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"Backwards Trajectory is a curiosity shop, brimming with baubles, tchotchkes, and doohickeys full of delight and wonder. We are the desk drawer you forgot about."
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Open for submissions

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Introduction

Backwards Trajectory is a curiosity shop, brimming with baubles, tchotchkes, and doohickeys full of delight and wonder. We are the desk drawer you forgot about.

Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time
2 days
Average acceptance rate
0%

Types of Submissions Accepted

6 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Hybrid

Max words: 200

Found Objects: Got a shopping list that tells a story, a random note you found lying on the ground? Snap a picture of it and send it our way. Please don’t send things longer than 200 words.

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Photography

Max pieces: 5

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Art

Max pieces: 5

Drawings, sketches, small paintings, etc.

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Poetry

Short poems, two hundred words maximum.

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Nonfiction

No specific limitations

Flash rules

Max words: 200

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Fiction

No specific limitations

Flash rules

Max words: 200

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Hybrid

Max words: 200

Found Objects: Got a shopping list that tells a story, a random note you found lying on the ground? Snap a picture of it and send it our way. Please don’t send things longer than 200 words.

photography genre icon

Photography

Max pieces: 5

art genre icon

Art

Max pieces: 5

Drawings, sketches, small paintings, etc.

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Poetry

Short poems, two hundred words maximum.

Need to know for submitting

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

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    Details

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    How to submit πŸ—οΈ

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    Cover Letter and Bio πŸ—οΈ

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  • 04

    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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Magazine

Founded in 2021 | 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 :)

Adam Strong
Editor-in-Chief
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

2

Average acceptance rate

0% (so far)

Average response time

2 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

-/2 days

Fastest response time

2 days

Slowest response time

2 days