Open for submissions
The Apple Valley Review is an international online literary journal. It is published semiannually, in the spring and fall of the year. Each issue features a collection of beautifully crafted poetry and prose. We consider short stories, flash fiction, personal essays/creative nonfiction, poetry, and prose poetry. Please submit work that is original, previously unpublished, and in English. Translations are welcome if permission has been granted. Manuscripts are read year-round, and there are no fees for submissions. Please send your submission via e-mail. Include your cover letter, a short bio, and the text of your writing in the body of a single e-mail message. We do not open unsolicited attachments.
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Average acceptance rate
Need to know for submitting
Read carefully, it will save from dead rats in the mailbox
Simultaneous submissions
Yes
Previously published
No
Payment
No
Fee
No
Expedited response
No
Available in print
No
Provide contributor copies
No
Examples online
Yes
Active on social media
No
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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 🏗️
Types of Submissions Accepted
Translations
No specific limitations
Fiction
Max words: 4000
Max pieces: 1
Flash rules
Max words: 1200
Max pieces: 3
If you would like to submit microfiction and/or a series of linked stories, you may send up to six pieces, but please limit your series to 4,000 words total per submission.
literary
experimental
lgbtq
magicalRealism
Nonfiction
Max words: 4000
Max pieces: 1
Flash rules
Max words: 4000
Submissions of flash essays or other short forms of nonfiction prose may contain multiple pieces, but please limit your text to 4,000 words total.
Poetry
Max pieces: 6
There are no length limits, but preference is given to short (under two pages), non-rhyming poetry.
Translations
No specific limitations
Fiction
Max words: 4000
Max pieces: 1
Flash rules
Max words: 1200
Max pieces: 3
If you would like to submit microfiction and/or a series of linked stories, you may send up to six pieces, but please limit your series to 4,000 words total per submission.
literary
experimental
lgbtq
magicalRealism
Nonfiction
Max words: 4000
Max pieces: 1
Flash rules
Max words: 4000
Submissions of flash essays or other short forms of nonfiction prose may contain multiple pieces, but please limit your text to 4,000 words total.
Poetry
Max pieces: 6
There are no length limits, but preference is given to short (under two pages), non-rhyming poetry.
Magazine
Founded in 2005 | 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 :)
Leah Browning
Editor-in-Chief
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)
Total tracked
30
Average acceptance rate
0% (so far)
Average response time
19 days
Average acceptance/rejection time
-/19 days
Fastest response time
15 days
Slowest response time
22 days
Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 32 days, 34 days, 445 days, 1213 days