Big Fiction
WEBSITE
http://www.bigfictionmagazine.com
From the Editor
Big Fiction celebrates the soul of the long story: generous, transportive, and a little wild. We’re an independent journal publishing ambitious and delicious fiction twice a year, in hand-designed letterpress issues.
BIG FICTION provides a home for the novelette, that long form fiction that needs more breath than a short story. We are also a home for essays, those experiments of curiosity and self-awareness that examine the lies that we believe in, consciously or not. We are housed proudly online.
Long form prose is magic. It meanders, but it also takes aim. It accumulates just as it refines its full breadth into a singular nugget. It hangs out and makes a good mess of itself. It can encompass entire lifetimes — marriages, deaths, betrayals, redemptions — in its sweep.
Submissions
?We have two submission periods: our fall and spring cycle. Dates may vary, but we will always keep the most current open submission dates in our “What’s the Big Deal?” section of our home page.
?We accept fiction and essays: fiction in any genre (except children’s and YA) with a clear literary intent, and essays as narratively straightforward or as experimental as you envision. Translations are welcome. International submissions in English are welcome. We welcome simultaneous submissions, but please notify us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere. Please only submit one piece at a time. Only previously unpublished work is considered.
See their submission guidelines before you submit: https://www.bigfictionmagazine.com/submit
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Contests
Big Fiction introduces the 2013 Knickerbocker Prize for long-form fiction, between 7,500 ? 30,000 words. First- and second-place entries will receive $500 / $250 and publication. Lauren Groff (author of the novels Arcadia and The Monsters of Templeton, and the story collection Delicate Edible Birds) will judge. Submit online January 1 ? February 28, 2013. All entries are considered for publication, and all participants will receive a copy of the contest issue. The winning entries will be announced on our website during May 2013. Please see our website for complete guidelines and to submit your entry.
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EDITORS NAME
Heather Jacobs
PRINT PUBLICATION?
Yes
MAILING ADDRESS:
info@bigfictionmagazine.com
CIRCULATION
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES URL
http://www.bigfictionmagazine.com/writers_guidelines
APPROX. RESPONSE TIME?
4 months
HOW OFTEN DO YOU PUBLISH?
twice a year
YEAR FOUNDED?
2010
DO YOU TAKE ONLINE SUBMISSIONS?
Yes
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Year Founded? |
2010 |
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Do you take online submissions? |
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Information about your publication |
Big Fiction celebrates the soul of the long story: generous, transportive, and a little wild. We’re an independent journal publishing ambitious and delicious fiction twice a year, in hand-designed letterpress issues. |
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What type of submissions are you looking for? |
Big Fiction is looking for long stories and novellas with substance, texture, urgency. We especially love to read prose that matters, in language crafted to sing off the page. We welcome both experimental and traditional narratives. |
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Tell us about upcoming events or contests |
Big Fiction introduces the 2013 Knickerbocker Prize for long-form fiction, between 7,500 ? 30,000 words. First- and second-place entries will receive $500 / $250 and publication. Lauren Groff (author of the novels Arcadia and The Monsters of Templeton, and the story collection Delicate Edible Birds) will judge. Submit online January 1 ? February 28, 2013. All entries are considered for publication, and all participants will receive a copy of the contest issue. The winning entries will be announced on our website during May 2013. Please see our website for complete guidelines and to submit your entry. |