Tangled Locks Journal
Literary Magazine
Literary Journal publishing poetry, fiction, and essays.
Highlights
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: 1-2 months*Editor reported data
- Acceptance rate: 3% *Editor reported data
Pays$15 per piece
Find more details in the Genres section
Fee$4
Find more details in the Genres section
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
What's that?
Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee
Fiction - 1500 words max
Max words: 1500
Sub Genres: Literary, Magical Realism
Submission fee: $ 4
Payment: $ 15 per piece
Nonfiction - 1500 words max
Max words: 1500
Submission fee: $ 4
Payment: $ 15 per piece
Poetry
Max pieces: 1
Submission fee: $ 4
Payment: $ 15 per piece
How to submit
Processs
Submittable
Cover letter
No cover letter advice
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
Please submit one poem in a single document. If special formatting is required, please send it as a pdf. Please note, we may not be able to reproduce special formatting on the web and mobile versions of your poem but will attach a PDF. Fiction and Nonfiction: Please include the word count and title in your document.
Author's rights
Author rights and Publisher rights for selected works are outlined below: Author grants to Publisher the following worldwide English publication rights of Work: a.) First worldwide electronic publication rights. b.) Exclusive rights for a period of six (6) months from the date of publication. 1.) After six (6) months the Creator may publish or permit others to publish this Work; Creator will use best efforts to ensure that the Work is credited as originally published in Tangled Locks Journal. c.) Non-exclusive electronic rights on the website of Tangled Locks Journal for so long as the website is maintained. d.) Creator additionally grants to Publisher the right to use for promotional purposes Creator’s name or pen name, biographical material, and responses to interview questions as approved of at the time of printing based on information previously submitted by Creator. No response from Creator at the time of printing means the previously submitted information is approved. e.) All rights not explicitly granted in this contract remain with Creator.
Additional info
We welcome all authors and their words with one caveat in mind — if you can sum up your female character in one line (or worse yet: one word), our publication is probably not for you.
Tracker statistics
10
Total submissions tracked
119 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
34 days
Fastest response time
294 days
Slowest response time
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