Open for submissions
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CRAFT explores the art of prose, celebrating both emerging and established writers. We focus on the craft of writing and how the elements of craft make a good story or essay shine.
Vibe
Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok
Response Time
Average acceptance rate
Types of Submissions Accepted
Fiction
Max words: 6000
Max pieces: 1
Flash rules
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 3
For flash - ONE flash fiction piece between 401 and 1,000 words OR up to three micros (400 words or fewer each / fewer than 1,000 words total)
all
literary
Nonfiction
Max words: 6000
Max pieces: 1
Flash rules
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 3
For flash - ONE flash fiction piece between 401 and 1,000 words OR up to three micros (400 words or fewer each / fewer than 1,000 words total)
Interview
Craft and critical essays range from 1,500 to 2,500 words concerning the craft of fiction or creative nonfiction. We recommend familiarizing yourself with our archive.
Fiction
Max words: 6000
Max pieces: 1
Flash rules
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 3
For flash - ONE flash fiction piece between 401 and 1,000 words OR up to three micros (400 words or fewer each / fewer than 1,000 words total)
all
literary
Nonfiction
Max words: 6000
Max pieces: 1
Flash rules
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 3
For flash - ONE flash fiction piece between 401 and 1,000 words OR up to three micros (400 words or fewer each / fewer than 1,000 words total)
Interview
Craft and critical essays range from 1,500 to 2,500 words concerning the craft of fiction or creative nonfiction. We recommend familiarizing yourself with our archive.
Need to know for submitting
Read carefully, it will save from dead rats in the mailbox
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Details
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How to submit 🏗️
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Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️
04
Awards
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Demographics & Eligibility
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Formatting requirements 🏗️
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Rights for published work 🏗️
Magazine
Founded in 2017 | 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 :)
Courtney Harler
Editor-in-Chief
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)
Total tracked
102
Average acceptance rate
1.35%
Average response time
26 days
Average acceptance/rejection time
-/26 days
Fastest response time
7 days
Slowest response time
76 days
Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 92 days, 124 days, 157 days
