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"A literary snapshot of contemporary American life. Fiction Magazine | NEA Award Winner | Whiting Award Winner | ASME Award for Fiction Finalist"

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Introduction

A literary snapshot of contemporary American life. Fiction Magazine | NEA Award Winner | Whiting Award Winner | ASME Award for Fiction Finalist

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Response Time
4 months / 152 days
Average acceptance rate
1.67%

Types of Submissions Accepted

2 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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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

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Translations

All manuscripts must be written in English. Translations are acceptable, but must be accompanied by a copy of the original text.

fiction genre icon

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 genre icon

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

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    Details

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    How to submit 🏗️

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  • 03

    Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️

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  • 04

    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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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