Submissions

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X-R-A-Y’S SWEET SPOTS

While we will look at any Fiction or Creative Nonfiction submission up to 7500 words, these words counts are our sweet spots. 

500-1200
3000-6000

If you poke at our sweet spots, we will love your bones forever.

GENERAL GUIDELINES
  • We want prose only. No poetry, please.
  • We accept longer fiction only on the first day of the month, and cap long story submissions at 30 or 40. Every other month we limit long-story submissions to folks who’ve never submitted longies to us before. Follow us on Twitter for up-to-the-hour announcements. Any other day of the month, up to 2000 words, have at it. 
  • Wait until you hear from us before you submit again.
  • You may submit your work elsewhere, no problem.
  • We shoot for a response time of 3-8 weeks.
  • We’re kind about it, but genre fiction might find a better home elsewhere.
  • We’d love for you to look around before submitting. Have at it.
GRITTY BITS & BOBS
  • By submitting to us, if accepted, you grant us first electronic rights and non-exclusive archival rights.
  • All submissions remain the intellectual property of the artist. Rights revert to author upon publication.
  • We’d love if you’d credit us if your work first appeared here.
  • Work previously published in print only welcome if in no violation of original rights.
  • You’ll feel really good if you check out these kick-ass authors.
  • Exposure to the website carries a small risk of radiation poisoning. We suggest wearing a lead apron while submitting. 

 

REVIEWS & INTERVIEWS

Submit pitches to editors@xraylitmag.com. Our interviews/reviews editor is Rebecca Gransden, and she is very nice. We don’t take reviews as often as interviews, and we pretty much never assign out reviews, but go on, shoot your shot.