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"An Online Literary Magazine is committed to expanding the creative landscape of the literary web. Our central editorial criterion is the overall imaginative effort you deploy to transcend prevailing (suburban, academic) orthodoxies."
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Open for submissions

Introduction
Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time
up to ten weeks / 26 days
Average acceptance rate
50%

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

      Yes

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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

      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

7 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Translations

Max pieces: 5

all forms of poetry including translations

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Poetry

Max pieces: 5

all forms of poetry

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Fiction

Max words: 2500

all manner of fiction, including novel excerpts

all

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Nonfiction

travel narratives, creative non-fiction beyond the workshoppe norm

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Humor

humour, feuilleton on matters consistent with our m.o.

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Art

at least ten pieces with your query; we heart large portfolios, and will require a minimum of thirteen pieces for inclusion into an issue

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Photography

at least ten pieces with your query; we heart large portfolios, and will require a minimum of thirteen pieces for inclusion into an issue

translations genre icon

Translations

Max pieces: 5

all forms of poetry including translations

poetry genre icon

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

all forms of poetry

fiction genre icon

Fiction

Max words: 2500

all manner of fiction, including novel excerpts

all

nonfiction genre icon

Nonfiction

travel narratives, creative non-fiction beyond the workshoppe norm

Magazine

Founded in 2006 | 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 :)

Adam Henry Carrière
Editor-in-Chief
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

4

Average acceptance rate

50%

Average response time

26 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

21/26 days

Fastest response time

25 days

Slowest response time

26 days

Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 16 days

Contributors on Chill Subs

lizdegregorio avatarEvander Lang avatar
3 pieces