Sequestrum accepts manuscripts year-round, offers pay-what-you-can subscriptions, publishes on a rolling basis (about every two weeks), pairs all publications with stunning visual components, and is home to award-winning writers and new voices alike. 

Sequestrum is a competitive, paying market which publishes high-quality short fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual arts. Recent contributors include Pulitzer Prize nominees, Guggenheim and NEA Fellows, award-winning novelists and poets, as well as many new and emerging voices. We’re committed to publishing the bulk of our publications from unsolicited manuscripts (95%) and are open to all stylistic schools and “isms,” including the occasional genre piece.

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This link is for Sequestrum subscribers only.  Learn how to become a subscriber here. Prose Guidelines:Please identify your work as fiction or nonfiction in your cover letter. If this is a themed submission, please indicate it as such. Submissions should generally not exceed 10,000 words. Simultaneous submissions accepted. Include a brief bio in your cover letter to be used as a contributor bio in the event of publication. Your name should not appear anywhere on your manuscript. No previously-published material.Subscriber Submissions Guidelines:  Subscribers are allowed one free submission pending at any given time, across all genres. We will notify you once we have reached a decision on your work via Submittable. By submitting only your best, most polished work, writers help ensure our response times remain reasonable.  Submissions will be considered for general or themed publication at our usual paying rates.  Below the cover letter, enter the email/login name associated with your membership so we can to confirm status as a current subscriber.  All submissions must follow our general guidelines.

Subscriber Submission - Fiction & Nonfiction

This link is for Sequestrum subscribers only.  Learn how to become a subscriber here. Poetry Guidelines:Submissions should be no more than thirty-five (35) lines; up to four (4) poems per submission. If this is a themed submission, please indicate it as such. Simultaneous submissions accepted. Include a brief bio in your cover letter to be used as a contributor bio in the event of publication. Your  name should not appear anywhere on your manuscript. No  previously-published material.Subscriber Submissions Guidelines:  Subscribers are allowed one free submission pending at any given time, across all genres. We will notify you once we have reached a decision on your work via Submittable. By submitting only your best, most polished work, writers help ensure our response times remain reasonable.    Submissions will be considered for general or themed publication at our usual paying rates.    Below the cover letter, enter the email/login name associated with your membership so we can to confirm status as a current subscriber.    All submissions must follow our general guidelines.

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Please identify your work as fiction or nonfiction in your cover letter.
Submissions should generally not exceed 10,000 words. If you have a great piece which you think is a good fit and exceeds these guidelines, send it. Simultaneous submissions accepted. Include a brief bio in your cover letter to be used as a contributor bio in the event of publication. Your name should not appear anywhere on your manuscript. No previously-published material.

Fiction & Nonfiction - General Submission

Submissions should be no more than thirty-five (35) lines; up to four (4) poems per submission. Simultaneous submissions accepted. Include a brief bio in your cover letter to be used as a contributor bio in the event of publication. Your name should not appear anywhere on your manuscript. No previously-published material.

Poetry - General Submission

Please identify your work as fiction or nonfiction in your cover letter.
  Levity. Irony. Highbrow. Lowbrow. Satire. Hijinks. Jinkies. There are many categories of humor in literature, yet shockingly few short stories, poems, and essays feature as much as a joke. Let’s change that. In short, we’re expecting stories and poetry which make us laugh, think, and smile.  How you deliver your sense of humor makes little difference. We’re just excited to laugh. As always, wow us. Thrill us. Never bore us. We’re eager to read your best. Deadline 12/15.
 
  Full guidelines here: https://www.sequestrum.org/themed-submissions-humor.
 
  Submissions should generally not exceed 12,000 words. If you have a great piece which you think is a good fit and exceeds these guidelines, send it. Simultaneous submissions accepted. Include a brief bio in your cover letter to be used as a contributor bio in the event of publication. Your name should not appear anywhere on your manuscript. No previously-published material.

Theme: Humor - Fiction and Nonfiction

Every issue of Sequestrum features the best creative writing of today. Once a year, Sequestrum features the best creative writing of yesterday. In the past, we’ve reprinted work from internationally acclaimed publications alongside journals which are long defunct or upstart gems on the rise. And that’s the way we like it. As always, wow us. Thrill us. Never bore us. We’re eager to read your best. Deadline 12/15.
Full guidelines here: https://www.sequestrum.org/theme-reprints
Poetry: Up to three poems per submission. 50 lines per poem. You may submit poetry featured with multiple publishers. Simultaneous and multiple submissions accepted. Include a brief bio in your cover letter to be used as a contributor bio in the event of publication. Your name should not appear anywhere on your manuscript.
Please include the name and email address of original publisher in the indicated box.

Theme: Reprints - Poetry

Submissions are considered for stand-alone publications (graphic narratives) or as issue cover art. Artists retain all rights to their works. Response time for artwork can be longer. Featured pieces of new, upcoming, and established artists reach a large, supportive audience.

Comics, Graphic Narratives, & Visual Arts

Every issue of Sequestrum features the best creative writing of today. Once a year, Sequestrum features the best creative writing of yesterday. In the past, we’ve reprinted work from internationally acclaimed publications alongside journals which are long defunct or upstart gems on the rise. And that’s the way we like it. As always, wow us. Thrill us. Never bore us. We’re eager to read your best. Deadline 12/15.
Full guidelines here: https://www.sequestrum.org/theme-reprints
Fiction: Submissions should generally not exceed twelve thousand (12,000) words. Simultaneous and multiple submissions accepted. Include a brief bio in your cover letter to be used as a contributor bio in the event of publication. Your name should not appear anywhere on your manuscript.
Please include the name and email address of original publisher in the indicated box.

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