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"online literary magazine containing the finest modern literature"
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Introduction
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Response Time
within two months
Average acceptance rate
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Need to know for submitting

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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

      No

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      Expedited response

      No

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      Available in print

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      Provide contributor copies

      No

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      Examples online

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      Active on social media

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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

3 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

Max pieces: 1

prefer mainstream literary fiction but will also consider genre fiction with literary merit prefer mainstream literary fiction but will also consider genre fiction with literary merit not interested in polemical pieces that subordinate the elements of good writing to promoting a cause

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Poetry

Max pieces: 5

place no restrictions on subject matter, form, or length prefer poetry that makes effective use of imagery, and we define imagery as appealing to all of the senses

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Nonfiction

Max pieces: 1

creative nonfiction any subject is welcome as long as the point is presented with humor, with brilliance, or in some other way that holds the reader’s interest works that dwell on the evils or merits of particular political points of view are not likely to be considered favorably

fiction genre icon

Fiction

Max pieces: 1

prefer mainstream literary fiction but will also consider genre fiction with literary merit prefer mainstream literary fiction but will also consider genre fiction with literary merit not interested in polemical pieces that subordinate the elements of good writing to promoting a cause

poetry genre icon

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

place no restrictions on subject matter, form, or length prefer poetry that makes effective use of imagery, and we define imagery as appealing to all of the senses

nonfiction genre icon

Nonfiction

Max pieces: 1

creative nonfiction any subject is welcome as long as the point is presented with humor, with brilliance, or in some other way that holds the reader’s interest works that dwell on the evils or merits of particular political points of view are not likely to be considered favorably

Magazine

Founded in 1999 | 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 :)

Julie Wise
Editor-in-Chief
Jerry Craven
General Editor
Richard Moseley
Fiction Editor
Katherine Hoerth
Poetry Editor
Gretchen Johnson
Creative Nonfiction Editor
Nikki Carr
Copy Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

1

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