A lit mag for the jagged, the sacred, the silenced. We seek to uplift marginalized voices. Send us the bold, the nontraditional, the boundary-defying. We're especially interested in poems, short stories, and essays that explore intimacy, identity, mental health, desire, and the in-between spaces.
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- Response time: 14 days after submission*/Editor reported data?*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: ?*/Editor reported data100%*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Work acquired through solicitation: 80%
Publication
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
From the editors
Best New Poets, Best Small Fiction, Pushcart
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
Has examples online
How to submit
Process
Duosuma
Cover letter
Include a short, third person bio to include with your published piece.
Eligibility
Bipoc, Creators With Disabilities, LGBTQ+, Nonbinary, Women
Formatting
You can submit through Duosuma, or email your submission to: mouthfulofsalt@gmail.com with the subject line formatted as:[Genre] – [Title of Work] – [Granules or Issue No. 1]. Send your work as a .docx or PDF and please only submit ONCE per submission period. Double-spaced for prose; poetry may be single-spaced with appropriate formatting. Use TNR, Georgia, or Garamond at 12-point size. Please include the title at the top of the first page (no name in the body of the submission for blind review)
Author's rights
Mouthful of Salt retains first publication rights. Upon publication, all rights revert back to the author. If your piece is republished elsewhere—whether in another journal, anthology, chapbook, or book—please credit Mouthful of Salt as the original publisher.
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About
A newly founded literary journal carving space for the raw, the intimate, and the genre-defiant. We’re currently deep in the making of our inaugural Issue One, set to publish in August 2025. This debut collection will showcase the voices we carry and the stories we can’t spit out.
Founded
2025
Country
US
Masthead
Imani Cauthen-Robinson
Editor-in-Chief