Submission Guidelines
Moonday Mag is a speculative magazine that welcomes all writers and artists, both established and emerging, and especially seeks to uplift marginalized voices.
We're interested in work that is surreal, wondrous, macabre, fantastic, curious, strange, otherworldly, moody, chilling, and smart. Please send along anything that feels like a dream—something that will keep us up at night, in the best way possible. We want to fall into your world and never find our way back out. We want to feel grounded in your radical magic.
We are open to fiction submissions January 1st – June 30th, and all others year-round.
HOW TO SUBMIT
Email moondaymag@gmail.com with your category in the subject line (i.e. "nonfiction submission," "art submission," etc), and the following information:
– full name (or pen name)
– under 100 word bio
– links you would like shared if accepted (website, social media, etc)
– if prose: a tagline or 1-2 sentence synopsis
– if art: titles, mediums, years, and optional artist statement
– if reprint: original publication info
– request for feedback: if you would like feedback on your work, we are always happy to provide our thoughts
– your work, attached! (written work must be in an editable file: .doc .docx .rtf etc)
WHAT WE WANT
Prose: 1 piece under 4,000 words in standard manuscript formatting
Poetry: up to 5 poems not exceeding 10 pages collectively
Visual art: up to 10 images, 300 DPI preferred
We are (usually) not looking for: high fantasy, soft sci-fi, rhyme schemes, or work intended for children.
We are NEVER looking for: gratuitous violence, sexism, racism, or other types of discrimination against a particular group; the exoticization or fetishization of a particular group; Aryanism poorly disguised as futurism; nationalism poorly disguised as utopianism; or plagiarized, freebooted, or AI-assisted work.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
How often can I submit?
Once every 6 months.
DO YOU CHARGE A READING FEE?
No! We know how it feels to want your work to be seen and hosted in a safe space for your audience. We're all starving artists here.
DO YOU PAY?
At this time, we cannot offer compensation to our contributors, but we do offer a lifelong home for your piece, as well as the opportunity to be nominated for a Pushcart Prize or Best of the Net.
When will I hear back?
Hopefully within 90 days.
WHEN CAN I FOLLOW UP?
If you haven't heard from us in 6 months, chances are we love your work but haven't had the right issue to showcase it yet—feel free to follow up!
ARE SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSIONS OKAY?
Of course! If another publication nabs your work before we can, just withdraw it ASAP by replying to your original submission email.
ARE REPRINTS OKAY?
As long as it has been at least 1 year since original publication (or the place is defunct), we're happy to give it a new home. We trust you, as the submitter, to follow the reprint rules and copyrights of other publications.
WHAT RIGHTS DO YOU GET?
Upon acceptance, Moonday Mag receives first serial rights, first electronic rights or one-time rights for reprints, and non-exclusive electronic archive rights. You consent to us promoting your work on social media, hosting it online, and publishing it in the physical magazine. After publication, all rights revert back to the author. If reprinted, please acknowledge Moonday Mag as the first place of publication.
WHAT SHOULD I DO WHILE I WAIT?
You should track your submission! Moonday Mag is proudly listed on Duotrope, Chill Subs, and The Submission Grinder. And if you aren't already using Chill Subs, we highly recommend signing up! Let other writers know what's what.