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Changing the World

Through Words and Art

  

Since launching in January of 2019, Sunspot Literary Journal has amplified diverse multinational voices. New works have been published in their original language side-by-side with English translations. Boundaries that exclude meaningful and important works have been broken by accepting extremely long-form pieces, a rarity in publishing today. 

Fiction Without Boundaries

Microfiction, flash fiction, poetry, short stories, plays, scripts, novelette- and novella-length works are welcome at Sunspot. All categories and genres accepted. 

Nonfiction That Expands

Send us your essays, opinions, articles, reviews, memoirs, and travel stories. Offer up thoughts that blind.  

Submissions

Submission Guidelines

Submission Guidelines

Submission Guidelines

Work must be unpublished except on a personal blog. Simultaneous submissions welcome. Submit via Submittable or Duotrope.

Fiction

Submission Guidelines

Submission Guidelines

Short stories, long-form stories, novelettes and novellas up to 49,000 words can be submitted via Submittable or

Duotrope.

Poetry

Submission Guidelines

Poetry

On Submittable or

Duotrope, use the basic open call to submit one to three poems (total submission no more than 3 pages). Longer poems are accepted under other open calls.

Art

Fast Turnaround

Poetry

One to five art images are accepted via Submittable or Duotrope. All artwork accepted for publication is considered for use on the cover. 

Nonfiction

Fast Turnaround

Fast Turnaround

 Essays, opinions, memoir, travel, reviews, and other nonfiction can run up to 49,000 words. Submit via Submittable or

Duotrope. See length guidelines under each form.  

Fast Turnaround

Fast Turnaround

Fast Turnaround

Use the Fast Flux form to receive a response in one to two weeks. Use the appropriate form for your work's length. 

Feedback for Your Work

Genre Fiction

Sunspot offers two options for critique/commentary for fantasy, paranormal, light sci-fi, contemporary romance, and YA stories and novel excerpts up to 12,500 words through Submittable. Capped every month, so send in your work early. 

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Connect with Sunspot Lit

Open to collaborations with other lit journals, book fairs, and anything that allows talented voices to be heard, artists to be seen, and the world to be changed through the power of art and words.

Email us at SunspotLit@gmail.com.

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