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Recommended Reading (Electric Literature)

Literary Magazine

Fiction

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Recommended Reading is your ultimate source for the best in contemporary fiction, including short stories and novel excerpts from today’s most dynamic voices.

electricliterature.com

Highlights

Vibe:Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok
Response time:
6 to 8 months*
Editor reported data
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93 days*
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Acceptance rate: /
0%*
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Pays$300 per piece

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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
From the editors
50
What's that?
Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee

Fiction - 10000 words max

Max words: 2000

Max words: 10000

Max pieces: 1

Sub Genres: Literary

Payment: $ 300 per piece

Simultaneous submissions are accepted but please notify us immediately if a piece is accepted elsewhere. Work previously published in any form cannot be considered. During the general submissions periods, writers may submit one piece per period. (This does not apply to members who can submit year-round.) Writers with a submission pending with The Commuter can still submit to Recommended Reading. Please do not submit a story already previously rejected by Electric Literature, even if the story has been revised (unless you've been invited to do so by an EL editor).

How to submit

Processs
Submittable
Cover letter
No cover letter advice
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
Please submit a single document in .doc, .docx, or PDF.
Author's rights
Upon acceptance, we can offer authors $300 for publishing rights, with 90-day exclusivity.
Additional info
Members of Electric Literature can submit year round. During open submission periods, one piece may be submitted per writer. Work published by Electric Literature and our literary magazines has been recognized by Best American Short Stories, Essays, Poetry, and Comics, the Pushcart Prize, Best Canadian Short Stories, The Best of the Small Presses, and the O. Henry Prize.

Tracker statistics

Total submissions tracked

93 days

Average response time

Average acceptance rate

17 days

Fastest response time

257 days

Slowest response time

*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 904 days

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About

Electric Literature is a nonprofit digital publisher with the mission to make literature more exciting, relevant, and inclusive. We are committed to publishing work that is intelligent and unpretentious, elevating new voices, and examining how literature and storytelling can help illuminate social j...

Founded

2009

Country

electricliterature.com

Masthead

Halimah Marcus

Editor-in-Chief

Wynter Miller

Managing Editor

Preety Sidhu

Associate Editor