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"Birdy is Colorado’s premiere arts, comedy and culture magazine. Free. Monthly. In print and online."

"Birdy is Colorado’s premiere arts, comedy and culture magazine. Free. Monthly. In print and online."

Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time

months

Acceptance Rate

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  • Payment

    Yes

  • Fee

    No

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    No

  • Expedited response

    No

  • Available in print

    Yes

  • Provides contributor copies

    Yes: Upon being selected for publishing, we will reach out to you to send copies of the issue(s) your work is in.

  • Examples online

    Yes

  • Active on social media

    Yes

Accepted genres

9 genres

Hybrid

Max words: 3500

Poetry

No specific limitations

Nonfiction

Max words: 3500

Aim for shorter pieces: 250-1,500 words. However, feel free to send longer stories too (1,500-2500.) We accept submissions up to 3,500 words...

Fiction

Max words: 3500

Aim for shorter pieces: 250-1,500 words. However, feel free to send longer stories too (1,500-2500.) We accept submissions up to 3,500 words...

Humor

Max words: 3500

Art

Paintings, drawings, photos, posters, designs, sketches – basically anything that is visually creative, colored or in black and white.

Comics

comics, cartoons

Photography

No specific limitations

Interview

Max words: 3500

Hybrid

Max words: 3500

Poetry

No specific limitations

Nonfiction

Max words: 3500

Aim for shorter pieces: 250-1,500 words. However, feel free to send longer stories too (1,500-2500.) We accept submissions up to 3,500 words...

Fiction

Max words: 3500

Aim for shorter pieces: 250-1,500 words. However, feel free to send longer stories too (1,500-2500.) We accept submissions up to 3,500 words...

Humor

Max words: 3500

Art

Paintings, drawings, photos, posters, designs, sketches – basically anything that is visually creative, colored or in black and white.

Comics

comics, cartoons

Photography

No specific limitations

Interview

Max words: 3500

Statistics

We're able to provide them because you use our tracker!
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Track submission

8

Total submissions tracked

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Average response time

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Average acceptance rate

-

Fastest response time

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Slowest response time

How to submit

Process

Use our form at https://www.birdymagazine.com/submissions/

Cover letters

Coming soon! Advice from editors on what your cover letter and bio should look like!

Eligibility

No specific eligibility requirements

Formatting

Pages, Doc, Docx and Google Docs. (We will consider RTF though it’s not our favorite). NO PDF or Watermarked versions of written content.

Rights for published work

Coming soon! First, third, none, all the rights!

Additional info

We’re ALWAYS looking for short stories, poetry, prose, comedy, humor, satire, interviews, exposés, essays, narratives, opinion articles, commentaries, fiction, nonfiction, flash, activist pieces, historical pieces, research, infographics, how-tos and more. When in doubt, send it our way! Multiple submissions are highly encouraged. Be sure to grab the current issue and read a few of our back issues to get a sense of who we are and the kind of content we publish. Payment. Upon being selected for publishing, we will reach out to you for a current mailing address to send copies of the issue(s) your work is in. We will also ask for a current Venmo handle for payment. We will not send payment on other platforms or via other methods.

About the Magazine

Founded in 2013 | United States

Birdy is Colorado’s premiere arts, comedy and culture magazine. A phoenix from the ashes of our DIY, donation-based Denver comedy space Deer Pile, Birdy is an eclectic, tastemaking venue documenting the cultural landscape by featuring local, national and international artists, writers, comics, businesses and more. Founded in 2013, and published monthly since 2014, Birdy is high-end, collectible and evergreen.

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 :)

No masthead info

Examples

1 pieces from Chill Subs people