DNDP Quarterly A project of Dog Named Dog Press (see other related projects). About If your work lives in the space between genre and literary, if it moves, carries weight, and has a plot—we want to read it. Country of Publication & Year Established United States Established in 2025 Publication Medium & Frequency Print Publication Print PublicationPublished 4 x per year AI Policy Human-created work only; no AI use allowed Collapse section Fiction Temp Closed Any genre is welcome, but we’re sniffing out work with forward motion, earned endings, with flawed and complicated people—and we like when the writing sits with them rather than looking down on them. Our tastes lean more hard-boiled literary than anything overly flowery or purely atmospheric. We’re generally not a home for twist endings, slow meditations, or prose that draws attention away from the story.We tend to favor crime and crime-adjacent fiction, but we’re open to sci-fi, westerns, and horror. Keep in mind:Sci-fi — More Blade Runner, Robocop; less Ender’s Game.Westerns — Elmore Leonard energy; also Unforgiven, True Grit.Horror — The Frighteners, Midnight Mass; not Art the Clown.Fantasy — If you can make fantasy hard-boiled, please send it.Audience:Open to a broad Audience.Genres: Open to all/most Genres, including: General Fantasy Open to all/most Subgenres Horror Open to all/most Subgenres Mystery/Crime Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Crime Science Fiction Open to all/most Subgenres Western Open to all/most SubgenresLengths: Short Story: 3,000 - 5,500 words.Styles:Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary, Mainstream.Topics: Open to all/most Topics.Payment:Token payment (under 1 US cent per word) to Semi-pro payment (1-4.9 US cents per word) Provides free copy/copies Pay ranges from Token payment to Semi-pro payment. Provides free copy/copies. Details: USD $35.Submissions:Method: Email. Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.Media: Text. Collapse section Nonfiction Temp Closed Query firstAudience:Open to a broad Audience.Lengths: Interview: No specific word count limits known. Review: No specific word count limits known. Essay: No specific word count limits known.Styles:Open to all/most Styles, including: Critical, Literary, Mainstream.Topics: Open to all/most Topics including... Literature/Books: Theory/Analysis/Criticism.Payment:Unknown payment Unknown payment.Submissions:Method: Email. Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.Media: Text. Collapse section Poetry Temp Closed If your poetry feels like it would be a good fit with DNDP, send 3–5 poems. I’m not even sure how to describe what we want—give me the David Lynch version of Robert Penn Warren, Hafiz, and John Berryman. Give me poetry that sounds like Nick Cave and Tom Waits.Audience:Open to a broad Audience.Genres: Open to all/most Genres, including: General Fantasy Open to all/most Subgenres Horror Open to all/most Subgenres Mystery/Crime Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Crime Science Fiction Open to all/most Subgenres Western Open to all/most SubgenresLengths: Poem: No line limits known; 3 - 5 pieces.Poetry Forms:Open to all/most Forms.Styles:Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary, Mainstream.Topics: Open to all/most Topics.Payment:Semi-pro payment (US$5-49 per poem) Provides free copy/copies Semi-pro payment. Provides free copy/copies. Details: USD $10 per poem.Submissions:Method: Email. Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.Media: Text. Collapse section Visual Art Temp Closed Growing up, my grandmother clipped newspaper comics for me every morning, and that left a soft spot for them. DNDP is interested in standalone comics and 4-part serials—funny or serious. I can’t fully define what we’re looking for, but a 4-part Columbo-style mystery sounds amazing, as would a Zits/Ziggy/Cathy-style one-panel strip about the struggles of being a writer/artist, or something that pokes fun at genre tropes while embracing them. We’re suckers for meta writing and humor. We are not interested in political cartoons.Audience:Open to a broad Audience.Lengths: Graphic Narrative: No page limits known.Art Media: Cartoon/Comic strip.Art Styles:Open to all/most Art Styles, including: Humorous.Topics: Open to all/most Topics.Payment:Semi-pro payment (US$10-49 per piece) to Professional payment (US$50 or more per piece) Provides free copy/copies Pay ranges from Semi-pro payment to Professional payment. Provides free copy/copies. Details: USD $25 for single panel comic; $100 for four-part serial.Submissions:Method: Email. Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.Media: Image. Always check guidelines for details and restrictions. If you aren't familiar with these terms, see our glossary. Go to publication's website Report: Submission/Response Correction/Update New Cover ArtSocial Platforms:None known Support this Publisher: Buy Book(s) For the Editor(s): Request Interview Duosuma Submission Manager Link to Duotrope DNDP Quarterly Submission Statistics The statistics in this section are compiled from submission reports sent to us through our submission tracker. They are not provided by the publication's editors/staff or by Duotrope's admins. Information in this section is updated a few times per day. Learn more about the statistics. 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