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Literary Magazine
Montana's foremost literary magazine, founded in 1973 by the Creative Writing program at the University of Montana and helmed initially by favorite literary son William Kittredge.
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Highlights
- Vibe:Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok
- Response time: / 147 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: / 3.57%*Chill Subs tracker stats
Pays$50-$150 per piece
Find more details in the Genres section
Fee$5
Find more details in the Genres section
Accepts simultaneous submissions
What's that?
When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time
Accepts previously published
What's that?
When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary
Nominates for prizes
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
From the editors
three contributor's copies
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
What's that?
Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee
Fiction - 8500 words max
Max words: 8500
Sub Genres: Literary
Submission fee: $ 5
Payment: $ 150 per piece
Nonfiction - 8500 words max
Max words: 8500
Submission fee: $ 5
Payment: $ 150 per piece
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
Submission fee: $ 5
Payment: $ 50 per piece
Hybrid
Max words: 5000
Submission fee: $ 5
Payment: $ 150 per piece
Review
Submission fee: $ 5
Payment: $ 150 per piece
Interview
Submission fee: $ 5
Payment: $ 150 per piece
Art
Max pieces: 10
Submission fee: $ 5
Payment: $ 50 per piece
How to submit
Processs
Submittable
Cover letter
Include a cover letter (in the designated space) with a brief biography and contact information. Please do not include your contact information or biography in the document.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
Prose should be double-spaced, in a conventional, readable font such as 12 point Times New Roman.
Author's rights
This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.
Additional info
Burn Pile: our weekly conflagration of interviews, essays, reviews, music, videos, and recommended readings on the Web. We’re open to suggestions. Drop us a line. The Woodshop: writers reveal their workspaces, and thoughts about their practice. Long Way From, Long Time Since: your letters to writers, living or dead; short pieces that explore correspondence as a creative form. Payment. We do offer a cash honorarium of $50 per poem and visual art piece and $150 per prose piece (story, essay, interview, etc.), in addition to three contributor's copies for all work published in print.
Tracker statistics
44
Total submissions tracked
147 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
55 days
Fastest response time
210 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 904 days, 904 days
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About
We publish two print issues a year of compelling poetry, fiction, and literary nonfiction by established writers and new voices alike. We're global in scope, but with a regional bias. Over the years, we've been privileged to feature work by Wendell Berry, Louise Erdrich, Richard Hugo, Seamus Heaney...
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1973
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Erin O’Regan White
Editor-in-Chief
Luke Larkin
Editor
Emily Nelson
Editor
Marko Capoferri
Editor
Nik Moore
Editor
Abigail Raley
Editor
Claire Tuna
Editor
Alyssa Witbeck Alexander
Editor
Mark Hernberg
Editor
Kalani Padilla
Editor
Lily Emerick Valentine
Visual Arts Editor
Jenny Rowe
Print Editor
Robin Bissett
Online Managing Editor
Mark Schoenfeld
Cruise Director
Anna Edwards
Interviews Editor
Norma Barksdale
Special Projects Editor