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Literary Magazine

The Muleskinner Journal

www.muleskinnerjournal.com

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The journey is long, and the road is hard, but that’s why we love it. Whoever you are, whatever you want to send, whatever you are waiting to receive, we drive straight, and we drive true. We publish stories and poems that keep things moving. We deliver the goods.

Highlights

This magazine may have some eligibility requirements

Please double-check before submitting.

  • Vibe:We're just chilling here
  • Response time:
    30 days after submission*
    Editor reported data
     / 
    14 days*
    Chill Subs tracker stats
  • Acceptance rate:
    12%*
    Editor reported data
     / 
    25.00%*
    Chill Subs tracker stats
  • Work acquired through solicitation: 1%

Publication

  • Accepts simultaneous submissions

    What's that?

    When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time

  • Accepts previously published

    From the editors

    Anthologies, Blogs, Defunct Mags, Only Appeared In Print, Other Lit Mags, Personal Websites, Social Media

    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

  • Runs themed calls

How to submit

  • Processs

    Submittable

  • Cover letter

    75 word max. Prefer less about where you have published, and more about what makes you you.

  • Eligibility

    Other
    Anyone. Everyone. All the time.

  • Formatting

    Prefer MS Word .doc or .docx

  • Author's rights

    First publication rights only. All rights revert to author upon publication.

  • Additional info

    No more than one active submission per category at a time.

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About

We are an independent, not-for-profit online literary magazine. Submissions are free, but we also have aspirations to launch a print version and pay writers, so we have a $4 donation option. We work in themes, though the themes are more prompt than subject. We approach publishing like a diary jour...

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    Editor Gary Campanella avatar

    Gary Campanella

    Editor-in-Chief

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    Peter Andrews

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    Thomas Phalen

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    Jeremy Proehl

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    John Romagna

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    June Stoddard

    Editor

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    Julia Teweles

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