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We have no restrictions on the content we publish, except that we’re passionate about publishing new perspectives — new ideas, new voices, new worlds, new challenges, new ways of seeing — a theme that can take an infinite number of shapes, including speculative fiction, flash fiction, experimental 

The Chicago Review of Books presents Arcturus, an online literary magazine of new perspectives in fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and hybrid genres.

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Arcturus

Poetry:<div>Submit 3–5 poems totaling no more than 10 pages, as a single document, single-spaced. Please begin each poem on a new page.</div><div></div><div>Please note: Our submission manager will ask you to list the title of each poem during the submission process to allow for the withdrawal of individual pieces rather than the entire submission. We still ask that you submit all poems in a single file.</div><div></div><div>Prose:</div><div>Submit 1 piece of prose no longer than 5,000 words, be it fiction, flash fiction, speculative, creative nonfiction, essay, reportage, or a hybrid genre.</div>

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