Petrichor will begin accepting submissions in Spring 2025. Stay tuned for full launch — and submission — details!
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Please use the submission form below. Include a query letter in the message box or as the first page of the attachment. Please double-space your manuscript and include page numbers.
FICTION
For flash fiction submissions, under 1000 words, please send up to to three stories as a single document. For longer-form short fiction, please send one story at a time, from 1000 to 5000 words.
NONFICTION
For flash nonfiction submissions, under 1000 words, please send up to three flash/short short essays as a single document. For longer-form short nonfiction, from 1000 to 5000 words, please send one essay as a single document.
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Please use the submission form below. Include a query letter in the message box or as the first page of the attachment.
Please single space individual poems and number each page.
NOTE: We do not consider any poetry that has been previously posted or published/shared on social media or other public forum.
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We will feature one digital art image for the cover.
Please send one to three images at at a time. Files should be JPGs or similar file type. Screen resolution for initial submission of 300 dpi or less is fine — if an image is accepted for publication, we may request a higher resolution file.
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Submissions
Please check specifics for each submission type.
For all types of submissions, include the query letter in the message field or attach it, along your submission, in this submissions form. Note: submissions will only be accepted via submissions form.
Simultaneous submissions are acceptable and encouraged—but let us know right away if your work is picked up elsewhere.
If you have to withdraw your work for any reason, please do so on the submissions form. If you are making a partial withdrawal (in the case of short shorts or poetry, for example), please leave a short message on your submission using “Petrichor Withdrawal” as your subject line so we can find your note easily.
We strive to respond to submissions within four months or less.
Upon acceptance, Petrichor requests first serial rights. All rights revert back to the author upon publication, although Petrichor will preserve your work online in the archives for the lifespan of the journal. If the work is later republished, please indicate its initial publication in Petrichor. We also request the right to republish your work in future print anthologies and/or promotional material with author permission.
Submissions we will not consider:
Unsolicited previously published material—this includes but is not limited to materials included in books, periodicals, websites, social media, or other publicly accessible online venues
Unsolicited revisions of work we have previously declined