Submitting with Salt Bloom
Salt Bloom Literary Journal invites submissions of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for our annual print journal. We seek the work of both established and emerging writers. Our submission period is open from March 1 until May 30 and we accept work via Duotrope. We welcome (and appreciate) your best work and look forward to reading it!
Guidelines to Salt Bloom Submissions
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Include a brief cover letter that does not identify the writer by name.
Format submissions as:
Either .doc or .docx
Use Times New Roman 12-point font
One-inch margins
Double-spaced (single-space is fine for poetry)
Include page numbers
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Please submit no more than 3500 words. Prose includes flash, hybrid works, micro fiction and memoir, short plays, and play excerpts
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please submit up to 3 poems, up to 5 pages total, in one document, each poem to begin on a new page.
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You may submit in more than one genre, but only one submission per genre.
Simultaneous submissions are permitted, but please notify us immediately if your work is accepted for publication elsewhere.
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We will notify you of your submission status via email
response time is anywhere from 3 to 5 months
If published, the writer will receive one complimentary issue of Salt Bloom.
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AI-generated manuscripts
previously published work, including self-published or work published online via blog or social media
work with any identifying information on the submission; all submissions will be read anonymously
the same work in multiple categories
submissions from currently enrolled Fairfield University MFA students; FUMFA alumni may submit work one year after their graduation
emailed manuscripts.
Contributor Rights
Salt Bloom purchases First North American Serial Rights; all publishing rights revert to the author upon publication.
Salt Bloom requests acknowledgement and citation as first publisher in subsequent publications of all work that has appeared in its issues.