Philadelphia Stories is a free print magazine that strives to publish the finest fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and art written by authors living in, or originally from, Pennsylvania, Delaware, or New Jersey. Philadelphia Stories seeks submissions from diverse perspectives: all ethnicities, races, abilities, and gender identification. We wish to demonstrate the vitality and vibrancy of the Philadelphia-area residents in every issue.
Thanks to the support of the Conrad Weiser Author Fund, we pay an honorarium of $ 50 via Paypal to our authors published in our print magazine.
Please follow these guidelines for submitting material.
*Please scroll to the bottom to select the genre or contest to which you would like to submit.
DEADLINES:
Art: Rolling Submissions
General Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, and Poetry: June 1st - September 1st and October 1st-January 15th
PLEASE NOTE: You will be notified of the status of your submission within six months AFTER the issue deadline. If you have not heard from us within six months after your submission was sent, please feel free to contact trish@philadephiastories.org, and we'll check the status for you. (Please note, our emails do sometimes get caught in spam filters.) Thanks for submitting to Philadelphia Stories!
In General
- Only work submitted through our Online Submission Form will be considered.
- We do not accept previously published work. This includes work published online, on personal blogs or websites.
- Any work received after the closing date for a particular issue will be considered for the next issue.
- Simultaneous submissions are accepted. Please let us know immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere.
- Please attach a SHORT bio (about 75 words, written in third person), including your connection to Pennsylvania, Delaware, or New Jersey.
- We will send notice by email regarding the acceptance or rejection of your material within six months after the issue's deadline.
- If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact our Editorial Director, Trish Rodriguez, at trish@philadelphiastories.org.
Philadelphia Stories, Junior, a division of Philadelphia Stories, is a literary magazine published each Spring for writers age 18 and under who currently live in Pennsylvania, Delaware, or Southern New Jersey. Please follow these guidelines for submitting material. There is no reading fee. Deadline: February 1. We accept submissions year-round.
Don't have a Submittable account? No problem! You can email your work to our editors here: PSJR912@GMAIL.COM
General Guidelines
1. Philadelphia Stories, Jr. accepts work submitted to our online submission form or by email.
Emailed submissions will be accepted as either a Word .doc or .txt attachment.
2. On the first page, please include your name, school, grade, and information on how we can contact you.
3. Any work received after the closing date for a particular issue will be considered for the next issue.
4. Tell us about yourself and where you live. For example: George Smith is in sixth grade and likes to write poetry. He also likes basketball and lives with his cat and little sister in Cherry Hill, NJ. He has read all seven Harry Potters twice.
Philadelphia Stories, Jr. publishes:
1. Fiction (original short stories no longer than 5,000 words)
2. Poems
3. Essays
4. Art (original photos, drawings, pictures of sculptures, cartoons, etc.)
If you would prefer to email your submission, email to PSJR912@gmail.com.
Artwork
- All artwork must be submitted electronically.
- Please submit no more than five previously unpublished images for consideration. (You must submit each image file as a separate submission; you cannot attach multiple images to one submission.)
- Preliminary images do not need to be print resolution and may be attached as a JPEG or GIF. Final, approved artwork should be of professional quality, at least 300 dpi saved as a TIFF, PDF, JPEG or EPS.
- Do not send us links to your website. We'll leave it to you to find your best work.