Salt Hill publishes poetry, fiction, translations, essays, Reviews, interviews, and visual art.
reading periods
We have two submission periods for fiction and poetry:
December through January
July through August
We accept nonfiction and art submissions year-round.
general guidelines
Salt Hill accepts only online submissions via Submittable for poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. For visual art submissions, see below. Most, if not all, of our published work is selected from unsolicited submissions.
We accept simultaneous submissions, but ask that you alert us as soon as possible if your work is placed elsewhere by either adding a note to your submission through Submittable or withdrawing the full submission.
We ask that you submit only once per genre per reading period.
Due to the volume of submissions, we can’t respond individually to submission status queries. We aim to respond to submissions within three to six months.
Unfortunately, we are not in the position to offer payment to our writers.
Curious about what we like? Grab one of our issues, or take a dip through our online archive.
genre-specific guidelines
Poetry:
Please submit no more than five poems at a time, in one document.
Fiction:
Please do not submit works of more than 30 pages. We accept multiple flash pieces, so long as their combined length does not exceed 30 pages. Please double space, unless the nature of your work requires special formatting.
Nonfiction:
The nonfiction we are interested in pushes the boundaries of the genre, making use of the techniques of fiction and poetry to tell a true story. We want memories, arguments, meditations, revelations, philosophical rants. Salt Hill is a literary journal, so please don’t send us articles or reports. We will consider nonfiction for both our print journal and our website.
Art:
We are interested in 2D art—drawings, paintings, photography, mixed media, documentation of 3D art, typographic art, diagrams, maps, etc. Right now, we are particularly interested in black and white pieces.
Please email low-res jpegs of your work, or links to specific pieces (not a general website) you would like to submit, to salthillart@gmail.com. Please include a cover letter with a short biography, as well as a title/image list for all work submitted.
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