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"An international literary journal. Issues feature a collection of short fiction, poetry, personal essays, and translations. The journal was founded in 2005 by its current editor, Leah Browning, and is published semiannually. "
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Open for submissions

Introduction

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 Please submit work that is original, previously unpublished, and in English.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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Response Time
3 weeks / 19 days
Average acceptance rate
1% / 0%

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

      No

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      Provide contributor copies

      No

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      Examples online

      Yes

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      Active on social media

      No

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    Important stuff

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    How to submit πŸ—οΈ

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    Cover Letter and Bio πŸ—οΈ

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    Awards

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    Demographics & Eligibility

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    Formatting requirements πŸ—οΈ

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    Rights for published work πŸ—οΈ

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Types of Submissions Accepted

4 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Translations

No specific limitations

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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

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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.

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Poetry

Max pieces: 6

There are no length limits, but preference is given to short (under two pages), non-rhyming poetry.

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Translations

No specific limitations

fiction genre icon

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

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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 genre icon

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