Submissions are closed for 2026 and will reopen on January 1st, 2027. We only accept submissions through our Submittable portal.

guidelines

• ALL Submissions must fit within the Pacific Northwest Gothic genre.
• Simultaneous submissions are acceptable, but please withdraw your submission immediately if it is accepted elsewhere.
• Fiction submissions should be under 5,000 words.
• Please submit one piece of fiction and/or three poems at a time. You can submit up to 5 pieces of art at a time. Please submit just once per submission period.
• We prioritize work by current residents of Washington, Oregon, Alaska, and British Columbia, but we also consider submissions from writers who have lived in the Pacific Northwest in the past.
• There is no fee to submit.
• We pay $25 per published submission.
• Accepted poetry, fiction, and art submissions will be published in a print edition that will be available for purchase everywhere books are sold. We feature flash fiction submissions online monthly. Writers and artists included in the printed anthology will receive one free copy of the book.
• No AI generated content, please.

author rights

We believe strongly that authors should retain full ownership of their work. By submitting to our magazine, you grant us first serial rights, meaning we have the right to be the first to publish the piece. Upon publication, all rights revert to the author.

We also request non-exclusive archival rights to display the work on our website and in any future print or digital compilations of the magazine. This allows us to preserve and showcase past issues while ensuring that authors remain free to republish their work elsewhere, including in collections, anthologies, or personal projects.

If your work is republished, we ask that you acknowledge its original appearance in our magazine.

We do not claim ownership over your work—your voice, your words, and your rights always remain yours.