Submission Guidelines

Schedule

What We Look For

• Work that is crafted, lyrical, reflective, compelling, unusual, urgent.
• Mysterious, odd, deep, yet not inscrutable.
• Work that speaks to themes that outlive the moment.
• Fiction. Prose poetry. Up to about 1000 words.
• Work that defies genre. No sci-fi, horror, fantasy, please.
• Work that rests outside the mainstream, voices outside the status quo.
• If this essay by Federico García Lorca, and this essay by D. W. White resonate with you, we may be on the same wavelength. We seek writing that takes risks and is propelled by dynamic, poetic language.
• Previously published work okay.

How It Works

• When submissions are open for an issue, you may submit one piece of work, that is: one story or one piece of prose poetry. You do not upload a file. Instead, you enter your story (or copy/paste) directly into our online editor.
• At first, your story is in draft mode. You can make changes until you're ready to finalize (aka submit) your submission. Once finalized, you can't make more changes. To be considered, your story must be finalized before submissions close.
• To submit, you need an account. It's easy. You just need a valid email to get started. Register or signin here.
• Remember: When you first register, your name is not in your profile. Please update your profile before submitting. Submissions without a name won't be considered.

Read The Guidelines

This ought to go without saying, but unfortunately it doesn't.

Please read the guidelines before you submit. And follow them. Most authors already know this, but it bears repeating: when you don't follow the guidelines, it comes across as if you don't care enough and/or aren't careful enough. This could be the furthest thing from the truth, but we won't know that.

Other Information

• Simultaneous submissions okay, but please let us know right away if your work is accepted elsewhere. You can withdraw your work via the submission system, or drop us an email and we'll take care of it. Either way, once you withdraw, you can submit another if you like.
• Authors retain rights to their work from the time of publication in Dog Throat Journal. If you have a piece published with us, and later want to publish it somewhere else, an acknowledgement and link to Dog Throat Journal would be much appreciated.
• We welcome submissions from anywhere in the world.
• Submissions must be in English.
• Our response time varies. Around 20-40 days. You'll get an email. Please forgive the form response. We're a small shop and need to keep steps streamlined as much as possible. You can always get in touch with questions, concerns, suggestions, etc., and we'll get back to you quickly.

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Thank you. If you have any questions, get in touch.
Victor D. Sandiego
Dog Throat Journal