Waxwing is published triannually: in October, February, and June. WE
READ SUBMISSIONS OF POETRY, SHORT FICTION, AND LITERARY ESSAYS AUGUST
1 TO MAY 1; TRANSLATIONS OF POETRY AND LITERARY PROSE ARE READ
YEAR-ROUND. Each issue features approximately thirteen poets, eight
prose writers, and four authors in translation.
Poets should send one to five poems, and prose writers one story,
essay, novella, or novel chapter (or up to three short-short stories
or micro-essays). Each submission should be sent as one file. Cover
letters and brief bios are recommended, but optional. Please use the
online submission manager for all submissions. Other queries or
correspondence should be directed to Co-editors Justin Bigos and Erin
Stalcup at editors@waxwingmag.org.
Translators should follow the same guidelines. They should also
include the translated work in its source language, along with any
permissions needed to publish the work in both languages.
Waxwing will respond to each submitted manuscript within four months.
If you need to withdraw your piece, please withdraw through the
submission manager. If you are withdrawing only part of your
submission, please make a note in Submittable (rather than emailing
the editors). If Waxwing publishes your writing, the editors
reserve the right to republish it in future print anthologies and/or
as promotional broadsides. Authors retain rights to their work—if
the work is republished in a future collection or anthology, please
indicate that it originally appeared in Waxwing. Waxwing is unable to
offer monetary payment for work at this time. Thank you for your
interest in and support of Waxwing.
