Welcome to NELLE! WE ARE OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS!
NELLE publishes, celebrates, and amplifies the voices of writers identifying as cis women, trans women, non-binary, intersex, and other historically marginalized gender communities. We publish poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and hybrid forms and we can't wait to read your work!
We remain open until the issue is full, generally through about July 1st.
All submissions will be automatically considered for our annual Three Sisters Awards. Three prizes of $500.00 will be awarded.
See genre guidelines for more specific information. Kindly submit only once in one genre within a given reading period. All submissions should include a cover letter with a brief biographical statement.
There is a $3 processing fee, which covers costs associated with our online submissions system. This fee is waived for current subscribers.
Single copies or subscriptions may be purchased from our online store: https://secure.touchnet.com/C21564_ustores/web/store_cat.jsp?STOREID=66&CATID=111
Thanks for your interest in NELLE!
Lauren Slaughter, Editor-in-Chief
Current subscribers do not need to pay a fee to submit! Please follow genre guidelines.
NELLE publishes writing by women--we can't wait to read your work! Please keep submissions under 5,000 words. Feel free to submit one longer story or a few short ones. Or some sort of combo.
NELLE publishes writing by women--we can't wait to read your work! Please submit 3-5 poems.
NELLE publishes writing by women--we can't wait to read your work! Please keep submissions under 5,000 words. Feel free to submit one longer essay or a few short ones. Or some sort of combo.