Website
Type Of Organization
Online
Mission Statement / Editorial Focus
Electric Literature is a nonprofit digital publisher with the mission to make literature more exciting, relevant, and inclusive. We are committed to publishing work that is intelligent and unpretentious, elevating new voices, and examining how literature and storytelling can help illuminate social justice issues and current events. We are particularly interested in writing that operates at the intersection of different cultures, genres, and media. Electric Literature began as a quarterly journal in 2009 and became a non-profit in 2014. In addition to the essays, criticism, and literary news on this site, you’ll find our acclaimed weekly literary magazines: Recommended Reading, which publishes short story and novel excerpts with personal recommendations, and The Commuter, our home for flash fiction, poetry, and graphic narrative. Recommended Reading launched in 2012 and will publish its 400th issue on New Year's Day, 2020. Work published by Electric Literature and our literary magazines has been recognized by Best American Short Stories, Essays, and Comics, the Pushcart Prize, Best Canadian Short Stories, and The Best of the Small Presses.
Social Media Platforms Used
Twitter, Instagram, Facebook
Is Your Group Affiliated With A University, Portal Or Other Agency?
no
Primary Editor/Contact Person
Halimah Marcus
Contact Title
Executive Director
Publishes
essays, fiction, poetry, translation, audio, video
Representative Authors
Laura Van Den Berg, Brit Bennett, Garth Greenwell
Submissions Policy
FROM: https://electricliterature.com/about/submit/ Electric Literature periodically accepts submissions of short stories, essays, poetry, and comics during designated submission periods through Submittable. General information for these categories are below, and specific information on submission period dates can be found on our Submittable page. For detailed guidelines and to submit, visit our Submittable page: electricliterature.submittable.com. We announce open submission periods one to two weeks in advance. The best way to find out about upcoming submissions windows is to subscribe to our eNewsletter, and to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Please familiarize yourself with the work we publish before submitting.
Accepts Unsolicited Submissions
Yes
Submission Guidelines URL
Simultaneous Submissions Accepted
yes
Reading Period
Varies
Reporting Time
3 - 5 months
Author Payments
cash
Number Of Paid Staff
10 (2 full-time, 8 part-time)
Number Of Unpaid Staff
15
Year Founded
2009
Number Of Issues Per Year
104
Back Issues Available
yes
Ads?
yes
Unsolicited Manuscripts Accepted
yes
Format
perfect
Average Page Views Per Month
350,000
Average Unique Visitors Per Month
200,000
Publish Print Anthology?
no
Fiction
60
Poetry
20
Translation
20
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