Highlights
- Vibe:Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok
- Response time: 90 days after submission*/Editor reported data51 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: 1%*/Editor reported data?*Chill Subs tracker stats
PaysYes
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FeeNo
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
From the editors
Best Microfiction, Best Of The Net, Best Small Fiction, Pushcart
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
How to submit
Processs
Duosuma
Cover letter
Keep it simple and relatively short. Let us know why matchbook could be right for this piece, or what drew you to us in the first place. No need to summarize the work. Let us know if we know you IRL or via internet, so we can note that. For your bio, send something updated and 3-5 sentences.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
File formats allowed are .doc or .docx, .odt, or online doc like a Google Doc. Spacing and fonts should be consistent, 1.5 or double-spaced, and use a basic serif font.
Author's rights
matchbook requests first serial rights, the right to archive your work on our site indefinitely, as well as a right to reprint your work if we select it for a print version of matchbook, of which you would be notified ahead of time. Please see this page for clarification of these terms: http://www.pw.org/content/copyright
Additional info
Tracker statistics
21
Total submissions tracked
51 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
15 days
Fastest response time
87 days
Slowest response time
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About
matchbook is an online literary journal that publishes one piece of short prose accompanied by an author's note every two weeks. Its initial run was from 2009 to 2021. It reopened in 2024. ISSN: 2152-8608. Contact us at editor at matchbooklitmag dot com.
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Editor-in-Chief
Brian Mihok
Managing Editor
Marcelle Heath
Editor
Jeannie Hoag
Reader
Marie Capasso
Reader
Andrew Robin
Reader