The Chamber Magazine

How to submit

• Processs

  Email

• Cover letter

  A short bio of 50 words or less is optional. It may include your website, twitter handle, or any other social media identification you like. Please state the genre and/or subgenre of your work in your cover letter. I put the these in the Title line to make it easier for search engines to find stories and poems. I will decide what genre/subgenre the work best fits, if that info in not provided. However, I would prefer that the author provide it in case his/her opinion differs from mine.

• Eligibility

  No specific eligibility requirements

• Formatting

  Please submit in some form of Word, if possible. Google docs is okay. Word works well translating some software but not others. If in doubt, send it. If it doesn’t work with Word, I will let you know. Use standard manuscript format (paragraphs together with first line indented) or flush left with a space between paragraphs. In both cases the right edge should be ragged. Please, please, please don’t mix the two in one document. My preference is for flush left, but I like the more traditional standard manuscript format too. This makes it easier for me to copy and paste into the website and easier for readers to grasp. I try not to tinker with format, because it is time-consuming and each author should be able to use their own idiosyncrasies.

• Author's rights

  There is no pay for any submission at this time. All rights remain with the author.

• Additional info

  I am looking for articles, reviews, essays, dark poetry, and dark fiction of approximately 7,500 words or less including flash fiction, micro fiction, nano fiction, postcard fiction, sudden fiction, smoke longs, dribbles, drabbles, short shorts, six-word stories, mini-sagas, creepypastas, or of any flavor of short fiction that demonstrates the art of writing dark fiction. Do not send fan fiction. I am taking multiple submissions of up to three works at once. Once you have submitted, please wait until you have heard about that submission before submitting more.