Miracle Monocle is now closed for submissions. We will re-open in August. 

To learn more about our editorial process and practices, please visit our Editorial Code of Conduct. 

The journal is university-affiliated, so our publication cycles are determined by the academic calendar. We begin reading for our Fall issue in August and publish in December; we begin reading for our Spring issue in January and publish in May. We will not hold submissions for more than one semester. 

General Guidelines:

There is a $3 fee for all regular submissions. The purpose of this fee is to pay for the use of our submission management system. We ask that writers submit only original, unpublished work. Any use of AI must be explicitly noted in a cover letter. We do not currently pay contributors, but we do offer exceptional support to our writers in the form of social media coverage, reviews of new books, award nominations, and prize monies. 

Miracle Monocle welcomes submissions to its Award for Innovative Writing in the Fall. The intent of this award series is to celebrate literary experiment. This year the prize includes an enhanced package of honors including: publication of the winning piece in an upcoming issue of Miracle Monocle, an official award letter, an audio recording of the piece and/or an interview feature to run concurrently with the winning piece in the journal, and a $200 prize.

Miracle Monocle welcome submissions to our Award for Young Black Writers in the Spring. The intent of this award series is to celebrate the literary excellence of writers in an historically under-represented category and includes the publication of the winning piece in an upcoming issue of the journal, an award letter, and a $200 prize. All entries to the competition will be considered for publication in the journal. 

Miracle Monocle publishes the results of the annual Calvino Prize, an award recognizing outstanding fiction in the fabulist mode, in its Spring issues. This award is facilitated by the University of Louisville and comes with a $2000 cash prize. To enter to win this competition, please follow the submission guidelines published here.

Miracle Monocle accepts simultaneous submissions, but we request that submissions accepted elsewhere are withdrawn as soon as possible. We publish only previously unpublished work. We will make every effort to respond quickly and respectfully to your work. If you suspect we have overlooked or misplaced your submission, please contact us here: miraclemonocle@gmail.com. Please visit our site to review our archives before submitting.