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"A literary publication that features fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, photography, and mixed media for hard truths, long stares, and gritty lenses. We revel in the shadow-spaces that make up the human condition, and aim to find antitheses to that which defines us: light in darkness; beauty in ugliness; peace in disarray."
Introduction
Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time
3 months / 50 days
Average acceptance rate
20%

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

      No

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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

      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

4 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

Max words: 4000

Max pieces: 1

Flash rules

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 1

all

nonfiction genre icon

Nonfiction

Max words: 4000

Max pieces: 1

Flash rules

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 1

poetry genre icon

Poetry

Max pieces: 3

each 2 pages max

photography genre icon

Photography

There is no cap on photography submissions. Limit photography submissions to twenty (20) images at a time. We will consider exceptions if specific collections house more than twenty photos.

fiction genre icon

Fiction

Max words: 4000

Max pieces: 1

Flash rules

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 1

all

nonfiction genre icon

Nonfiction

Max words: 4000

Max pieces: 1

Flash rules

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 1

poetry genre icon

Poetry

Max pieces: 3

each 2 pages max

photography genre icon

Photography

There is no cap on photography submissions. Limit photography submissions to twenty (20) images at a time. We will consider exceptions if specific collections house more than twenty photos.

Magazine

Founded in 2018 | 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 :)

Jason D. Ramsey
Editor-in-Chief
Madeleine Corley
Managing Editor
Lee Potts
Poetry Editor
Em Messall
Fiction Editor
Kira Riley
Fiction Editor
James McAdams
Flash Fiction Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

21

Average acceptance rate

20%

Average response time

50 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

131/50 days

Fastest response time

41 days

Slowest response time

63 days

Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 137 days, 216 days

Contributors on Chill Subs

Christy Tending avatarSasha Fox Carney avatarmmayer5 avatar
3 pieces