Clockhouse logo

Clockhouse

Literary Magazine

Poetry

Nonfiction

Fiction

Flash Fiction

Play

29
0

A national literary journal featuring short stories, interviews, essays, plays and poems by award-winning writers and exciting, new voices.

This listing is scheduled for audit

Please double check information on the magazine’s website

if you are an editor for this magazine, you can claim the listing here

Girl with a notebook

Highlights

  • Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
  • Response time:
    up to four months*
    Editor reported data
     / 
    78 days*
    Chill Subs tracker stats
  • Acceptance rate:  / 
    0%*
    Chill Subs tracker stats

PaysNo

FeeNo

  • Accepts simultaneous submissions

    What's that?

    When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time

  • Accepts previously published

    What's that?

    When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary

  • Nominates for prizes

  • Active on social media

  • Available in print

  • Provides contributor copies

    From the editors

    one contributor’s copy

  • Has examples online

  • Offers expedited response

    What's that?

    Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee

Poetry

Max lines: 250

Max pieces: 3

All poetry up to 250 lines in traditional and experimental styles including prose. Only one poem per submission. Poets may submit up to three times per reading period.

Nonfiction - 5000 words max

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 1

Memoir, creative nonfiction in traditional and experimental styles. No academic or scientific essays.

Fiction - 3500 words max

Max words: 751

Max words: 3500

Max pieces: 1

Sub Genres: All / surprise us, Literary

Short stories and self-contained novel excerpts, 751 - 3,500 words. (Genre fiction will be considered only if it sustains literary merit.)

Fiction - 750 words max

Max words: 750

Max pieces: 1

Sub Genres: All / surprise us, Literary

Flash Fiction, 750 words or less.

Play

Max pieces: 2

Short dramatic works up to 15 pages in traditional and experimental styles, either standalone or an excerpt from one-act or full-length play or screenplay. Limit 2 per submitter. Please include a short synopsis of play/screenplay.

How to submit

  • Processs

    Submittable

  • Cover letter

    No cover letter advice

  • Eligibility

    No specific eligibility requirements

  • Formatting

    We don't have formatting requirements for this magazine

  • Author's rights

    We don't have rights information for this magazine

  • Additional info

    Payment for publication in Clockhouse is one contributor’s copy in which the work appears. As appropriate, we may also choose to nominate published work for awards or other recognition. Genre fiction will be considered only if it sustains literary merit.

Tracker statistics

31

Total submissions tracked

78 days

Average response time

0%

Average acceptance rate

63 days

Fastest response time

123 days

Slowest response time

Сhill Subs is able to provide internal statistics because you use our tracker! You're the best!

person with a laptop

The Submissions Grinder Statistics

0.00%

12-month average acceptance rate

86 days

12-month average response time

Submission calls

    All genres

    Closed

About

Founded

2011

Country

US

www.clockhouse.net

Masthead

    Editor Lucy Turner avatar

    Lucy Turner

    Editor-in-Chief

    Editor Jasminne Mendez avatar

    Jasminne Mendez

    Faculty Advisor, Goddard College