Theme
BELONGING
Table of contents
a quarterly speculative fiction magazine that features stories by and about Black people of the African Diaspora
Vibe
Send us your best but less intimidating
Response Time
Average acceptance rate
Types of Submissions Accepted
Review
No specific limitations
Fiction
Max words: 15000
short fiction 2,000 – 7,000 words and novelettes up to 15,000 words
speculative
Poetry
no more than 1,000 words looking for weird, complex, honest and challenging work with a clear speculative element
Nonfiction
Max words: 1200
Art
CLOSED to portfolio submissions for consideration for 2023’s issue covers
Review
No specific limitations
Fiction
Max words: 15000
short fiction 2,000 – 7,000 words and novelettes up to 15,000 words
speculative
Poetry
no more than 1,000 words looking for weird, complex, honest and challenging work with a clear speculative element
Nonfiction
Max words: 1200
Need to know for submitting
Read carefully, it will save from dead rats in the mailbox
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Details
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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 & Eligibility06
Formatting requirements 🏗️
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Rights for published work 🏗️
Magazine
Founded in 2016 | 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 :)
Troy L. Wiggins
Publisher
DaVaun Sanders
Executive Editor
B. Sharise Moore
Editor
Brent Lambert
Editor
Margeaux Weston
Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)
Total tracked
1
Average acceptance rate
100%
Average response time
58 days
Average acceptance/rejection time
58/-
Fastest response time
58 days
Slowest response time
58 days