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SUBMISSIONS

PRINT SUBMISSIONS

Send print submissions to printsubmissions @ methree dot net. 

A Note on Length: We have a slight aversion to overly lengthy pieces.  And as a matter of fact, there are two specific lengths of work we are looking for:

-The first is the more traditional length: anywhere from 1000-4000 words.  We will approach anything longer than this with extreme wariness.
-The second is the short length: anything that can fit into just one journal page, which generally means anywhere from 10 to 300 words.

A Note on Content: We publish both fiction and nonfiction.  We like our fiction to be a bit experimental, but not to the point that it is no longer recognizable as fiction.  We like our nonfiction to be critical and not time-sensitive.  We also like personal essays, but we usually don't like it when they are about romace and broken hearts and stuff.  Taking a look at previous issues will help you get a feel for the type of work we are looking for.  You can order back issues here.

Technical Notes: Please send submissions AS A WORD ATTACHMENT, not within the text of the email, to printsubmissions at methree dot net.  And for the love of literature, include your name and email in the file.  And please send only one submission at a time.  Choose your best piece and send it to us.

A Note on Simultaneous Submissions: We accept them, but we ask that you notify us immediately if your submission is accepted elsewhere.  Conversely, we also require that if we accept your work, you withdraw it from consideration at all other publications to which it has been submitted.

A Note on Rights: If we accept your work, Me Three will acquire first publication rights, which means that after publication, you are free to do what you will with the piece.  However, we do request that you wait six months after publication in Me Three before allowing your work to be published elsewhere, and if it is published elsewhere, we request that you credit Me Three as the original publisher.

A Note on How Slow We Can Be: We do most of our submission-reading when we are gearing up to publish an issue.  Therefore, if you submit just after a new issue has been released, please understand that it might take us a great while to respond, although that great while generally will not extend past six months.

For more info on the print journal, click here.

 

WEB SUBMISSIONS

We are at the present specifically seeking submissions in the following areas:

-Short Fiction
-Personal Essays
-Book Reviews
-Foreign Politics
-Cultural and Literary Criticism

We are at the present specifically not seeking submissions in the following areas:

-Poetry
-Humor (unless that humor is part of a well rounded and meaningful piece of work)

Please send web submissions to submissions@methree.net. 

We accept both fiction and nonfiction, and in both cases, we ask that you keep submissions under 1500 words (if it's longer, why not give the print issue a shot).  In fact, we'd predict that your chances of having your work accepted for the website lie in inverse proportion to the number of words your piece contains.  If you have an idea for a piece that runs over 1500 words, please query first.

We do accept simultaneous submissions.  However, we ask that you notify us if your work is accepted elsewhere.

We prefer submissions to be sent as a Word attachment, and for pete's sake put your name and email in the file.

Please peruse Me Three before submitting in order to gain an understanding of the kind of content we are looking for.

If your piece is accepted, Me Three will acquire first publication rights.  All other rights remain with the author.