Submission Guidelines

Armchair/Shotgun is now accepting submissions for our Spring 2010 issue!

 

Armchair/Shotgun accepts fiction, non-fiction, and poetry works as well as photo-essays and visual media. Submissions need not be constrained to these forms, but we are looking for a certain coherency within the submitted work.

We accept submissions year-round.

Please reference the appropriate department in the subject line.

We do not consider previously published material, or works currently being considered by other publications. Please do not submit work submitted to Armchair/Shotgun elsewhere until you hear from us regarding your piece's status. Due to our rolling submission policy and small staff, it may take up to five months to hear back from Armchair/Shotgun.

Where? How?

All text submissions must be formatted as a Word document (.doc) or an Adobe PDF. All visual media submissions must be formatted as JPGs. Keep all emails under 5MB! Please send submissions to:

submissions@armchairshotgun.com

Poetry:

  • Please submit no more than five works at a time.
  • If submitting multiple works, please send each as an individual file as they will be considered independently.

 

Fiction:

  • Please submit no more than two works at a time.
  • Submissions longer than 10,000 words are discouraged.

 

Non-Fiction:

 

Visual Media:

  • Please submit no more than 8 photographs or graphic works at a time.
  • Single photographs or graphic works will not be considered: please limit your submissions to photo-essays or graphic works with a coherent narrative arc or message.

 

 

Hard-Copy:

Hard-copy submissions must include a separate cover letter and will not be returned without a SASE. Please include:

  • Your mailing address
  • Your telephone number
  • Your email address
  • The work, double-spaced and paginated, with the author's name in the document header.

Please send hard-copy submissions to:

Armchair/Shotgun
420 Clinton Avenue, #5B
Brooklyn NY 11238

 

 

 

Other:

These guidelines are meant to aid the submissions process, both for you and for the editors. If you have a submission which falls outside of these categories or guidelines, please discuss it with us to determine whether it is appropriate to the mission and format of Armchair/Shotgun.

 

We look forward to reading your work!