The Rumpus supports and stands with Black Lives Matter. Reviews of poetry collections should be directed to 'Poetry Book Reviews' and all other reviews should be directed to 'Book Reviews.' Interview pitches and finished interview submissions are accepted year-round and should be sent directly to our Interviews team We are no longer using Submittable for interviews.īook review submissions are accepted year-round and should be sent through Submittable. *Please note this perk does not apply to monthly members. If you'd like to submit Fiction, Poetry, and Essays up to an additional 4 x a year outside of the the open reading periods, become an annual Rumpus Member. Our reading periods for Essays are January 1 through February 28, June 1 through July 31, and September 1 through October 31. Rumpus Original Poetry reading periods are January 15 through January 20. Rumpus Original Fiction reading periods are February 15 through March 15 and August 1 through August 31. The Rumpus has an exceptional and diverse editorial team bypassing Submittable results in fewer readers and editors looking at your work. Your patience is appreciated.Īgents and publicists: we strongly prefer that writers submit their own work to us. Please allow 8 months before sending status queries for poetry and our Funny Women column. Please allow 3-4 months before sending status queries for essays, fiction, book reviews, and ENOUGH. Response time can vary from a few days to a few months. Please only send one submission to a given section at a time when we've responded with a decision, you are welcome to submit to that section again. All work must be previously unpublished, which includes personal blogs and social media. Please do not submit the same piece to multiple categories at the same time. Please note, that during our open reading periods, we regularly receive 500-1,000+ submissions within a couple of weeks.

To allow our volunteer editorial staff to better handle the workload and respond to your work in a more timely fashion, we've instituted reading periods for certain sections of The Rumpus. We are often overwhelmed by the breadth and quality of our submissions. We hope to build enough ongoing support to increase the funding pool for contributors sooner than later. One way we are working toward this is by through a new Membership program. We know that this amount is not enough, and we are always working toward being able to pay a standard industry rate to all feature contributors and book reviewers. Please note that we are currently only able to pay contributors via Paypal, international ACH payments are not possible. All eligible contributors are able to opt in for payment at the end of the month, and the money is divided between those writers who opt in. If you do not see a category, please reference the below reading periods for information on when you can submit.īeginning May 2016, The Rumpus began to pay feature writers and book reviewers.

Submit early to avoid disappointment.Submittable only displays categories that are open for submission. * We do not know the time and/or timezone, so we cannot be more precise. If you aren't familiar with these terms, see our glossary. ? Unknown payment Unknown payment.Īlways check guidelines for details and restrictions. Payscale: We list broad pay categories rather than payment specifics. Z Narrative Nonfiction Narrative Nonfiction Topics: Open to all/most Topics, including: Film/Television (General, Theory/Analysis/Criticism), Literature/Books (General, Theory/Analysis/Criticism), Music (General, Theory/Analysis/Criticism), Society/Culture, Other (May vary). Styles: Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary. Will be open to submissions from 01 June 2023* (approx.

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