Rural Fiction Magazine was established to explore the beauty and drama of rural America.

Rural Fiction Magazine seeks primarily mainstream/literary stories and poetry set in the rural US. Although we may take occasional forays into other genres (such as horror, fantasy, science fiction, etc.), all works we publish will be related in some fashion to rural America. Therefore, the mainstream and literary genres seem most suitable for our mission.

We intend to start out by publishing a few stories either weekly or monthly, depending on the amount of submissions we receive. We are capping the word limit at 5,000. All submissions must be in standard manuscript format (you can find out the details of this on Google). Response time may range from a day to a month, but will most likely be within a week. Send all submissions to slatterypublishing@gmail.com.

Our business plan, initially, is to profit from advertising sales, donations, and maybe have a Patreon or similar account down the road. We will also offer gift shops and affiliate marketing.

Note that because we are a start-up, our webaddress is from a previous, now-defunct website. As time progresses, the webaddress will be changed to something more appropriate.

Phil Slattery, Founder and Publisher