Submissions

Spilling Ink Review welcomes previously unpublished fiction and flash fiction. Please note: we no longer accept prose poetry and nonfiction.

We read year-round. While we are interested in discovering quality prose from around the world, at this time, we can only accept work written in English.

Only submit work that is your own original material.

We make a sincere effort to respond within 4 – 6 weeks but we have a small editorial team so please wait 8 weeks before sending a (courteous) query .

Please do not submit more than 2 submissions at a time. Simultaneous submissions are allowed but please let us know as soon as possible if your work has been accepted elsewhere.

Word count

Fiction – 3,000 word max

Flash Fiction – 1,000 word max

Formatting

Standard courtesies are appreciated. 12pt font, double-spaced, 1” margins, pages numbered.

Submitting

Email submissions only. Please send to: spillingink.email@googlemail.com

Include the appropriate description in the subject heading: ‘Fiction’, ‘Flash Fiction’.

Include the following information in the body of the email

• Name
• Address
• Phone
• Email
• Brief Bio
• Title of the work
• Word Count

Attach submission in either Word (doc) or Rich Text Format (rtf).

What are we looking for? Well, at the risk of sounding like a bunch of ‘smarty pants’, we’ll know it when we see it! Just send us your very best work. Give us a slice of prose that we’ll remember, that will make us think, that will entertain us, that will make us marvel at your expertise with style and structure. Create well-developed, believable characters.

We will accept fiction of various genres but Caution(!): do NOT send graphic violence or sexual abuse or racially offensive material.