ergot. is a literary website interested in furthering the innovative and experimental tradition in horror.
Highlights
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: 90 days after submission*/Editor reported data20 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: ?*/Editor reported data5.98%*Chill Subs tracker stats
Publication
Accepts simultaneous submissions
What's that?
When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time
Accepts previously published
What's that?
When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary
Nominates for prizes
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
Runs themed calls
How to submit
Processs
Email
Cover letter
No cover letter advice
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
Please send as an attachment (.doc, .docx, .rtf or .pdf) in one email. Please do not paste the story into the body of the email.
Author's rights
We don't have rights information for this magazine
Additional info
Please send only one piece - or up to three flash pieces(< 1000 words each) We seek fiction and hybrid work [including excerpts and work in translation] that push out the boundary of what literary horror is and what it might become.
Tracker statistics
208
Total submissions tracked
20 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
10 days
Fastest response time
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About
We are far less interested in "Experimental" work (attempting to display the author‘s brilliance through references, tricks or gimmicks) than experimental work (that seeks to push out the boundaries of what fiction can and might do). Work where very close attention has been paid to the prose style. ...
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US
Masthead
Samuel M. Moss
Editor-in-Chief