Submission Guidelines
Quail Bell Magazine is a place for real and unreal stories. We accept submissions in art, writing, and multimedia, including creative, journalistic, and (semi-)scholarly work. Though we do not accept simultaneous submissions, we do accept previously published work. If your work is accepted, please note that we work quickly and your work will, in most cases, be posted to the website almost immediately. We will not remove your work from the website for any reason.
All submissions will first be considered for our website. Accepted work will then be considered for our 'zine. You will be contacted on a separate occasion if your work has been chosen for our print issue.
We can pay you in serious fairy punk cred if we select your stuff, but, alas, offer no monetary compensation. You retain the all rights to your work and may republish it elsewhere. If you do republish the piece, please include a courtesy credit, such as "This piece first appeared on QuailBellMagazine.com and has been reprinted with permission."
By submitting your work for our review you agree to all conditions mentioned on this page.
All submissions will first be considered for our website. Accepted work will then be considered for our 'zine. You will be contacted on a separate occasion if your work has been chosen for our print issue.
We can pay you in serious fairy punk cred if we select your stuff, but, alas, offer no monetary compensation. You retain the all rights to your work and may republish it elsewhere. If you do republish the piece, please include a courtesy credit, such as "This piece first appeared on QuailBellMagazine.com and has been reprinted with permission."
By submitting your work for our review you agree to all conditions mentioned on this page.
In order to have your work considered for Quail Bell, please abide by our guidelines:
- Direct all submissions with a subject line that includes your name and medium in all caps (e.g., BOB SMITH: LITERATURE or SALLY BROWN: PHOTOGRAPHY) to submissions@quailbellmagazine.com.
- Submit text as a .Doc or .RTF. Submit visuals as .JPGs at 300 DPI. Submit audio as .mp3 attachments. Submit video as direct links to Vimeo. For other media not specified here, please contact us with a proposal.
- All art files must be titled.
- All text files (e.g., short stories, poems, articles, etc.) must contain your name, the title, and the word count within the body of the document.
- Again, for text: We apologize in advance to all of our British friends, but please use American spelling. Make a line break, not an indent, to indicate the start of a new paragraph. Put only one space after a period. Use AP style for non-fiction and MLA style for fiction. Use whatever the heck you want for poetry.
- Include a brief cover letter and bio (100 words or fewer) in the body of the email. Do not send your résumé. We encourage you to include a link to your blog or website if you have one. No Facebook profiles, please.
Please keep in mind that most publications will not publish pieces that have already been published in print, e-book, or web form, and that your work can only be marketed as reprint once it has been published by us. This will limit the number of markets that will accept it and also reduce the pay rate it can receive. So it is up to you to decide if having your work published by The Quail Bell Crew and giving up that first publishing right for no payment is really what you want to do. When it is possible to begin offering contributors monetary compensation, we definitely shall do so. Want to see that process happen sooner? Consider sponsoring Quail Bell!
