The Whistling Fire accepts poetry, short fiction and nonfiction, and excerpts from longer works. We also welcome experimental pieces. We only ask that your writing is limited in length to 3000 words.
Pieces that you wish to share should be sent to whistlingfire@gmail.com.
Please include your name and the type of piece you are submitting in the subject line. Attachments are permitted. Submit no more than TWO pieces per month. Authors previously published on The Whistling Fire, please wait SIX months before sending new submissions.
The Whistling Fire acquires one time rights to publish work shared, and the rights are immediately reverted to the artist thereafter. All writing that appears on this site remains the property of the writer.
10 Comments
September 8, 2009 at 11:02 am
does the whistling fire accepted previously published work?
September 8, 2009 at 3:37 pm
Hi Steve. Yes, The Whistling Fire accepts previously published works and excerpts of 1500 words or less with permission of the author and credit given to the previous publication.
December 17, 2009 at 6:11 pm
Do you compensate?
December 17, 2009 at 8:16 pm
Hi Karla. At this time TWF is completely nonprofit. No money is made off the site and all operation cost is funded from our editors pockets, therefore there is no money to give contributors. However all writing seen on this site remains property of the author and therefore is still eligible for publication in paying media forms.
February 2, 2010 at 8:34 pm
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March 13, 2010 at 3:28 pm
Do you accept simultaneous submissions?
March 13, 2010 at 8:37 pm
Rachel,
We do accept simultaneous submissions with the understanding if it is published elsewhere the author lets us know. We also have posted previously published work by a number of authors if the author owns the right to their work. This is rare though. All rights are reverted to the author so The Whistling Fire does not own any of the work on this site, therefore our authors can publish their work anywhere they like afterward. Also if a piece is accepted for publication somewhere else and the author wishes their piece to be taken down from The Whistling Fire, we will accommodate them.
April 11, 2010 at 11:16 pm
In general, what is your response time to submissions?
April 12, 2010 at 1:04 am
Hello Amanda,
Our response time is ever changing as this journal grows. We used to have a very quick response time of a few days or a week. As this journal has grown and now that we receive new submissions on a daily basis this is no longer usual. We try to respond in about a month, two at the most unless we are having a special theme or contest where we have an influx of new submissions. Compared to many journals this is fairly quick. It should be kept in mind though that our editors live throughout the west coast and are all students, who as it turns out are all graduating this summer and very busy. The Whistling Fire is a labor of love requiring all of our editors to have day jobs. In other words: we do our best!
April 15, 2010 at 7:54 pm
Thanks.