Cease, Cows
Literary Magazine
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.
Highlights
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: 2 months (or less)*/Editor reported data10 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: 8% */Editor reported data1.66%*Chill Subs tracker stats
PaysNo
Fee$2
Find more details in the Genres section
Accepts simultaneous submissions
What's that?
When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time
Accepts previously published
What's that?
When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary
Nominates for prizes
From the editors
Best of the Net, Best Small Fictions, Best Microfiction
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
What's that?
Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee
Fiction - 500 words max
Max words: 500
Sub Genres: Literary
Poetry
Submission fee: $ 2
How to submit
Processs
Submittable
Cover letter
A cover letter is nice, but not required. Please include a 100-ish word, third-person author bio.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.
Author's rights
All works of original fiction and poetry are published with the permission of the individual authors, and all copyright to a work remains with its author. We do request that our authors acknowledge Cease, Cows as the first place to feature their work if it appears elsewhere in the future. Work published on our site may not be reproduced without permission, per standard copyright laws.
Additional info
Tracker statistics
34
Total submissions tracked
10 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
2 days
Fastest response time
29 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 107 days
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About
You may see the title of our silly literary magazine and ask yourself, “What the [insert f-bomb] is that?” We’ll appease your burning curiosity. It’s from a novel, One Hundred Years of Solitude, by the excellent Gabriel García Márquez. Now you have secret knowledge. Use it wisely. Or don’t. Whatevs....
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2013
Country
US
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Susannah Jordan
Editor-in-Chief