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A literary snapshot of contemporary American life. Fiction Magazine | NEA Award Winner | Whiting Award Winner | ASME Award for Fiction Finalist
Vibe
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Response Time
Average acceptance rate
Types of Submissions Accepted
Fiction
Max pieces: 1
There are no set guidelines as to the content or length of regular submissions. American Short Fiction also publishes stories (under 2000 words) online
Translations
All manuscripts must be written in English. Translations are acceptable, but must be accompanied by a copy of the original text.
Fiction
Max pieces: 1
There are no set guidelines as to the content or length of regular submissions. American Short Fiction also publishes stories (under 2000 words) online
Translations
All manuscripts must be written in English. Translations are acceptable, but must be accompanied by a copy of the original text.
Need to know for submitting
Read carefully, it will save from dead rats in the mailbox
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Details
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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 🏗️
Magazine
Founded in 1991 | 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 :)
Rebecca Markovits
Editor
Adeena Reitberger
Editor
Amanda Faraone
Associate Publisher
Nate Brown
Managing Editor
Adam Soto
Web Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)
Total tracked
84
Average acceptance rate
1.67%
Average response time
152 days
Average acceptance/rejection time
69/146 days
Fastest response time
69 days
Slowest response time
309 days