The days are getting shorter and that pile of unpublished writing of yours is getting longer. Or, okay, if you want to be pedantic, taller. Except that it’s in your computer, we’re not talking about an actual, physical pile of paper, right? So it’s not taking up any actual space… Oh, you know what we mean.
Here’s where to send your essays, memoir and nonfiction:
The Tangerine is open for submissions of nonfiction and essays up to 6,000 words until 20 October https://thetangerinemagazine.com/submit
DNA is open for submissions of flash nonfiction, micro essays and short hybrid prose up to 500 words on the theme of locations until 28 October http://www.dnamag.co.uk/issues/locations/
Banshee is open for submissions of nonfiction and essays from 1500-5000 words until 31 October http://bansheelit.tumblr.com/submissionsguidelines
Hotel is open for submissions of nonfiction including experimental and hybrid prose work up to 3000 words for online publication through 31 October http://partisanhotel.co.uk/Submissions
Kore Press Award for full-length memoir or memoir-in-essays by a woman, judged by Cheryl Strayed, deadline 31 October http://korepress.wpengine.com/memoir-award-guidelines/
Corvus Review is open for submissions of essays and nonfiction of up to 5,000 words until 1 December: http://www.corev.ink/submit-issue-release-dates.html
Third Coast Magazine is open for submissions of essays up to 7,000 words until 15 December: http://thirdcoastmagazine.com/submissions/
Noble / Gas Qtrly is open for submissions of nonfiction up to 7,500 words http://noblegas.org/submissions/
Guernica will open for nonfiction/essay submissions in October; please see their site for details https://www.guernicamag.com/about/submissions/
Gorse will open for nonfiction/essay submissions in October, please see their site for info: http://gorse.ie/about/submissions/
Head to our website for a list of publications that accept nonfiction and essay submissions on a rolling basis: https://therealstory.org/submit/
Don’t forget to send US your stories & ideas for book reviews & Ninjas of Nonfiction features – we’ve got a few things in production, but we’re always hungry for more new work to publish. Feed the beast. https://therealstory.org/submit/