READING PERIOD

Our reading period opens on January 1st and closes on March 15th.

GENERAL GUIDELINES

Submissions are one dollar, and simultaneous submissions are encouraged. If your work is accepted elsewhere, we just ask that you let us know immediately through Submittable. We try to respond to all submissions within thirty days. Feel free to query after two months. We will not consider work with sexist, racist, homophobic, xenophobic, or ableist content. Include a cover letter with a brief third-person bio on the first page of your submission.

POETRY GUIDELINES

MudRoom publishes poetry of all types. If you’d like your work reviewed, please submit 3-5 original, previously unpublished poems through Submittable. All poems should be included in a single .DOC/.DOCX or PDF file with one poem per page (eight pages maximum). 

PROSE GUIDELINES

Mudroom publishes fiction, essays, and essays in translation. If you’d like your work considered, please submit a previously unpublished work no longer than 6,000 words in double spaced 12-point Times New Roman font.