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Black Fork Review was assembled by a team of editors within Ashland University’s English Department and MFA Program during the spring of 2019. We invite poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction from a wide range of aesthetics...
Vibe
Send us your best but less intimidating
Response Time
Average acceptance rate
Types of Submissions Accepted
Fiction
Max words: 2000
Submit up to 2000 words of fiction, either as one story or multiple flash pieces.
Nonfiction
Max words: 3000
Submit up to 3000 words of creative nonfiction, either as one piece or multiple flash essays.
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
up to 3 poems, not to exceed 10 pages
Fiction
Max words: 2000
Submit up to 2000 words of fiction, either as one story or multiple flash pieces.
Nonfiction
Max words: 3000
Submit up to 3000 words of creative nonfiction, either as one piece or multiple flash essays.
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
up to 3 poems, not to exceed 10 pages
Need to know for submitting
Read carefully, it will save from dead rats in the mailbox
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Details
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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 🏗️
Magazine
Founded in 2019 | 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 :)
MAUREEN O’LEARY
Managing Editor
THAYNE CASPER
Assistant Managing Editor
ALANA DEBELINA
Poetry Editor
DIANA ROYAL
Poetry Editor
THAYNE CASPER
Fiction Editor
NATHAN BATCHELOR
Fiction Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)
Total tracked
8
Average acceptance rate
28.57%
Average response time
151 days
Average acceptance/rejection time
230/72 days
Fastest response time
32 days
Slowest response time
406 days