Publishers Accepting Novella Submissions

Lo and behold, I was mistaken in my belief that very very few places accepted novella submissions for publication.  It turns out it is only a very few, and not a very very.  The places I’ve found so far are:

  • 42 Magazine
  • AGNI
  • American Literary Review
  • American Short Fiction
  • A Public Space
  • The Collagist
  • Gettysburg Review
  • Glimmer Train
  • Hunger Mountain
  • The Journal
  • The Madison Review
  • The Malahat Review
  • McSweeney’s
  • The Missouri Review
  • The Normal School
  • Quarterly West
  • Subtropics
  • 42opus
  • Eclectica
  • Failbetter
  • Wild Violet

So that’s 21 different publications that accept novellas, out of over 140 on my master submissions list.  I guess one in seven ain’t bad, as they say.  Do they say that?

I’ve submitted a novella to a few of the places above, and those I haven’t published with most of them, I can confirm that their novella guidelines are legitimate, and are worth checking out if you’re looking for a home for your 25,000 word story.

Also, is it just me, or do lists look stupid in blogs?  I might not do that again.  It would have to be a good list, like The Top Places That Give You Free Money or Ten Ways to Avoid Your In-Laws.  Something like that.

No offense, in-laws.