissions

Ella Peary — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 18:44:31 +0000

Southern Indiana Review, a print publication of Southern Indiana University, is a biannual journal of poetry, fiction, drama, nonfiction, interviews, reviews, and art. While they showcase well-known contributors from across the nation, they also devote pages to local and emerging writers. They publish many styles of writing—literary, experimental, personal, humorous, critical, and the like—on many topics—nature, politics, religion, science, culture, war, history, folklore, personal memory, and much more. They simply wish to please readers by publishing the best writing they can find. In addition to their print publication, as a special online feature, they also offer videos of Southern Indian Review contributors reading their work. You can get a sense of what they publish by browsing their video archives online.

Southern Indiana Review is published in May and October, and each issue contains work from around 25 authors. They accept submissions from September 1 through April 30. Contributing authors are paid $50.

Poets may submit up to five poems. Fiction writers may submit short stories, film scripts, or short novel excerpts, 1,000 to 7,500 words. Playwrights may submit ten minute plays or long one-acts. Nonfiction writers may submit essays that are personal, critical, historical, or nostalgic. They may also submit reviews, interviews, profiles, or intellectual discourses. Nonfiction submissions may be any length. All submissions should be accompanied by a cover letter including a brief biography. In addition to these guidelines, each Southern Indiana Review genre editor provides a statement about their editorial taste. You can read these statements by following the links in the submission guidelines online.

Southern Indiana Reviews accepts submissions online and by post, but not via email. All postal submissions are recycled after review, not returned. They accept simultaneous submissions, but ask that authors withdraw work published elsewhere. They do not accept previously published work.

If you’d like to learn more or get a sense of what they publish, please visit their website at http://www.usi.edu/sir/submission-guidelines.

Ulysses Press: Submission Guidelines

Emily Harstone — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 01:02:22 +0000

Updated February 10th, 2026: They are now part of the Stable Book Group. They also are no longer open to submissions but seem to be trying to recruit freelancers for projects via social media.

Ulysses Press is an independent publisher that has been around for almost a decade. They focus on publishing non-fiction books aimed at niche markets. It is a good idea to go through their catalog before submitting to see if your work is a good fit for their press.

They are looking for books on the forefront of emerging trends, books that have a unique angle on an established topic, or books that fill a demonstrated niche in the trade book market. They publish a variety of books aimed at children and teens. Occasionally they publish fiction for adults.

Submissions must be made by post. Submitters should expect to wait at least three months before hearing a response. Make sure you include self-addressed stamped envelope and your email addresses. Acceptances, rejections, and other correspondence may be conducted via e-mail. Inclusion of a working e-mail address may dramatically reduce response times.

Please submit a brief synopsis of the project that is no more than 2 pages in length. Include an annotated table of contents, 1-2 sample chapters, and an author biography. Also include your market research that contains a description of the target audience, and a brief comparison of competitive titles.

To learn more or to submit visit their website here.

10 New and Exciting Journals

Emily Harstone — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 00:10:50 +0000

In the last 6 months the following journals opened their metaphorical doors for the first time. It is great to submit to new journals as the editors tend to have more energy and enthusiasm. They also tend to be more open to new authors or authors with only a small list of past publications. Of course new journals don’t yet have a reputation, one way or the other, so there is some risk attached to it. However, in my experience the risk is worth it because the reward can be great.

Not all of these journals are currently open to submissions, but the majority are.

The Indianola Review
The Indianola Review is a print literary journal that publishes prose and poetry. They pay their writers. They have yet to publish their first issue but they are open to writing that is difficult to categorize. To learn more visit their website here.

Poems2G0
Not a literary journal in the traditional sense of the word, Poems2Go is a grant funded project inspired by an idea Kay Ryan introduced. Poems2GO offers poetry to take with you, tuck in your pocket, your wallet, or to share. It is easy to submit to them and they accept reprints. To learn more visit their website here.

MUSH/MUM
A beautiful electronic literary journal that focuses on publishing. They publish fiction, poetry, non-fiction, art, and hybrid work. To learn more visit their website here.

1:1000
An unusual literary journal that publishes 1000 word stories based on one image. First you pick a picture from their gallery, you claim it with a comment and then you submit a story to match. If you have a story that already matches one of their images that is fine, or you can write a whole new story. To learn more visit their website here.

Thin Noon
Thin Noon is a beautiful student-run journal based at Brown and RISD in Providence, Rhode Island. They have been publishing work online since June 2015 and this fall they will put together their first printed issue. To learn more visit their website here.

Thirteen Ways
An electronic literary journal that publishes new issues quarterly, thirteen ways publishes a wide variety of prose and poetry. The first issue is out now and the journal appears to be off to a good start. To learn more visit their website here.

The Indigo Review
The Indigo Review is open to poetry, non-fiction, and fiction submissions. All work must be under 2000 words in length and must include the theme of “self”, although they encourage you to experiment with that theme. To learn more visit their website here. (Editor’s note: at the time of publishing this article, their website appears to be down. Time will tell if they come back up.)

Metaphorosis
Metaphorosis is a new literary journal that publishes speculative fiction, science fiction, and fantasy. They already have a story up on their website that should help you know what kind of work they are looking for. They pay their authors. To learn more visit their website here.

Leopordskins & Limes
An electronic English language journal published by a group of writers based out of Berlin Germany. The journal pairs works and images. To learn more visit their website here.

Intrinsick
An electronic literary journal that leads towards the funny and also the weird. They only publish fiction. To learn more visit their website here.