At Smalldoggies Magazine, we intend to cultivate relationships between readers and writers. As such, if you are proposing any kind of non-fiction feature article or column, be prepared to commit to a monthly installment. If you are submitting fiction, flash fiction or a suite of poems, we will do our best to read your work, give it our care and consideration, and respond as quickly as possible. Please keep in mind that we work regular full time jobs, and may take several weeks or months to respond. But we will respond in time, so be patient. If you have not heard back from us in 90 days, please do not hesitate to send us an email, gently reminding us that you have submitted work and have not yet heard back. Thank you kindly for honoring us with your work -- we look forward to reading it and learning more about you.
Smalldoggies Magazine accepts simultaneous submissions, just let us know A)That the work has been sent elsewhere, and more importantly, B)When the work you've also sent to us has been accepted elsewhere, at which point we will withdraw the piece(s) from consideration, and you will be open to send new work our way.
Smalldoggies Magazine does not at this time accept previously published work.
POETRY SUITES
Size limit: 1500
Poets: Submit a suite of poetry to Smalldoggies Magazine. This should consist of a set of 4-5 poems, related or not to each other, but all presented as complete, unpublished elsewhere, properly formatted, titled, etc.SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSIONS ARE OK, BUT PLEASE NOTIFY US AS SOON AS YOU HAVE YOUR WORK PLACED ELSEWHERE!
If your submission is eventually accepted by the magazine, Poets should also be prepared to send
1) a brief (less than 200 words) bio on themselves, including notable accomplishments such as publication, awards, grants, degrees, highlights, books, curated projects or reading series that you moderate and organize;
2) a jpeg picture of themselves to be used if work is accepted for publication;
3) their location (city, state);
4) a link to their main website, which can be a site, blog, facebook page, etc.
For now, just tell us a little bit about yourself. Like, an informal Bio, telling us who you are and what you're up to.
[poems, sets of poems, 4 to 5 poems only, correctly formatted]
FICTION (LONG FORM)
Size limit: 2000
Fiction Writers: Submit a single work of short fiction to Smalldoggies Magazine. This should consist of a complete, unpublished elsewhere, properly formatted, titled, etc., work of short fiction. We are happy to look at both traditional as well as more aggressive and experimental works that seek to push the bounds of what the form can be.SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSIONS ARE OK, BUT PLEASE NOTIFY US AS SOON AS YOU HAVE YOUR WORK PLACED ELSEWHERE!
If your submission is eventually accepted by the magazine, Writers should also be prepared to send
1) a brief (less than 200 words) bio on themselves, including notable accomplishments such as publication, awards, grants, degrees, highlights, books, curated projects or reading series that you moderate and organize;
2) a jpeg picture of themselves to be used if work is accepted for publication;
3) their location (city, state);
4) a link to their main website, which can be a site, blog, facebook page, etc.
For now, just tell us a little bit about yourself. Like, an informal Bio, telling us who you are and what you're up to.
[fiction, short stories, one short story only, correctly formatted]
FICTION (FLASH)
Size limit: 500
Fiction Writers: Submit a single work of FLASH short fiction to Smalldoggies Magazine. Flash Fiction, to us, should be 500 words or less. Your submission should consist of a complete, unpublished elsewhere, properly formatted, titled, etc., work of FLASH short fiction. We are happy to look at both traditional as well as more aggressive and experimental works that seek to push the bounds of what the form can be.SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSIONS ARE OK, BUT PLEASE NOTIFY US AS SOON AS YOU HAVE YOUR WORK PLACED ELSEWHERE!
If your submission is eventually accepted by the magazine, Writers should also be prepared to send
1) a brief (less than 200 words) bio on themselves, including notable accomplishments such as publication, awards, grants, degrees, highlights, books, curated projects or reading series that you moderate and organize;
2) a jpeg picture of themselves to be used if work is accepted for publication;
3) their location (city, state);
4) a link to their main website, which can be a site, blog, facebook page, etc.
For now, just tell us a little bit about yourself. Like, an informal Bio, telling us who you are and what you're up to.
[fiction, short stories, one short story only, correctly formatted]
COLUMN PROPOSAL
Size limit: 1500
Please do your homework and investigate the regular, monthly columns on the site before pitching a new column to us. If you are interested in pitching a column to Smalldoggies Magazine, here are the terms:1) Monthly updates are mandatory
2) Submit a 250-400 "About" description that details who you are, what the column will deal with in terms of a subject and point of view, who the intended audience (to the best of your ability) will be, how long it will be, whether or not it will need to be fueled by reader participation, etc., and anything else you feel we should know about it in total.
3) 3-6 Column proposals: this could be a title for each of three monthly installments, three subjects you would focus on over the course of three months, etc. Give us a realistic sense that you have a specific direction in mind, and that you have thought about this more than just, "I'd like to have a monthly column!"
4) A specific column name, which should be less than 5 words in length.
FEATURE PROPOSAL
Size limit: 650
Please do your homework and investigate the published feature articles on the site before pitching a new one to us. If you are interested in pitching a feature article to Smalldoggies Magazine, here are the terms:1) Ideally, we'd like to cultivate relationships between writers and readers, so your presence on the site, though it can be limited to just a single piece, would be greatly appreciated. Consider a commitment of a monthly article, on any number of topics
2) Submit a 250-400 "About" description that details who you are, what the feature will deal with in terms of a subject and point of view, who the intended audience (to the best of your ability) will be, how long it will be, whether or not it will need to be fueled by reader participation, etc., and anything else you feel we should know about it in total. If you feel that it would belong in a particular area of the site, such as Interviews, for instance, let us know this now.
3) A specific feature title, which should be less than 10 words in length.
Business Casual Column: Reader Question or Suggestion
Size limit: 400
This is the appropriate place to ask a question or pose a situation for Business Casual columnist, Former CEO Max Wolfmaverick. Let him know where you are at in terms of your career, give him an idea of your background and your industry, and pose your hypothetical or real question. He will, in due time, respond to all queries in his column at Smalldoggies Magazine.