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Litmosphere: Journal of Charlotte Lit

Literary Magazine

Fiction

Flash Fiction

Nonfiction

Flash Nonfiction

Poetry

Art

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Litmosphere publishes poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction in two online issues per year (March and September).

Highlights

This magazine may have some eligibility requirements

Please double-check before submitting.

  • Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
  • Response time:
    30 days or faster*
    Editor reported data
  • Acceptance rate:
    12% *
    Editor reported data
  • Work acquired through solicitation: 1%

Payssee Genres section for details

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

    From the editors

    Poetry and prose must be previously unpublished. Art submissions can be previously published.

    What's that?

    When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary

  • Nominates for prizes

    From the editors

    Pushcart Prize

  • 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 - 5000 words max

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 1

Sub Genres: Literary

Payment: $ 100

Fiction - 500 words max

Max words: 500

Max pieces: 4

Sub Genres: Literary

Payment: $ 50 per piece

Submit up to four pieces (no more than 500 words each), preferably stories or essays that speak to each other in some way as we prefer to showcase multiple pieces as a set from each selected contributor.

Nonfiction - 5000 words max

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 1

Sub Genres: , , ,

Payment: $ 100

Nonfiction - 500 words max

Max words: 500

Max pieces: 4

Sub Genres: , , ,

Payment: $ 50 per piece

Submit up to four pieces (no more than 500 words each), preferably stories or essays that speak to each other in some way as we prefer to showcase multiple pieces as a set from each selected contributor.

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

Payment: $ 50 per piece

Submit up to five poems, ideally topically, thematically, or stylistically related, as we prefer to showcase multiple pieces as a set from each selected contributor.

Art

Max pieces: 10

Payment: $ 250

We feature a single visual artist/photographer every issue, pairing individual pieces of artwork with selected poems and stories; we’ll also showcase artwork on a separate artist gallery page. Please upload ten representative images of topically, graphically, or thematically related art.

How to submit

  • Processs

    Submittable

  • Cover letter

    In our "Contributor's Note" field, please include a short note (up to 150 words) that helps editors and readers get to know you. Rather than listing prior publications, tell us something about yourself—where you’re from, how you identify, what excites and interests you––and about the impulse behind the piece(s) in your submission. If you have them, please also include your website and active social media handles.

  • Eligibility

    18+

  • Formatting

    Please upload a single file with each piece on a new page, in .doc, .docx, or .rtf format, using Times New Roman or another readable font. Double-spacing preferred. For Poetry (which allows up to five pieces) and Flash (which allows up to four), begin each piece on a new page. Do not include name or other contact information in your uploaded file so we can read without bias.

  • Author's rights

    For all writing: first electronic rights and non-exclusive archival rights; copyright remains with the author. For art: non-exclusive online and archival use; copyright remains with the artist.

  • Additional info

    Our Vision It seems the literary journal world has become an immense and sometimes less than friendly landscape for writers seeking to find homes for their work. We’ve envisioned Litmosphere as an oasis in the desert of long response times and impersonal rejection notes. As writers ourselves, we know submitters are putting real skin (thick or thin) into the game and deserve our full attention and respect. We strive to make meaningful connections with potential contributors, regardless of our ability to include their work in a particular issue. That desire to connect carries over to a preference for readers to more deeply experience authors’ voices by publishing together multiple pieces from the same writers. We are interested in work by all writers, and are particularly eager to receive submissions from those historically underrepresented in publishing. Finally, we’re committed to crafting a nourishing, visually appealing, easy-to-navigate journal. Our Aesthetic Litmosphere is for lovers of image and metaphor, writers and readers as curious about inner experience as driving narrative. It’s a place readers can easily dip in, read a piece or two, but our goal is to curate content and design a reading experience that makes you want to linger, luxuriate in rich language, reconsider the world and your place in it.

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Total submissions tracked

8 days

Average response time

0%

Average acceptance rate

4 days

Fastest response time

12 days

Slowest response time

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    Spring Issue

    Jan 1, 2025 - Jan 31, 2025

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About

Litmosphere is an open submission, paying online literary and art journal, published twice a year. We’re open for submissions of art, flash (fiction and nonfiction), poetry, and short prose (fiction and literary nonfiction) in January for the Spring issue and in July for the Fall issue. The journal ...

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Founded

2022

Country

US

www.charlottelit.org

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    Kathie Collins

    Editor-in-Chief

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    Paul Reali

    Managing Editor & Designer