Submission Guidelines

Submissions are currently closed. They will reopen on June 1, 2025.

SCRAWL PLACE SUBMISSIONS ARE CLOSED UNTIL JUNE 1, 2025.

  • Submissions guidelines have been updated a/o May 5, 2025.
  • These guidelines go into effect when submissions open on June 1, 2025.

Questions? Email andy@scrawlplace.com

Current Guidelines

Scrawl Place is a literary journal disguised as a visitor’s guide.

The audience for this online publication is the guest, the visitor, the traveler, the day-tripper, the out-of-towner, and the in-towners eager to wander.

I’m looking for submissions about “places in the places” where you live or where you’ve visited. My aspiration is that readers will visit the places you write about and be inspired to write about those places themselves.

Checklist for submissions

  • Does the place exist? The place should be a real, tangible place.
  • Does the place have a name? If the place does not have a name, it is probably not specific enough for Scrawl Place.
  • Can you pin the place on a map? This isn’t an absolute requirement, but the more specific the place, the more likely it’s a fit for the journal.
  • Can you take a photo of the place? This is not an absolute requirement, but if the place cannot be captured in a photo (i.e. impossible to take a photo of “America”), it is probably not specific enough for the journal.
  • Is your place your home or the moon? The place should not be your personal home, the bottom of the ocean, the moon, or any other place that is generally impossible for readers to visit.

What to Submit

  • CNF, Fiction, Poetry, Hybrids

Length

  • There are no length requirements (a/o August 11, 2022)
  • Submit one to three pieces at a time in the same document.

Payment

  • $35 per piece
  • Paid within 30 days of acceptance (PayPal, Venmo, CashApp, ApplePay or Zelle)

Where to Submit + Response Times

Send your submission through Submittable (link at bottom of the page).

The average response time is four weeks.

Cover Letters + Bio

Cover letters are optional, but please provide a third-person bio.

Rights

Writers retain all rights to their work.  Scrawl Place requests a nonexclusive license to 1) Publish your work in an e-newsletter; 2) Archive your work on the website so long as the site exists; 3) Excerpt your work for use in promotion.

Simultaneous Subs + Previously Published Work

Scrawl Place encourages simultaneous submissions.

Scrawl Place accepts previously published work.

Any questions? Email andy@scrawlplace.com

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