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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
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CURRENT THEME:
UNTHEMED
OVERVIEW
We welcome submissions from both emerging and established writers.
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All submissions should be submitted via email to
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Submissions should be in standard manuscript format and include word count.
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All submissions are considered for both the monthly issue and FF.
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Haphazardly formatted manuscripts will not be considered.
Genre:
Horror with a message, with a strong preference for new weird horror. Any variant. This, meaning that we will accept anything from supernatural, goblin-ghoul-zombie-thumping-in-the-night types of works to more subtle, mundane terrors.
That being said, there are some materials that we will not accept:
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Stories featuring excessive violence for its own sake (i.e., gore or violence that is not justified by the overall story). Extensive, unjustified descriptions of sexual assault will result in rejection
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Works that support or justify hate-speech and/or hate-crimes against any and all marginalization populations will not find a home with NN
RIGHTS:
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Novel Noctule is granted exclusive, first world rights to the submitted work upon acceptance for a period of (6) months.
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Novel Noctule is granted nonexclusive, worldwide English-language
right to archive and republish the Work or cause the Work to be republished in any NN book or anthology. -
Novel Noctule is granted nonexclusive, worldwide audio rights to the Work for use in our podcasting program.
REPRINTS:
No unsolicited reprints. Please query before sending.
SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSIONS:
Novel Noctule does not accept simultaneous submissions; we operate on the honor system. Please state whether or not your submission is simultaneous in your cover letter.
FORMATTING:
Send in standard manuscript format to publisher@novelnoctule.com as a Word document. Entries submitted in the body of your email will not be considered for publication. Please see William Shunn's article on standard manuscript formatting for reference.
response time:
Our estimated response time is (45) days, although we often respond sooner. Please only query if you haven't received a response by then.
ISSUE SUBMISSIONS[Monthly]
FICTION:
Flash fiction and short stories (up 10,000 words).
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Multiple submissions UNDER 1,500 words are acceptable; up to (3) flash stories per author, per month.
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Only (1) story ABOVE 1,500 words per author, per month please.
POETRY:
Up to three poems by a single author within a given month, not to exceed ten pages total, to be submitted in a single Word doc.
NON-FICTION:
All non-fiction works will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please send a short query to publisher@novelnoctule.com before submitting any non-fiction materials. Payment for non-fiction materials will be made upon publication of suitable copy, not upon acceptance of pitch.
ARTWORK:
All cover artwork will be considered for inclusion in Novel Noctule on a rolling basis.
COMPENSATION:
It's very important to us that we pay writers and artists for their work. But, we are an individually-funded, small publication. As such, we can only offer compensation of $10 US for all accepted works via PayPal. As our readership grows, we hope to increase this rate.
FLYING FOX FLASH SUBMISSIONS[weekly]
Flying Fox Flash is a weekly flash fiction and poetry segment, launched in 2021. It was founded in order to give writers more opportunities to submit short-form works and to be published outside of the monthly issues.
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Flying Fox Flash submissions DO NOT have to align with quarterly themes
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Flying Fox will publish every week, excluding the weeks of issue releases
FICTION:
Flash fiction (up 1.500 words). If submitting specifically for Flying Fox Flash, please state this in your cover letter.
POETRY:
Up to three poems by a single author within a given month, not to exceed ten pages total, to be submitted in a single Word doc.
COMPENSATION:
It's very important to us that we pay writers and artists for their work. But, we are an individually-funded, small publication. As such, we can only offer compensation of $5 US for accepted Flying Fox Flash works via PayPal. As our readership grows, we hope to increase this rate.

