We accept submissions by email to editors@frenchbroadslit.com.

Please put your cover letter, name, and contact information in the body of the email. Attach your submission as a .doc or .docx in Standard Manuscript Format (12 pt. font, double-spaced, 1-inch margins). We read all submissions blind, so ensure there is no identifying information in your attachment.

In the subject line, include “SUBMISSION,” the name of your piece, and indicate which of our categories it best suits: Short Fiction, Flash Fiction, Poetry, Visual Art, or Wildcard.

Ex: SUBMISSION: [Story Name] [Category]

Simultaneous submissions are encouraged, just let us know if your work is accepted elsewhere. At this time we cannot accept previously published material (including work posted on personal blogs and websites). We will respond to every submission, but if you haven’t heard from us in six weeks, feel free to reach out.

Currently, we are not able to pay our contributors. The most we can do is buy you a beer (or coffee). Visit out contact page to be added to our mailing list and receive announcements and news about FBL.

Accepted submissions may be edited for grammar or spelling. Any changes will be cleared with the author before publication. If you publish with us, we ask that you wait one calendar year from publication before you submit again.

Multiple submissions during our open submission period are accepted, but please wait until after you hear back from us to submit again.

We will not accept anything that was created, written, or co-written by AI.

FICTION

Please submit up to three works of flash fiction or one piece of short fiction.

For flash fiction, please send up to three (3) pieces in a single document, each piece maximum 1,000 words in length.

For short fiction, we prefer works between 1,000 and 6,000 words, but we will accept longer stories if they are exceptional.

We accept all genres of fiction including speculative, slipstream, sci-fi, fantasy, weird, westerns, or anything else you can imagine.

Poetry

Poets can submit up to five poems in one document. Multi-media works will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

Wildcard

In every issue, we want to give the opportunity for you to tell us something interesting that may not fit neatly within the categories of fiction or poetry. An essay about endangered trees, an advertisement for a haunted hotel, an tell-all about a regional grocery store chain (you know who we’re talking about).

Visual Art

We accept submissions of visual art, including for our cover. Please direct art submissions to editors@frenchbroadslit.com. We are particularly interested in works in black and white. We accept work of any subject matter, with a special interest in figure drawing from live models.

The Legal Stuff

We acquire First Rights for all unpublished works as well as non-exclusive electronic archive rights. All rights revert back to the author following the work’s publication in French Broads Lit. You can re-publish and anthologize your work at will. Content can be removed from the website on request, but cannot be removed from print copies. If your work is subsequently reprinted elsewhere, we ask that you please acknowledge French Broads Lit as the location of first publication.

We will never send you anything without your permission and will not share any contact information with third parties.