Gulf Stream Magazine
There are presently no open calls for submissions.
What we publish
We publish fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, hybrid works, book reviews & visual art. We are a biannual online publication. We love a wide range of genres and styles, especially writing that is innovative in form and progressive in content.
For our upcoming Winter issue, we're celebrating 35 years of Gulf Stream Magazine with a limited print run that will accompany the online issue for the first time in over 15 years and a theme we think is fitting: first words. What are the first words you remember hearing that started to make you who you are? What are the words you heard for the first time or said for the first time or read or wrote for the first time that changed who you were, that changed what your world was? What are the lines and paragraphs and passages that felt like you were writing something new, like you were writing for the first time? Give us your firsts, your discoveries, your explorations. But more important than any theme, we welcome all submissions as long as they're honest and authentic - what we want most of all is your best work. Work must be original, created without the use of AI, and previously unpublished.
Not sure if your work is suited to our magazine? Find out what we like by reading our current issue.
We acknowledge that literary spaces traditionally have centered the white, heterosexual, cisgender male experience at the expense of other voices. We want to break from that tradition and are therefore especially interested in reading work from those who are often marginalized in literary spaces, including Black, Brown, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC); all women, including but not limited to, trans and cis women; LGBTQIA+ people; agender, gender non-conforming, and nonbinary people; people with disabilities; and people who live at the intersections of identities.
Limits
Fiction: 5,000 words (or 3 pieces of up to 1,000 words)
Creative Nonfiction: 5,000 words
Poetry: 3 poems per submission
Hybrid: 5,000 words (may include up to 5 images, B&W only)
Book Reviews: 500-750 words and books must have been published within the past year
How to submit
Please submit your work through submittable.
No submissions through email or mail unless you have an invite to do so from the editors. (For example, prisoners may request to do this.)
Include a bio of up to fifty words along with your cover letter.
We do our very best to respond within 6 months, but due to the volume of submissions, it can sometimes take longer.
Guidelines
-Reading fee of $3. (For a fee waiver, reach out to the editors).
-International submissions are welcomed, but English only this year.
-Multiple submissions are welcome at $3 per submission, but please, no more than one submission per genre at a time.
-Simultaneous submissions are fine as long as you notify us if it’s accepted elsewhere.
-No submissions from current FIU students.
-Submissions accepted from FIU alums two or more years after graduation.
Copyright Info
We hold first serial rights for the material we publish, with the copyright reverting back to the author upon publication.
Reviews & interviews
No unsolicited submissions or requests, please.
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