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Since launching in January of 2019, Sunspot Literary Journal has amplified diverse multinational voices. New works have been published in their original language side-by-side with English translations.
Vibe
Send us your best but less intimidating
Response Time
Average acceptance rate
Types of Submissions Accepted
Fiction
Max words: 49000
Max pieces: 1
Short no longer than 3,500 words. Longform from 7,501 words up to 17,500 words. Supernova (Very Long-form) from 7,501 words up to 17,500 words. Novelette Length 17,501 to 29,000. Novella Length 29,001 to 49,000.
Flash rules
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 2
For flash: 1 or 2 pieces up to a total of 1,000 words per submission
all
Nonfiction
Max words: 49000
Max pieces: 1
CNF. Short no longer than 3,500 words. Longform from 7,501 words up to 17,500 words. Supernova (Very Long-form) from 7,501 words up to 17,500 words. Novelette Length 17,501 to 29,000. Novella Length 29,001 to 49,000.
Flash rules
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 2
For flash: 1 or 2 pieces up to a total of 1,000 words per submission
Play
No specific limitations
Poetry
Max lines: 1250
Max pieces: 3
Art
Max pieces: 2
Comics
Graphic novels should run 5 to 10 pages.
Fiction
Max words: 49000
Max pieces: 1
Short no longer than 3,500 words. Longform from 7,501 words up to 17,500 words. Supernova (Very Long-form) from 7,501 words up to 17,500 words. Novelette Length 17,501 to 29,000. Novella Length 29,001 to 49,000.
Flash rules
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 2
For flash: 1 or 2 pieces up to a total of 1,000 words per submission
all
Nonfiction
Max words: 49000
Max pieces: 1
CNF. Short no longer than 3,500 words. Longform from 7,501 words up to 17,500 words. Supernova (Very Long-form) from 7,501 words up to 17,500 words. Novelette Length 17,501 to 29,000. Novella Length 29,001 to 49,000.
Flash rules
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 2
For flash: 1 or 2 pieces up to a total of 1,000 words per submission
Play
No specific limitations
Poetry
Max lines: 1250
Max pieces: 3
Need to know for submitting
Read carefully, it will save from dead rats in the mailbox
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Details
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How to submit 🏗️
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Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️
04
Awards
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Demographics & Eligibility
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Formatting requirements 🏗️
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Rights for published work 🏗️
Magazine
Founded in 2019 | 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 :)
Laine Cunningham
Editor-in-Chief
Morrow Dowdle
Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)
Total tracked
19
Average acceptance rate
0% (so far)
Average response time
411 days
Average acceptance/rejection time
-/411 days
Fastest response time
14 days
Slowest response time
885 days
