Fiction
Saddlebag Dispatches
Closes 1 Dec 2026
- Length
- 2,000 to 4,000 words
- Pay
- Not stated
- Fee
- Not stated
- Simultaneous
- Allowed
- Reprints
- Original only
What they accept
Saddlebag Dispatches publishes short stories, poetry, and nonfiction about the West three times a year, in January, May, and September. Its current fiction call takes original, previously unpublished stories of 2,000 to 4,000 words centered in and around Kansas City, Missouri, for the May 2027 issue; submissions are by email, simultaneous submissions are accepted, the deadline is December 1, 2026, and the guidelines checked state no payment rate and no submission fee.
Western
- Anonymous reading
- Not required
- AI policy
- Submissions must be entirely human generated.
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