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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..."

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Introduction

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
3 months / 151 days
Average acceptance rate
28.57%

Types of Submissions Accepted

3 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

Max words: 2000

Submit up to 2000 words of fiction, either as one story or multiple flash pieces.

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Nonfiction

Max words: 3000

Submit up to 3000 words of creative nonfiction, either as one piece or multiple flash essays.

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Poetry

Max pieces: 5

up to 3 poems, not to exceed 10 pages

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Fiction

Max words: 2000

Submit up to 2000 words of fiction, either as one story or multiple flash pieces.

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Nonfiction

Max words: 3000

Submit up to 3000 words of creative nonfiction, either as one piece or multiple flash essays.

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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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  • 03

    Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️

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  • 04

    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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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