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"Cult, as the name suggests, wants the weird, the risk-taking: the stuff that gets tucked away because someone thinks no one would ever publish that. We want art that challenges and confronts; not coddles and reaffirms. "
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Open for submissions

Introduction
Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time
1-2 months / 43 days
Average acceptance rate
25%

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

      $25 online $40 print

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      Fee

      No

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      Expedited response

      No

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      Available in print

      Yes

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      Provide contributor copies

      No

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      Examples online

      Yes

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      Active on social media

      No

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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

12 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

No specific limitations

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Nonfiction

No specific limitations

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Poetry

No specific limitations

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Hybrid

No specific limitations

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Art

No specific limitations

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Photography

No specific limitations

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Audio

No specific limitations

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Comics

No specific limitations

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Video

No specific limitations

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Anything

No word count, no limitations. In essence, we publish what we like.

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Interview

No specific limitations

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Review

No specific limitations

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Fiction

No specific limitations

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Nonfiction

No specific limitations

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Poetry

No specific limitations

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Hybrid

No specific limitations

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 :)

JAKE HARGROVE
Editor-in-Chief
MATT GILLICK
MANAGING EDITOR
Erin Evans-Leonard
Submissions Manager
SAM KESHISHIAN
Art and Design
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

13

Average acceptance rate

25%

Average response time

43 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

73/33 days

Fastest response time

13 days

Slowest response time

73 days