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"An annual literary magazine produced at the University of Virginia in conjunction with the university’s MFA in Creative Writing Program, whose students serve as the magazine’s editors."
Introduction
Vibe

Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok

Response Time
within 6 months / 143 days
Average acceptance rate
6% / 0%

Need to know for submitting

Read carefully, it will save from dead rats in the mailbox

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      Simultaneous submissions

      Yes

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      Previously published

      No

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      Payment

      No

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      Fee

      $3

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      Expedited response

      No

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      Available in print

      Yes

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      Provide contributor copies

      yes, 2 copies

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      Examples online

      Yes

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      Active on social media

      Yes

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    Important stuff

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    How to submit 🏗️

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    Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️

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    Awards

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    Demographics & Eligibility

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    Formatting requirements 🏗️

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    Rights for published work 🏗️

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Types of Submissions Accepted

4 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

Max words: 6500

Max pieces: 1

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Poetry

Max pieces: 1

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Nonfiction

Max words: 6500

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Art

No specific limitations

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Fiction

Max words: 6500

Max pieces: 1

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Poetry

Max pieces: 1

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Nonfiction

Max words: 6500

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Art

No specific limitations

Magazine

Founded in 1998 | United States

Masthead

We currently list only main editors, more will be added later! If you are an editor, you can edit your masthead in our admin panel :)

Kaitlyn Airy
Editor-in-Chief
Sébastian Butler
Poetry Editor
Tafara Gava
Fiction Editor
Coby-Dillon English
Nonfiction Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

25

Average acceptance rate

0% (so far)

Average response time

143 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

-/143 days

Fastest response time

140 days

Slowest response time

146 days

Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 113 days, 200 days