"Founded in 2002, Bayou Magazine is a biannual, international literary magazine published by The University of New Orleans. Our mission is to publish exceptional, exciting work by both established and emerging writers."
Introduction
Vibe
Send us your best but less intimidating
Response Time
/ 118 days
Average acceptance rate
3.23%
Need to know for submitting
Read carefully, it will save from dead rats in the mailbox
Simultaneous submissions
Yes
Previously published
No
Payment
No
Fee
No
Expedited response
No
Available in print
Yes
Provide contributor copies
Payment is one contributor copy unless otherwise specified by genre.
Examples online
Yes
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
06
Formatting requirements 🏗️
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Rights for published work 🏗️
Types of Submissions Accepted
Fiction
Max words: 7500
Max pieces: 1
Nonfiction
Max words: 7500
Max pieces: 1
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
Art
Max pieces: 5
Fiction
Max words: 7500
Max pieces: 1
Nonfiction
Max words: 7500
Max pieces: 1
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
Art
Max pieces: 5
Magazine
Founded in 2002 | 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 :)
Barb Johnson
Editor-in-Chief
Dorothy Nguyen
Associate Editor
Danielle Unger
Associate Editor
Carolyn Hembree
Poetry Editor
Anne Gisleson
Nonfiction Guest Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)
Total tracked
61
Average acceptance rate
3.23%
Average response time
118 days
Average acceptance/rejection time
192/109 days
Fastest response time
10 days
Slowest response time
267 days
Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 1265 days
