Call for Submissions on MasticadoresUSA

MasticadoresUSA is flush with poetry, but I accept other literary and creative forms. Please read on. I love variety.

Submission Guidelines

MasticadoresUSA accepts poetry (various forms), reviews, interviews, short fiction, memoirs, book promotions, video readings of your work, art pieces, and articles. Surprise me!

I am flexible about the themes but will not publish work that is sexist, racist, homophobic, sexually explicit, or hateful. No profanity, please.

Your work must be original. Plagiarism isn’t tolerated. Our Head Editor, Juan Re Crivello, has a strict policy about composing with AI.

You are not required to submit images. I prefer to select images using royalty-free and public-domain sites with strict standards against AI-generated images (Pexels and Unsplash).

However, I will accept original art images and consider images you feel are essential to the post. If you submit an image, you must state the creator’s name, not just the site, and you must use Pexels, Unsplash, or a site offering public domain art. Please provide the link in the submission email text. I reserve the right to change the image.

I prefer no simultaneous submissions.  Please inform me if your work has been accepted elsewhere and if you have also submitted it to MasticadoresUSA.

If you submit a reprint, please inform me where the work first appeared. 

After publication, all rights revert to the author.  If your work is republished in the future, please credit MasticadoresUSA as the previous publisher.

Before submitting, please proofread and edit your piece for mechanical errors and inconsistencies.  

The Bio: 50-75 words, third person, clearly written, and edited.

Word Limits: Posts that do not exceed 1200 words are easier to read on cell phones.

Please email submissions to [email protected]. Please use a single email thread for record-keeping when communicating about each submission. 

In the Subject line, state, “SUBMISSION to MasticadoresUSA: (Then give the specific title of your submission).” Avoid general terms like “story”.

Please upload the submission to your email. I prefer that you use Word. No PDFs. Save the upload with a specific title.

Please pace your submissions and submit no more than three poems in one submission.

MasticadoresUSA does not provide feedback for returned submissions.

I encourage you to subscribe to/ follow MasticadoresUSA. It’s free, and you can receive the Daily Digest with your published work.

Note that there are several Masticadores eZines with different names and different editors. I edit MasticadoresUSA. 

I look forward to your submissions!

Barbara Leonhard

MasticadoresUSA Editor

[email protected]

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Check out the current submission calls here: https://creativeramblings.com/submission-calls/

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