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"At Cease, Cows we want to explore the contemporary, the strange, the big questions. We want to feel cultural pulses, expose mental arteries, bathe in both the sanguine and sanguinary. We want to publish prose with fire and truth."
Introduction
Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time
2 months (or less) / 15 days
Average acceptance rate
8% / 0%

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

      $2

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      Expedited response

      No

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      Available in print

      No

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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

2 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

No specific limitations

Flash rules

Flash: We want your flash fiction to udderly wow us. We’re bored on this godforsaken farm. Help us pass the time without so much corn whiskey.

all

literary

folklore

magicalRealism

speculative

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Poetry

We want prose poetry that makes us pause mid-chew, we want to be moo-ved. Better not send us rhyming poems or we’ll give you the hoof.

fiction genre icon

Fiction

No specific limitations

Flash rules

Flash: We want your flash fiction to udderly wow us. We’re bored on this godforsaken farm. Help us pass the time without so much corn whiskey.

all

literary

folklore

magicalRealism

speculative

poetry genre icon

Poetry

We want prose poetry that makes us pause mid-chew, we want to be moo-ved. Better not send us rhyming poems or we’ll give you the hoof.

Magazine

Founded in 2013 | 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 :)

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

Total tracked

14

Average acceptance rate

0% (so far)

Average response time

15 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

-/15 days

Fastest response time

9 days

Slowest response time

29 days

Contributors on Chill Subs

Benjamin Davis avatarAllison Thung avatarElia Karra avatarEmily Murman avatarEric Scot Tryon avatar
6 pieces