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Another Chicago Magazine: Submission Portal

Another Chicago Magazine accepts fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, translations, poetry book reviews, prose book reviews, forthcoming book excerpts, and work for our Palestinian Voices and Ukraine series. We love work that is personal and political and shows that you can write beautifully and incisively about important subjects, whether global or specifically domestic. We want work that had to be written now. You may submit once to each genre per submission window. Work submitted in the wrong genre will not be considered.

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✶ Simultaneous submissions

We accept simultaneous submissions. If your work is accepted elsewhere, please let us know.

✶ Nominations

We enthusiastically nominate for annual prizes and anthologies, including Pushcart, Best American Essays, Best American Short Stories, Best of the Net, and the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize.

✶ Previously published

Outside of excerpts for our Forthcoming Books series, we do not accept previously published work.

✶ Timelines

We will review your submission and be in touch with a decision within 90 days after the submission window closes. If you'd like to inquire about the status of your piece after that, please use this form. Please address your inquiry to the respective genre editor.

Open Genres

✶ Palestinian Voices (No Fee)

Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and art by Palestinian writers and artists, including people who are part of the Palestinian diaspora. Submit:

✶ Ukrainian Voices (No Fee)

Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and art about Ukraine and Ukrainians, with the Russian invasion in the foreground or background. Submit:

✶ Poetry ($3)

All styles of poetry welcome, though we tend to publish work that is more experimental and/or sonically driven. Submit here.

Note: We waive submission fees for BIPOC writers. Poetry written by BIPOC should be submitted here.

✶ Nonfiction ($3)

Memoir, reported essays, braided essays, collages, vignettes, literary journalism, oral history, meditations up to 6,000 words. Short, long, medium. Political in the largest sense. Submit here.

Note: We waive submission fees for BIPOC writers. Nonfiction written by BIPOC should be submitted here.

✶ Fiction ($3)

We seek original short stories that are preferably less than 5,000 words, but at a maxiumum of 8,000 words. For flash fiction, pieces should be under 1,001 words, and please send no more than three flash fiction pieces as one file at a time. Submit here.

Note: We waive submission fees for BIPOC writers. Fiction written by BIPOC should be submitted here.

✶ Book Reviews (No Fee)

We seek reviews of fiction and creative nonfiction books and collections published by small and university presses. We focus on books that are forthcoming or have been released within the calendar year. Submit here.

We do not review children's books and YA. Our typical review length is 700-1,200 words.

✦ Publishers, authors, and publicists may pitch books and ARCS for coverage by our reviewer pool here.

✶ Translations (No Fee)

We welcome translations of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama (including excerpts from novels or from full-length plays). Submit here.

✶ Forthcoming (No Fee)

We publish excerpts of forthcoming books from indie presses. Send us a chapter or a few poems. We consider work *only* if the publication date is part of the submission title. Submit here.

✶ Art, Photography, and Portfolios (No Fee)

We publish art with each work of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, and welcome all sorts of media. We also publish portfolios of an artist's work (including photographers). Submit here.

✶ Tip Jar

Another Chicago Magazine is a volunteer-run publication. If you have a bit to spare, you can put a bit in our digital tip jar here.

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