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"An online journal of literature and the arts offers visitors from around the world outstanding fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and reviews, as well as plays, visual art, new media, and video essays."
Introduction
Vibe

Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok

Response Time
6 months / 729 days
Average acceptance rate
0%

Need to know for submitting

Read carefully, it will save from dead rats in the mailbox

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      Simultaneous submissions

      Yes

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      Previously published

      No

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      Payment

      Yes

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      Fee

      No

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      Expedited response

      No

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      Available in print

      No

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      Provide contributor copies

      No

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      Examples online

      Yes

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      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

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    Formatting requirements 🏗️

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    Rights for published work 🏗️

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Types of Submissions Accepted

5 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Poetry

Max pieces: 6

No less than two poems

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Translations

No specific limitations

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Nonfiction

We are able to publish long works in all genres, but query Blackbird before you send a prose piece over 8,000 words. Double-space, please. We primarily look for personal essays, but memoir excerpts are acceptable if self-contained. Unsolicited book reviews and criticism are not considered.

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Fiction

We are able to publish long works in all genres, but query Blackbird before you send a prose piece over 8,000 words Double-space, please. We primarily look for short stories, but novel excerpts are acceptable if self-contained.

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Play

No specific limitations

poetry genre icon

Poetry

Max pieces: 6

No less than two poems

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Translations

No specific limitations

nonfiction genre icon

Nonfiction

We are able to publish long works in all genres, but query Blackbird before you send a prose piece over 8,000 words. Double-space, please. We primarily look for personal essays, but memoir excerpts are acceptable if self-contained. Unsolicited book reviews and criticism are not considered.

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Fiction

We are able to publish long works in all genres, but query Blackbird before you send a prose piece over 8,000 words Double-space, please. We primarily look for short stories, but novel excerpts are acceptable if self-contained.

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Magazine

Founded in 2002 | 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 :)

Mary Flinn
Editor-in-Chief
Rebecca Poynor
Managing Editor
M.A. Keller
Online and Founding Editor
Gregory Donovan
Founding Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

7

Average acceptance rate

0% (so far)

Average response time

729 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

-/729 days

Fastest response time

111 days

Slowest response time

2283 days

Contributors on Chill Subs

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2 pieces