WHAT TO SEND US:

Fearless fiction, nonfiction, poetry and artwork. Literary, speculative, experimental, or absurdly unclassifiable, just make it bold and beautifully written. 

Note: We cap our poetry submissions at 250 submissions each reading period. 

Fiction

For fiction, send up to 750 words in a single document. This includes fifty word stories, drabbles and other microfiction, flash, and short stories.

Nonfiction 

For nonfiction, send up to 750 words in a single document. This includes fifty-word essays, drabbles and other micros, flash prose.

Poetry

For poetry, send up to 5 poems, no longer than 50 lines each, in a single document. We’ll consider anything from unrhymed couplets to haibun to prose poems. Invented and experimental forms are encouraged.

WHAT NOT TO SEND:

We believe every genre has its place, but will not accept erotica, splatterpunk, or other extreme works. Sex, violence, and vulgarity are fine, so long as they serve a purpose.

At this time, we are only interested in unpublished material, so please send us pieces that have not yet been published (“published” includes publication in other literary magazines (print or web), on your blog or your own website).

RIGHTS AND PAYMENT:

By submitting to Pidgeonholes, you agree to grant First World Electronic Rights and Non-exclusive Archival Rights, so we may continue to archive your work. All other rights remain with the author. If your work is published elsewhere in the future, please give a nod to Pidgeonholes as the first place it appeared.

While we’d love to pay money, at this time we can only pay in love, promotion, and a lasting relationship with our authors. 

SIMULTANEOUS AND MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS:

We write, too. Simultaneous submissions are fine, so long as you let us know if the work is accepted elsewhere. Since we allow for multiple works to be sent in a single document, please only submit one document at a time. Please also submit to only one genre at a time. 

If you receive a rejection, please wait one month before submitting again.

If you receive an acceptance, please wait six months before submitting again.

RESPONSE TIME:

We hope to respond to all submissions within three months. Once you hear back from us, please wait one month before submitting more work; submissions that fail to meet this guideline will be deleted unread.