2009
09.07
09.07
[submission guidelines]
- amphibi.us is a non-paying market. This site costs money, but does not make any.
- Submissions are posted at the rate of about one per day, so new pieces will remain on the front page for approximately one week.
- Multiple, simultaneous, and previously published submissions are fine. It is unnecessary to inform us if a simultaneous submission is accepted by another publication unless they do not allow previously published works, in which case please inform us of your need to request the withdrawal of the piece.
- Please provide any contact information you wish to be included with the piece at the time of submission.
- Currently, author biographies, laundry lists of previous publications, and headshots are not used. However, mp3 recordings of you reading your piece would be great. The site currently does not use any of these things, but we would love to hear it.
- Submissions in the body of an e-mail, or in .doc format only will be accepted. If you submit a piece that has odd formatting, we recommend you submit it as a .doc attachment so we do not have to request one again later.
- Please limit submissions to around 1000 words in the case of poetry/prose, and 2000 words for flash fiction/short stories. Exceptions will of course be made but please do not send an excessive amount at any one time.
- As a general rule, amphibi.us is not interested in rhyming poetry, epics, things that read better as pop lyrics, or Twilight fan-fiction.
- Response time is typically 2-3 weeks currently. Please query no earlier than 2 weeks after your original submission.
- As a courtesy, please you take a look around to get a rough idea of what we are looking for prior to your submission or query.
- Proof read. We retain the right to fix small typos and grammatical problems, without editing the integrity of a piece, but we do not like to do so. If you want something to be published, it should be polished.
- amphibi.us is listed at duotrope’s digest here. If you are a member, please help us by tracking your submissions with them. It’s also a wonderful site with an easy to use submission tracker and lots of listings for places to get your work read.