Frequently asked questions
Frequently asked questions
Yes. Triptych is printed in very limited quantities and placed for free in select Little Free Libraries, actual libraries, and graduate-lounge shelves throughout Boston.
Because our print runs are small, we cannot always guarantee contributor copies at this time, especially for international contributors on the other side of the Atlantic or Pacific, but do make an effort to do so where funding allows and this is something we clearly, clearly communicate before formally accepting a submitted story.
However that being said, a full digital edition of each issue will always be available on our website, and your status as a contributor will always be noted in our Archives page.
Furthermore, copies not taken from our campus distribution space are donated and hand delivered to various libraries and archives in the Massachusetts area. Read more about this here.
Triptych is a newly launched small run publication of speculative fiction. It has, as of July 2026, released its second journal issue.
For further details, please see our submission page, which has more space for information than the FAQ page.
Yes, but please let us know as quickly as possible if you are accepted elsewhere and intend to publish with them instead.
We ask for first serial rights. All rights revert back to the author after publication; we also request the nonexclusive right to archive the work on our website, and in print issues you are selected to appear in.
We aim to respond within 4–8 weeks. As a one-editor journal, response times may vary, but we will always respond.
No, we do not currently charge a submission fee.
At this time, we are unable to offer payment. Triptych is an unfunded passion project.