StringTown Magazine

Submission Guidelines

Thank you for your interest in StringTown. Hopefully, these guidelines will help you with the submission process.

Please, make all attempts to review a copy of the magazine before submitting. StringTown is available at independent bookstores throughout Oregon and Washington. You can also send us a check for $8.50, and we will mail you a copy.

All submissions should have a page number, the author's name, and the name of piece on every page of the manuscript. Include an email address if you have one. Prose (both Fiction and Nonfiction) should be double spaced. Poetry should be single spaced with blank lines for stanza breaks.

If you intend a blank line, such as a stanza break or a break in narrative, and it appears at the end of the page, please indicate.

Please include an SASE with your manuscript or for query purposes. If you want your manuscript returned, please include enough postage. Please include a cover letter with a brief biographical statement. We are equally interested in printing first published pieces as we are in printing work from well known writers.

Ask us anything via email, but please no electronic submissions.

We would be much happier reading dark, legible type. However, if a pen and piece of paper are all you have, by all means, send your manuscript.

We generally read manuscripts September through March and try to respond within three months. Simultaneous submissions are fine, but please let us know immediately if someone else accepts your piece.

StringTown pays five copies.

Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, novel excerpts or a form all your own are acceptable. One story/essay or three to five poems is generally appropriate. Fiction writers are especially encouraged to submit. We are also open to art work, but keep in mind our budget is low.

About StringTown: Our focus is on Northwest authors, and to that extent, we publish a limited amount of work from outside the Northwest—generally, only around 25% of the authors in a given issue will be outside of the Northwest.

We look forward to reading your work. Do let us know where you heard about StringTown.