Fall Lines Literary Magazine 2020 Issue Submissions Are Open through April 15, 2020, with The Jasper Project.

Fall Lines – a literary convergence is a literary journal presented by The Jasper Project in partnership with Richland Library and OneColumbia for Arts and History.

Fall Lines will accept submissions of previously unpublished poetry, essays, short fiction, and flash fiction from January 1, 2020, through April 15, 2020. While the editors of Fall Lines hope to attract the work of writers and poets from the Carolinas and the Southeastern US, acceptance of work is not dependent upon residence.

Publication in Fall Lines will be determined by a panel of judges and accepted authors (ONLY) will be notified by June 30, 2020, with a publication date in August 2020. Two $250 cash prizes, sponsored by the Richland Library Friends, will be awarded: The Saluda River Prize for Poetry and the Broad River Prize for Prose.

Each entry MUST be submitted as a as a WORD FILE and include its own cover sheet, also submitted in WORD.

Submit each individual poetry submission, along with its own cover sheet, to FallLines@JasperProject.org with the word POETRY in the subject line.

Submit each individual prose submission, along with its own cover sheet, to FallLines@JasperProject.org with the word PROSE in the subject line.

Cover sheets MUST ONLY include your name, the title of your submission, your email address, and mailing address. Authors’ names should not appear on the submission. Do NOT send bios. There is no fee to enter, but submissions that fail to follow the above instructions will be disqualified without review.

Please limit short fiction to 2000 words or less; flash fiction to 350 – 500 words per submission; essays to 1200 words; and poetry to three pages (standard font.) Please submit no more than a total of 5 single entries. One entry per email.