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Deadline

Jan 31, 2024

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"Arts & Letters is Georgia College's MFA literary journal. We publish the best fiction, poetry, cnf, and drama from emerging and established talent."

"Arts & Letters is Georgia College's MFA literary journal. We publish the best fiction, poetry, cnf, and drama from emerging and established talent."

Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time

8-12 weeks / 119 days

Acceptance Rate

8% / 0%

  • Payment

    Yes: $10 per page

  • Fee

    Yes: $3

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    No

  • Expedited response

    No

  • Available in print

    Yes

  • Provides contributor copies

    Yes: Upon acceptance one contributor copy, plus a one year subscription.

  • Examples online

    Yes

  • Active on social media

    Yes

Accepted genres

5 genres

Fiction

Max pieces: 1

Formal and experimental fiction. Manuscripts up to 25 pages double-spaced.

Flash Fiction

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 3

Flash Fiction: 1-3 pieces per submission up to 1,000 words each.

Nonfiction

Max pieces: 1

Creative Nonfiction. Manuscripts up to 25 pages double-spaced.

Poetry

Max pieces: 6

4-6 poems

Hybrid

Max pieces: 1

work that defies classification

Fiction

Max pieces: 1

Formal and experimental fiction. Manuscripts up to 25 pages double-spaced.

Flash Fiction

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 3

Flash Fiction: 1-3 pieces per submission up to 1,000 words each.

Nonfiction

Max pieces: 1

Creative Nonfiction. Manuscripts up to 25 pages double-spaced.

Poetry

Max pieces: 6

4-6 poems

Hybrid

Max pieces: 1

work that defies classification

Statistics

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Track submission

47

Total submissions tracked

119 days

Average response time

8% / 0%

Average acceptance rate

25 days

Fastest response time

284 days

Slowest response time

*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 1321 days

How to submit

Process

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Cover letters

Coming soon! Advice from editors on what your cover letter and bio should look like!

Eligibility

No specific eligibility requirements

Formatting

Coming soon! All the Times New Romans and double spaces!

Rights for published work

Coming soon! First, third, none, all the rights!

Additional info

Our editors seek work that doesn’t try too hard to grab our attention, but rather guides it toward the human voice and its perpetual struggle into language. Send only one submission per genre at any one time. Payment Upon Acceptance: $10 per printed page (minimum payment: $50), and one contributor copy, plus a one year subscription. Arts & Letters is published twice a year, in Spring and Fall.

About the Magazine

Founded in 1999 | 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 :)

Laura Newbern

Editor-in-Chief

Chika Unigwe

Fiction Editor

Peter Selgin

Creative Nonfiction Editor

Kerry James Evans

Poetry Editor

Darian Araiza-Samples

Managing Editor

Examples

1 pieces from Chill Subs people