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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
Acceptance Rate
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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36
Total submissions tracked
17 days
Average response time
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
Examples
2 pieces from Chill Subs people
