SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

 

GENERAL:

Prime Number Magazine is an online-only journal that appears every four months (Jan, May, Sept) and seeks to publish distinctive poetry and short fiction, and as of January 2025, flash nonfiction, regardless of theme, form, or style. Contributors will include both emerging and established writers as selected by our editors.

SUBMISSIONS:

  • Submissions for poetry and short fiction are open the first two months of each quadrimester (Jan-Feb; May-Jun; Sept-Oct). Note: Submissions are now limited to 199 submissions per category per submission period.

  • As of January 2025, we will begin accepting submissions for flash nonfiction, with editor Shuly Xóchitl Cawood. Submissions open Jan-Feb; May-Jun; Sept-Oct and close after 101 submissions are received.

  • For each issue we introduce a new set of guest editors for poetry and short fiction who will be reading for a future issue. To see who is currently reading, go to our Submittable page.

  • We will only accept submissions uploaded through Submittable. Submissions sent as attachments by email will not be considered.

  • Only original, unpublished works will be considered. Works considered previously published include anything self-published or shared on Facebook or other social media.

  • Simultaneous submissions are welcome, but please withdraw your submission immediately if the work is accepted elsewhere.

  • Please limit your submissions to one piece per category per submission period. Since we allow for simultaneous submissions, this saves our editors any confusion or frustration should a story or poem be accepted elsewhere.

  • We will respond to submissions within five months.

PAYMENT:

Contributors living in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia will receive one copy of the respective guest editor's book published by Press 53; contributors living in other countries outside the United States will receive publication as compensation. (Our printer has facilities in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia, which is why we can include those countries.) Shipping charges outside those countries are expensive. We hope you understand our need to set these limits.

RIGHTS:

Contributors will grant, via a simple agreement, First Worldwide Serial Rights, including perpetual archiving. All other rights revert to the author upon publication. The author retains the copyright to their work and may republish the poem or story elsewhere without permission once the work has appeared in Prime Number Magazine.