As of August 1, 2011 we will no longer accept snail-mail submissions. Hard copy submissions received as of August 1 will be recycled or returned unread. See further guidelines below.
Salt Hill publishes poetry, prose, translations, reviews, essays, interviews, and artwork. We read submissions between August 1 and April 1 of each year.
General Submission Guidelines
As of August 1st, Salt Hill will accept only online submissions via Submishmash. Please submit your work, along with a cover letter, including contact information, here: http://salthill.submishmash.com/Submit
Genre-specific guidelines:
Poetry: Please submit no more than five poems at a time. We do NOT accept unsolicited email submissions.
Fiction: Please do not submit 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.
Nonfiction: Salt Hill does not accept book reviews but does encourage submissions of essays, memoirs, and flash pieces that are inventive and lyrical uses of the genre. Please do not submit 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Art: We are interested in unpublished 2D art—drawings, paintings, photography, mixed media, documentation of 3D art, typographic art, diagrams, maps, etc. We are especially interested in black-and-white work at the moment, but welcome art of all colors, shapes and stripes. 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.
We accept simultaneous submissions, but ask that you alert us as soon as possible if your work is placed elsewhere. Retractions should be emailed to the corresponding genre editor:
Poetry: salthillpoetry@gmail.com
Fiction: salthillfiction@gmail.com
Nonfiction: salthillnonfiction@gmail.com
Art: salthillart@gmail.com
Please read an issue of Salt Hill to get a feel for what we like.
We ask that you do not send more work until hearing back from us.
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Italo Calvino Prize in Fabulist Fiction
Congratulations to Sharon White for 2010's winning story, "On Voyage"
Deadline: October 14, 2011
Entry Fee: $25
Web site: http://louisville.edu/english/creative-writing/contests/calvino-guidelines.html
E-mail address: pfgrin01@louisville.edu
2011 Judge: Aimee Bender
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.