Note (12/1/08):

Submissions are currently closed while we try to catch up. We will reopen soon, likely the beginning of February, and possibly with an announcement that Hobart 10 is full and what the next theme issue will be.

Updates (10/10/08):

• We are currently reading submissions for our next open issue.
• Send only one story at a time. If shorts (1,000 words or less), you can send up to three, though include all in one email. Any additional stories will be deleted.
• Please cut and paste submission into your email, in addition to attaching.

Other Notes:

We are now paying contributors! Contributors, as of Hobart #8, will be paid between $50 and $150, depending total number of printed stories, available funds, etc, but we are guessing most contributors will receive around $100.

Our general aesthetic is that we are looking for stories that we will love, as readers ourselves. We've said in the past that we tend to like quirky stories with subjects like truck driving and mathematics and vagabonding but not really stories that rely too heavily on their quirkiness. We like stories with humor but are not looking for humor pieces. At one point a reader summed up a couple of our stories as "humorous but engaging" and we like how that sounds. Another reader said "literary but not stuffy". We realize no one is trying to do stuffy but, still, we think it was a good assessment. Mostly, we just want to get excited about your story as a reader and hope you will send your best work.

Simultaneous are OK and, in fact, encouraged, though please only send one submission at a time. For short shorts (stories less than 1,000 words), you may send up to three.

Please send all submissions to submit@hobartpulp.com. The subject must say "print submission" as well as the title of the story, else it will be deleted. Inclusion of any other relevant info -- your name, etc. -- is fine but not necessary. Please attach your story as either a Word or .rtf document AND cut and paste it into your email. Stories over 7,000 words are, frankly, too long for us to read and stories shorter than 1500 might be suggested for the web. Current response time for print submissions is around 1-3 months. If it has been longer than 3, please feel free to inquire.

You can also send your submissions to:

HOBART
PO Box 1658
Ann Arbor, MI 48103

Thanks.

Aaron Burch & Elizabeth Ellen
Editors, HOBART