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Deadline

Feb 1, 2024

General theme

Cochise County

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"If you like stories of the West, you’ve come to the right place. In addition to fiction, we publish the best nonfiction about the West as well as poetry, interviews, and…well, pretty much anything to do with the West. "

Current Theme

Cochise County

"If you like stories of the West, you’ve come to the right place. In addition to fiction, we publish the best nonfiction about the West as well as poetry, interviews, and…well, pretty much anything to do with the West. "

Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time

60 days after DL

Acceptance Rate

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  • Payment

    No

  • Fee

    No

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    No

  • Expedited response

    No

  • Available in print

    Yes

  • Provides contributor copies

    No

  • Examples online

    Yes

  • Active on social media

    No

Accepted genres

3 genres

Fiction (Short Fiction)

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 1

Short Fiction

Nonfiction (Feature articles)

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 1

Poetry

Max lines: 30

No more than one page in length (approximately 30 lines)

Fiction (Short Fiction)

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 1

Short Fiction

Nonfiction (Feature articles)

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 1

Poetry

Max lines: 30

No more than one page in length (approximately 30 lines)

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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

Saddlebag Dispatches is seeking works about the West. These will have themes of open country, unforgiving nature, struggles to survive and settle the land, freedom from authority, cooperation with fellow adventurers, and other experiences that human beings encounter on the frontier. Traditional westerns are set west of the Mississippi River between the end of the American Civil War and the turn of the twentieth century. The western is not limited to that time, however. The essence is openness and struggle. These things are happening now as much as they were in the years gone by. Multiple and simultaneous submissions are accepted. However, only one in each category per author will be published in the current issue.

About the Magazine

Founded in 2014 | 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 :)

Dennis Doty

Editor-in-Chief

Bob Giel

Managing Editor

Anthony Wood

Associate Editor

George "Clay" Mitchell

Associate Editor

J.B. Hogan

Associate Editor

Examples

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