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"A Philadelphia-based online magazine that provides a platform for underrepresented writers and artists producing work of the highest quality."
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Open for submissions

Introduction
Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time
2 months / 478 days
Average acceptance rate
4%

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

      $5

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      Expedited response

      Yes

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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

Max words: 4000

Max pieces: 1

Flash rules

Max words: 700

Max pieces: 1

literary

experimental

lgbtq

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Nonfiction

Max words: 3000

Max pieces: 1

Flash rules

Max words: 700

Max pieces: 1

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Poetry

Max pieces: 5

fiction genre icon

Fiction

Max words: 4000

Max pieces: 1

Flash rules

Max words: 700

Max pieces: 1

literary

experimental

lgbtq

nonfiction genre icon

Nonfiction

Max words: 3000

Max pieces: 1

Flash rules

Max words: 700

Max pieces: 1

poetry genre icon

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

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 :)

Karen Rile
Editor-in-Chief
Lauren Rile Smith
Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

37

Average acceptance rate

4%

Average response time

478 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

-/478 days

Fastest response time

80 days

Slowest response time

1257 days

Contributors on Chill Subs

Sahalie A Martin avatarDan Shields avatarsuemell avatarvaginametaphor avatar
4 pieces