Black Heart is currently open to regular fiction submissions of up to 1,500 words or up to 3 poems per submission. Works submitted at this time will be published as part of our featured fiction & poetry updates on the website, appearing every Friday.
IN ADDITION, we are also accepting the following non-fictional works, for publication on Mondays and Wednesdays:
* Book Reviews (300-500 words)
* Character Crushes (1,000 words max)
* Author Interviews (1,500 words or less)
For full details, please see your preferred section below.
Please note that we will do our best to let you know when your works are scheduled to appear on our website, though this may vary from several weeks to several months.
Flash Fiction - NO Response
Size limit: 500 words
Short fiction of up to 500 words. All genres accepted. Since flash pieces are quite short, you may send up to 3 stories at a time, but please wait for our response before sending more. THANKS!NOTE: Due to the volume of submissions we receive, we can no longer respond to all submissions. Therefore, we have divided our submission stream into fee-free and fee-based, in order to streamline the process and continue to offer helpful criticism where possible. This form is for writers that DO NOT wish to receive an email response to their work. For those that prefer to receive a written response, please use this link: http://blackheartmagazine.submishmash.com/submit/8910
Flash Fiction - WITH Response - $3.00
Size limit: 500 words
Short fiction of up to 500 words. All genres accepted. Since flash pieces are quite short, you may send up to 3 stories at a time, but please wait for our response before sending more. THANKS!NOTE: Due to the volume of submissions we receive, we can no longer respond to all submissions. Therefore, we have divided our submission stream into fee-free and fee-based, in order to streamline the process and continue to offer helpful criticism where possible. This form is for writers that DO wish to receive an email response to their work. Your $3 submission fee does NOT guarantee publication, nor a lengthy response to your piece, but you will receive brief feedback if your piece is rejected. You will always have the option to submit your work for free, but please understand that free submissions will NOT receive a response from the editors beyond our initial automated reply indicating that we have received your piece.
Short Fiction - NO Response
Size limit: 1,500 words
Short fiction up to 1,500 words. All genres accepted. Please, NO novel excerpts; we find these generally don't work on their own. Send only one story at a time, and wait for our response before sending another. THANKS!NOTE: Due to the volume of submissions we receive, we can no longer respond to all submissions. Therefore, we have divided our submission stream into fee-free and fee-based, in order to streamline the process and continue to offer helpful criticism where possible. This form is for writers that DO NOT wish to receive an email response to their work. For those that prefer to receive a written response, please use this link: http://blackheartmagazine.submishmash.com/submit/8908
Short Fiction - WITH Response - $3.00
Size limit: 1,500 words
Short fiction up to 1,500 words. All genres accepted. Please, NO novel excerpts; we find these generally don't work on their own. Send only one story at a time, and wait for our response before sending another. THANKS!NOTE: Due to the volume of submissions we receive, we can no longer respond to all submissions. Therefore, we have divided our submission stream into fee-free and fee-based, in order to streamline the process and continue to offer helpful criticism where possible. This form is for writers that DO wish to receive an email response to their work. Your $3 submission fee does NOT guarantee publication, nor a lengthy response to your piece, but you will receive brief feedback if your piece is rejected. You will always have the option to submit your work for free, but please understand that free submissions will NOT receive a response from the editors beyond our initial automated reply indicating that we have received your piece.
Poetry - NO Response
Size limit: 3 poems maximum
Poetry of all sorts accepted, though we generally don't care for rhyming or greeting card-esque works. Concrete images and unique phrases are preferred to the same old jig. Do not include the line "I feel..." anywhere in your poetry. PERIOD.
Please include ALL 3 of your poems in ONE submission (Submishmash now allows for multiple files). Do NOT send us more than 3 poems at any given time; you can send 1 or 2 poems instead of 3 if you like. Also, please please PLEASE wait until we respond to your first set of poems before sending us more. Seriously, we are inundated with tsunamis of poetry; we just don't have the time to read your entire opus, so select your best 3 and send those. THANK YOU!
NOTE: Due to the volume of submissions we receive, we can no longer respond to all submissions. Therefore, we have divided our submission stream into fee-free and fee-based, in order to streamline the process and continue to offer helpful criticism where possible. This form is for writers that DO NOT wish to receive an email response to their work. For those that prefer to receive a written response, please click here: http://blackheartmagazine.submishmash.com/submit/8909
Poetry - WITH Response - $3.00
Size limit: 3 poems maximum
Poetry of all sorts accepted, though we generally don't care for rhyming or greeting card-esque works. Concrete images and unique phrases are preferred to the same old jig. Do not include the line "I feel..." anywhere in your poetry. PERIOD.Please include ALL 3 of your poems in ONE submission (Submishmash now allows for multiple files). Do NOT send us more than 3 poems at any given time; you can send 1 or 2 poems instead of 3 if you like. Also, please please PLEASE wait until we respond to your first set of poems before sending us more. Seriously, we are inundated with tsunamis of poetry; we just don't have the time to read your entire opus, so select your best 3 and send those. THANK YOU!
NOTE: Due to the volume of submissions we receive, we can no longer respond to all submissions. Therefore, we have divided our submission stream into fee-free and fee-based, in order to streamline the process and continue to offer helpful criticism where possible. This form is for writers that DO wish to receive an email response to their work. Your $3 submission fee does NOT guarantee publication, nor a lengthy response to your piece, but you will receive brief feedback if your piece is rejected. You will always have the option to submit your work for free, but please understand that free submissions will NOT receive a response from the editors beyond our initial automated reply indicating that we have received your piece.