Submissions
Grey Sparrow Press is a publisher of art and literature in print and zine. We accept submissions year-round.
General Information
A brief letter of introduction, including name, e-mail address, postal address, word count, and a biographical sketch about the author and/or artist must accompany all submissions.
Please wait a minimum of three months before submitting new work after each submission, unless an editor has granted permission earlier than three months. We do not accept previously published work except by special arrangement and request by Grey Sparrow Press. Simultaneous submissions are accepted and must be noted in the submission. If submissions are placed elsewhere before the Sparrow secures the right for publication, inform the Sparrow immediately. Upon submission, you warrant you are submitting your original work. All submissions are subject to edit and writers are required to work with an editor if their work is chosen for publication. New venues for publication will not be sought for a minimum of six months from publication at the Sparrow. No pornographic-themed work or horror, thanks.
* We do not pay our contributors. There is no reading fee. At the end of each year we nominate six contributors drawn from a print publication and the Journal for six Pushcart awards. An artist and/or photographer will also be recognized in some other capacity. There are additional secondary submissions for various recognition--the Sparrow also submits visual art.
All submissions: writing, photographs, and art should be sent by email as an attachment and should come in rtf, txt, doc, or wpd, and jpeg format. The Grey Sparrow focuses on literary fiction.
Editorial Contacts
Flash and Micro Fiction, poetry and short stories (maximum of 4,000 words) should be forwarded to: dsdianefuller@gmail.com.
Art and photography submissions should go to Editor Ajay Prasannan at: companyl@hotmail.com Please query before you send work.
Copyright Notice for Contributors
Once we have accepted your work for publication, we hold First North American Serial Rights for publication until we print it, post it, hold it for the next issue, or return it to the contributor. In any case, status will be communicated via e-mail promptly.
Copyright always remains with the authors and artists. Contributors are free to resell it six months after publication online or twelve months after print (noting Grey Sparrow Press as first publisher), unless granted an earlier release by Grey Sparrow Journal (electronic publication) or Grey Sparrow Press (print publication).
The online journal is staffed by an all-volunteer crew with academic credentials and writing credits.
Electronic submissions only, query first.
Unsolicited graphics, photos, and image files should be sent as links in your email to the artist's own site unless other arrangements are made. No pornography please. International writers are welcome. Writing must be in English. Translations to English are also welcome.
Archives
A database is now available for previous issues of Grey Sparrow. It is being redesigned and should be available again by spring.
Grey Sparrow Press
Grahics and art manuscripts cannot be considered for publication of a book at this time, but may be included in prose and poetry publications with the contributor's permission. Please forward art work electronically in high resolution for consideration. Writers are paid in one free copy of the publication. No royalties are offered. No money will be solicited from the writer. We are a non-profit corporation.