Main Squeeze is interested in work that reflects our turbulent, seemingly connected yet often alienating and confusing times. We want to see engaging submissions from diverse voices on the overlooked interpretations of our contemporary experiences. We want thoughtful sentences to inhabit, new questions concerning the ideology we are numb to, and the type of work that sparks real conversation in a world of alienation and faux-connectivity.
For more on our current editors, refer to the about us page.
(Please read all submission guidelines to ensure your work is successfully submitted for consideration.)
Main Squeeze Magazine is accepting submissions of Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art until February 26th.
We only accept unpublished work. The editors aim to respond to manuscripts in a timely manner and ask that you wait a minimum of two months for follow-up inquiries. Please send inquiries by email to your respective genre email (see genre guidelines below) and include the phrase “Submissions Inquiry” in the subject line. For general questions, you may use the contact form on this website.
Treat your submission email as a cover letter to your respective genre editor. Below your concise cover letter, please include a brief third-person bio including a few sentences about yourself that we can use if your work is accepted.
If simultaneously submitting, let us know in your cover letter. If your work is accepted elsewhere, we ask that you inform us to withdraw your piece(s) promptly. You may withdraw individual poems, flash-prose, or images by sending us an email stating the titles of the piece(s) you wish to be withdrawn.
Prose (Fiction / Non-Fiction)
(Send fiction to [email protected])
(Send nonfiction to [email protected])
100 – 3,500 Words, although our current sweet spot is somewhere between 500-2500. One longer story or up to three flash pieces of under 1000 words. It is unlikely that we will accept anything over 3,500 words, however, if you believe you have a work worthy of the extra space, prove us wrong.
Poetry
(Send your poems to [email protected])
Up to 4 poems per submission, no one-page-per-poem limit (but be reasonable). If submitting multiple poems, we would appreciate some cohesion between each.
Visual Art
(Send visual art to [email protected])
Up to five images (or comic pages). Thematic cohesion between work is expected if you would like more than one image to be accepted.
Please send us the highest resolution possible for any visual art submission; a work may be denied simply on the grounds that the resolution is not high enough for publication. Upon acceptance, we may ask for a specific file type to publish with. If your work does not have a title, please label it ‘Untitled’. Uncompressed files and a resolution of 300 DPI are our highly recommended guidelines.
To Submit
Main Squeeze Magazine accepts submissions via email. Send submissions to your respective genre email.
Submissions are blind; please omit your name from your work (titles only).
Give separate pieces a fresh page using a hard page break.
Unless custom formatting is crucial, use a standard typeface (Times, Garamond, Arial), 12 pt. font size, 1-inch margins, and a double-spaced format.
The file containing your work should be named lastname_genre_title.doc.
For text submissions, save and attach work to your submission email as a Word Document (.doc or .docx), Rich Text Format (.rtf), or Plain Text (.txt).
Give your submission email a subject line stating the type of work followed by “Submission” (i.e. “Fiction Submission”). For nonfiction submissions, please indicate the specifics (i.e “Interview/Review/Essay Submission”).
All contributors will receive a copy of the magazine!
