Rock and a Hard Place Magazine
Literary Magazine
Rock and a Hard Place Press is a lit-noir publisher, focused on stories of struggle, tales of the powerless and marginalized, characters on the fringes of society … and what they do next.
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Highlights
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
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Pays$15-$35 per piece
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
What's that?
When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary
Nominates for prizes
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: 2000
Max words: 5000
Max pieces: 1
Sub Genres: Literary
Payment: $ 35 per piece
Fiction - 1000 words max
Max words: 1000
Sub Genres: Literary
Payment: $ per piece
Art
Max pieces: 4
Payment: $ 15 per piece
Photography
Max pieces: 4
Payment: $ 15 per piece
How to submit
Processs
Google / other forms
Cover letter
No cover letter advice
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
We don't have formatting requirements for this magazine
Author's rights
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Additional info
Contributors are asked to limit submissions to one (1) written work per open call, or four (4) visual arts submissions per open call (or both, if you’re a noir polymath). what we want is stories that detail life at the bottom or at the margins of human society. These can be stories about losers who always make the wrong decisions, or they can be stories about people who always make the right decisions but who still can’t get ahead because of the hand they were dealt in life. You can make it weird. You can make it sad. You can make it dark. Or you can make it just the tiniest bit hopeful. Payment/copies. We pay $35 for stories between 2,000 and 5,000 words; less if you would prefer a contributor copy of the issue in which your work appears. If your submission is less than 2000, we will discuss payment with you. We do not pay for flash (1,000 words or less), but we will kick in for your contributor copy. We pay $15 for most art pieces.
Tracker statistics
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Total submissions tracked
48 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
29 days
Fastest response time
79 days
Slowest response time
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Submission calls
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Masthead
Roger Nokes
Editor-in-Chief
Jay Butkowski
Managing Editor, Founding Member
Albert Tucher
Contributing Editor