Submissions are OPEN
We are currently seeking submissions for our first (online) edition.
Submission Guidelines
We accept original short stories from 1000 to 3000 words long. Quality is more important than word count: if your story doesn't fall neatly into our word count preferences but it's otherwise perfect for London Fog, we will consider it.
And what is perfect for us? We love Gothic fiction. Blend decay with beauty (think: The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wild), inhospitable with cozy (think: Piranesi by Suzanna Clark), danger with desire (think: The Silence Factory by Bridget Collins) - it's duality we want. It's London fog. Give us both the mist and the latte.
Send all submissions to londonfogliterary@gmail.com with "SHORT STORY SUBMISSION - [TITLE] - [PEN NAME]" as the subject.
Submit your work using Modern Manuscript Format (there is no need to include your address or phone number), attached to the email as a .doc or .docx file.
In the body of your email, include the title of your story, word count, a brief cover letter introducing yourself, your publishing history (if any) and a short third person bio up to 100 words. Feel free to include any links to your social media pages or website you'd like us to link to if we publish your work.
- Reprints are welcome as long as you have the rights
- Simultaneous submissions are allowed, but please let us know if your piece gets accepted elsewhere and it's no longer available for us in order to avoid copyright infringement
- Multiple submissions aren't allowed. Please send only one piece for consideration per submission period.
Submissions are free
We are not currently a paying market, but we hope this will change in the future.
By submitting you confirm that:
- The story is your own work and you own the rights
- No generative AI was used to create the story, or anywhere in the writing process.
While we assess the submitted stories based on their content, literary merit and their suitability to our magazine,
We reserve the right to withdraw our offer of publication and/or to remove a story from publication if it comes to light that the author's conduct doesn't align with our values.
Since we are not yet a paying market, authors retain all rights to their stories.