"Experimenting since 1966. Here, there, at the foreground of avant-letters.
Cover Art: Stella Nall, DQ 56.1."
Open for submissions
Introduction
Vibe
Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok
Response Time
Within 3 months. / 46 days
Average acceptance rate
5% / 1.59%
Need to know for submitting
Read carefully, it will save from dead rats in the mailbox
Simultaneous submissions
Yes
Previously published
No
Payment
No
Fee
No
Expedited response
No
Available in print
Yes
Provide contributor copies
two print copies
Examples online
No
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 🏗️
Types of Submissions Accepted
Fiction
Max words: 4000
literary
absurdist
experimental
Nonfiction
Max words: 4000
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
Review
Max words: 3000
Translations
Up to 5 works or up to 3,000 words, whichever limit comes first.
Art
Max pieces: 5
Interview
Max words: 3000
Fiction
Max words: 4000
literary
absurdist
experimental
Nonfiction
Max words: 4000
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
Review
Max words: 3000
Magazine
Founded in 1966 | 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 :)
W. Scott Howard
Editor-in-Chief
Stella Corso
Associate Editor
Lucien Darjeun Meadows
Managing Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)
Total tracked
79
Average acceptance rate
1.59%
Average response time
46 days
Average acceptance/rejection time
-/46 days
Fastest response time
14 days
Slowest response time
92 days
Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 839 days
