Submission Guidelines

Salt Hill publishes poetry, prose, translations, reviews, essays, interviews, and artwork. We read submissions between August 1 and April 1 of each year. We accept simultaneous submissions, but ask that you alert us as soon as possible if your work is placed elsewhere.

Poetry: Please send no more than five poems at a time to the poetry editor at the address listed below. We do NOT accept unsolicited email submissions.

Fiction/Nonfiction: Please do not send works of more than 30 pages. If you would like to send a longer piece, please query us via email first. We do NOT accept unsolicited email submissions.

Art: We are primarily interested in black & white art (we're in a recession and it's cheaper to print), but love publishing color work when we can. We are interested in drawings, paintings, photographs, etc. Please send low res jpegs or a link to your work, along with a brief description of the work and contact info to salthillart@gmail.com.

Please read an issue of Salt Hill to get a feel for what we like.

Send your work, along with a cover letter including contact information,addressed to the appropriate genre editor, to:

Salt Hill
Syracuse University
English Department
Syracuse, NY 13244

Please enclose a SASE for a reply. We recycle manuscripts, and encourage you to use a "Forever" stamp on your SASE.

We don't accept electronic submissions, but if you have a question please contact us. Back issues are available here.

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Call for Translations

Salt Hill literary and arts journal seeks unpublished English translations of  poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and hybrid creative writing. We welcome translations from all languages and time periods, but favor exceptional contemporary work. Salt Hill hopes to increase creative communication across linguistic borders, and serve as a publication resource for writers and translators.

GUIDELINES: Manuscripts of translated poetry should be no longer than 7 pages unless queried. Fiction, nonfiction, and hybrid manuscripts should be no longer than 20 pages, double-spaced. Please include a cover letter with short biographies for both translator and author of original work. Translators must hold necessary rights to original work unless in the public domain.

Call for Art

Salt Hill literary and arts journal seeks unpublished 2D art—drawings, paintings, photography, mixed media, documentation of 3D art, typographic art, diagrams, maps, etc.— for its semi-annual publication. We are especially interested in black-and-white work at the moment, but welcome art of all colors, shapes and stripes.

GUIDELINES: 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.

Italo Calvino Prize in Fabulist Fiction

Deadline: October 15, 2009
Entry Fee: $25
Web site: www.louisville.edu
E-mail address: pfgrin01@louisville.edu

2009 Judge: Harold Bloom

Salt Hill Journal partners with the University of Louisville for the Italo Calvino Prize in Fabulist Fiction. A prize of $1,000, publication in Salt Hill Journal, and an all-expenses-paid trip to read at the University of Louisville's annual 20th Century Literature Conference is given annually for a work of fabulist fiction written in the vein of Italo Calvino. Second prize is $300. Submit up to 25 pages of a short story, novel, or novella with a $25 entry fee by October 15. Visit the Web site for complete guidelines.

University of Louisville, Department of English, Bingham Humanities 315, Louisville, KY 40292. Paul Griner, Director of Creative Writing.