submission guidelines

hello! thank you for considering us as a home for your work :)

general info

  • we publish one piece per week, on Tuesdays. our submissions will remain perpetually open, so feel free to send us work whenever you’d like.
  • typical response time is 2-4 days. all submissions will be responded to within 2 weeks.
  • submissions are free! But we're also not a paying market. we hope to someday be though :)
  • send your work to us through our submissions form!
  • genre guidelines

    short fiction/nonfiction
  • tell us about that time that… and how… or an old bike that… or your next door neighbor who… or a fake guy named Ralph who loves… up to 3 pieces / up to 1200 words per piece.
  • micro Fiction/nonfiction
  • send us your little drabbles, meditations, glimpses, fortune cookie fortunes, journal entries, horoscopes, etc. up to 4 pieces / up to 300 words per piece
  • poetry/prose poetry
  • give us your funktastic imagery and permeating voice. Up to 3 poems / no word limit.
  • hybrid
  • all your weird. we want it. generally up to your discretion given the length requirements outlined for other categories. hard limit of 4 pieces / 1200 words though.
  • nitty gritty

  • we typically prefer for Dishsoap to be the first place your work has appeared, but are more than happy to give a new home to work stuck in any defunct/discontinued journal or magazine.
  • simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please notify us promptly if your work is accepted elsewhere.
  • we encourage and enjoy work that tackles tough topics, but we will reserve the right to ignore a submission if it includes anything nsfw, racist, homophobic, ableist, transphobic, sexist, or anything generally involving discrimination or hate speech.
  • if your work is rejected, we ask that you wait 1 month before submitting again. if your work is accepted, we ask that you wait 2 months before submitting again.
  • to withdraw your work, email us at dishsoap.mag@gmail.com
  • if you somehow don't have a google account yet and can't access our form, feel free to email us your submission with an optional informal cover letter and a bio.
  • if your work is accepted, you retain all rights, but we request that you credit us when sending it to other places in the future.