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"Your literary corner store. A monthly magazine accepting fiction, nonfiction, and poetry submissions."
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Open for submissions

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Introduction

Your literary corner store. A monthly magazine accepting fiction, nonfiction, and poetry submissions.

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Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time
226 days
Average acceptance rate
50%

Types of Submissions Accepted

3 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Poetry

Max pieces: 3

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Nonfiction

Max words: 3000

creative nonfiction

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Fiction

Max words: 3000

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Poetry

Max pieces: 3

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Nonfiction

Max words: 3000

creative nonfiction

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Fiction

Max words: 3000

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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  • 02

    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 2012 | 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 :)

CAT RICHARDSON
Editor-in-Chief
TONISSA SAUL
MANAGING EDITOR
MELISSA SWANTKOWSKI
PROSE EDITOR
AMY MOORE
ASSISTANT EDITOR
EMILY X.R. PAN
EDITOR AT LARGE
LIZZIE HARRIS
EDITOR AT LARGE
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

11

Average acceptance rate

50%

Average response time

226 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

225/226 days

Fastest response time

225 days

Slowest response time

226 days