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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."
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Send us your best but less intimidating
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Acceptance Rate
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
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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 :)
Examples
1 pieces from Chill Subs people