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"A quarterly online literary journal showcasing the creative work of young writers ages 13-22. We welcome poetry, fiction, personal essays, travel stories, and opinion pieces as well as art and photography."

"A quarterly online literary journal showcasing the creative work of young writers ages 13-22. We welcome poetry, fiction, personal essays, travel stories, and opinion pieces as well as art and photography."

Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time

4-6 weeks / 55 days

Acceptance Rate

22%

  • Payment

    Yes: see Genres section for details

  • Fee

    No

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    No

  • Expedited response

    No

  • Available in print

    No

  • Provides contributor copies

    No

  • Examples online

    Yes

  • Active on social media

    Yes

Accepted genres

5 genres

Fiction

Max words: 1500

Max pieces: 3

Nonfiction

Max words: 1500

Max pieces: 2

We accept memoir, personal essays, travel adventures, and have been known to publish the occasional research paper and book review.

Poetry

Max pieces: 3

Art

Max pieces: 4

Photography

Max pieces: 4

Fiction

Max words: 1500

Max pieces: 3

Nonfiction

Max words: 1500

Max pieces: 2

We accept memoir, personal essays, travel adventures, and have been known to publish the occasional research paper and book review.

Poetry

Max pieces: 3

Art

Max pieces: 4

Photography

Max pieces: 4

Statistics

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Track submission

75

Total submissions tracked

55 days

Average response time

22%

Average acceptance rate

8 days

Fastest response time

169 days

Slowest response time

*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 276 days, 368 days, 378 days, 403 days, 843 days

How to submit

Process

We use our own submissions manager. Please use a personal, or parent email (or gmail) but NOT A SCHOOL EMAIL.

Cover letters

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Eligibility

Young creators

Formatting

This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.

Rights for published work

When you submit to Blue Marble Review you are giving us First Serial Rights as well as the right to archive your work on our site. Copyrights of all work published in Blue Marble Review remain with the author.

Additional info

Pays! $25 per published piece, $75 for cover art You have to be aged 13-22 to submit.

About the Magazine

Founded in 2015 | United States

The goal of our journal is to assemble in each issue, a broad range of voices, perspectives, and life experiences. Editor Molly Hill is a Minneapolis based writer who founded Blue Marble Review as a creative experiment for young writers. Every issue is a collective effort made possible by the generosity and time of our various editors-at-large, sparked by the stellar students from the Minnetonka Writing Center, and illuminated by the many writers and artists who send us imaginative work from all over the globe.

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 :)

Arushi Avachat

Editor

Jessie Cho

Editor

Eleanor Colligan

Editor

Isabella Milacnik

Editor