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Contribute to the print magazine
We are closed to print magazine submissions.
We are committed to paying writers, and offer a fee for contributions to the print magazine. Unfortunately, we have not found a way to pay digital contributors, though we are open to ideas for personal essays, articles, recipes and craft how-tos, if this is not a dealbreaker. Please keep pitches brief. We like to see the essence of the idea in a short elevator pitch, with an additional sentence or two to flesh it out/give details of any leads.
Please note: Successful pitches have a clear sense of narrative, a good balance between specificity and universality, and do not simply repeat the theme. We want to learn something new, hear new ideas, or approach a topic from new angles and perspectives. Please send us your pitch in the body of the email, and submissions as attachments. Due to limited capacity, we are not open to fiction submissions from North America at this time.
Spiritus Mundi: we accept essays, short fiction and poetry via our online platform Spiritus Mundi. Read more about it here. We are currently closed to submissions. Please read the guidelines carefully. This is a generative prompt, not a thematic one. Plants will probably not appear in your piece. Send short fiction as an attachment, with a short cover letter in the body of the email.
General guidelines
Please include in the body of your email a short bio of less than 50 words, noting any bylines, with links to 1–3 previous publications, if applicable.
Unfortunately we do not accept reprints.
Submit fiction or poetry but pitch non-fiction ideas.
We do accept simultaneous submissions. Do let us know if they get accepted elsewhere.
Please format the subject line of your email like this: Pitch/Submission: (proposed title or headline).
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Send your ideas to cunningfolkmagazine@gmail.com
Thank you for trusting us with your work. We are very grateful to have the opportunity to read and consider it. Due to the volume of submissions, we are unfortunately unable to respond to unsuccessful pitches or submissions. Work for the Sound & Vision issue has already been selected, but we will be open for submissions for the next print magazine later in the year.