Bound Off is a monthly magazine of literary short stories, founded in 2006 and based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Our mission is to merge the oral tradition of storytelling with new technology to create a digital audio magazine.
Although we are an audio publication, we evaluate manuscripts the old-fashioned way.
If your story is accepted for publication, our team of readers and podcast engineers will produce the audio version. If you have the capability to create a high-quality MP3 file, then we could publish your story with you as the reader.
We compensate writers $20 per contracted story. We only acquire the rights to the specific audio recording used in our our podcast (once the story is accepted). All other rights belong to the author.
Before submitting your story, please listen to several episodes of our podcast at http://boundoff.com
Fiction
Size limit: 250-2500 words
We only consider stories that follow our guidelines. Please read them before submitting:Submit only one story at a time, between 250 and 2500 words long. Please wait until we have responded before sending us another story for consideration.
Stories submitted to Bound Off must be original and previously unpublished in any form.
Remove your name/bio from the text of your story before submitting.
We allow simultaneous submissions, but let us know immediately if another publication accepts your story.
We are not considering the following types of writing: non-fiction or personal essays, poetry, stories for children.
Stories that do not meet these guidelines will not be read and will be automatically deleted.