New Fables is looking for creative, original stories that use anthropomorphic animal characters to tell basic human stories. We favor stories in a literary tradition; not only fables and folk tales, but well-constructed stories in which the animal characterization is part of the larger theme of the work. It is highly recommended that you pick up one of our previous issues to see what kind of material we publish.

Format and Delivery

Please send all submissions electronically in plain text, MS Word, or Adobe PDF format to submissions@newfables.com along with a return e-mail address for contact. All submissions will be acknowledged within one month.

Short Stories

Stories of any length will be considered, but the chance of getting editorial feedback decreases markedly for stories longer than 15,000 words. Payment is 1/2c per word.

Poems

Poems that require particular formatting should note that in the submission. Poems are paid at a flat rate of $20.

Artwork

New Fables prefers artwork that tells or implies a story. Submitted art should be b/w or greyscale at 300 dpi in TIFF or Adobe Photoshop format. Artwork is paid at a flat rate of $20 per page.