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Guidelines

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

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

Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time

six to eight months / 135 days

Acceptance Rate

0%

  • Payment

    Yes: $300 per piece

  • Fee

    No

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    No

  • Expedited response

    No

  • Available in print

    No

  • Provides contributor copies

    No

  • Examples online

    Yes

  • Active on social media

    No

Accepted genres

1 genres

Fiction

Max words: 10000

Max pieces: 1

Fiction

Max words: 10000

Max pieces: 1

Statistics

We're able to provide them because you use our tracker!
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Track submission

20

Total submissions tracked

135 days

Average response time

0%

Average acceptance rate

85 days

Fastest response time

257 days

Slowest response time

*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 904 days

How to submit

Process

-

Cover letters

Coming soon! Advice from editors on what your cover letter and bio should look like!

Eligibility

No specific eligibility requirements

Formatting

Coming soon! All the Times New Romans and double spaces!

Rights for published work

Coming soon! First, third, none, all the rights!

Additional info

Members of Electric Literature can submit year-round. Upon acceptance, we can offer authors $300 for publishing rights. During the general submissions periods, writers may submit one piece per opening period.

About the Magazine

Founded in 2009 | United States

Masthead

We currently list only main editors, more will be added later! If you are an editor, you can edit your masthead in our admin panel :)

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Examples

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