Orion Magazine Open for Submissions June 15

Writer's Thought for the Week: "What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure."  ~  Samuel Johnson

Orion Magazine
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Due to the high volume, Orion now only accepts submissions twice yearly, during designated submission windows. The next submission period will be June 15-30, 2011. Manuscripts received during this time will receive a response by September 30, 2011.

Orion welcomes "thoughtful submissions concerning the collision of nature and culture, the commingling of people and place." Orion considers unsolicited essays, narrative nonfiction, interviews, profiles, short fiction, and picture essays. They also consider submissions for their Place Where You Live and Coda departments. Sample articles are available on their web site.

No more than two submissions of no more than 6,000 words each per person. Feature articles range from 1,500 to 6,000 words, departments from 350 to 1,200 words. Lead time is typically six to nine months. Pays $400 to $1,000 for feature pieces, $50 to $450 for shorter texts. They purchase first North American serial rights, as well as exclusive worldwide electronic rights for sixty days and nonexclusive permanent web rights for their electronic archive.