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"We love ambiguity: flash pieces, found pieces, cross-genre experiments, the "poem" that thinks it might be a story, the "story" that thinks it might be a poem. Retellings and reimaginings. Work that chips away at institutional structures. Work that breaks everything down so that it can build."
"We love ambiguity: flash pieces, found pieces, cross-genre experiments, the "poem" that thinks it might be a story, the "story" that thinks it might be a poem. Retellings and reimaginings. Work that chips away at institutional structures. Work that breaks everything down so that it can build."
Vibe
Weird / outsider / wtf even is it
Response Time
Acceptance Rate
Payment
Yes: $20
Fee
No
Simultaneous submissions
Yes
Previously published
No
Expedited response
No
Available in print
No
Provides contributor copies
No
Examples online
Yes
Active on social media
Yes
Accepted genres
6 genres
Fiction
Max words: 2500
Max pieces: 3
Up to 10 pages
Nonfiction
Max words: 2500
Max pieces: 3
Up to 10 pages
Poetry
Max pieces: 3
Up to 10 pages
Translation
We are open to translated original work.
Art
Max pieces: 3
Up to 10 pages
Wtf is genre, send anything
Max pieces: 3
We do not categorize work by genre, so please do not tell us what genre you're sending us (if you know). If you include a cover letter (welc...
Fiction
Max words: 2500
Max pieces: 3
Up to 10 pages
Nonfiction
Max words: 2500
Max pieces: 3
Up to 10 pages
Poetry
Max pieces: 3
Up to 10 pages
Translation
We are open to translated original work.
Art
Max pieces: 3
Up to 10 pages
Wtf is genre, send anything
Max pieces: 3
We do not categorize work by genre, so please do not tell us what genre you're sending us (if you know). If you include a cover letter (welc...
Statistics
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57
Total submissions tracked
103 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
29 days
Fastest response time
162 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 242 days
How to submit
Process
All submissions should be sent to the editors at avelvetgiant@gmail.com with the subject line “SUBMISSION” along with the number of pieces you are including (e.g. “SUBMISSION — 3 PIECES”).
Cover letters
In the body of your email, please include a short, third-person bio, to be featured alongside any piece or pieces accepted for publication. You may include links to social media profiles and/or a description or explanation of your work, although this is not required.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.
Rights for published work
We ask for first rights, and we ask that any future publications of accepted work will acknowledge A Velvet Giant.
Additional info
Pays! $20 per contributor Promote writers even after publication - hype hype hype
About the Magazine
Founded in 2018 | United States
A Velvet Giant is an online literary journal. We love ambiguity: flash pieces, found pieces, cross-genre experiments, the "poem" that thinks it might be a story, the "story" that thinks it might be a poem. Retellings and reimaginings. Work that chips away at institutional structures. Work that breaks everything down so that it can build. A Velvet Giant is a collective space for work that exists outside the boundaries of genre. We recognize that it can feel impossible to talk about writing without categorizing it. When we say genreless, we don’t mean apolitical. Writing that resists binary categories such as fiction/nonfiction or poetry/prose is inherently queer and inherently political. We want writing that exists in the world, that resists tradition and expectations to build towards new ways of creating, feeling, and being.
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 :)
Erika Walsh
Editor-in-Chief
Emma Sheinbaum
Editor-in-Chief
