Psaltery & Lyre
Literary Magazine
Online literary journal publishing poetry, flash, creative nonfiction, fiction, and hybrid works that push the borders of scared and secular.
Highlights
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: within 3-6 months*/Editor reported data29 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: / 2.78%*Chill Subs tracker stats
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
From the editors
Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net
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 - 7000 words max
Max words: 7000
Max pieces: 1
Sub Genres: Literary
Fiction - 1000 words max
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 1
Sub Genres: Literary
Nonfiction - 7000 words max
Max words: 7000
Max pieces: 1
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Nonfiction - 1000 words max
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 1
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Poetry
Max pieces: 3
Hybrid
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 1
Review
Max words: 1000
Max words: 1500
Max pieces: 1
How to submit
Processs
Google / other forms
Cover letter
No cover letter advice
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
All creative work should be attached as a .doc or .docx (if the form requires it, you may also use .pdf). Title the .doc or .docx “Genre- FirstNameLastName.” For example, “Nonfiction-JaneDoe.docx”.
Author's rights
We acquire First North American serial rights, and rights revert to the author upon publication. We ask to be acknowledged in any future reprints
Additional info
Please send only one submission to each genre per submission window. We are particularly interested in works that speak from a place of embodiment — the lived experiences that touch belief and doubt. We use these terms broadly and are interested in reading any work that may brush up against them. If you are unsure whether your work would be a good fit for P&L, check out our archive. We value economy in language, and appreciate flash (stories limited to 1000 words), but will occasionally take longer works (up to 7000 words)
Tracker statistics
58
Total submissions tracked
29 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
8 days
Fastest response time
45 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 73 days, 66 days, 76 days, 68 days
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Submission calls
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About
At Psaltery & Lyre, we want essays, stories, poetry, and hybrid works that push the borders of sacred and secular. We are particularly interested in works that speak from a place of embodiment — the lived experiences that touch belief and doubt. We use these terms broadly and are interested in any w...
Read moreFounded
2016
Country
US
Masthead
Millie Tullis
Editor-in-Chief
Dayna Patterson
FOUNDING EDITOR
Megan McDermott
BOOK REVIEW EDITOR
Allie Spikes
POETRY / PROSE EDITOR
Shaun Anderson
NONFICTION EDITOR
Reyzl Grace
POETRY EDITOR
Romana Iorga
POETRY EDITOR