When was Gargoyle started?   We started publication in 1976.  

Who publishes Gargoyle?   Gargoyle is published quarterly in the USA by Paycock Press. 

How can I contact Gargoyle?

Contact us:

  Richard Peabody 

  GARGOYLE

  3819 13th Street North

  Arlington, VA 22201

  Phone: (703) 380-4893

E-mail: rchrdpeabody9@gmail.com

How and when can I submit material to be considered for publication in Gargoyle?  We begin reading for Gargoyle Magazine on December 1st, 2025. We moved online in 2022 and will retire the magazine after 50 years in August 2026 with online issue #15. 

What are your guidelines?  Gargoyle is rounding the bend toward the finish line. Simultaneous submissions are fine just let us know if your work lands someplace else. 

We'll be quick. 

Rarely do reprints.

What types of work do you publish? Work we can live with. Work we can read 20 times and still get a kick out of. W

We receive more poems than we could possibly run. Not a huge fan of long poems. We've run a lot of print-length 40-50pp stories in the past. With the last go-round let's stick to Micro, Flash, 2, 5, 10pp stories.

Send us your bent, twisted, edgy, and/or funny works. I mean, duh, end of the world and all that. I used to say--send me the work that scares you the most, or the story you love that all your friends hate.  

How much does Gargoyle pay authors?

Nothing, I'm afraid. 

All Rights revert to individual contributors upon publication, save for Electronic Archival Rights and the right to reprint material in a "Best Of" anthology. 

How much does Gargoyle cost?

  For Free Online

Who are your favorite poets and writers? 

  We like Walter Abish, Kathy Acker, Nin Andrews, Ingeborg Bachmann, James Baldwin, J.G. Ballard, Djuna Barnes, Lucia Berlin, Nicole Blackman, Jane Bowles, Paul Bowles, T.C. Boyle, David Bradley, Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge, Wesley Brown, Octavia Butler, Truman Capote, Leonora Carrington, Anne Carson, Laura Chester, Sandra Cisneros, Lucille Clifton, Leonard Cohen, Susann Cokal, Wanda Coleman, Katharine Coles, Lynn Crosbie, Rachel Cusk, Guy Davenport, Nicelle Davis, Malcolm DeChazel, Marguerite Duras, Max Ernst, Thaisa Frank, Molly Gaudry, Salena Godden, Jessica Hagedorn, Joy Harjo, A.M. Homes, Shirley Jackson, Charles Johnson, Bill Knott, Chris Kraus, Harper Lee, Kelly Link, Clarice Lispector, Liz Lochhead, Mina Loy, Curzio Malaparte, Joyce Mansour, Michael Martone, Carson McCullers, David Mitchell, Erin Moure, Harryette Mullen, Les Murray, Robert Musil, Flann O'Brien, Flannery O'Connor, Lance Olsen, Dorothy Parker, Walker Percy, Dawn Powell, Richard Powers, Reynolds Price, Lola Ridge, Miriam Sagan, Stevie Smith, Amber Sparks, George Steiner, Frank Stanford, Steve Stern, Italo Svevo, Rosemary Tonks, Jeanette Winterson. 

           I could could go on all day. 

Why do you do Gargoyle?

  I like discovering new poets and writers and rediscovering forgotten poets and writers. Plus, I get a lot of pleasure out of creating an object. I love books--the ink on the pages, the shape and feel of them. I have worked in bookshops, or actually co-owned and operated one, for 15 years. I both collect books and lit mags, love to read and write, and actually believe that literature is one of the most important endeavors any human can undertake. Silly me.