We would like to read your work. To ensure that we are able to, please follow both the general and the genre guidelines carefully. Incorrectly formatted submissions may be ignored. Read on for details and addresses.

Reading Periods

We accept submissions on a rolling basis, although certain genres do close from time to time. Currently, we publish new work on the first three Mondays of each month.

Click on a genre below or in the box on the upper right hand side of this page for genre-specific guidelines and addresses for submissions.

For Art guidelines click here: Open
For Blog guidelines click here: Open
For Criticism guidelines click here: Open
For (de)Classified guidelines click here: Open
For Features guidelines click here: Open
For Fiction guidelines click here: Open
For Nonfiction guidelines click here: Open
For Poetry guidelines click here: Open

Theme Issues

Submissions are closed for our fourth anniversary theme issue, “Working,” which will go live on March 1, 2010. The theme for 2011 will be announced this fall.

How to Submit

Email submissions to the appropriate address (click on relevant genre in above right box). Your subject line should include your last name and the title of your piece (or the title of the first piece, if you’re sending more than one). (Ex.: Jane Doe, “My Summer Vacation”). Your email should include your name, a cover letter, the title(s) of the pieces and a press-ready bio. 

We prefer Word or RTF attachments (PC platform) for text, .jpg, .gif, or .png format for images. Be sure your document has a file extension, or we may not be able to open it! Do not include your name in filenames or within files. If you do, we will not be able to read your submission.

Check out the Fringe blog for tips on how to get out of the slush pile and how to write a killer cover letter.

Simultaneous/Multiple Submissions

Are accepted, provided that you identify them as such and agree to notify us immediately if a piece has been accepted elsewhere. Please do not send Fringe more than two total submissions at a time. Wait to hear from us before sending anything more.

Previously Published Work

Is not accepted. We consider work that has appeared in print journals or on blogs or other websites to be previously published.

Queries

Please wait 3 months before querying genre editors directly. If you have pitched an article to Features, feel free to query after four weeks.

Acceptance

If your work is accepted, we will contact you at the email address you’ve provided. We acquire first electronic publishing rights. All other rights revert to the writer after publication. Published work remains part of Fringe’s online archive. If the work is reprinted, we ask that you acknowledge Fringe as the original place of publication. Unfortunately, we cannot offer payment for the work we publish at this time.