Submissions

failbetter.com is an online quarterly magazine of fiction, poetry and visual art.

We seek that which is at once original and personal. When choosing work to submit, be certain that what you have created could only have come from you.

We do not consider work that has appeared elsewhere, either in print or on the Web.

We accept simultaneous submissions.

If you submit via email, expect to hear from us in eight to twelve weeks. If you submit via regular mail, expect to wait three to six months.

We do not respond to inquiries about the status of submissions.

We cannot accept responsibility for lost or damaged submissions.

We acquire exclusive first-time Internet rights for all works we publish. Works are also archived online. All other rights, including the right to publish in print form, revert to contributors.

Where and How to Send Your Work

Visual artists, see "Guidelines for Visual Artists" below.

Fiction writers and poets, submit your work by pasting it into the body of an email, then sending said email to submissions@failbetter.com.

Do not send work to any other email address unless we specifically tell you to do so. Such submissions will be discarded.

You must include the word "submission" in the subject header. If you do not, your email will be automatically deleted by our server.

Do not send attachments. If you attach a file to your email, it will be automatically deleted by our server.

If you insist, you may submit your work via regular mail, to:

failbetter.com
3222 Hanover Avenue
Richmond, VA 23221

Please note that if selected for publication, any pieces originally sent by regular mail must be re-sent in electronic format in order to appear on the site.

Guidelines for Fiction Writers

We publish short stories and self-contained novel excerpts.

Send one piece at a time. Wait to hear from us before sending another.

This being the Web, most of the pieces we publish are on the short side. But we're happy to consider longer ones.

Guidelines for Poets

Send us no fewer than four poems, and no more than six. Wait to hear from us before sending more.

Guidelines for Visual Artists

Send a query to editor@failbetter.com. If we're interested to see your work, we'll send you instructions on how to format and send it.

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