Story Unlikely

How to submit

• Process

  Email

• Cover letter

  If your submission was previously published, include information on the previous publication (where and when, online or print, and previous payment, if any).

• Eligibility

  No specific eligibility requirements

• Formatting

  Attach your story as a DOC or DOCX, or something else if you want to be difficult. Standard manuscript format is fine, but honestly, you've spent enough time writing the darn thing to worry about our silly preferences on spaces and underlines and, heaven forbid, a different font.

• Author's rights

  The use of the Work by Story Unlikely entails the assignment of first, non-exclusive Anthology Rights, for publication in the English language, and continuing, nonexclusive right to use the Work in the edition as long as Story Unlikely remains in print/publication. (In other words, you can publish your story anywhere else after it's been published here, we just ask that you mention that it was published in Story Unlikely first, and after a set period of time after original publication, generally 3 to 6 months.)

• Additional info

  We only accept submission from subscribers - I know, we're kind of inbred that way, but it's free! Subscribe here: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/638620ad6fe9c61d37616c63 For reprints, we pay 1 cent per word with a maximum payout of $75 (or $150 for Members) We are now illustrating all published stories.