The Gilded Weathervane is looking for poems, stories, essays, artwork, and photography for the Spring 2025 issue grounded in the beauty of spring/summer and the experience of rural living in its various expressions. 

General Guidelines

The Gilded Weathervane considers only previously unpublished work. We are published in the fall and spring and will only accept submissions during the announced submission window. We do accept simultaneous submissions, but please let us know immediately if your work has been accepted elsewhere. Submission is free, and manuscripts must be submitted electronically; submissions are now open through January 15, 2025.

Manuscript Preparation

Each submission should include a cover letter and a short bio, no longer than 100 words. If citations are needed in any of the submissions, please follow MLA Guidelines. We prefer PDF or Word doc submissions. 

Fiction

Short stories should be double-spaced. We accept stories shorter than 3,000 words as well as flash fiction (no genre fiction, please). You may submit 2-3 pieces at a time.   

Essays

Essays should be double-spaced. We accept essays shorter than 3,000 words as well as flash-length essays. We are particularly interested in creative nonfiction (memoir and personal essays). You may submit 2-3 pieces at a time.

Poetry

Submit 4-6 poems for us to consider in your poetry submissions. Please do not submit entire poetry manuscripts/collections. 

Artwork/Photography

Please send only high resolution images as a PNG or JPEG. Art may not be an AI image.