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"A biannual magazine that seeks to reimagine place. Published by UNC Wilmington's Department of Creative Writing. AWP Small Press Publisher Award winner | ASME Award for Fiction Finalist."

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Introduction

A biannual magazine that seeks to reimagine place. Published by UNC Wilmington's Department of Creative Writing. AWP Small Press Publisher Award winner | ASME Award for Fiction Finalist.

Vibe

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Response Time
6-9 months / 57 days
Average acceptance rate
0%

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Β· Β Jan 17
Send your work to Ecotone! We're beginning to accept submissions for upcoming themed and unthemed issues.

Key Dates:
🌱 1/16–1/25: Submissions from BIPOC writers (no-fee)
🌱 1/26–2/3: General submissions ($3 fee)
🌱 1/26–3/1: Subscriber submissions (no-fee)

Types of Submissions Accepted

3 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

Max words: 10000

Send one prose piece of no more than thirty double-spaced pages (ca. 10,000 words) in a standard font. Note that most work we run is shorter than this upper limit. We are also interested in shorter prose works (minimum 2,000–3,000 words), one per submission. Prose should be typed and printed on one side of the page. Include page numbers and a word count; do not include your name in the filename or the file itself.

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Nonfiction

Max words: 10000

Send one prose piece of no more than thirty double-spaced pages (ca. 10,000 words) in a standard font. Note that most work we run is shorter than this upper limit. We are also interested in shorter prose works (minimum 2,000–3,000 words), one per submission. Prose should be typed and printed on one side of the page. Include page numbers and a word count; do not include your name in the filename or the file itself.

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Poetry

Max pieces: 5

Poems should be typed, single-spaced, on one side of the page. Do not include your name in the filename or the file itself.

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Fiction

Max words: 10000

Send one prose piece of no more than thirty double-spaced pages (ca. 10,000 words) in a standard font. Note that most work we run is shorter than this upper limit. We are also interested in shorter prose works (minimum 2,000–3,000 words), one per submission. Prose should be typed and printed on one side of the page. Include page numbers and a word count; do not include your name in the filename or the file itself.

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Nonfiction

Max words: 10000

Send one prose piece of no more than thirty double-spaced pages (ca. 10,000 words) in a standard font. Note that most work we run is shorter than this upper limit. We are also interested in shorter prose works (minimum 2,000–3,000 words), one per submission. Prose should be typed and printed on one side of the page. Include page numbers and a word count; do not include your name in the filename or the file itself.

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Poetry

Max pieces: 5

Poems should be typed, single-spaced, on one side of the page. Do not include your name in the filename or the file itself.

Need to know for submitting

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    Details

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    How to submit πŸ—οΈ

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    Cover Letter and Bio πŸ—οΈ

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    Awards

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    Demographics & Eligibility

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    Formatting requirements πŸ—οΈ

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    Rights for published work πŸ—οΈ

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Magazine

Founded in 2005 | 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 :)

David Gessner
Editor-in-Chief
Emily Louise Smith
Publisher
Anna Lena Phillips Bell
Editor
Ryan Bloom
Managing Editor
Maggie Boyd Hare
Poetry Editor
Jess Tanner
Fiction Co-Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

44

Average acceptance rate

0% (so far)

Average response time

57 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

-/57 days

Fastest response time

32 days

Slowest response time

81 days