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"A literary journal sponsored by the MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of New Hampshire that publishes nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and art that is playful, takes risks, and harnesses energy."
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Open for submissions

Introduction
Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time
87 days
Average acceptance rate
3% / 7.69%

Need to know for submitting

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

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      Simultaneous submissions

      Yes

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      Previously published

      No

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      Payment

      No

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      Fee

      $3

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      Expedited response

      No

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      Available in print

      No

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      Provide contributor copies

      No

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      Examples online

      Yes

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      Active on social media

      No

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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

5 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 1

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Nonfiction

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 1

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Art

photography, graphic design, drawings, illustration, animation, and high quality pictures of sculpture, mixed media, paintings

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Poetry

Max pieces: 3

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Photography

See "Art".

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Fiction

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 1

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Nonfiction

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 1

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Art

photography, graphic design, drawings, illustration, animation, and high quality pictures of sculpture, mixed media, paintings

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Poetry

Max pieces: 3

Magazine

Founded in 2007 | 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 :)

Claire Sasko
Editor-in-Chief
Mason Cashman
Managing Editor
Lily Pudlo
Editor
Shannon Garvey
Editor
Danny Missroon
Editor
Julia Roch
Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

34

Average acceptance rate

7.69%

Average response time

87 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

-/87 days

Fastest response time

13 days

Slowest response time

161 days

Contributors on Chill Subs

Mason Cashman avatarTessa Kaur avatar
2 pieces