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"Fence is committed to publishing from the outside and the inside of established communities of writing, seeking always to interrogate, collaborate with, and bedevil all the systems that bring new writing to light."
Introduction
Vibe

Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok

Response Time
/ 137 days
Average acceptance rate
11.54%

Need to know for submitting

Read carefully, it will save from dead rats in the mailbox

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      Simultaneous submissions

      Yes

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      Previously published

      No

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      Payment

      $50

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      Fee

      $6

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      Expedited response

      No

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      Available in print

      Yes

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      Provide contributor copies

      No

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      Examples online

      Yes

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      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 🏗️

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Types of Submissions Accepted

4 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

Max words: 8000

Max pieces: 1

Flash rules

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 3

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Hybrid

20 pages max

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Poetry

Max pieces: 3

No more than ten pages of poetry per submission. You may submit as many times as you would like.

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Translations

Max words: 8000

Max pieces: 3

Text in originating language is optional (though helpful/preferred). New translations of previously translated work are welcome. Poetry: please submit up to three poems and no more than 10 translated pages of poetry. Fiction and Prose: please limit your submission to no more than 8000 translated words.

fiction genre icon

Fiction

Max words: 8000

Max pieces: 1

Flash rules

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 3

hybrid genre icon

Hybrid

20 pages max

poetry genre icon

Poetry

Max pieces: 3

No more than ten pages of poetry per submission. You may submit as many times as you would like.

translations genre icon

Translations

Max words: 8000

Max pieces: 3

Text in originating language is optional (though helpful/preferred). New translations of previously translated work are welcome. Poetry: please submit up to three poems and no more than 10 translated pages of poetry. Fiction and Prose: please limit your submission to no more than 8000 translated words.

Magazine

Founded in 1998 | 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 :)

Emily Wallis Hughes
Editorial Co-Director
Jason Zuzga
Editorial Co-Director
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

32

Average acceptance rate

11.54%

Average response time

137 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

180/109 days

Fastest response time

89 days

Slowest response time

214 days

Contributors on Chill Subs

Lilian McCarthy avatarCrow Jonah Norlander avatarericroy avatar
3 pieces