Our magazine, founded in 2024, isn’t just another literary magazine. We focus on polished and grounded works of prose and poetry that are enjoyable to read. Our focus is on cozy reads. These are works without explicit or gratuitous scenes of sex, violence, or gore.

We value artistic expression! We are looking for works that are daring, even challenging, but not so experimental to the point of overwhelming the narrative. Also, as part of our idea of “cozy,” we use easy-on-the-eyes fonts sized 16–18pt! Our digital releases will come in several convenient formats as well, including e-reader formats.

We plan to release digital and print versions of our magazine on a quarterly basis—our first issue (July 2024) releases July 31! We may release some free online or online-only stories on our website from time to time as well (authors will be asked beforehand for permission for an online release.)

Prose:

We will consider prose of length 1,500–15,000 words. 

Please format prose manuscripts with 12–18pt font, preferably Times New Roman, New Courier, or Garamond. Otherwise, please use a standard manuscript format (Examples at https://www.shunn.net/format/story/.) Please submit in .doc or .docx formats (Word) or in .odt format (Libreoffice.)

Poetry:

Please limit submissions to a maximum of 10 poems, one poem per page.

Please format with 12–18pt font, preferably Times New Roman, New Courier, or Garamond. Please submit in .doc, .docx, .odt, or .pdf formats.

Please include a cover letter! Tell us about yourself and what your piece means to you in about 200 words. If selected, be prepared to also write an “about the author” segment.

Please, only send one submission at a time until you hear back from us! If you are submitting any works to multiple publications, please let us know. If any are accepted before we get back with you, please email submissions again with [withdrawal] and your name and the title of the submission in the email subject line. Send submissions to submissions@rainyweatherdays.com.

We encourage works from people of all backgrounds. We will not accept works prejudiced against race, gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation. Absolutely no AI works!