Cutleaf welcomes writers at all levels of experience to submit original literary nonfiction in English for consideration. 

Whatever the topic, we are looking for well-written, imaginative work that invites a reader to join the writer in thinking through what it means to be alive in the modern world. 

Cutleaf is a journal run by writers. We try to treat writers as we want to be treated: 

1. We charge no fee to submit. 
2. We pay from $100 to $300 per published nonfiction piece. 
3. We reply to submissions in a timely manner, usually not later than three months and generally much sooner.

For the 2025 journal year, we will be open for nonfiction submissions for three months (Sept 1 to Nov 30, 2024.) 

We get many hundreds of submissions in nonfiction each year. So we ask those who submit to adhere to our guidelines. Those who do not follow the guidelines may be moved to the end of the reading queue. 

• Only one nonfiction submission per writer per calendar year. 
• Name and email on the first page of the submission. Text double-spaced, with page numbers, and in a standard 12 point font with a 1 inch margin. A brief bio written in the third person included with submission. 
• We take a narrative, literary, and imaginative approach to nonfiction. We welcome traditional essay formats but we also welcome variations such as speculative essays, essays in verse, "hermit crab" essays, or essays that explore the use of language in imaginative ways. 
• We are open to any topic that moves a writer, but particularly invite work that addresses the ethics and practice of distinctive occupations. The nonfiction editor, a physician, takes special interest in reading work from physicians, dentists, nurses, social workers, scientists, technicians, and other clinicians and caregivers involved in health care and public health.
• We do not limit our point of view to the simply factual, but we expect nonfiction writers to hew closely to the truth. We do not fact-check the pieces published in the journal, but we do engage in a back-and-forth editing process for many of the pieces we accept for publication. Authors are responsible for securing permissions for quotes of copyrighted material, if needed.  
• We are not interested in and will not publish fantasy, erotica, romance (paranormal or otherwise), polemics, position statements, editorials, purely academic papers, or screeds. We are not interested in pitches for work yet to be completed. We do not publish previously published work. 
• We consider simultaneous submissions with the understanding that you will quickly inform us if a piece is accepted by another publication.

EastOver Press is accepting previously published short stories for a forthcoming fiction anthology. The stories should have been published in 2022 or 2023. 

The anthology will focus on BIPOC writers who live in or hail from rural or semi-rural locales (in the United States) and whose short stories feature characters living and/or working in rural or semi-rural spaces. In addition, we'll also accept work from BIPOC writers who've spent a significant amount of time in rural or semi-rural locales and whose work might reflect those spaces. 

Deesha Philyaw will serve as guest editor.

Submissions should be no more than 25 pages or 7500 words and may include up to three submissions per author or five submissions per editor of a literary journal. 

Our payment to authors upon publication of the anthology is $100-$300. Send questions to keith@eastoverpress.com.

EastOver Press invites submission of book-length nonfiction manuscripts in English by established and emerging writers. Manuscripts submitted during this reading period are considered for publication in 2026. We will accept submissions from October 1, 2024, to December 31, 2024, with a cap of 100 manuscripts.

We are especially interested in collections of literary essays, but will consider essay-based memoirs, mixed genre works, and other hybrid works. We are interested in manuscripts that take a narrative approach to nonfiction.

We are highly unlikely to select manuscripts that are primarily journalism, political analysis, history, erotica, science fiction, fantasy, or comics. We are not looking for nonfiction books for children/young adults nor are we looking for textbooks or anthologies of previously published work. Manuscripts that clearly fit into one of these categories will be declined without extensive review. 

Although we do not seek previously published manuscripts, we expect that most submissions may have essays that were previously published. Manuscripts may be under consideration by other publishers, but if a manuscript is accepted for publication elsewhere, please notify us immediately. Manuscripts under contract elsewhere are ineligible for consideration. 

Manuscript Guidelines
         1.  Manuscripts must be submitted as a MS Word file, double-spaced with numbered pages, set in a standard 12-point font (such as Times New Roman) with a 1 inch page margin.
         2. The author's name, mailing address and email should appear on the first page of the manuscript.
         3.  Manuscripts must include a table of contents with page numbers and an acknowledgments page for previous publications of individual sections.