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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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Open for submissions

Introduction
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Need to know for submitting

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      Simultaneous submissions

      Yes

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      Previously published

      No

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      Payment

      No

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      Fee

      $0-3

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      Expedited response

      No

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      Available in print

      No

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      Provide contributor copies

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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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Fiction

Max words: 5000

Multiple short pieces for prose are acceptable with total word count of up to 5,000 words.

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Nonfiction

Max words: 5000

Multiple short pieces for prose are acceptable with total word count of up to 5,000 words.

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Poetry

Max pieces: 3

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Art

Max pieces: 10

We are looking for great cover art (and supplemental work) that will be featured as the look of the issue. Hand-drawn illustration; Painted prints; Photography; Mixed Media; Digital Compositions.

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Photography

Max pieces: 10

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Fiction

Max words: 5000

Multiple short pieces for prose are acceptable with total word count of up to 5,000 words.

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Nonfiction

Max words: 5000

Multiple short pieces for prose are acceptable with total word count of up to 5,000 words.

poetry genre icon

Poetry

Max pieces: 3

art genre icon

Art

Max pieces: 10

We are looking for great cover art (and supplemental work) that will be featured as the look of the issue. Hand-drawn illustration; Painted prints; Photography; Mixed Media; Digital Compositions.

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
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

22

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0% (so far)

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