Stinging Fly Open For Submissions July 2014

Stinging Fly Submission Guidelines

We are currently finishing our reading of March 2014 submissions and are in the process of contacting all the authors who submitted work. We are a little behind schedule, and aim to contact everyone by July 14. If you do not hear from the editor Thomas Morris by then, please do feel free to contact him directly: thomas.stingingfly [at] gmail.com
Our next submissions window will open on July 1st. Work submitted in July will be considered for the Spring 2015 Issue, which will be published in February. Please do not send us work before July 1st, as it will likely get misplaced or lost.

What We Publish
We publish new, previously unpublished work by Irish and international writers. We have a particular interest in promoting the short story. Each issue also includes a mix of poetry, book reviews and essays, alongside occasional author interviews and novel extracts. We also welcome submissions of poetry and prose in translation.

How To Submit
Work submitted should ideally not be under consideration elsewhere.
The postal address for submissions is: The Stinging Fly, PO Box 6016, Dublin 1, Ireland. At present,we do not accept e-mail submissions.
Each submission should include an e-mail address for reply. Please ensure that you keep a copy of the work itself as we are unable to return manuscripts.
All submissions should be accompanied by a cover letter, which should include:
* Author’s Name * E-mail address and postal address
* Date of Submission * Name of story/poems submitted
* Brief biographical note, if you wish.
Anyone submitting fiction and poetry should include a separate cover letter for both. All fiction submissions should be printed using 1.5 or double line spacing. Minimum font size: 11pt. Print on one side of the page only. Every piece of work should have the author’s name printed or signed on it.

The Details

* No more than one story and/or four poems should be submitted during any one submission period.
* Short stories and poems should always be just as long (or as short) as they need to be. (In our Winter 2012-13 issue the longest story is over 5,000 words; the shortest has less than 600.)
* All submissions are read. The editors’ decision may not be correct but it is final. Allow up to three months (from the end of month in which you submit) for a response to your submission - we will try to respond to everyone (yes or no) within that time.
* With a limited budget, we are only in a position to offer contributors a discretionary token payment. They also receive a copy of the issue in which their work is featured and can order further copies at a discounted rate.
* Copyright remains in all cases with the author. Some work published in the magazine may also be included on our website.

Our Featured Poets

In each issue we publish a number of poems by a poet who is working towards a first collection. To be considered, please send us 6-10 previously unpublished poems. If we want to see more, we will get back to you. If submitting for this slot, do not make a separate poetry submission.
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Contact Details
The Stinging Fly
PO Box 6016
Dublin 1
Ireland
stingingfly AT gmail dot com

Publisher: Declan Meade
Editor: Thomas Morris
Poetry Editor: Eabhan Ní Shúileabháin
Eagarthóir filíochta Gaeilge: Aifric Mac Aodha
Contributing Editors: Emily Firetog, Dave Lordan, and Sean O'Reilly
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