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"Belle Ombre was founded in 2017. We are committed to publishing work by emerging writers in fiction and non-fiction, poetry and the arts, alongside well-known and experienced names."
Introduction
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Response Time
6 weeks / 33 days
Average acceptance rate
0%

Need to know for submitting

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      Simultaneous submissions

      Yes

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      Previously published

      Yes

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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

      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

6 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 1

Short stories and novel(la) excerpts that can stand alone

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Nonfiction

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 1

Essays/memoir, journalism, travel writing, academic and scientific writing, letters to the editor, portraits (short biographies) — word count varies by genre

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Poetry

Max pieces: 5

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Art

Max pieces: 12

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Photography

Max pieces: 12

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Translations

Max pieces: 5

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Fiction

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 1

Short stories and novel(la) excerpts that can stand alone

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Nonfiction

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 1

Essays/memoir, journalism, travel writing, academic and scientific writing, letters to the editor, portraits (short biographies) — word count varies by genre

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Poetry

Max pieces: 5

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Art

Max pieces: 12

Magazine

Founded in 2017 | ?

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 :)

Richard Fisher
Editor-in-Chief
Heloise Barron
Editor
Esther McCarron
Editor
Sarah Reynolds
Reader
Hazel Carter
Reader
Terry Nixon
Reader
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

1

Average acceptance rate

0% (so far)

Average response time

33 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

-/33 days

Fastest response time

33 days

Slowest response time

33 days