Dappled Things

How to submit

• Process

  Submittable

• Cover letter

  Please include a byline in your cover letter that we can use in our contributor notes if your piece is selected for publication. Guest Blog Post: Please include a biographical note.

• Eligibility

  No specific eligibility requirements

• Formatting

  Nonfiction: All text submissions should use 12-point Times New Roman font. Writers should only use one space after periods and other forms of punctuation. Instead of including a list of works cited, include any citations in journalistic style, as a part of the piece itself.

• Author's rights

  We don't have rights information for this magazine

• Additional info

  Dappled Things is a Catholic literary magazine, and this raises the question of what Catholic literature is in the first place. Rather than give you a pat answer, we invite you as a contributor to help us explore that question. Payment. Essays published in Dappled Things receive a payment of $100. In addition, all pieces submitted to our nonfiction section will automatically be considered for our yearly Jacques Maritain Prize for Nonfiction. All interviews published in Dappled Things receive a payment of $100. Dappled Things pays $50 for reviews over 900 words and $20 for shorter reviews. Short stories, flash-fiction, and drama. Dappled Things pays $100 per published piece in this category. We are not interested in work that uses an overly academic tone. Avoid jargon and send us work that will be of interest to the well-informed non-specialist. Instead of including a list of works cited, include any citations in journalistic style, as a part of the piece itself.