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"Boulevard strives to publish only the finest in fiction, poetry, and non-fiction. While we frequently publish writers with previous credits, we are very interested in less experienced or unpublished writers with exceptional promise."
Introduction
Vibe

Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok

Response Time
4 months / 133 days
Average acceptance rate
1.41%

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

      $3

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      Expedited response

      No

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      Available in print

      Yes

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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

3 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

Max words: 8000

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Nonfiction

Max words: 8000

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Poetry

Max lines: 200

Max pieces: 5

We do not accept light verse.

fiction genre icon

Fiction

Max words: 8000

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Nonfiction

Max words: 8000

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Poetry

Max lines: 200

Max pieces: 5

We do not accept light verse.

Magazine

Founded in 1984 | 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 :)

Jessica Rogen
Editor-in-Chief
Dusty Freund
Assistant Managing Editor
Griffin Reed
Assistant Managing Editor
Sarah Bruenning
Natural Bridge Managing Editor
Peter Grandbois
Poetry Editor
Tola Abraham
Senior Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

115

Average acceptance rate

1.41%

Average response time

133 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

-/133 days

Fastest response time

11 days

Slowest response time

310 days

Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 394 days, 2017 days

Contributors on Chill Subs

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