1. Manuscripts should be typewritten or computer-printed on white, 8-1/2" X 11" paper. Prose should be double-spaced. Poems may be single-spaced. Send three to five poems, ten lines to maximum two pages per poem. We consider free verse and sonnets only. We accept only literary prose, no genre fiction such as sci-fi, gothic, juvenile fiction, or sexually explicit fiction. Word limit: up to 5000 words. Please include cover letter, short bio., and SASE.
2. We accept hard copies only. Please include name, address, telephone, and email address on the manuscript. Manuscripts should be mailed to the address below.
3. Please include a self-addressed stamped postcard or an email address if you wish to be notified of manuscript receipt. Manuscripts cannot be returned.
4. Please do not send previously published material or material that is currently under consideration by another magazine or periodical. Please do not send work that is under consideration by Bloodroot to another magazine or periodical.
5. Our reporting time is approximately six to eight weeks.

Bloodroot publishes annually. Publication date is the fist of January. We read January 15 through October 15. All work submitted to Bloodroot is considered for publication in Bloodroot Literary Magazine.

We pay in copies.

Copyright: Bloodroot holds first serial rights for material that we publish. The copyright automatically reverts to the author upon publication. We do not require that material be copyrighted prior to submission.

Copyright © 2007 Bloodroot Literary Magazine

Thank you and best wishes.
The Editors
Bloodroot Literary Magazine

Mail manuscripts to:

The Editors
Bloodroot Literary Magazine
PO Box 322
Thetford Center, VT 05075