Exposed Bone seeks uncanny fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction that destroys expectations and shoves at barriers. We encourage the sly, weird, and charming.
There is no hard ban on content, but we’re also likely not the home for erotica, YA romance, or extreme horror. Please just understand that we are a journal produced for everyone, so anything hateful will be rejected. Besides that, we welcome unconventional and sensitive topics.
Work must be previously unpublished, and you must be over 18 years old when submitting. We accept simultaneous submissions, but please withdraw your submission ASAP if it’s accepted elsewhere (and in that case, congrats from us!).
Word Counts/# of Pieces:
Prose: Soft 3,500 word maximum. Up to five pieces can be submitted per category.
Poetry: Up to five poems; each have a max of two pages. Submit these as individual files instead of as one file.
Our Rights and Yours:
As editors, we reserve the right to make small edits in grammar, punctuation, and spelling per our house style. We will reach out with questions about larger changes, but do note that refusing certain edits may mean a rejection of your piece.
By submitting to us, you allow us first world English rights for physical and electronic publication, exclusive until our publication. All rights will then revert to you. We also take nonexclusive archival rights, which allow us to display and house your work on our site for a maximum of five years.
We reserve the right to submit to third parties for awards and secondary outlets. For example, Verse Daily and the Pushcart Prize.
