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Empty House Press

Literary Magazine

Fiction

Flash Fiction

Nonfiction

Flash Nonfiction

Poetry

Photography

Hybrid

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We encourage broad interpretations of what the idea or image of an empty house might evoke. This includes but is not limited to writing about home, landscape, place, memory, and of course, the atmosphere of previously inhabited spaces.

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Highlights

  • Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
  • Response time:
    1 month*
    Editor reported data
     / 
    33 days*
    Chill Subs tracker stats
  • Acceptance rate:  / 
    3.77%*
    Chill Subs tracker stats

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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

  • Has examples online

  • Offers expedited response

    What's that?

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

Fiction - 2000 words max

Max words: 2000

Max pieces: 1

If you would like to submit a suite of up to 3 pieces shorter than 1000 words, please submit these in a single document. We’re willing to read up to 2000 words per prose piece, though we prefer works in the 500-1500 word range. Please submit pieces longer than 1000 words one at a time. If you would like to submit a suite of up to 3 pieces shorter than 1000 words, please submit these in a single document.

Fiction - 1000 words max

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 3

Nonfiction - 2000 words max

Max words: 2000

Max pieces: 1

If you would like to submit a suite of up to 3 pieces shorter than 1000 words, please submit these in a single document. We’re willing to read up to 2000 words per prose piece, though we prefer works in the 500-1500 word range. Please submit pieces longer than 1000 words one at a time. If you would like to submit a suite of up to 3 pieces shorter than 1000 words, please submit these in a single document.

Nonfiction - 1000 words max

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 3

Poetry

Max pieces: 3

Please send us 1-3 poems per submission in a single document

Photography

Min pieces: 6

Max pieces: 12

We would like to see a collection of photographs that speak to each other and express an idea as a whole. Each series will consist of a short artist's statement and 6–12 photographs that share a common vision or theme.

Hybrid

No specific limitations

How to submit

  • Processs

    Google / other forms

  • Cover letter

    Include a short cover letter and third-person biography within the single document with your work.

  • Eligibility

    No specific eligibility requirements

  • Formatting

    Please send your work in a single .docx or .pdf file, double-spaced for prose, single-spaced for poetry, using Times New Roman or another standard font.

  • Author's rights

    Acceptance grants Empty House Press First Serial Rights, along with nonexclusive Electronic Archival Rights, to showcase your work indefinitely on our site. At the time of publication, all rights revert back to the author. If you re-publish the work elsewhere, please credit us as the original publisher.

  • Additional info

    Cool theme Fast response Accept previously published: "We are willing to read work that has appeared on an author’s personal site or blog or at an online venue that has closed provided that the work is otherwise no longer available or appears in a significantly different form and appropriate acknowledgements are included." Active on social media Promote writers even after publication - hype hype hype

Tracker statistics

76

Total submissions tracked

33 days

Average response time

3.77%

Average acceptance rate

11 days

Fastest response time

92 days

Slowest response time

*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 349 days

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Submission calls

    General

    Open

    Deadline: Apr 30, 2024

About

We are looking for writing that addresses the way narrative and presence adhere to place and the way they vanish. We encourage broad interpretations of what the idea or image of an empty house might evoke. This includes but is not limited to writing about home, landscape, place, memory, and of cours...

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2018

Country

US

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