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Quarterly literary magazine publishing fiction, CNF, poetry, craft essays, interviews, and book reviews.
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Fiction
Max words: 7500
Max pieces: 1
We welcome work that is well crafted and tells a good story, with characters and prose that will linger in the minds of our readers long after they have finished reading. “Good stories do not resolve the mysteries of the human spirit but rather describe and expand upon those mysteries, “ novelist Tim O’Brien says. We concur. We do not publish genre fiction (fantasy, mystery, crime, science fiction). These will be automatically discarded.
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Nonfiction
Max words: 7500
Max pieces: 1
We are seeking both traditional and experimental essays, including personal (nature, environmental, and travel essays), memoirs, lyric, meditative, and literary journalism. Good essays will feature an original voice that is rooted in engaging language and a multi-layered story. We agree with the essayist Robert Vivian, who notes, “Writing about what a person actually sees, feels, and experiences as a human being in this world is relevant, important, sometimes even revelatory as a way to make sense of oneself and others and that this is inherently worth doing.”
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
We are looking for poetry that is truly original, of nearly any aesthetic bent, that captures something that simply can’t be expressed any other way. We want poems that teach us something new, that move us to laughter or tears, that “require [us] to pay attention to the process of imagination and discover the sense of its mystery,” as Pulitzer Prize-finalist poet Maurice Manning says.
Review
We are interested in honest, in-depth assessments of new, creative publications related to Appalachia. As assignments of titles to be reviewed are typically made by the editor, unsolicited reviews should not be submitted without a prior query. However, we are open to considering proposals from prospective authors about titles they might like to review.
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Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️
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Awards
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Magazine
Founded in 1973 | 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 :)
Jason Kyle Howard
Editor-in-Chief
Emily Masters
Book Reviews Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)
Total tracked
15
Average acceptance rate
14.29%
Average response time
943 days
Average acceptance/rejection time
-/943 days
Fastest response time
943 days
Slowest response time
943 days