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"ergot. is a literary website interested in furthering the innovative and experimental tradition in horror."

"ergot. is a literary website interested in furthering the innovative and experimental tradition in horror."

Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time

90 days / 17 days

Acceptance Rate

6.9%

  • Payment

    Yes: $25

  • Fee

    No

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    No

  • Expedited response

    No

  • Available in print

    No

  • Provides contributor copies

    No

  • Examples online

    Yes

  • Active on social media

    Yes

Accepted genres

4 genres

Fiction

Max words: 10000

Max pieces: 1

Flash Fiction

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 3

Hybrid

Max words: 10000

Max pieces: 3

1 piece up to 10k or 3 pieces up to 1k each

Translation

Max words: 10000

Max pieces: 3

1 piece up to 10k or 3 pieces up to 1k each

Fiction

Max words: 10000

Max pieces: 1

Flash Fiction

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 3

Hybrid

Max words: 10000

Max pieces: 3

1 piece up to 10k or 3 pieces up to 1k each

Translation

Max words: 10000

Max pieces: 3

1 piece up to 10k or 3 pieces up to 1k each

Statistics

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Track submission

36

Total submissions tracked

17 days

Average response time

6.9%

Average acceptance rate

10 days

Fastest response time

31 days

Slowest response time

*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 35 days, 76 days, 79 days

How to submit

Process

SUBMISSION: Your Name - Title of work to ergot.press@gmail.com

Cover letters

Coming soon! Advice from editors on what your cover letter and bio should look like!

Eligibility

No specific eligibility requirements

Formatting

Please send as an attachment (.doc, .docx, .rtf or .pdf) in one email. Please do not paste the story into the body of the email.

Rights for published work

Coming soon! First, third, none, all the rights!

Additional info

Please send only one piece - or up to three flash pieces(< 1000 words each) We seek fiction and hybrid work [including excerpts and work in translation] that push out the boundary of what literary horror is and what it might become.

About the Magazine

Founded in 2022 | United States

We are far less interested in "Experimental" work (attempting to display the author‘s brilliance through references, tricks or gimmicks) than experimental work (that seeks to push out the boundaries of what fiction can and might do). Work where very close attention has been paid to the prose style. Work that values atmosphere and mood over plot. Work that fails in new and unusual ways over work that succeeds in the tried and true.

Masthead

We currently list only main editors, more will be added later! If you are an editor, you can edit your masthead in our admin panel :)

Samuel M. Moss

Editor-in-Chief