Miracle Monocle accepts both electronic and paper submissions year-round.
ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS
Direct electronic submissions to submit(at)miraclemonocle(dot)com. The subject line should indicate the genre of your submission (e.g., “Poetry Submission”). Within the body of the e-mail, include your name, the title(s) of your submission(s), your e-mail address, and a brief bio (350 characters or less) written in the third person. Following your introduction, paste your submission(s) directly into the body of the e-mail. We will not open attachments.
PAPER SUBMISSIONS
If submitting through the postal service, write the genre of your submission in the forwarding address. Example:
Miracle Monocle
FICTION SUBMISSION
University of Louisville English Dept.
Bingham Humanities 315
2211 South Brook Street
Louisville, KY 40292
Include a cover letter with your name, the title(s) of your submission(s), and your e-mail address at the top. Your cover letter should comprise a brief bio (350 characters or less) written in the third person.
If selected for publication, paper submissions must be made available electronically.
FOR FICTION
Please limit your submission to 5,000 words and submit one piece at a time. For paper submissions, please double-space.
FOR POETRY AND MICROFICTION
Include the title at the beginning of each poem or microfiction piece. You may include up to five (5) pieces in your submission. There is no word limit for poetry submissions. Please limit microfiction pieces to 500 words or less.
FOR VISUAL ART
Send a small representative sample of your work, along with a brief description of your particular submission/project to submit(at)miraclemonocle(dot)com. We'll contact you if we'd like to see more.
FOR BOOK REVIEWS AND INTERVIEWS
Send us an inquiry e-mail with your proposal for a book review or interview to info(at)miraclemonocle.com. We'll contact you if we'd like to discuss your idea in greater detail.
PAYMENT
Currently, we offer a modest award for the best piece of each issue as decided by an impartial judge with no ties to the University of Louisville. In the future, however, we hope to offer compensation for all accepted writers—just give us time.
CAVEATS
Submissions must be previously unpublished. Simultaneous submissions are welcomed; however, please notify us immediately if your submission is accepted elsewhere, in which case we’ll send you, via good vibrations, our hearty congrats. We ask that contributors wait until a new issue is published before submitting again.
LEGALESE
Miracle Monocle acquires first North American serial rights to published works, with all rights reverting to the author upon publication.
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For questions regarding guidelines that have not been answered here, send a query to info(at)miraclemonocle(dot)com.