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"Our mission is to publish the finest in speculative and imaginative fiction and poetry, with special attention to character-driven stories"
Introduction
Vibe

Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok

Response Time
3 months
Average acceptance rate
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Need to know for submitting

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

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      Simultaneous submissions

      No

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      Previously published

      No

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      Payment

      $0-80

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      Fee

      No

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      Expedited response

      No

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      Available in print

      No

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      Provide contributor copies

      No

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      Examples online

      Yes

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      Active on social media

      No

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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

2 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

Max words: 10000

**They have indicated on their submissions page that they're quite stocked up on fiction submissions at the moment, and will not be accepting more until May 2023 at the earliest.**

Flash rules

Max words: 1250

fantasy

magicalRealism

scienceFiction

speculative

youngAdult

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Poetry

Max pieces: 3

We prefer lineated free verse with a limited amount of traditional form poetry with at least 9 lines, or prose poems at least 50 words in length, but we will publish brilliant shorter work.

fiction genre icon

Fiction

Max words: 10000

**They have indicated on their submissions page that they're quite stocked up on fiction submissions at the moment, and will not be accepting more until May 2023 at the earliest.**

Flash rules

Max words: 1250

fantasy

magicalRealism

scienceFiction

speculative

youngAdult

poetry genre icon

Poetry

Max pieces: 3

We prefer lineated free verse with a limited amount of traditional form poetry with at least 9 lines, or prose poems at least 50 words in length, but we will publish brilliant shorter work.

Magazine

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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 :)

Wendy S. Delmater
Editor-in-Chief
Elizabeth Hull
Flash Fiction Editor
John Mannone
Poetry Editor
Brian C. Thies
Fiction Editor
Kate O'Connor
Senior Assistant Fiction Editor
Joanna Nelius
Senior Assistant Fiction Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

3

Average acceptance rate

-

Average response time

-

Average acceptance/rejection time

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Fastest response time

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Slowest response time

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Contributors on Chill Subs

Stephen A. Roddewig avatar
1 pieces