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"Truth-telling & mythmaking since 2014. We're a national literary journal & young writers' conference."
Introduction
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Response Time
end of November
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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

      $20

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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

      two contributors’ 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

4 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Nonfiction

Creative nonfiction. No more than 5 flash prose pieces, or 20 total pages of prose.

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Poetry

Max pieces: 5

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Fiction

No more than 5 flash prose pieces, or 20 total pages of prose.

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Translations

We welcome work in translation that has not yet been published in English. It is the translator’s responsibility to secure all necessary permissions before submitting.

nonfiction genre icon

Nonfiction

Creative nonfiction. No more than 5 flash prose pieces, or 20 total pages of prose.

poetry genre icon

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

fiction genre icon

Fiction

No more than 5 flash prose pieces, or 20 total pages of prose.

translations genre icon

Translations

We welcome work in translation that has not yet been published in English. It is the translator’s responsibility to secure all necessary permissions before submitting.

Magazine

Founded in 2014 | 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 :)

JAMES ALLEN HALL
Editor-in-Chief
JEHANNE DUBROW
FOUNDING EDITOR
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