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Rust and Moth
Literary Magazine
Lit journal, cellar door knocker
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Highlights
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: within 6 weeks*/Editor reported data7 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: / 4.55%*Chill Subs tracker stats
PaysNo
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
Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
What's that?
Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee
Poetry
Max pieces: 3
How to submit
Processs
Google / other forms
Cover letter
Include a personal bio of no more than fifty words, written in the third person. If you submit by email, please include the bio in the body of the email, not in an attachment. You may also send links to your Twitter account, Facebook page, and/or website to help fans better find you from your published works.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
Send all poems in a group using the contact form or as an email attachment (.pdf files only). Do not paste poems into the body of the email. Rust & Moth uses a standard web publication line length of 45-75 characters. When submitting poetry, please be aware that poems with longer line lengths may need alteration to work in our format. Please reference our published works for examples. For some helpful tips on how we format poems and artist bios, please see our Style Guide https://rustandmoth.com/style-guide-for-authors/
Author's rights
Individual rights revert to authors upon publication. By submitting your work, you affirm you are the sole author and maintain all rights for your work. We request that any poem republished from Rust & Moth be properly cited. We reserve the right to nominate works published in Rust & Moth for honors such as the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, etc. Rust & Moth will inform authors of such nominations via email.
Additional info
Our guidelines are subject to change. Please review them prior to submitting. Poems are published online over the course of the season. Once the issue is complete, it is released in its entirety in print and as a free ebook.
Tracker statistics
83
Total submissions tracked
7 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
2 days
Fastest response time
208 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 1835 days
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