Please send all submissions to submit@pensandpoison.com as a Word or PDF attachment. We accept submissions on a rolling basis and publish two issues per year. Submissions received between January 1st and June 30th will be considered for our winter edition and submissions received between July 1st and December 31st will be considered for our summer edition.
We do not have word count limits, but please use your best judgement when submitting a piece.
Simultaneous submissions and reprints from personal websites are okay, but please do not send us pieces that have been published professionally elsewhere.
All rights revert to the author upon publication in Pens and Poison Magazine.
Please include the section you are submitting to in your email subject line.
Poetry: Send us 2-5 poems in a single attachment.
Fiction: Send us 1-3 pieces in a single attachment.
Non-Fiction: Send us 1-3 pieces in a single attachment. We are particularly interested in personal essays and opinion pieces.
