Submissions

Submission Guidelines:

A Literary Magic submission does not have to conform to any specific guidelines. We want you to "write well and make Literary Magic."

We do not place any restriction on the content (writing) but we ask that (it be your original work and that) you conform to the following guidelines.

Articles, essays, poems, short stories and all other submissions should not be more than 5, 000 words. If it is a bit longer than 5,000 words however, it will still be accepted. Details on what we publish specificly can be found below.
Please refrain from using any vulgar language or language that gives hint to erotica, drugs or other restricted content. All genres are accepted, except erotica. Your submission can be violent and possibly be hinting toward erotica occasionally, but please nothing too graphic or explicit.
Check your writing for spelling, grammatical and language errors before submitting it, and please do your best to edit your work. A few mistakes here and there will be accepted, but excessive mistakes will automatically be rejected. (We have no taste for writing that hasn't been edited.)
You are welcome to send bylines or short biographies of yourself or previous publishing credentials, however we do not ask that as all writers will be treated equally.
Literary Magic is an online magazine so there are no real deadlines for each issue. We are a quarterly magazine (four issues are published a year) so we ask that if you wish to make your submission for the following issue that you please do so at least a month before the issue comes out. (We may be more lenient for staff writers.) As an example, for our next issue, Literary Magic that asks that if you wish to make your submission for our Summer issue that you do so by June 1.
Format: To be accepted, your e-mailed submission must read "Submission" in the subject line. You must also include the type of work you are submitting (e.g. fiction or etymology) as well as sufficient contact information (name, e-mail, country etc.) Please paste you submission into the body of your e-mail. No attachments.

Deadline: Literary Magic Editors prefer that all Submissions for the upcoming Summer issue be submitted by June 1. Thank you. All submissions arriving after that date will not be eligible for immediate publication and will have to wait until the next issue to be published.

Literary Magic welcomes all writers to submit work in any genre or style. However, we have zero tolerance for two things: Plagiarism and writing that hasn't been edited. If either of these is the case with your work, then it will be automatically rejected. If you have any further questions about our Submissions page, or you would like to query us about submitting your writing, then please contact our Editor, Rocky Reichman, at editor@literarymagic.com. (However, you do not have to query us first: Feel free to send us your work unsolicited.)

Above all: write well, edit your work and be professional. That's a sure path to getting published in Literary Magic magazine.

I look forward to receiving and reviewing your submissions.

Your literally,

Rocky Reichman, Editor-in-Chief of Literary Magic

Privacy Policy

Literary Magic will not use or publish any personal information without permission from the individuals concerned. Literary Magic does not sell your information, and does not give it to any third party.

Copyright Policy

All writers retain their copyright and all of their rights to their work. Literary Magic however reserves the right to publish any writing (articles, stories, poems etc.) submitted to us in Literary Magic (the magazine), on LiteraryMagic.com, or in any publication—print or electronic-- produced by Literary Magic.

What can be submitted to Literary Magic?

Anything relating to Literary Magic can be submitted. These include (but are not limited to) fiction, poetry, etymology, essays, book reviews and writing and articles in general relating to the English language. To learn more, please see below.

Fiction: Short Stories and plays can be submitted, preferably under 5,000 words. Serial (continuing) stories and writing and analysis of works of literature can also be sent to Literary Magic. Any genre is allowed.
Poetry - Any lengths are accepted, including limericks and haikus. For longer poems, under forty lines is preffered.
Etymology: An etymology (word root) of word(s) of your choice can be submitted. Any words are allowed, but we prefer difficult ones.
Book Reviews- A review of a book (any genre) you have read or have authored yourself may be submitted (please note that the latter is part of our review service).
Essays: An essay or article on language, or something you have written on any aspect of the English language can be submitted.
Letters to the Editor-Literary Magic welcomes intelligent and intellectual comments about our magazine to be sent.
Any articles relating to what we currently publish in our literary magazine or the English language in general.