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Sep 30, 2023

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"Published by writers for writers, The Whisky Blot, a literary journal, is dedicated to publishing the best of short fiction, poetry, and haiku. When you think Whisky Blot, we want you think literary and poetic art house. "

"Published by writers for writers, The Whisky Blot, a literary journal, is dedicated to publishing the best of short fiction, poetry, and haiku. When you think Whisky Blot, we want you think literary and poetic art house. "

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Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time

within 30 days

Acceptance Rate

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  • Payment

    No

  • Fee

    No

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    No

  • Expedited response

    Yes: $5

  • Available in print

    No

  • Provides contributor copies

    No

  • Examples online

    Yes

  • Active on social media

    Yes

Accepted genres

4 genres

Art

We accept artistic drawings, paintings, and photography of old whisky/whiskey bottles, whisky in glasses, old bars, vinyl records, old jazz ...

Fiction

Max words: 3500

Max pieces: 1

Short fiction - Writers may submit 1 work of short fiction (up to 3500 words).

Flash Fiction

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 2

Microfiction - Writers may submit up to 3 works of microfiction (50 word limit). Flash fiction - Writers may submit 1-2 works of flash ficti...

Poetry

Poetry/haiku - Writers may submit up to 3 poems/haiku at a time for consideration. Traditional 5-7-5 haiku only.

Art

We accept artistic drawings, paintings, and photography of old whisky/whiskey bottles, whisky in glasses, old bars, vinyl records, old jazz ...

Fiction

Max words: 3500

Max pieces: 1

Short fiction - Writers may submit 1 work of short fiction (up to 3500 words).

Flash Fiction

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 2

Microfiction - Writers may submit up to 3 works of microfiction (50 word limit). Flash fiction - Writers may submit 1-2 works of flash ficti...

Poetry

Poetry/haiku - Writers may submit up to 3 poems/haiku at a time for consideration. Traditional 5-7-5 haiku only.

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How to submit

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Cover letters

Coming soon! Advice from editors on what your cover letter and bio should look like!

Eligibility

No specific eligibility requirements

Formatting

Coming soon! All the Times New Romans and double spaces!

Rights for published work

Coming soon! First, third, none, all the rights!

Additional info

We do provide the option of an expedited (24-hour) response to submissions for a nominal fee ($5.00). We want to read your best writing... ​ literary fiction ​southern-fried grit lit magical realism anything Hemingway related writing about nature your writing about writing writing about drinking haiku fiction and poetry that is inspired by nature

About the Magazine

Founded in 2020 | 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 :)

Shane Huey

Editor-in-Chief