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Literary Magazine

Poetry

Nonfiction

Flash Nonfiction

Fiction

Flash Fiction

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A literary magazine that celebrates the spiralic nature of life, love, healing, and everything else.

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Highlights

  • Vibe:We're just chilling here
  • Response time:
    1 month*
    Editor reported data
  • Acceptance rate:
    ?

PaysNo

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

Poetry

Max lines: 50

Max pieces: 3

prose poetry - under 200 words (or so), poetry - under 50 lines

Nonfiction

PLEASE NOTE: while we remain open for fiction and CNF submissions, effective 10/2/2022 we are taking a temporary break from publishing prose

Nonfiction - 1000 words max

Max words: 1000

Fiction - 1000 words max

Max words: 1000

PLEASE NOTE: while we remain open for fiction and CNF submissions, effective 10/2/2022 we are taking a temporary break from publishing prose

Fiction - 1000 words max

Max words: 1000

How to submit

  • Processs

    Email

  • Cover letter

    say hello and include a brief third-person bio in the body of the email

  • Eligibility

    No specific eligibility requirements

  • Formatting

    attach your submission as a Word doc or PDF (if submitting multiple pieces, please include them all in one document), OR copy and paste your submission directly into the body of the email

  • Author's rights

    By submitting to Gastropoda, you agree to grant us First World Electronic Rights and Non-Exclusive Archival Rights, so that we can continue to keep your work on our site. All other rights remain yours. If your work is published elsewhere in the future, please consider giving a shout out to Gastropoda as its first home.

  • Additional info

Tracker statistics

27

Total submissions tracked

42 days

Average response time

22.22%

Average acceptance rate

2 days

Fastest response time

95 days

Slowest response time

*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 138 days

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Submission calls

    All genres

    Always open

    General

    Open

About

GASTROPODA is a literary magazine that celebrates the spiralic nature of life, love, healing, and everything else. We aim to feature writing that slows you down and spins you around, helps you see the beauty and wonder in all of life’s twists and turns, and shows you that there is no such thing as w...

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Founded

2021

Country

US

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    Erin Schallmoser

    Editor-in-Chief