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"A quarterly international short-form publication of poetry, short fiction, short nonfiction, and photography."

Deadline

June 10, 2023

Introduction
Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time
1-3 months / 860 days
Average acceptance rate
10% / 6.67%

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

      No

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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

      The authors and artists we publish receive a complimentary eBook issue.

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      Examples online

      Yes

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      Active on social media

      No

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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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Poetry

Max pieces: 5

any form or style

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Fiction

No specific limitations

Flash rules

Max words: 500

Flash fiction (a.k.a. microfiction, short-short story, sudden fiction, etc.) submissions should aim for a word-count of 300-500 words or less per piece. You may submit up to two (2) pieces per issue, may be submitted as one file, and should run fewer than 5 pages in length.

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Nonfiction

No specific limitations

Flash rules

Max words: 500

Flash nonfiction submissions should aim for a word-count of 300-500 words or less per piece. You may submit up to two (2) pieces per issue, may be submitted as one file, and should run fewer than 5 pages in length.

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Art

Max pieces: 3

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Photography

Max pieces: 3

poetry genre icon

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

any form or style

fiction genre icon

Fiction

No specific limitations

Flash rules

Max words: 500

Flash fiction (a.k.a. microfiction, short-short story, sudden fiction, etc.) submissions should aim for a word-count of 300-500 words or less per piece. You may submit up to two (2) pieces per issue, may be submitted as one file, and should run fewer than 5 pages in length.

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Nonfiction

No specific limitations

Flash rules

Max words: 500

Flash nonfiction submissions should aim for a word-count of 300-500 words or less per piece. You may submit up to two (2) pieces per issue, may be submitted as one file, and should run fewer than 5 pages in length.

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Art

Max pieces: 3

Magazine

Founded in 2000 | 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 :)

Erik Deerly
Editor-in-Chief
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

18

Average acceptance rate

6.67%

Average response time

860 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

-/860 days

Fastest response time

26 days

Slowest response time

1694 days

Contributors on Chill Subs

Dante Novario avatar
3 pieces