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"Breakwater Review was founded in 2009 and is run by students of the University of Massachusetts Boston MFA program. We publish digitally two times a year."
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Introduction

Breakwater Review was founded in 2009 and is run by students of the University of Massachusetts Boston MFA program. We publish digitally two times a year.

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Average acceptance rate
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Types of Submissions Accepted

5 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

Max pieces: 5000

If you have multiple short pieces for prose (fiction and creative nonfiction), please include them in one document with the word count for each piece at the top of the respective piece's opening page.

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Nonfiction

Max words: 5000

If you have multiple short pieces for prose (fiction and creative nonfiction), please include them in one document with the word count for each piece at the top of the respective piece's opening page.

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Poetry

Max pieces: 3

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Art

Hand-drawn illustration Painted prints Photography Mixed Media Digital Compositions

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Photography

To ensure high-quality viewing, we ask that images be sized so that at least one dimension meets or exceeds 1000px. at 72ppi.

fiction genre icon

Fiction

Max pieces: 5000

If you have multiple short pieces for prose (fiction and creative nonfiction), please include them in one document with the word count for each piece at the top of the respective piece's opening page.

nonfiction genre icon

Nonfiction

Max words: 5000

If you have multiple short pieces for prose (fiction and creative nonfiction), please include them in one document with the word count for each piece at the top of the respective piece's opening page.

poetry genre icon

Poetry

Max pieces: 3

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Art

Hand-drawn illustration Painted prints Photography Mixed Media Digital Compositions

Need to know for submitting

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    Details

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    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 2009 | 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 :)

Jonny Lipshin
Editor-in-Chief
Leanne Ma
Editor
Jonathan Smith
Editor
Haley Cohen
Editor
Katee Fletcher
Editor
Ann Wilberton
Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

2

Average acceptance rate

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