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"An online Arts & Culture magazine/ media group. Within these pages there is an eclectic mix of fiction, criticism, essays, satire, poetry, podcasts, and more that explore the current state of the world around us, and the depths of our human nature."

"An online Arts & Culture magazine/ media group. Within these pages there is an eclectic mix of fiction, criticism, essays, satire, poetry, podcasts, and more that explore the current state of the world around us, and the depths of our human nature."

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Response Time

6 days

Acceptance Rate

40.91%

  • Payment

    No

  • 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

3 genres

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

Nonfiction

Max words: 5000

"Fiction or nonfiction submissions over 5,000 words that we’re interested in publishing may be published in serial form."

Fiction

"Fiction or nonfiction submissions over 5,000 words that we’re interested in publishing may be published in serial form."

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

Nonfiction

Max words: 5000

"Fiction or nonfiction submissions over 5,000 words that we’re interested in publishing may be published in serial form."

Fiction

"Fiction or nonfiction submissions over 5,000 words that we’re interested in publishing may be published in serial form."

Statistics

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Track submission

102

Total submissions tracked

6 days

Average response time

40.91%

Average acceptance rate

0 days

Fastest response time

26 days

Slowest response time

*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 38 days, 43 days, 49 days, 84 days, 149 days, 275 days

How to submit

Process

E-mail us your work directly via acrossthemargin@gmail.com or share your work with us using cloud-based services like Google Drive’s Documents or Apple iCloud’s Pages. Just be sure to invite us to your piece using our e-mail address.

Cover letters

If inclined, please include a brief bio written in the third person.

Eligibility

No specific eligibility requirements

Formatting

This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.

Rights for published work

We reserve first printing rights, including publication in Across the Margin in both printed, web and ebook formats, and the right to excerpt portions of an accepted work online in order to promote you, your work, and the magazine. The copyright for work published by Across the Margin is always held by its authors. If we publish your work on the website, we reserve first North American electronic publication rights and the right to keep it here in our archives indefinitely. All other rights remain property of the author. If you want to reprint any work that originally appeared in Across the Margin, we ask that you credit the author and the publication.

Additional info

They seem pretty lax on specific guidelines: "Across the Margin strives to publish only the best in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, and we enthusiastically tout an open door policy. In fact, we don’t even have a door, something we are damn proud of! All are welcome, just come correct."

About the Magazine

Founded in 2012 | United States

Simply put, Across the Margin is an online Arts & Culture magazine / publishing company / media group. Within these “pages” can be found an eclectic mix of fiction, criticism, essays, satire, poetry, podcasts, and more that explore the current state of the world around us, and the depths of our human nature.

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 :)

Michael Shields

Editor-in-Chief