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DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES
the magazine of fantastic poetry
David C. Kopaska-Merkel
10055 Goodwood Blvd, Baton Rouge LA 70815
(205) 246-9346
email: dckmdnmag@gmail.com
Made the Stoker preliminary ballot in the alternate forms category in 2005.

NEW: Cover art will be printed in color, beginning with the January 2024 issue (#126)

I print primarily poetry, but also publish a small amount of short short fiction. The genres of fantasy and SF are preferred. I am interested in experimental formats and content, and prefer fantastic horror a la Lovecraft or Blackwood to the blood and gore type. Any SF or fantasy is appropriate if it isn't sappy or trite. If your poem rhymes, be sure that the rhymes are not forced, and that the meter is consistent.

The magazine consists of 24 digest-sized pages with card-stock cover. Publication (dead trees and PDF) is thrice yearly, issues are numbered sequentially. Issue #1 was published in January of 1986. Print run 160 (plus about 25 PDF). Most-recent issue is #124. DN is distributed free to interested libraries. Maximum length for poetry or fiction is 2 single-spaced typed pages, but I prefer less than one page. I prefer e-submissions in the body of the message. Buying 1st N.Am. serial rights unless stated otherwise. Payment is $12 on acceptance + a contributor's copy. (You can request 3 extra copies instead of cash.) I prefer to pay using PayPal. DN is a tough market because of the high volume of poetry submissions I receive. Fewer than 5% of submissions are accepted. Response time ~ 2-4 weeks. Sample copy for $5 (print) or $1 (pdf). Print subscriptions are $25 for 6 issues inside North America and $30 U.S. outside North America. Lifetime sub., with available back issues, for $90. Pdf copies $1 each. A lifetime pdf subscription, with all back issues, is $39. Checks should be payable to me. Subscribe with PayPal to jopnquog@gmail.com.

Artwork should be line drawings; no half-tones (although any color will be visible on digital copies). Good photocopies OK, but I prefer to receive JPEG's as e-mail attachments. Art will be printed no larger than 4 1/2 by 7 1/2 inches, but I can reduce it. Payment $12+1 copy, but $20+2 copies for covers. I always need covers, and small filler illustrations. Filler illos that are the right size and shape to fill up the bottom of a page are particularly useful.