Open for submissions
Vibe
Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok
Response Time
Average acceptance rate
Need to know for submitting
Read carefully, it will save from dead rats in the mailbox
Simultaneous submissions
Yes
Previously published
No
Payment
$50-100
Fee
$5
Expedited response
No
Available in print
No
Provide contributor copies
Published authors will receive two copies of the issue in which their work appears, plus an additional 1-year subscription to BLR.
Examples online
No
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 🏗️
Types of Submissions Accepted
Fiction
Max words: 5000
We do not publish genre fiction (romance, sci-fi, horror). We have only occasionally published flash fiction. While we are always interested in creative explorations in style, we do lean toward classic short stories.
Nonfiction
Max words: 5000
We are looking for essays that reach beyond the standard ‘illness narrative’ to develop a topic in an engaging and original manner. Incorporate thoughtful and creative analysis that allows anecdotes to serve a larger purpose. (Please, no academic discourses or works with footnotes. )
Poetry
Max pieces: 4
Fiction
Max words: 5000
We do not publish genre fiction (romance, sci-fi, horror). We have only occasionally published flash fiction. While we are always interested in creative explorations in style, we do lean toward classic short stories.
Nonfiction
Max words: 5000
We are looking for essays that reach beyond the standard ‘illness narrative’ to develop a topic in an engaging and original manner. Incorporate thoughtful and creative analysis that allows anecdotes to serve a larger purpose. (Please, no academic discourses or works with footnotes. )
Poetry
Max pieces: 4
Magazine
Founded in 2000 | 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 :)
Danielle Ofri
Editor-in-Chief
Stacy Bodziak
Managing Editor
Suzanne McConnell
Fiction Editor
Sarah Sala
Poetry Editor
Damon Tweedy
Nonfiction Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)
Total tracked
34
Average acceptance rate
0% (so far)
Average response time
46 days
Average acceptance/rejection time
-/46 days
Fastest response time
19 days
Slowest response time
94 days
Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 427 days