Letters Journal

The editors welcome submissions in poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, and visual art for the Winter 2025 issue of LETTERS. The submission period for this issue is October 15 to December 15, 2024, and the issue will be published in January. (The submission period for the Summer 2025 issue will be announced early in 2025.) 

We welcome simultaneous submissions. Please withdraw your work via Submittable if it is accepted elsewhere (and accept our congratulations!). To withdraw a single work(s) within a larger manuscript submission, email the editor with the title(s) you would like to remove from consideration.

Submit only unpublished works. LETTERS acquires First North American serial rights. We do not offer our contributors payment at this time. There is no fee to submit.

Genre Guidelines

We only publish work that fits with our mission. Please review our mission carefully before submitting.

Material must be submitted using Submittable. Any material submitted using any other method will not be considered. We do not, under any circumstances, accept work via email or postal mail. Please include a short cover letter that includes your name, email address, and concise bio, including former publications if relevant, in the appropriate Submittable text box. If you have not published before, we are still eager to read your work. We are a small staff and aim to respond to submissions within 6 months.

• Poetry: No more than three poems (with a maximum of 6 pages). Save all poems into one document before submitting.
• Fiction: One work of short fiction of up to 7,000 words.
• Nonfiction: One work of creative nonfiction of up to 5,000 words. Note: we do not seek book reviews, academic essays, or newspaper-style journalism. 
• Visual Art: No more than three images, saved as high-quality JPEG files. We prefer two-dimensional media and publish one cover image per issue. 

Format

Works of prose should be double-spaced and in a standard, 12-point font. Number your pages and include your contact information in a heading on the first page. All submissions should be in a single manuscript file in .doc, .docx, .pdf, or .rtf format

Works of poetry should be typed in a standard 12-point font. Include all poetry submissions (that is, up to three poems) in one document; start each poem on a new page. Include your contact information on the first (or a title) page. All submissions should be in a single manuscript file in .doc, .docx, .pdf, or .rtf forma

Works of visual art should be submitted as high quality JPEG files. 

How to Submit

Once you’ve carefully reviewed all of these guidelines, please head over to our Submittable page to submit your work.