Susurrus
Literary Magazine
An online literary arts magazine for artists from the American South
Highlights
This magazine may have some eligibility requirements
Please double-check before submitting.
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: ~1 month*/Editor reported data25 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: / 25.81%*Chill Subs tracker stats
PaysNo
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
From the editors
Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, Best Small Fictions, Best Microfiction
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 - 6000 words max
Max words: 1001
Max words: 6000
Max pieces: 3
Sub Genres: Literary
Fiction - 1000 words max
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 3
Sub Genres: Literary
Nonfiction - 6000 words max
Max words: 1001
Max words: 6000
Max pieces: 3
Nonfiction - 1000 words max
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 3
Poetry
Max pieces: 3
Photography
Min pieces: 30
Max pieces: 50
How to submit
Processs
Email
Cover letter
In the body of your email, address your email to the appropriate editor and include a short third-person bio that touches on your pronouns, where you are from, your publication history, and any social accounts readers can follow you on.
Eligibility
Creators from a specific location / ethnic group
Formatting
Flash Fiction: Attach all submissions into one document that includes the title and your name at the start of each story. Poetry: Attach all poems into one document that includes the title and your name at the start of each poem. Fiction and Creative Nonfiction: Double-space your work and number your pages.
Author's rights
Susurrus acquires first electronic rights and non-exclusive archival rights. Rights revert to the author upon publication. If your work is republished in the future, please credit Susurrus as the original publisher.
Additional info
Make you feel at home: cozy, meme-friendly, a sense of community, all that stuff Only for artists across the American South
Tracker statistics
32
Total submissions tracked
25 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
8 days
Fastest response time
84 days
Slowest response time
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Submission calls
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Michelle Champagne
Editor-in-Chief
Maddie Gallo
Editor
CJ Triplett
Editor