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Submission Period: April 13th - April 17th, 2020 Payment: 12.5 cents per word Theme: Short pieces that still tell great stories and make us laugh, cry, or transport us to new worlds. Fireside is currently closed to submissions. During our submissions periods, there will be a form for uploading your submission on this page. Fireside holds a submissions period for each upcoming issue of Fireside Quarterly. In 2020, Fireside will be open to submissions for short stories during the following periods: April 13, 2020 to April 17, 2020 Submissions period for the Winter 2021 Issue June 15, 2020 to June 19, 2020 Submissions period for the Spring 2021 Issue August 23, 2020 to August 27, 2020 Submissions period for the Summer 2021 Issue November 30, 2020 to December 4, 2020 Submissions period for the Summer 2021 Issue Guidelines We welcome previously unpublished work (‘published’ includes work posted on Patreon or on a blog) in English or Spanish from all writers, and we are especially interested in seeing work from people of color, LGBTQIA people, disabled people, members of religious minorities, and people outside the United States. We strongly encourage submissions from people of those backgrounds, and all others whom traditional publishing has historically excluded. Below you will find our submissions guidelines for: Short Stories Poetry Non-Fiction Novels and Novellas Artwork If you have any questions about how to submit please email us at: [email protected]. Accessibility We use an online form to gather submissions, but we understand that this may not be universally accessible to disabled people. If you have questions related to accessibility, please email us at [email protected] with the subject line: Accessibility Query. Accessibility Queries should only contain a request to submit by alternate means, and not be a submission. Any submissions sent via email will be deleted unread. Short Stories We accept...