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Submission Guidelines

NOTE: Please do not send queries about the status of your submission(s). We may take a long time, but of course you are welcome to send your stuff to as many journals as you like. Don't take it personally if we take a long time to get back to you. We have a year-round reading period because we don't want to turn people away. But more than likely you're just going to have to wait for it. Since submitting is free, we think that's reasonable.

Quarterly Journal (Print). Fiction, Poetry, Creative Non-Fiction

-Send as .doc or .rtf attachments to submissions@keyholemagazine.com.
-Please title the attached file and the subject of the email in this format: Author, Genre, Title, Submission Date (dd-mm-yy).
-Include contact information in the body of the email and at the top of the attached file.
-Multiple submissions: due to time constraints, we ask that you do not send more than five poems or two short stories (flash fiction: up to five).
-Word count: 10,000 words or less.
-Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
-We do not accept previously published works.
-At this time we can't pay you. If your work is accepted you will receive one contributor copy.
-Authors retain rights to their writing. Please consider that issues of Keyhole will be available in various electronic formats in addition to print: Kindle, iPhone, downloadable PDFs, etc.

*(If you are submitting poetry your submission will also be considered for Nashville Is Reads.)

Keyhole Digest* (Monthly Print). - Flash fiction, poetry

* Fiction and poetry printed on a single piece of paper, tri-folded, and placed around Nashville for free. Issues available for download here.

Flash Fiction:
-To make sure there's room to fit several authors into each month's paper, please keep submissions around 250 words or less. We will consider longer stories, but nothing longer than 500 words.

Poetry:
-No more than 30 lines per poem (including double spaces).
-For prose poems, just follow the flash fiction guidelines.

**Bios will not appear in print. A pdf of each issue will be available online.**

-Please attach your submission in .doc or .rtf formats and send to submissions@keyholemagazine.com.
-Title the submission and the email subject in this format: Author, Genre, Title, MM-DD-YY. Also in the email subject include "Keyhole Digest"

Online/iPhone. Short Fiction, Flash Fiction, Poetry

-Must sign up for an account to submit.
-Must be 2,000 words or less.
-Multiple submissions are allowed.
-Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
-We do not accept previously published works.
-Authors retain rights to their work.

Articles (Online). Interviews, Opinion, Reviews (books, music, movies), Other

-Must sign up for an account to submit.
-Must be more than 200 words, but no max word count.
-Multiple submissions are allowed.
-Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
-We do not accept previously published works.
-Authors retain rights to their work.

Books. - Fiction Collections, Novels, Novellas, etc.


* We are no longer accepting unsolicited manuscripts. Please do not send queries asking us to read your manuscript.

Keyhole will only be working with a small number of authors, publishing only their future books. More authors will be added to the Keyhole roster as resources allow.

IsReads. - Outdoor Poetry Journal


-If you want to submit your poetry to be considered only for NIR, email as doc or rtf attachments to editors@isreads.com.
-Please include one or two sentences of biographical information.
-Poems should be short enough to fit on one page and designed in such a way that will attract readers who aren’t expecting to spend any time reading a poem.

Visit the website: www.IsReads.com