The Dodge is now open to fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and translations for your *eco-writing and writing about animals*! They'll read work from flash-sized up to 8,000 words for fiction, 7,000 for nonfiction, or up to 5 poems. Simultaneous submissions are OK, but there is a $3 submission fee through Submittable.
I've been eagerly waiting to send them something (I write about animals maybe *too* much)—hoping I can get a few of you to join me!
The Dodge Submission Manager
10/15/22: We are now open to submissions in all genres! What we’re looking forThe Dodge seeks your best work in eco-writing, writing about animals, and translation. Surprise us! We might see these categories differently if an especially good piece of writing strikes us as relevant. We’re excited by a wide range of forms and approaches. Among other things, we’re interested in broadening the scope of stories, poems, and essays about nature and animals; we hope to see translations across borders, time, and space.We’re eager to champion emerging voices. We also actively encourage writers historically underrepresented in magazine publishing and eco-writing to submit: we want to read writers who are Black, Indigenous, people of color, LGBTQIA+ folks, gender-nonconforming people, people with disabilities, women, and others.If Submittable is not accessible to you, feel free to email us at [email protected] with your concerns. (We only accept hard copy submissions from incarcerated writers and those with accessibility needs: The Dodge, 716 Beall Ave, Wooster, OH 44691)General guidelines: Please do not include identifying information on your actual manuscript document. Cover letters are optional, except for translation submissions. Simultaneous submissions are permitted, but please withdraw your submission if your piece is accepted elsewhere. (If you have submitted multiple works, please send a Submittable message to tell us which works you must withdraw.) Once you have submitted in a genre, please wait to receive a response from our editors on that submission before submitting again in the same genre. Submit your work in .docx or PDF; Times New Roman, 12 point font, double-spaced. Please include content notes for any material in your submission for which you think readers may appreciate advance notice. (Examples include: violence, sexual assault, racism, suicide, self-harm.) We welcome hybrid and experimental work! Choose the genre to submit under based on which genre team you would like to have read your submission. Readers and editors of the magazine may not submit work. If your work has been published in The Dodge, please wait 12 months from your date of submission to submit again. (This is a new policy, as we're still figuring out our editorial guidelines! If you've already been published and submitted a second time, please withdraw the new piece, and thanks for your patience.)Genre-specific guidelinesPoetry: Please submit up to 5 poems, in one document.Fiction: Please submit works of fiction up to 8000 words in length. We are open to flash fiction.Nonfiction: Please submit works of creative nonfiction up to 7000 words in length. We are open to flash nonfiction.Translation: Please send no more than 8 poems in translation or 20 pages of prose. Submission of original language plus indication of permission of writer is required. A short (1-2 pp. at most) introduction to the writer and their work can also be included, plus a short intro of the translator(s). Please include a contact email address in the manuscript as well. Work in translation should have a connection with the environment/animals, though we interpret that broadly.Since the 1980s, the Artful Dodge has been dedicated to publishing work in translation, expanding the wide but not infinite borders of the Anglophonic literary landscape, including special sections on literature from the Middle East and poetry from the Polish underground press during the period of martial law in 1982-83. Along the way we have published the poetry of Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges, translated by Dick Barnes; the early 20th century Austrian Symbolist poet Georg Trakl, translated by Jay Hopler; 16th century Korean poet Nansŏrhŏn (“White Orchid”—the penname of Hŏ Ch’ŏhŭi, a noblewoman living 1563-1589), translated by Ian Haight; and French-language Lebanese poet Vénus Khoury-Ghata, translated by Marilyn Hacker. For more examples, please see the magazine’s archives.Going forward, The Dodge continues to seek a wide range of contemporary and recent literature in translation, diverse in terms of aesthetic, original language, and culture. We also occasionally publish translations of older material, especially work that has not appeared in English previously.Publication/reading schedule, submission fees, paying contributorsDuring the academic year, we publish several new pieces of writing each week. During the summer (May-August), we publish monthly. (We are planning to create a printed Best Of anthology/zine/broadside project to mark our first year of publication—more on this as it develops!)We will aim to respond to submitted work within 2 months. Our readers and editors are all volunteers, so please be aware that we may occasionally exceed this window due to work and life obligations. We charge a $3 fee per submission. If you’re unable to afford this fee, please email [email protected] for a fee waiver. We may also run occasional free submission periods.Requiring submission fees is one way we’re working to develop a financial model that allows us to pay contributors and editorial staff at least a nominal amount in recognition of their work. In 2021-22, we can’t commit to paying all contributors, but we will keep you updated on our progress toward this goal!
