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Oct 1, 2023 - Apr 1, 2024

Guidelines

"A nationally recognized magazine that publishes literary works of transformative power. We love discovering new writers as well as presenting outstanding new work by the best contemporary writers."

"A nationally recognized magazine that publishes literary works of transformative power. We love discovering new writers as well as presenting outstanding new work by the best contemporary writers."

Vibe

Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok

Response Time

102 days

Acceptance Rate

0%

  • 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

    Yes

Accepted genres

5 genres

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

Fiction

Max pieces: 1

Flash Fiction

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 3

Nonfiction

Max pieces: 1

Flash Nonfiction

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 3

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

Fiction

Max pieces: 1

Flash Fiction

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 3

Nonfiction

Max pieces: 1

Flash Nonfiction

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 3

Statistics

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Track submission

43

Total submissions tracked

102 days

Average response time

0%

Average acceptance rate

58 days

Fastest response time

144 days

Slowest response time

*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 1982 days

How to submit

Process

We use our own submissions manager.

Cover letters

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Eligibility

No specific eligibility requirements

Formatting

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Rights for published work

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Additional info

Available in print

About the Magazine

Founded in 1992 | United States

Salamander is a literary organization that publishes a biannual magazine of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and works in translation. It was founded in 1992 and aims to publish work by writers deserving of a wider audience at any stage in their careers as well as to focus intentionally on inclusivity and outreach to marginalized writers. Work from the magazine has been reprinted and anthologized in The Best American Short Stories, The O. Henry Prize Stories, The Best American Mystery and Suspense, The Best American Poetry, The Pushcart Prize Anthology, New Stories from the Midwest, The Best Small Fictions, and elsewhere. Salamander came to Suffolk University in the fall of 2005 and receives ongoing support from the University. Housed in and published from Suffolk's English Department at 73 Tremont Street in Boston, it is distributed internationally. Its annual fiction contest, judged by prominent short story writers and novelists, began in 2010.

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 :)

José Angel Araguz

Editor-in-Chief

Katie Sticca

Managing Editor/Fiction Editor

Anna V.Q. Ross

Poetry Editor

Quintin Collins

Poetry Editor

Valerie Duff-Strautmann

Reviews Editor