From a literary journal’s submission guidelines:
We do not ever accept unsolicited submissions of art, novels, novellas, novelettes, or anything else longer than 5,000 words. If you submit a novel or anything way over the word count limits, we’ll probably blacklist you.
Okay. Nothing over 5,000 words. Got it. What about content?
There are some things we absolutely do not want. If you send us stories with these, the story will be rejected and you will be blacklisted:
Are you sure?
This isn’t negotiable, so don’t ask. If you need to have these things in your story, find a different market. We really do have a blacklist.
Somehow, I believe you.
