Submit a Story

We are seeking stories for publication on brownhoundpress.com. Each week, our website is visited by thousands of readers. Our readership includes best-selling and award-winning authors, editors, publishers, and literary agents.

Story length is capped at 3,000 words (a couple hundred over is fine). Fewer than 800 words likely won’t be a fit. Flash is not really our thing.

We pay $25 for all accepted stories. If we buy a story, we ask for exclusive rights for one year. After that, the rights go back to the author.

What We Want:

• Mystery

• Offbeat

• Dark Humor

• Southern Gothic

• Literary

Our acceptance rate hovers around three percent. An additional two percent of submissions are offered editorial notes with an opportunity to revise and resubmit. Yes, this means it’s hard to get published at Brown Hound Press. But you should try anyway!

To submit a story for consideration, please use the form below. Stories should be previously unpublished. Please do not submit more than one at a time. If we pass on a story, we prefer you wait at least a month to try again with a new one.

We do not permit the use of AI in the stories we publish. Do not attempt to submit stories that have been written with AI.

You can expect to hear back within two weeks. Thanks for your interest!