Gastropoda is an online magazine of poetry, prose poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. They aim to publish uplifting writing that, “slows you down and spins you around, helps you see the beauty and wonder in all of life’s twists and turns.” You can read the magazine online to get a sense of what they publish.
Launched in 2021, Gastropoda publishes new content on a rolling basis. They accept submissions on a rolling basis, too. Although they accept all forms and styles of writing, they especially like surprising pieces that subvert traditional narrative expectations, pieces that leave room for mystery, pieces that use sensor-rich language, and pieces that “make our hearts hurt a little”.
Authors may submit up to three pieces total, in one or multiple genres. Authors of fiction and creative nonfiction may submit pieces up to 1,000 words. Poets may submit poems up to 50 lines. They also accept prose poems under 200 words. Submitting authors can except a response within one week.
Gastropoda accepts submissions via email, not online or by post. They accept simultaneous submissions but ask that authors withdraw writing published elsewhere. They do not accept previously published work.
Gastropoda only accepts submissions that follow the guidelines they’ve posted online. Please read these guidelines in full before submitting.
If you would like to learn more or submit to Gastropoda, please visit their website.
Bio: Ella Peary is the pen name of an internationally published author and editor. After earning a Master of Fine Arts degree in poetry from Sarah Lawrence College, she lived as a monastic for five years. She now lives as a lay monastic, and teaches poetry, flash fiction, and literary publishing at the Authors Publish Writers Workshop. Her writing has been published in Room, The Apple Valley Review, Fourteen Hills, and elsewhere. And a number of full-length manuscripts she’s edited have received major international awards, including The Best Graphic Novel of the Year (Comics Finlandia), The Montaigne Medal, and The National Indie Excellence Awards. She’s also a long-time literary journal reviewer and editor at Authors Publish Magazine.
