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"Our mission is to provide a literary home to stubborn artists and writers. We believe literary markets should be open to everyone, and we are passionate about holding the door open for all writers who wish to enter ours."

"Our mission is to provide a literary home to stubborn artists and writers. We believe literary markets should be open to everyone, and we are passionate about holding the door open for all writers who wish to enter ours."

Vibe

Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok

Response Time

1 month / 17 days

Acceptance Rate

0.92%

  • Payment

    Yes: $120 per piece

  • Fee

    No

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    No

  • Expedited response

    No

  • Available in print

    Yes

  • Provides contributor copies

    No

  • Examples online

    Yes

  • Active on social media

    Yes

Accepted genres

9 genres

Fiction

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 1

Prose

Flash Fiction

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 1

Flash

Nonfiction

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 1

Prose

Flash Nonfiction

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 1

Flash

Poetry

Max pieces: 3

Length and format are open. Submit up to six poems for a fee.

Hybrid

We love mixed-genre and mixed-media pieces! If you have work that doesn’t fit neatly into the below categories, that doesn’t mean we won’t w...

Art

Max pieces: 20

Photography

Max pieces: 20

Comics

Max pieces: 1

We are happy to consider comics under the flash or prose genre (depending on length).

Fiction

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 1

Prose

Flash Fiction

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 1

Flash

Nonfiction

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 1

Prose

Flash Nonfiction

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 1

Flash

Poetry

Max pieces: 3

Length and format are open. Submit up to six poems for a fee.

Hybrid

We love mixed-genre and mixed-media pieces! If you have work that doesn’t fit neatly into the below categories, that doesn’t mean we won’t w...

Art

Max pieces: 20

Photography

Max pieces: 20

Comics

Max pieces: 1

We are happy to consider comics under the flash or prose genre (depending on length).

Statistics

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Track submission

540

Total submissions tracked

17 days

Average response time

0.92%

Average acceptance rate

1 days

Fastest response time

53 days

Slowest response time

*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 64 days, 65 days, 73 days, 73 days, 74 days, 79 days, 80 days, 89 days, 98 days, 100 days, 108 days, 129 days, 133 days, 134 days, 150 days, 155 days, 180 days, 180 days, 182 days, 212 days, 217 days, 243 days, 248 days, 259 days, 263 days, 263 days, 263 days, 374 days, 403 days, 618 days, 673 days, 681 days, 690 days, 813 days

How to submit

Process

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Cover letters

Coming soon! Advice from editors on what your cover letter and bio should look like!

Eligibility

18+

Formatting

Coming soon! All the Times New Romans and double spaces!

Rights for published work

Coming soon! First, third, none, all the rights!

Additional info

Pays! $120/piece Has annual print anthologies Submission fee for longer prose (1k-5k words). Offers paid feedback and editorial feedback - all pieces are considered for publication Works with authors on editing accepted pieces Works are published with accompanying audio read by contributor or staff Accepts up to 3 poems free, 6 poems for a fee

About the Magazine

Founded in 2019 | United States

Our mission is to provide a literary home to stubborn artists and writers. We pledge: - to treat all artists who submit work with respect and pay them the maximum we are able, - to respond to submissions within 30 days, or refund submission fees, - to celebrate our artists not merely for their publication in our review, but in all their successes, - to accept only the best work we find, and to promote it relentlessly to the world, - to be ethical and honest in our treatment of writers and staff regarding our monetary policies.

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 Rawlings

Editor-in-Chief

Maria S. Picone

Managing Editor

A.R. Arthur

Poetry Editor

Nadia Staikos

Prose Editor

Brooke Randel

Prose Editor

Ọbáfẹ́mi Thanni

Poetry Editor