Élan
Literary Magazine
Élan is an international student literary magazine published by Douglas Anderson School of the Arts in Jacksonville, FL.
Highlights
This magazine may have some eligibility requirements
Please double-check before submitting.
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: ~1 month*Editor reported data
- Acceptance rate: 33% *Editor reported data
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FeeNo
Accepts simultaneous submissions
What's that?
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
From the editors
All writers and artists who have their work chosen for the Fall/Winter or Spring/Summer Edition will be mailed a free copy of the Print Edition in which their piece appears.
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
What's that?
Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee
Fiction - 5000 words max
Max words: 5000
Max pieces: 3
Sub Genres: All / surprise us
Nonfiction - 5000 words max
Max words: 5000
Max pieces: 3
Sub Genres: All / surprise us
Poetry
Max pieces: 3
Art
Max pieces: 3
Photography
Max pieces: 3
Play (Plays/Screenwriting)
Max pieces: 3
How to submit
Processs
Email
Cover letter
No cover letter advice
Eligibility
Young creators
Élan accepts original fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, screenwriting, plays, and all kinds of art from students ages fourteen to eighteen in high school in locations internationally.Formatting
Attach each piece as a separate document with the title of each piece bolded in the upper left hand corner. Do not include your name in the body document, as all submissions go through a blind reading process by our staff. All cover letters and submissions must be attached to the email as a word document. The title of the document needs to be the writer’s name only.
Author's rights
All writers and artists who have their work chosen for the Fall/Winter or Spring/Summer Edition will be mailed a free copy of the Print Edition in which their piece appears. Élan holds first serial rights for material that we publish. The copyright automatically reverts to the author upon publication.
Additional info
Tracker statistics
15
Total submissions tracked
33 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
12 days
Fastest response time
44 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 61 days
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About
Élan is an international student literary magazine published by the Creative Writing department at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts in Jacksonville, Florida. Originally created as a grassroots publication of the English Department in 1986, Élan found its permanent home upon the creation of the D...
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1986
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US
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Emma Klopfer
Editor-in-Chief
Niveah Glover
Editor-in-Chief
Jaslyn Dickerson
Junior Editor-in-Chief
Avery Grossman
Junior Editor-in-Chief