Barrelhouse
Literary Magazine
Barrelhouse bridges the gap between serious art and pop culture. It's an annual print journal featuring fiction, poetry, interviews, and essays. Barrelhouse Books publishes 2 books (1 poetry, 1 NF) per year.
Highlights
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: 6 months*/Editor reported data85 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: 1% */Editor reported data5.88%*Chill Subs tracker stats
PaysYes
Find more details in the Genres section
FeeNo
Accepts simultaneous submissions
What's that?
When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time
Accepts previously published
What's that?
When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary
Nominates for prizes
From the editors
Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, Best Small Fictions, Best Microfiction
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
From the editors
two contributor copies to each contributor to our print and online issues
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
What's that?
Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee
Fiction - 8000 words max
Max words: 8000
Max pieces: 1
Nonfiction - 8000 words max
Max words: 8000
Max pieces: 1
Nonfiction - 800 words max
Max words: 100
Max words: 800
Max pieces: 3
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
Review
No specific limitations
Art
No specific limitations
Photography
No specific limitations
How to submit
Processs
Submittable
Cover letter
No cover letter advice
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
About electronic files: Please only send us word or rich-text (.rtf) files. Seriously. If you send something in a file format that we can’t read, it greatly reduces your chances of publication. For poetry, please submit your poems as a single document.
Author's rights
We don't have rights information for this magazine
Additional info
Available both in print and online Pays! $50 for print issues + 2 copies Promote writers even after publication - hype hype hype
Tracker statistics
82
Total submissions tracked
85 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
4 days
Fastest response time
333 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 640 days
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Submission calls
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Editor-in-Chief
Tara Campbell
Fiction Editor
Chris Gonzalez
Fiction Editor
Joe Killiany
Fiction Editor
Matt Perez
Fiction Editor
Tom McAllister
Nonfiction Editor
Christina Beasley
Poetry Editor
Dan Brady
Poetry Editor
Mike Ingram
Books Editor
Lilly Dancyger
Books Editor
Katharine Coldiron
Reviews Editor
Dave Housley
Managing Editor