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"Five on the Fifth is an online literary magazine founded in September 2015. We publish 5 fiction/nonfiction pieces on the 5th of every month."
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Open for submissions

Introduction
Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time
30 days / 13 days
Average acceptance rate
28.57%

Need to know for submitting

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      Simultaneous submissions

      Yes

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      Previously published

      No

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      Payment

      No

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      Fee

      No

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      Expedited response

      No

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      Available in print

      No

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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

3 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

Max words: 5000

Non-genre short fiction. Horror and science fiction/fantasy.

Flash rules

Max words: 1000

All genres are accepted.

all

literary

fantasy

horror

scienceFiction

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Nonfiction

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 2

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Art

If you are interested in having your art as the cover of Five on the Fifth.

fiction genre icon

Fiction

Max words: 5000

Non-genre short fiction. Horror and science fiction/fantasy.

Flash rules

Max words: 1000

All genres are accepted.

all

literary

fantasy

horror

scienceFiction

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Nonfiction

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 2

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Art

If you are interested in having your art as the cover of Five on the Fifth.

Magazine

Founded in 2015 | 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 :)

Mahdis Marzooghian
Editor-in-Chief
Mary-Anne Nelligan
Editor-in-Chief
Rhea Dhanbhoora
Managing Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

15

Average acceptance rate

28.57%

Average response time

13 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

15/10 days

Fastest response time

7 days

Slowest response time

19 days

Contributors on Chill Subs

michaelhaller avatarBenjamin Davis avatarEvander Lang avatar
3 pieces