Welcome to the Online Submission Manager for The Pinch!
We accept submissions all year round. We strive to respond quickly to all submissions but due to our production schedule and the university’s winter break, responses to manuscripts submitted from late November through December are often delayed.
To learn more about The Pinch, visit us at www.pinchjournal.com, or find us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pinchjournal
*Please note:
Regular submissions are eligible for either journal or website publication.
Online submissions are only eligible for website publication.
Submit stories for consideration for our journal's next issue.
Manuscripts should be double-spaced. Please use 1" margins and include page numbers. Maximum length is about 5000 words.
All Fiction submissions are considered for both print and online publication.
*Responses to submissions sent between May and August and from late November through January will take longer due to our academic schedule.
Submit essays for consideration for our journal's next issue.
Manuscripts should be typed and double-spaced. Please use 1" margins and include page numbers. Manuscripts should be no more than about 5,000 words.
All Nonfiction submissions are considered for both print and online publication.
*Responses to submissions sent between May and August and from late November through January will take longer due to our academic schedule.
Submit poems for consideration to the journal's next issue.
A maximum of three poems may be submitted.
All Poetry submissions are considered for both print and online publication.
*Responses to submissions sent between May and August and from late November through January will take longer due to our academic schedule.
Please submit Flash Fiction or Short Nonfiction Essays for our journal's next issue.
Manuscripts may contain up to 3 pieces of Flash Fiction or Short Nonfiction Essays with a maximum 500 words or less in one document. Flash Fiction or Nonfiction Essays should be typed and double-spaced. Please use 1 inch margins and include page numbers.
*Submissions should specify whether the piece is Flash Fiction or Short Nonfiction Essays.
All Flash Fiction and Short Nonfiction Essay submissions are considered for both print and online publication.
*Responses to submissions sent between May and August and from late November through January will take longer due to our academic schedule.
Submit an essay for consideration to be published on pinchjournal.com.
Manuscripts should be double-spaced and 750 words or less. Please use 1" margins and include page numbers.
Online Fiction submissions are only considered for online publication.
*Responses to submissions sent between May and August and from late November through January will take longer due to our academic schedule.
Submit a story for the chance to be published on pinchjournal.com.
Manuscripts should be double-spaced and 750 words or less. Please use 1" margins and include page numbers.
Online Nonfiction submissions are only considered for online publication.
*Responses to submissions sent between May and August and from late November through January will take longer due to our academic schedule.
Submit poems for consideration to be published on pinchjournal.com.
A maximum of two poems may be submitted with a limit of 100 words each.
Online Poetry submissions are only considered for online publication.
*Responses to submissions sent between May and August and from late November through January will take longer due to our academic schedule.
Limited Edition Pins for Issue 38.2 of The Pinch! We have just over 100 pins to commemorate our upcoming issue.
To expedite the submission process, please submit art & photography electronically. Attach each image as a tiff. Each image should not exceed 72 dpi. If accepted, we will request 300 dpi tiff files.
Issue 41.1, Spring 2021 is available.
Simply enter Current Issue in the title field and please be sure to include a complete mailing address for where you'd like your issue sent.
Issue 38.1, Spring 2018 is available.
Simply enter Current Issue in the title field and please be sure to include a complete mailing address for where you'd like your issues sent.
Issue 38.1, Spring 2018 is available.
Simply enter Current Issue in the title field and please be sure to include a complete mailing address for where you'd like your issues sent.
Get one of our issues that no longer has that new car smell, but still has a mean rumble. The back issue of your choice (any issue prior to the current one) costs only four bucks with that extra buck going to shipping (in case you wondered).
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