Full Unit Hookup opened for submissions on December 15, 2001. Hurray!
12/11/01 - Payment information was updated.
12/17/01 - Manuscript Guidelines were revised .
05/30/03 - The electronic submission form no longer works. Why? I have no idea. I've not changed a thing. (AOL Web Support is totally useless -- they never understand what the problem is or how to fix it.) I am disabling the form, and submissions will have to be sent the old fashion way -- email them to me.
01/21/07 - FUHU has closed to further submissions. All pending manuscripts will receive responses by the end of January 2007.
What kind of writing is right for FUHU?
I'm looking for the odd piece, the unmarketable manuscript, the quirky poem, the unclassifiable essay. I'm looking for the short story, poem, or article that every past editor has said, "This is really quite wonderful, but, alas, it's not right for us." And you know which piece I'm talking about--the one when you finished writing it, you thought, "This is damned good. But what editor in his right mind would publish it?" If this sounds like something you've written, it's probably perfect for FUHU.
Guidelines for FUHU Fiction:
Science fiction, dark/urban fantasy, magic realism, slipstream, humor, and mainstream stories between 500 and 5,000 words. Because of space limitations, stories longer than 5,000 words will be a hard sell to FUHU, but PLEASE nothing over 10,000 words. No horror, high fantasy, or S&S stories. There are markets for all of these, but unfortunately, this magazine isn't one of them. Please submit only one story at a time and wait for a response before submitting another. If you have a collection of related stories, each less than 1000 words long, you may submit them as a single manuscript. Reprints are acceptable (please specify when and where in cover letter,) but the FUHU editor will give priority to new works of fiction. No simultaneous submissions.
Guidelines for FUHU Poetry:
Open to almost all types of poetry, though horror will be a hard sell to this market. No endless ballads, death dirges, high fantasy epics, filk songs, or limericks. Traditional forms are fine, but you'll have to do something unexpected within the form to catch this editor's attention. Preference for poems under 200 lines. Please do not submit more than five poems at a time. No reprints or simultaneous submissions.
Guidelines for FUHU Articles:
Insightful essays, editorials, book reviews, and critical analyses. Opinion pieces are acceptable, but you should have something unique to say about the subject matter. Preference will go to articles that make readers want to read more, not less, on a particular topic. No gaming-related writing please. Articles should be between 300 and 2000 words. Please feel free to query on article content before submitting, though a query is not required. Reprints are acceptable (please specify when and where in cover letter,) but the FUHU editor will give priority to new articles. No simultaneous submissions.
FUHU Payment:
FUHU buys first time North American rights.
  • 10 (ten) U.S. dollars per short story + one contributor's copy
  • 5 (five) U.S. dollars per poem + one contributor's copy
  • 5 (five) U.S. dollars per article + one contributor's copy
Payment will be within thirty (30) days after publication. The FUHU editor reserves the right to display excerpts of pieces accepted for publication on this website for promotional purposes only. Authors of selected excerpts will be contacted prior to display.
FUHU Manuscript Guidelines:
ALL submissions should:
  • Be sent electronically, embedded in the body of an email or attached as an ASCII text file. All other file formats (MS Word, WordPerfect, RTF, etc.) will be deleted unread. Please query for postal submissions.

  • Be single-spaced. A blank line/carriage return should be between paragraphs. (There is no need to indent paragraphs.) Please denote bold, underline, and italics where needed.

  • Have a subject line that contains the submission type in ALL CAPS, a colon, the title of the work (without quotation marks,) a comma, and your byline. Examples are given below:

    • STORY SUB: Winston-Salem Dreams, Jane Doe
    • POETRY SUB: Lady Lazarus, John Doe
    • ARTICLE SUB: The Sexual Symbolism of T. S. Eliot's The Wasteland, Jim Doe

  • Include a cover letter in the body of your email that (at the very least) lists your legal name, your postal address, and your return email address.
An approximate word count for stories and articles and a line count for poems would be helpful but isn't required.

Note: The above guidelines are neither arbitrary nor elective. The FUHU editor has chosen them to make sorting and filing of submissions easier. Failure to follow the guidelines may cause your submission to be overlooked, or worse, deleted by accident.

There will be a minimum response time of three weeks. If you haven't received a response after two months, please feel free to query about the status of your manuscript. No one is perfect (though the FUHU editor sometimes thinks he is,) and manuscripts can get misplaced.

Where To Submit Manuscripts:
Email all manuscripts to the . You will receive an acknowledgement of your submission within 48 hours. If you don't receive an acknowledgement, please query the FUHU editor, or you may resubmit, whichever you prefer.

As stated previously, there will be a minimum response time of three weeks. If you haven't received a response after two months, please feel free to query about the status of your manuscript.

Good Luck!  I'll be looking forward to reading your manuscripts.