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"A craft magazine. Envisioned as more of a writer's parlor, we hope to host literary analysis, in depth looks into process and inspiration, reviews and recommendations. For prose & poetry, we're looking for gentle discoveries and secret hauntings, anything bittersweet"
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Open for submissions

Theme

In The Margins

Deadline

June 20, 2023

Introduction

IN THE MARGINS PROMPT: Hasty confessions, annotations, and crossed-out lines still legible. Afterthoughts that overwrite their predecessors, dreams lingering in your wake. Contradictions left in footnotes, private notes passed between hands, and rearview truths closer than they appear. All language on the verge of something; any piece with truths kept to the periphery. Pages you rip just to put back together and admit something to yourself in half hope, half defeat.

Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time
1 week-3 months / 82 days
Average acceptance rate
75%

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

      Yes

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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

7 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

Max pieces: 3

1-20 pages, and up to 3 works are allowed at a time.

literary

experimental

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Nonfiction

Max pieces: 5

1-12 pages, and up to 5 essays are allowed at a time.

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Hybrid

No specific limitations

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Interview

No specific limitations

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Review

No specific limitations

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Translations

No specific limitations

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Poetry

No specific limitations

fiction genre icon

Fiction

Max pieces: 3

1-20 pages, and up to 3 works are allowed at a time.

literary

experimental

nonfiction genre icon

Nonfiction

Max pieces: 5

1-12 pages, and up to 5 essays are allowed at a time.

hybrid genre icon

Hybrid

No specific limitations

interview genre icon

Interview

No specific limitations

Magazine

Founded in 2021 | 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 :)

Dilara Sümbül
Editor-in-Chief
Crystal Peng
Managing Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

9

Average acceptance rate

75%

Average response time

82 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

108/5 days

Fastest response time

2 days

Slowest response time

303 days

Contributors on Chill Subs

Dilara Sümbül avatar
1 pieces