MCSWEENEY'S QUARTERLY SUBSCRIPTIONS

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Guidelines for
Quarterly Submissions

 

NOTE: Submissions are closed. We will update this page when they open up in the future.

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Thank you for your interest in submitting to Timothy McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern! We gladly consider unsolicited works, but because we are a very small organization with an even smaller editorial department, it often takes us a long time to respond to our submitters. We appreciate your patience with us as we work on getting to your piece.

Please note that we are no longer accepting physical submissions. All submissions must now go through our Submittable page. If you have a query about your submission, please email custservice@mcsweeneys.net.

STYLE AND SUBJECT
We publish fiction and nonfiction. There are no rules. The best way to get a sense of what we’re interested in publishing is to read the Quarterly. You can pick up a subscription or back issues here.

LENGTH
Is up to you.

COVER LETTER
Please keep yours brief, though we do like to hear from people who like the magazine. We’re not concerned about writing degrees or past publications, so don’t be daunted if you don’t have an MFA or much in the way of previously published work.

TO SUBMIT
Please visit our Submittable page.

SUBMISSIONS FOR THE WEBSITE
Should be sent to a different address, following different guidelines, which are presented in a different link on this site.

FORMATTING
It’s better if you don’t use colors or Fun Fonts or strange formatting. We discourage submissions of art or submissions containing art.

AUTHOR BIOS
Feel free to include a brief biography of yourself.

PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED WORK
Can’t be considered here.

PAYMENT
Contributors are paid at the time of publication, and our standard rate for short stories is $400. The fee for letters, flash fiction, translations, and other formats and situations varies according to circumstances, with equity in mind.

POETRY
Can be wonderful, but is not something we often publish in the Quarterly.