Now Reading Submissions for Issue 2.2 (Summer 2012)

In the near future, Spittoon will publish reviews of fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and mix-genre books and chapbooks by new and established authors. Click here for information on submitting books for review and querying book reviews.


Guidelines:

Spittoon accepts submissions year-round. Response times will vary, but they are generally between 3 to 5 months. 

  • No previously published work.
  • Simultaneous submissions okay.
  • Do  not submit to Spittoon more than once at a time; please wait for response before submitting again.
  • No photographs or clip art should be in any of the files; we should only see words on the page, unless the visuals are actually part of the piece and used to help the piece achieve its intended effect.
  • Upon publication, Spittoon claims First Rights; after publication, all rights revert to the author, with the understanding that Spittoon will receive credit if the piece is published elsewhere.
  • Before submitting, please read our mission and work we've published,  and read the work published or referenced on some of our links to better understand the kind of writing we want.
  • Include a short bio / cover letter.
  • Any submission that does not follow the guidelines will be deleted.
  • Any submission labeled by the author as a particular genre (i.e., "fiction") but submitted to a different genre (i.e., "poetry") will be deleted.
  • We use Submittable for all submissions. Any emailed submissions will be deleted.


Submit up to 5 poems at a time. No length requirement. All should be saved in a single .pdf, .doc, or .rtf document, with author's identifying information at the top of the first page. If you send poems as separate, individual submissions to Submittable (and not all in one document / submission), each will be deleted and you will not hear from us. For poems that are more than one page, indicate page number with last name and poem title at the top of each page.

Poetry Editor: Kristin Abraham



Submit a single piece (up to 5,000 words) or up to three short-shorts. All should be saved in a single .pdf, .doc, or .rtf document, with author's identifying information at the top left of first page, and author last name with title and page number at the top of each additional page. All text should be double-spaced in size 12 font.

Especially interested in experimental fiction.

Fiction Editor: Matt VanderMeulen



Creative nonfiction submissions should feature elements of storytelling, and may include narrative essays, memoir, lyric essays, etc. But please, only submit stories that represent the truth, of the factual and the universal sort. One complete work at a time, no more than 5,000 words, saved in a .pdf, .doc, or .rtf document, with author’s information on the first page. 

Especially interested in lyric essays.

The creative nonfiction editor has a habit of neglecting her postal mail for weeks at a time, so please, only electronic (via Submittable) creative nonfiction submissions. 

Creative Nonfiction Editor: Berly Fields


All work selected for publication will automatically be entered in our yearly Best of Spittoon contest.

To submit via postal (snail) mail, include a cover letter with bio and an SASE. Send to:

Spittoon 
Fiction Editor or Poetry Editor (choose one)
725 S. Taft Hill Rd.
Fort Collins, CO  80521 

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