Call For Submissions
Odd Lobster is reading for its Autumn collection! All submissions will get a response within three weeks.
Submission Guidelines:
No cover letter required! Just greet the lobster and attach your work.
Please put the genre(s) in the subject line.
You may submit once to each category per submission call, either in the same email or in separate emails.
Poetry: Two poems in one document.
Fiction: One piece up to 1,500 words.
Nonfiction: One piece up to 1,500 words.
Simultaneous submissions welcome. No AI. Unpublished work only.
We are always unthemed—if we think a piece is genuinely good, we’ll take it.
Send your work to: [email protected]
Submission Period
August 6, 2026 - November 23, 2026
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Brandon Shane & Kate Efimochkina
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Editors
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Poetry Fiction Nonfiction Online Magazine
