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• Work submitted to River Styx must be previously unpublished in print or online.
• We will read simultaneous submissions, but ask that you inform us of such and notify us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere.
• Expect three to five months for a decision. Please do not query us or send another manuscript until five months have passed. 
• Prose pieces should be typed, double-spaced, and page-numbered. Send no more than one short story or essay per submission. 
• Work must be under 3000 words in length.
• Stories/essays of 500 words or fewer may be sent in groups of up to three.
• Translations are welcome if permission has been granted from owner of copyright.
• No e-mail submissions of any kind will be considered. If you wish to submit electronically, please use Submittable.
• We no longer accept hard copy submissions.