Submit to Subtropics
Subtropics seeks to publish the best literary fiction, essays, and poetry being written today, both by established and emerging authors. We will consider works of fiction of any length, from short shorts to novellas (up to 15,000 words) and self-contained novel excerpts. We give the same latitude to essays. We appreciate work in translation and, from time to time, republish important and compelling stories, essays, and poems that have lapsed out of print.
Submissions are accepted from September 15 to April 15.
Snail Mail
Poetry: Direct to Ms. Sidney Wade. (Simultaneous submissions are not accepted.)
Nonfiction: Direct to Mark Mitchell. (Simultaneous submissions are accepted.)
Fiction: Direct to David Leavitt. (Simultaneous submissions are accepted.)
Submit one story, one essay, or up to four poems. Include a short cover letter with your contact information, including your email address. Please include your contact information on the submission as well. We respond exclusively by e-mail. Manuscripts cannot be returned under any circumstances. There is no fee for snail mail submissions.
Subtropics
P.O. Box 112075
4008 Turlington Hall
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611-2075
Electronic Submissions
We now accept electronic submissions, via Submittable® (formerly Submishmash). Click the link below to submit your work electronically. Each electronic submission requires a $3 fee, payable by credit card. Put up to four poems in one document. Accepted file formats are .doc, .docx, and .pdf.
Some Thoughts from the Editors
°Please read an issue of the magazine before you send us your work in order to get a feel for the kind of writing we publish. You’ll see that we don’t publish science fiction, fantasy, other genre fiction, or anything with talking animals.
° We ask that you submit only one story at a time, and wait until you have heard from us before sending more. Once you have received a reply from us, please wait at least one month before sending another submission.
° Please send no more than five poems in any one batch.
° We try to respond as quickly as possible to submissions, and for this reason are not able to write personal replies.
° A preponderance of the stories coming our way are written in first-person present tense; we are starting to grow weary of this perspective. Please keep this in mind.
° We are skeptical of the second person, though willing to be persuaded.
° More thoughts to come as they occur to us.
For stories and essays, Subtropics pays a flat fee of $1,000 ($500 for a short short) for North American first serial rights. Poets are paid $100 per poem. Subtropics pays upon acceptance for prose; for poetry, we pay after the publication of the issue preceding the one in which the author’s work will appear.
Thank you for your interest in Subtropics.
