Note: Our reading period for 2024 has closed. We are no longer accepting submissions. Please check back during our 2025 reading period.
Fiction submissions: Please send your submissions (as .docx or .doc attachments) to bentpinpress@gmail.com. We ask that submissions of fiction be between 1,500 and 8,500 words in length. Please ensure that your manuscript meets standard publishing submissions standards.
Poetry submissions: Please send your submissions (as .docx or .doc attachments) to bentpinpress@gmail.com. We ask that you send no more than six poems (in a single document) per submission. We are interested in translations of poems that have never been published in English. Please ensure that your poetry manuscript meets standard publishing submissions standards.
Simultaneous submissions are welcome, but please notify us promptly if a piece has been accepted elsewhere.
First time submitting to a literary magazine?
Joseph Parker Okay has an excellent guide on the entire process of literary magazine/journal submission. You can read it here.
PAYING OUR AUTHORS
Due to financial constraints and the reality of the internet (and its inherent ‘free’-ness), the only authors that we are able to pay are those that we publish in print.
Authors of accepted pieces of poetry are paid a $50 honorarium per accepted piece. Authors of accepted pieces of prose/short stories are paid an honorarium of $100 per accepted piece.