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"We’re a student run journal wanting to publish poetry, fiction, CNF and essays from around the world. Submissions should relate in some way to the theme of history— that theme can be tied as loosely or tightly to a piece as you want."

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Introduction

We’re a student run journal wanting to publish poetry, fiction, CNF and essays from around the world. Submissions should relate in some way to the theme of history— that theme can be tied as loosely or tightly to a piece as you want.

Vibe

We're just chilling here

Response Time
1 week / 35 days
Average acceptance rate
50%

Types of Submissions Accepted

3 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

Max words: 2000

Max pieces: 2

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Nonfiction

Max words: 2000

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Poetry

Max lines: 100

Max pieces: 4

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Fiction

Max words: 2000

Max pieces: 2

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Nonfiction

Max words: 2000

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Poetry

Max lines: 100

Max pieces: 4

Need to know for submitting

Read carefully, it will save from dead rats in the mailbox

  • 01

    Details

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  • 02

    How to submit 🏗️

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  • 03

    Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️

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  • 04

    Awards

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  • 05

    Demographics & Eligibility

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  • 06

    Formatting requirements 🏗️

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    Rights for published work 🏗️

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Magazine

Founded in 2016 | Australia

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 :)

Grace Hall
Editor
Flynn Martin
Editor
Teneille Pedrina
Editor
Chloe Britton
Editor
Bradley Macleod
Editor
Luke Edwards
Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

2

Average acceptance rate

50%

Average response time

35 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

48/21 days

Fastest response time

21 days

Slowest response time

48 days

Contributors on Chill Subs

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2 pieces