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"We publish short poetry, flash fiction, micro fiction, and flash creative nonfiction. The Citron Review doesn’t have a particular aesthetic, nor does it have a theme, though we have published a themed issue, and we may publish more of them in the future."
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Open for submissions

Deadline

December 5, 2023

Introduction
Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time
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Average acceptance rate
0%

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

      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

3 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

No specific limitations

Flash rules

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 2

For flash: Submissions should be no more than one thousand (1,000) words. You may submit up to two (2) flash-fiction selections per quarter. For micros: Submissions should be no more than one hundred (100) words. You may submit up to five (5) micro selections per quarter.

literary

lgbtq

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Nonfiction

No specific limitations

Flash rules

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 2

Creative Nonfiction

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Poetry

Max lines: 30

Max pieces: 5

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Fiction

No specific limitations

Flash rules

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 2

For flash: Submissions should be no more than one thousand (1,000) words. You may submit up to two (2) flash-fiction selections per quarter. For micros: Submissions should be no more than one hundred (100) words. You may submit up to five (5) micro selections per quarter.

literary

lgbtq

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Nonfiction

No specific limitations

Flash rules

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 2

Creative Nonfiction

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Poetry

Max lines: 30

Max pieces: 5

Magazine

Founded in 2009 | 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 :)

Angela M. Brommel
Editor-in-Chief
Eric Steineger
Senior Poetry Editor/Zest Editor
JR Walsh
Online Editor
Elizabeth De Arcos
Senior Fiction Editor
Hedwika Cox
Fiction Editor
Marcena Hooks
Fiction Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

48

Average acceptance rate

0% (so far)

Average response time

57 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

-/57 days

Fastest response time

14 days

Slowest response time

105 days

Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 143 days, 501 days, 943 days

Contributors on Chill Subs

Bethany Jarmul avatarLuke Larkin avatar
3 pieces