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"Eclectica was founded in October 1996 with the goal of providing a sterling quality literary magazine on the World Wide Web. Over two decades later, quality is still the sole criterion in our editorial process."

"Eclectica was founded in October 1996 with the goal of providing a sterling quality literary magazine on the World Wide Web. Over two decades later, quality is still the sole criterion in our editorial process."

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Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time

a few weeks - 2.5 months / 63 days

Acceptance Rate

0%

  • Payment

    Yes: $0-$50

  • Fee

    Yes: $2

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    No

  • Expedited response

    No

  • Available in print

    No

  • Provides contributor copies

    No

  • Examples online

    Yes

  • Active on social media

    Yes

Accepted genres

8 genres

Fiction

Max words: 20000

Max pieces: 1

Have a category for even longer pieces

Nonfiction

Max words: 20000

Max pieces: 1

Have a category for even longer pieces

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

Hybrid

By its nature, "Miscellany" is hard to describe. In the past, pieces that have appeared in this category have included academic essays, an o...

Review

In general, pieces that are obviously intended for promotional purposes will not fare as well as those that are geared toward illuminating a...

Interview

No specific limitations

Humor

No specific limitations

Wtf is genre, send anything

Works which cross genres—or create new ones—are especially encouraged. This includes prose poems, "heavy" opinion, works combining visual ar...

Fiction

Max words: 20000

Max pieces: 1

Have a category for even longer pieces

Nonfiction

Max words: 20000

Max pieces: 1

Have a category for even longer pieces

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

Hybrid

By its nature, "Miscellany" is hard to describe. In the past, pieces that have appeared in this category have included academic essays, an o...

Review

In general, pieces that are obviously intended for promotional purposes will not fare as well as those that are geared toward illuminating a...

Interview

No specific limitations

Humor

No specific limitations

Wtf is genre, send anything

Works which cross genres—or create new ones—are especially encouraged. This includes prose poems, "heavy" opinion, works combining visual ar...

Statistics

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Track submission

11

Total submissions tracked

63 days

Average response time

0%

Average acceptance rate

28 days

Fastest response time

93 days

Slowest response time

How to submit

Process

We now use a submission tool called Submittable. Use of this tool requires a nominal fee of $2.00 for most submissions, the proceeds of which help to pay for the tool itself, along wth the site's hosting and domain fees.

Cover letters

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Eligibility

No specific eligibility requirements

Formatting

This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.

Rights for published work

Eclectica acquires First World Electronic (Online/Internet) Rights: a one time, non-exclusive use of Electronic Rights, with all rights reverting to the author upon publication with two exceptions: we also ask our authors to grant Eclectica Anthology Rights, and it's important to note that work appearing in Eclectica is permanently available online in our archives for public reference. We expect authors to follow proper publishing protocol. With the exception of collections and anthologies, a given piece should not appear in more than one electronic publication, just as it should not appear in more than one print publication. If an author does choose to re-publish work elsewhere, in print or on the web, Eclectica should be credited as the original publisher.

Additional info

About the Magazine

Founded in 1996 | United States

Eclectica was founded in October 1996 with the goal of providing a sterling quality literary magazine on the World Wide Web. At the time we struggled to find the net equivalent (in terms of content) of Harper's, New Yorker, Granta, The Atlantic, and other publications providing quality material for the appetites of a wide variety of demanding readers. Although some of these magazines even had their own web-sites, they were conceived as companions to the print items rather than sites intended to stand completely on their own. Thus Eclectica was born. The vision we shared was of a magazine not bound by formula or genre, harnessing technology to further the reading experience rather than for the sake of flashy gimmickry, dynamic and interesting enough content-wise to keep readers coming back for more.

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 :)

Tom Dooley

Editor-in-Chief

Evan Martin Richards

Poetry Editor

Stuart Ross

Reviews Editor

Marko Fong

Nonfiction Editor