34 Orchard is now considering work for our Autumn 2023 issue! We will only be open from July 1 – 15, 2023, so if you’re planning on submitting, please keep in mind that anything after July 15, 2023, will be deleted unread (and yes, we adjust for all worldwide time zones. So that’s after July 15 at 11:59pm wherever you are).
Please refer to our guidelines for information on how to submit. Check that out here at https://34orchard.com/guidelines/, and we look forward to reading your work!
Well-meaning Wyoming homeowners consider a mercy kill. A flute’s music heals in questionable ways and a lonely practitioner upsets the balance of the universe. An academic’s ego gets the better of him, a desperate OCD sufferer goes to extremes, and the slave of a toxic love affair ends things in a way that jilts even her. In Issue 7, twenty-two artists ruminate on the things we break.
The downloadable PDF is designed so that it can be printed on double-sided paper for easy reading like a print magazine. As always, the issue is free, but there is a donation link should you choose to contribute.
If you like what you’ve read, spread the word! We’re also started up some resource content for both writers and readers on our blog, so consider signing up to get those posts right in your email.
Heralding the coming of spring and the concept of the fresh start, Issue 7 has another winner from Nigeria’s Ernest O. Ògúnyẹmí (Issue 1’s “Christmas Chicken,” about which we STILL get mail!) and a few other 34O alums, as well as work by others familiar and brand-new.
Plunging into the visceral rip tides of lost love, medieval history, personal agency, folklore, witchcraft, grief, motherhood, and so much more—and rendered in everything from magical realism to soft science fiction, horror, and literary—there’s something for every taste!
Here’s what awaits:
Cover Art: Optic Nerve – Page Sonnet Sullivan
An Old Romantic – Mark Towse
Little Monster – Elin Olausson
The Doe – Brandon McQuade
Wildfire – Alexandra Provins
The Flute – Ernest O. Ògúnyẹmí
The Perimeter of Others – Marie-Andrée Auclair
Simulacrum Vehemens – Remo Macartney
Twenty Birthdays with You – Karen Cline-Tardiff
Penelope Learns to Weave a Double Helix – Shelly Jones
The Squealing – McLeod Logue
Where’s Lucy? – W.T. Paterson
The Procedure – Jeff Adams
poisoned earth – Corey Niles
There Is No Tomorrow – David H. West
The Triple G – Gregory Jeffers
I Once Worked There – Christian Hanz Lozada
The Last Day – Elaine Pascale
The Choice – Jenna Moquin
With the Turbulent Flow … – Angi Shearstone
The Shrine of Saint Amandus – Rex Burrows
How to Make a Vase – Kieran Thompson
You’ll be able to download Issue 7 right from our Issues page here on April 25, 2023!
AI/LLM writing is a hot-button topic right now in the publishing and literary communities.
Humanity in Fiction (https://humanityinfiction.org) would like to gather the opinions of writers, readers, and others in the publishing industry in an effort to collect data on AI in the process. The organization plans on doing this annually, and the survey shouldn’t take more than about five minutes of your time.
Here is the survey’s direct link: https://sy5qybdoqjl.typeform.com/to/lZdyZvjJ, or, you can access it from the Humanity in Fiction homepage at https://humanityinfiction.org. Feel free to also share this with your writing community peers.
We know that many writers follow our 34 Orchard blog, and so we wanted you all to know about this opportunity to weigh in on this important topic, and how it affects you as a writer. They don’t collect any personal information or your email address (and you can even opt out of entering your name), but your opinion counts! Please support the efforts of Humanity in Fiction.
Thank you!
We’re still finishing up our decisions, and so we have about a hundred more submissions to go through. Everyone will receive an answer by February 28. If you want to check in on the status of your piece before then, please give us a shout at 34orchardjournal@gmail.com.
Meanwhile, we’re thrilled to announce the cover of our Spring 2023 issue, featuring Optic Nerve by Page Sullivan. We’re very excited!
Thank you all for your submissions! Our window for the Spring 2023 issue is now closed. If you have submitted and have not yet received a response from us yet, you will receive a response no later than February 28.
If you need to contact us regarding withdrawing a submission, you can reach out to us through our Contact Page, or send an email to 34orchardjournal@gmail.com.
Enjoy the nice weather when it finally arrives! We will be open for submissions for the Autumn 2023 issue from July 1 – July 15, 2023.
Thanks to those of you who wrote in letting us know that our link to the “Manuscript Polish Checklist” was broken. We can’t correct it on the email that previously went out, so here is a re-post with the corrected link so you’ll have it right in your email.
Thank you for supporting 34 Orchard!
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We hope your holidays and end-of-year festivities were magical … now it’s time to get back to work!
34 Orchard’s Spring 2023 submissions window is now open! We will only be open from January 1 – 15, 2023, so if you’re planning on submitting, please keep in mind that anything after January 15, 2023, will be deleted unread (and yes, we adjust for all worldwide time zones. So that’s after January 15 at 11:59pm wherever you are).
Need to do a quick final polish on your piece? Check out our Manuscript Final Polish checklist here: https://34orchard.com/2022/06/18/sixty-second-sub…polish-checklist/
Please refer to our guidelines for information on how to submit. Check that out here at https://34orchard.com/guidelines/, and we look forward to reading your work!
We hope your holidays and end-of-year festivities were magical … now it’s time to get back to work!
34 Orchard’s Spring 2023 submissions window is now open! We will only be open from January 1 – 15, 2023, so if you’re planning on submitting, please keep in mind that anything after January 15, 2023, will be deleted unread (and yes, we adjust for all worldwide time zones. So that’s after January 15 at 11:59pm wherever you are).
Need to do a quick final polish on your piece? Check out our Manuscript Final Polish checklist here: https://34orchard.com/2022/06/18/sixty-second-sub…polish-checklist/ It’s a JPEG, so you can save the list and keep it handy or print it to use for all of your subs in 2023.
Please refer to our guidelines for information on how to submit. Check that out here at https://34orchard.com/guidelines/, and we look forward to reading your work!
A shocking occurrence unmasks a professor and a ne’er-do-well covers up the truth. A machine exposes the past and lies linger between a dinner’s courses. A bijou boogeyman unleashes a daughter’s rage while ordinary colors and unusual mattresses strip away the pretense of composure. In Issue 6, seventeen artists brood on the secrets we keep, and what happens when they are exposed.
The downloadable PDF is designed so that it can be printed on double-sided paper for easy reading like a print magazine. As always, the issue is free, but there is a donation link should you choose to contribute.
If you like what you’ve read, spread the word! We’ve also started up some resource content for both writers and readers on our blog, so consider signing up to get those posts right in your email. There’s an email sign up at the bottom of the page.
It’s almost here! Autumn 2022 features a dark tale from India, disturbing looks at real-life events, emotional pieces by newer voices and scary stories by names that frequently haunt anthology tables of contents. Why, even the cover photo has an unsettling tale behind it! Our sixth issue is what you’ll want waiting when you take your break from prepping for the busy holiday season.
Cover Art: Ophelia’s Last Secret – Robert Cedergren
Shrike Song – Zachary Kellian
The Beginning of You – Samantha Bryant
The Gritter – Kurt Newton
The Baron of the Rails – Kurt Newton
The Dusk of Day-shapes – David H. West
And Satyrs Shall Dance There – John Berbrich
The Yakshi Next Door – Hareendran Kallinkeel
Head – Mark Steensland
Memory Foam – Rowan Hill
Her Color – Grace Rolen
Step on a Crack – Jake Jerome
Birthday Dinner, May 28. – Jennifer Judge
All Aboard – KC Grifant
Young People in Love – Sam Lesek
Ugly Cinderella – Molly Greer
Insert Name Here – J. Paul Ross
You’ll be able to download Issue 6 right from our Issues page here in just under two days!
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