We urge you to support the high standards of EQMM by writing the best mystery stories of our time, and by giving EQMM first chance to publish them. All manuscripts should be typed on one side of the paper and double-spaced. If you would like the manuscript returned in the event that we cannot use it, please enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope of suitable size. Please designate those manuscripts intended for our Department of First Stories. We cannot provide criticism on stories.
Response time is three months.
Please do not call the editorial offices. Thank you for your request for these Writers' Guidelines. Finding new authors is a great pleasure for all of us here, and we look forward to reading the fiction you send us. You don't need an agent.