The Muleskinner Journal
Literary Magazine
The journey is long, and the road is hard, but that’s why we love it. Whoever you are, whatever you want to send, whatever you are waiting to receive, we drive straight, and we drive true. We publish stories and poems that keep things moving. We deliver the goods.
Highlights
This magazine may have some eligibility requirements
Please double-check before submitting.
- Vibe:We're just chilling here
- Response time: a month or less*Editor reported data
- Acceptance rate: 12% *Editor reported data
- Work acquired through solicitation: 1%
PaysNo
FeeNo
Accepts simultaneous submissions
What's that?
When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time
Accepts previously published
From the editors
Prior Approval
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: 1000
Max words: 6000
Max pieces: 1
Sub Genres: All / surprise us, Literary, Absurdist, Action-Adventure, Experimental, Fairy Tales & Folklore, Gothic, Historical, Horror, Humor, Magical Realism, Mystery, Noir, Science Fiction, Speculative, Thriller, wtf idk
Fiction - 1000 words max
Max words: 25
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 3
Sub Genres: Literary
Nonfiction - 6000 words max
Max words: 6000
Max pieces: 1
Sub Genres: All / surprise us
Poetry
Max pieces: 3
Play
Max pieces: 1
How to submit
Processs
Submittable
Cover letter
75 word max. Prefer less about where you have published, and more about what makes you you.
Eligibility
Anyone. Everyone. All the time.Formatting
Prefer MS Word .doc or .docx
Author's rights
First publication rights only. All rights revert to author upon publication.
Additional info
No more than one active submission per category at a time.
Submission calls
General
Deadline: Jul 31, 2024
Grounded
About
We are an independent, not-for-profit online literary magazine. Submissions are free, but we also have aspirations to launch a print version and pay writers, so we have a $4 donation option. We work in themes, though the themes are more prompt than subject. We approach publishing like a diary jour...
Read moreFounded
2021
Country
US
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Gary Campanella
Editor-in-Chief
Peter Andrews
Editor
Thomas Phalen
Editor
Jeremy Proehl
Editor
John Romagna
Editor
June Stoddard
Editor
Julia Teweles
Editor