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Literary Magazine

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I print primarily poetry, but also publish a small amount of short short fiction. The genres of fantasy and SF are preferred. The magazine consists of 24 digest-sized pages with card-stock cover. Publication is thrice yearly. Issue #1 was published in January of 1986.

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Highlights

  • Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
  • Response time:
    1-3 weeks*
    Editor reported data
     / 
    9 days*
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  • Acceptance rate:
    5% *
    Editor reported data
     / 
    6.44%*
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  • Accepts simultaneous submissions

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    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

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  • Has examples online

  • Offers expedited response

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    Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee

Fiction

Sub Genres: Experimental, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, Speculative

Payment: $ 12

Maximum length is 2 single-spaced typed pages, but I prefer less than one page.

Poetry

Payment: $ 12

If your poem rhymes, be sure that the rhymes are not forced, and that the meter is consistent. Maximum length is 2 single-spaced typed pages, but I prefer less than one page.

Art

Payment: $12-24

Line drawings; no half-tones. I always need covers, and small filler illustrations. Filler illos that are the right size and shape to fill up the bottom of a page are particularly useful. Payment for covers includes an extra copy of the issue.

How to submit

  • Processs

    Email

  • Cover letter

    Cover letter not required.

  • Eligibility

    No specific eligibility requirements

  • Formatting

    Single-spaced. PLEASE put your name and address on each poem you submit!

  • Author's rights

    Buying 1st N.Am. serial rights unless state otherwise.

  • Additional info

    Contributors outside North America can instead receive a 3-issue subscription plus 1 copy.

Tracker statistics

189

Total submissions tracked

9 days

Average response time

6.44%

Average acceptance rate

1 days

Fastest response time

66 days

Slowest response time

*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 95 days, 95 days, 95 days, 95 days, 95 days, 97 days

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The Submissions Grinder Statistics

6.62%

12-month average acceptance rate

8 days

12-month average response time

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About

I am interested in experimental formats and content, and prefer fantastic horror a la Lovecraft or Blackwood to the blood and gore type. Any SF or fantasy is appropriate if it isn't sappy or trite. If your poem rhymes, be sure that the rhymes are not forced, and that the meter is consistent.

Founded

1986

Country

US

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