thecommon.submittable.com

Inspired by the mission and role of the town common, an egalitarian gathering place, The Common aims to foster the global exchange of diverse ideas and experiences. As such, we welcome and encourage submissions from writers who are Black, Indigenous, people of color, disabled, LGBTQIA+-identifying, immigrant, international, and/or otherwise from communities underrepresented in U.S. literary magazines and journals. In an effort to remove barriers to access, The Common will waive submission fees for two weeks every summer.For those who cannot access Submittable due to disability, or who require a fee waiver due to financial difficulty, please call 413-542-5453 or email [email protected] periods for fiction, nonfiction, translations, and poetry:   March 1 – June 1 September 1 – December 1Submissions from current print/digital subscribers to the magazine are accepted free year-round. [subscribe here starting at $16]Dispatches are accepted year-round.Please do... Send up to five poems, or one prose piece, or three flash pieces per submission. Send previously unpublished works in English, and translations for which the translator has secured the rights.* Include title, word count, and contact details in your cover letter. Send simultaneous submissions, as long as you withdraw them immediately if they are accepted elsewhere. Poets may use Submittable's message feature to withdraw individual poems. Read The Common Online to get a feel for what we look for. Or check out these interviews with Editor in Chief Jennifer Acker. Be patient with us while we carefully consider your work. Our typical reading time is 8 months, but this varies widely. At least three readers review your work before an editor makes a final decision, so it takes time. You can always check your piece's status in Submittable.Please don't... List any identifying information on your submission.  Submit more than one submission per genre at a time. Wait for a response before submitting