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"A new lit mag run entirely by high school students and dedicated to spotlighting young voices ages 11-25. We strive to include as many diverse voices as possible, and in-depth feedback from our editors is always available upon request"
Introduction
Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time
2-4 weeks / 34 days
Average acceptance rate
27.27%

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

      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

      No

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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

6 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Poetry

Max lines: 200

Max pieces: 3

all forms of poetry

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Nonfiction

Max words: 5000

Any number of pieces is allowed, as long as their combined length does not exceed our 10-page limit.

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Fiction

Max words: 5000

Any number of pieces is allowed, as long as their combined length does not exceed our 10-page limit.

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Hybrid

Max words: 5000

We will accept any number of hybrid pieces, as long as they do not exceed our limit of 10 pages combined.

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Play

Max pieces: 1

Up to 10 pages OR 3000 words.

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Art

Max pieces: 5

all mediums of cover art: collage, digital, traditional, etc.

poetry genre icon

Poetry

Max lines: 200

Max pieces: 3

all forms of poetry

nonfiction genre icon

Nonfiction

Max words: 5000

Any number of pieces is allowed, as long as their combined length does not exceed our 10-page limit.

fiction genre icon

Fiction

Max words: 5000

Any number of pieces is allowed, as long as their combined length does not exceed our 10-page limit.

hybrid genre icon

Hybrid

Max words: 5000

We will accept any number of hybrid pieces, as long as they do not exceed our limit of 10 pages combined.

Magazine

Founded in 2022 | 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 :)

Gia Bharadwaj
Editor-in-Chief
Arim Lee
Editor-in-Chief
Charlotte Lucas
Editor-in-Chief
Megha Khemka
Editor-in-Chief
Chloe Wong
Editor-in-Chief
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

20

Average acceptance rate

27.27%

Average response time

34 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

27/37 days

Fastest response time

6 days

Slowest response time

55 days