tarry.
a new literary magazine inspired by the tarrytowns
tarry is…
…a literary magazine of original short fiction, poetry, art and other creative works inspired by the people, history, and geography of the Tarrytowns.
At the turn of the 19th century, this area inspired Washington Irving to write some of our nation’s most enduring stories, giving a voice to Americana and forever shaping our country’s folklore.
tarry builds on that legacy to entertain, delight, and inspire—and to tell some good stories.
tarry is now open to submissions.
We have three publishing opportunities:
The annual print magazine: Released in September, submissions close in March.
A monthly poetry feature: in partnership with the Rivertown Dispatch: submissions selected on a rolling basis.
A Halfway to Halloween issue: scheduled to print in late April, featuring spookier stuff. We're still figuring this one out! If you've got something that's horror or darker, send it our way.
Please read the submission guidelines first, then submit below. We will be in touch if we think your work will be a fit.
submission form.
submission guidelines.
Thank you for your interest in submitting to tarry! The best way to know what we’re looking for is by reading our inaugural issue, which you can find at Transom Bookshop in Tarrytown or many other wonderful local bookstores!
You want something a little more succinct to understand what we’re looking for? Ok, sure - check out our FAQs on the website. Other than the guidance there, we’d say that we love pieces that:
Have a strong sense of place, whether that place happens to be where Irving lived and set his stories, or anywhere else.
Are inspired by or offer a different take on some aspect of folklore.
Offer a “slice of life” look at a particular place at a particular time, commenting or analyzing some aspect of either.
Is a little bit spooky (for our halfway to Halloween issue).
And of course, reflect on, illustrate or explore some aspect of the Tarrytowns’ past, present or future.
This year, we’re excited to announce that contributors will be paid for their work! The payment amount will be determined after we finalize all selections.
Please review these instructions carefully—we will not consider submissions that don’t adhere to the guidelines.
Please submit 1-5 poems (with a maximum of 100 lines for each poem), 1-3 pieces of artwork (black and white preferred - unfortunately we cannot accept photographs), 1 short story (of 1,000- 5,000 words), up to 2 flash fiction pieces (500-1,000 words each) 1; or 1 essay (1,000- 3,000 words).
Please submit all pieces in separate files. That means if you are submitting 4 poems, you should submit each of them in their own file (yes, even if it’s only a few lines).
NO IDENTIFYING INFORMATION OF ANY KIND should be contained within the file. That’s super important! Our form database will keep track of your information and we will review your submissions anonymously.
You should have a title clearly displayed on the first page of each of your pieces, and the file should be saved as TITLE NAME.
For word submissions, please send in DOC or DOCX format; artwork should be submitted as JPG or JPEG.
Please stick as close to standard manuscript format as possible. But again NO IDENTIFYING INFORMATION. (That means no names, last names, or anything. The header on each page of the submission should only have the title and the page number.)
Unfortunately, we cannot accommodate any artwork that’s a photograph or anything that requires high-resolution reproduction - all images except for the cover will be black and white.
If you think you have a good cover image in color, please submit!
Other important things to consider:
Only original unpublished work.
But simultaneous submissions are totally fine! Just let us know if you get accepted elsewhere ASAP.
Please keep the submissions PG-13.
faqs.
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Nope! We are looking for stories and art inspired by or grounded in the past, present and legacy of the Tarrytowns. So, feel free to submit from wherever you find yourself. (It will probably help if you’ve been here before.)
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Editor-in-Chief; Fiction and Essay Editor
Jeff RaderstrongPoetry Editor
Elizabeth TuckerComposition
Meghan RaderstrongSelection Committee
Seth Dellon
Jeff Raderstrong
Meghan Raderstrong
Chris Steib
Elizabeth Tucker -
Any money that is made off of the sales of the magazine are given out to contributors. For the second issue we were able to pay contributors a stipend because of the success of the first issue. Future stipends will depend on the sales of the previous issue.
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Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow (formerly North Tarrytown), located in Westchester County, New York; “upstate” New York; or the Hudson River Valley, depending on your orientation and proclivities.
Some say that the towns drew their original name from the word “tarry,” which meant to linger or stay too long, specifically in local pubs or markets. We hope that you can “tarry” just a little bit longer with tarry.
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We love horror! But tarry is not exclusively for horror. Washington Irving’s works are more folk tales than anything else, and similarly, we have an expansive view of the types of stories, poems, and art we will publish. Horror is great, but so is literary, sci-fi, speculative, romance, or whatever comes to mind when you think of the Tarrytowns.
Historical fiction (that is, matching Irving’s setting, style, time period, etc.) is totally fine, but we are not just looking for art contemporaneous to “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” for example. The story doesn’t have to be set here, either.
However, we will not publish anything with gratuitous violence, or anything that is clearly designed to be offensive without any other aim than to shock.
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You can! But we may not be able to publish in color, depending on the costs of printing. Anything you submit should work in black and white as well as color.
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Please do! If your submission is accepted we can work with you to support translation options if you are interested.
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Currently, tarry is only offered in print format, as a unique discovery for those that visit the Tarrytowns.
tarry issue 2 contributor list
Cover Art
Julie Heller
Artwork
William Brockmeyer
Dustin Glick
Kersten Harries
Eric Lebofsky
Melissa Lohman-Wild
Martin Munroe
Sharon Seidl
Kristen Sorra
Fiction
Jean Kim Chmelensky
Christian Emecheta
Krista Madsen
Kerry Steib
Poetry
Michael Alcee
Matthew Johnson
Molly Kirschner
Celia Pain
Daniel Rabuzzi
Cal Freeman
Candice M. Kelsey
Clark Moore
Michael Quattrone
Lorraine Schein
Essay
Laurea Carraro
Jessica King
Nicole Clanahan
Alison Pena
tarry issue 1 contributor list
Cover Art
Jessica Porter
Artwork
Jeremy Boyfriend
Martin Munroe
Krista Madsen
Erwin Ong
Annie Tucker
Melissa Lohman-Wild
Dustin Glick
Fiction
Keith Rosson
Tori Cronk
Kerry Steib
Krista Madsen
Alex Rosenberg
Samantha Cassetta
Poetry
Molly Kirschner
Joshua Lillie
B. K. Fischer
Sristi Sengupta
Nicole Cusick
Angelica Mordecai
Michael Alcée
Rachel Aviva Burns
Elizabeth Mateer
Alison Damast Dolinger
Nicole Avila
S. R. Goodman
Linda MacCauley Freeman
Mark Holcomb
Essay
Nina Pajak
Elizabeth Tucker
Gregory Dworkowitz