Digging Press

Submission Periods

Artist Spotlight – January 16 – March 31, 2024
Poetry, Flash Fiction, Short Stories, and Hybrid – TBA

Guidelines for Poets and Writers:

• All rights revert to the author upon publication. If your original work is later reprinted elsewhere, we ask that you please note its first publication here.
• Do not submit previously published work. We require first serial rights for accepted works. This includes work published on personal blogs and social media. Sorry. Simultaneous submissions are accepted as long as they are indicated as such and the submission is withdrawn from Submittable immediately upon acceptance elsewhere.
• Literary Contributors receive a $15 honoraria for their selected work.
• Given our seasonal genre format, we only accept a small percentage of the submissions received. We recommend contributors promote published work on their social media accounts. We promote all publications on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. We also feature publications in our monthly newsletter.

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Guidelines for Artist Spotlight (Visual Artists):

• Visual artists should submit via Submittable:
  • a link to their online portfolio (Instagram, website, web page, etc.)
  • a short bio
  • artist statement
  • and three high-resolution .jpeg images that best represent their body of work
• Please DO NOT email submissions.
• We have a limited amount of space but will consider every submission.
• Open only to visual artists.
• Last day to submit is March 31, 2024. 

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The length of time between acceptance and publication can be three to four months. For chapbooks, the length of time between acceptance and publication can be one to two years.

We shall do our best to respond to submitters within three-four months, but in some cases, this period may be longer. If you have not received a response from us within 120 days, please send an email inquiry to editor@diggingpress.com.

Best of luck!

Please do not assume that a decline from us means your work is not valid in any way. We simply are unable to accommodate everyone. Our publication decisions are bittersweet. We have to decline a great number of good folks in order to give a few more time to gain a larger audience.

Accepted works will be promoted in our online journal, and at our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram accounts. 

With permission from our contributors, we may include accepted works in promotional material for Digging Through The Fat and Digging Press, LLC.

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Please note: we offer free U.S.-only shipping with purchases through Submittable. International orders can only be fulfilled at our shop here.

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