Submissions
Writers new to the world of online publishing may find our Submission Tips for New Writers helpful.
Current Deadline: We’re taking our customary post-publication hiatus of 1 month. We’ll resume reading for Conte 6.1 in March.
Submission Guidelines
Conte publishes narrative writing of the highest quality on a biannual basis. Writing that displays some degree of familiarity with our journal is likely to attract our attention, so make sure your work has a narrative bent. In the interest of keeping Conte as fresh and relevant as possible, we will decline to consider previously published work; nor will we follow links to blogs or personal websites. However, we will accept simultaneous submissions, provided you clearly state in your cover letter that your work is under consideration elsewhere, and notify us immediately if it is accepted by another publication.
Poetry: Submit up to 3 poems, each of 100 lines or less, in the body of an email to poetry@conteonline.net, with subject line "Poetry Submission:" followed by the title of your piece. We are strongly averse to rhyme schemes and attachments.
Prose: Submit one piece up to 8,000 words in length to prose@conteonline.net, with subject line "Prose Submission:" followed by the title of your piece. Rich Text (.rtf) attachments are preferred, but submissions within the body of an email are also acceptable. Please query us with an excerpt before submitting longer pieces. We publish short stories, chapter-length excerpts from novels and novel manuscripts, and pieces of creative nonfiction. We do not consider academic essays, but are open to travel writing, memoirs, and engaging journalism.
Feel free to mention previous publications in your cover letter (though an enumerated list of credits is not necessary), and to share how you heard about Conte. We read submissions year-round, and will do our best to respond within 3 months. If for some reason we temporarily suspend our reading policy due to a backlog, we will make every effort to keep you informed.
All authors published by Conte retain full and complete control over their works; we assert only the right to keep a copy of your published piece indefinitely within our issue archives. Although we make no claim other than the above, having a piece appear in Conte (or any online journal) will likely be viewed as a "first use" or relinquishing of "first electronic rights" by other publications, both print-based and online.
