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
Yes
Fee
$3
Expedited response
No
Available in print
Yes
Provide contributor copies
yes
Examples online
Yes
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
06
Formatting requirements 🏗️
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Rights for published work 🏗️
Types of Submissions Accepted
Fiction
Max words: 7000
Max pieces: 1
literary
experimental
speculative
Nonfiction
Max words: 7000
Max pieces: 1
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
10 pages max
Hybrid
Although we usually solicit one featured artist per issue, we do welcome submissions of striking visual narratives (think: graphic novel or memoir in short form). We are looking to publish one or two graphic essays/stories/poems, or pieces of sequential art per issue.
Translations
We publish translations alongside their original texts. Authors ought to have secured publication rights for the works they are translating.
Art
One Featured Artist per Issue (in full color) Art submissions taken on rolling basis (in black & white)
Comics
Journal dimensions 6" x 9" Comics publish in Black & White
Fiction
Max words: 7000
Max pieces: 1
literary
experimental
speculative
Nonfiction
Max words: 7000
Max pieces: 1
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
10 pages max
Hybrid
Although we usually solicit one featured artist per issue, we do welcome submissions of striking visual narratives (think: graphic novel or memoir in short form). We are looking to publish one or two graphic essays/stories/poems, or pieces of sequential art per issue.
Magazine
Founded in 1974 | 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 :)
Katie DeLay
Editor-in-Chief
Jeremy Rock
MANAGING EDITOR
Samantha Bolf
FICTION EDITOR
Kanyinsola Olorunnisola
NONFICTION EDITOR
Javier Sandoval
POETRY EDITOR
P.D. Edgar
ART & DESIGN EDITOR
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)
Total tracked
130
Average acceptance rate
1.89%
Average response time
57 days
Average acceptance/rejection time
64/57 days
Fastest response time
9 days
Slowest response time
123 days
Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 805 days, 1057 days
