ergot.
Literary Magazine
ergot. is a literary website interested in furthering the innovative and experimental tradition in horror.
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Highlights
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: 90 days*/Editor reported data17 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: / 6.53%*Chill Subs tracker stats
Pays$25
Find more details in the Genres section
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 - 10000 words max
Max words: 10000
Max pieces: 1
Sub Genres: Experimental, Horror
Payment: $ 25
Fiction - 1000 words max
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 3
Sub Genres: Experimental, Horror
Payment: $ 25
Hybrid
Max words: 10000
Max pieces: 3
Payment: $ 25
Translation
Max words: 10000
Max pieces: 3
Payment: $ 25
How to submit
Processs
Email
Cover letter
No cover letter advice
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.
Author's rights
We don't have rights information for this magazine
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.
Tracker statistics
204
Total submissions tracked
17 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
10 days
Fastest response time
35 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 79 days, 76 days
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About
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. ...
Read moreFounded
2022
Country
US
Masthead
Samuel M. Moss
Editor-in-Chief