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"The mission of The Baltimore Review is to showcase Baltimore as a literary hub of diverse writing and promote the work of emerging and established writers."
Introduction
Vibe

Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok

Response Time
1-4 months / 83 days
Average acceptance rate
1.86%

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·  May 25
We did the math, and we're increasing the contest prize amounts to $400 in each category (flash fiction, flash CNF, prose poem). Payment is $50 for all other work we accept for publication. Deadline for all categories is May 31. https://www.baltimorereview.org/

Need to know for submitting

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      Simultaneous submissions

      Yes

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      Previously published

      No

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      Payment

      $50

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      Fee

      $0

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      Expedited response

      No

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      Available in print

      Yes

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      Provide contributor copies

      Copy of annual print compilation

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      Examples online

      Yes

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      Active on social media

      Yes

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    Important stuff

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    How to submit 🏗️

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    Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️

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    Awards

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    Demographics & Eligibility

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    Formatting requirements 🏗️

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    Rights for published work 🏗️

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Types of Submissions Accepted

3 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 1

5,000 words max, but shorter is often better

Flash rules

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 3

There is a 1,000 word maximum for the entire submission, regardless of the number of pieces in that submission.

nonfiction genre icon

Nonfiction

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 1

5,000 words max, but shorter is often better

Flash rules

No specific limitations

poetry genre icon

Poetry

Max pieces: 3

Including prose poems

fiction genre icon

Fiction

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 1

5,000 words max, but shorter is often better

Flash rules

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 3

There is a 1,000 word maximum for the entire submission, regardless of the number of pieces in that submission.

nonfiction genre icon

Nonfiction

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 1

5,000 words max, but shorter is often better

Flash rules

No specific limitations

poetry genre icon

Poetry

Max pieces: 3

Including prose poems

Magazine

Founded in 1996 | 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 :)

Barbara Westwood Diehl
Senior Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

269

Average acceptance rate

1.86%

Average response time

83 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

2/85 days

Fastest response time

2 days

Slowest response time

203 days

Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 450 days, 943 days

Contributors on Chill Subs

Karis avatarWinshen Liu avatar
2 pieces