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"An online literary journal based out of the West Virginia University MFA program in Morgantown, West Virginia. We publish outstanding works of fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and visual art."
Introduction
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We're just chilling here

Response Time
1-2 months / 510 days
Average acceptance rate
6.25%

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

      No

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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

      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

4 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

Max words: 4000

Max pieces: 1

Authors of fiction can submit up to three pieces of flash each of 1000 words or less, or one short story of up to 4000 words.

Flash rules

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 3

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Nonfiction

Max words: 3000

Max pieces: 1

Authors of nonfiction may submit up to three pieces of flash under 700 words each, or one longer work of up to 3000 words.

Flash rules

Max words: 700

Max pieces: 3

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Poetry

Max pieces: 3

Up to three poems but no more than ten pages of poetry.

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Art

Max pieces: 6

Visual Art to be considered for cover art and, or as supplementary visuals alongside text. You may submit up to 6 pieces of visual art. Please include an artist bio and or link to a website or social media page.

fiction genre icon

Fiction

Max words: 4000

Max pieces: 1

Authors of fiction can submit up to three pieces of flash each of 1000 words or less, or one short story of up to 4000 words.

Flash rules

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 3

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Nonfiction

Max words: 3000

Max pieces: 1

Authors of nonfiction may submit up to three pieces of flash under 700 words each, or one longer work of up to 3000 words.

Flash rules

Max words: 700

Max pieces: 3

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Poetry

Max pieces: 3

Up to three poems but no more than ten pages of poetry.

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Art

Max pieces: 6

Visual Art to be considered for cover art and, or as supplementary visuals alongside text. You may submit up to 6 pieces of visual art. Please include an artist bio and or link to a website or social media page.

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 :)

Leslie Wilber
Editor-in-Chief
Jackson Buttery
Managing Editor
Ola ElWassify
Web Editor
Ashley Preece
Poetry Editor
Megan Williams
Creative Nonfiction Editor
Emily Merrick
Fiction Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

22

Average acceptance rate

6.25%

Average response time

510 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

-/510 days

Fastest response time

76 days

Slowest response time

943 days