Electric Lit’s The Commuter Call for Submissions

The Commuter will be OPEN for submissions of Prose, Poetry, and Graphic Narrative from Monday, July 22 to Sunday, July 28, 2024

The Commuter is Electric Lit’s home for poetry, flash, graphic, and experimental narratives. It publishes weekly on Wednesday morning, and has showcased Caroline Hadilaksono, Aleksandar Hemon, Jonathan Lethem, Lindsay Hunter, Tahirah Alexander Green, and Julia Wertz. Recent authors in The Commuter include Susan Perabo, Ali Shapiro, and Tochukwu Okafor.

GUIDELINES:

  • Prose: Submit one or more pieces, either standalone or connected, in a single document. The total word count should not exceed 1500 words.
  • Poetry: Submit 4–6 poems in a single document, and please limit the page count to 8. Keep in mind that not all poems may render digitally exactly as they appear in a PDF.
  • Graphic Narrative:  Submit up to 3 pieces of narrative illustration, comics, mixed media narrative, or genre-negative oddments. For comics, each piece should contain a minimum of 3 panels. The total page count should not exceed 20 pages.
  • Please submit all genres in .doc, .docx, or PDF.
  • Please submit only once per category.
  • Work previously published in any form cannot be considered.
  • Please include your email address.
  • If your work is selected, total payment is $100.
  • Writers with a submission pending with Recommended Reading may still submit to The Commuter.

All submissions will be accepted through the Electric Lit Submittable page. For a sense of the kind of work they publish, check out recent issues of The Commuter, the 280-character contest winners, and Recommended Reading’s 300th issue.

For candid advice from Electric Lit editors on how to make your poems, flash, graphic, and experimental narratives stand out, watch our video “How to Get Published in The Commuter.”

Submit via  Electric Literature’s Submittable page.

Electric Lit announces open submission periods one to two weeks in advance. The best way to find out about upcoming submission windows is to subscribe to their eNewsletter, and follow them on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.

It’s in your best interest to familiarize yourself with the work they publish before submitting. Only one submission per category will be accepted during any given submission period, though you may submit across multiple categories at once. Simultaneous submissions are fine, but please let them know immediately if a submission is accepted elsewhere.

Member Submissions are accepted all year.

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