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Since its inception in 1994, Fourteen Hills has contributed to a vibrant literary tradition on the West Coast centered in the San Francisco Bay Area. As an international literary magazine, Fourteen Hills has developed a reading audience that goes beyond the San Francisco Bay Area to the international community.
Vibe
Send us your best but less intimidating
Response Time
Average acceptance rate
Types of Submissions Accepted
Fiction
Max words: 6000
Max pieces: 1
OR 1 short story or novel excerpt (maximum 20 pages or 6000 words).
Flash rules
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 3
Either 3 pieces of flash fiction (1000 words per piece).
Nonfiction
Max words: 6000
Max pieces: 1
1 piece of literary creative nonfiction (maximum 20 pages or 6000 words)
Poetry
Max pieces: 3
7 pages max
Art
Max pieces: 10
Hybrid
For experimental or cross-genre work, please choose the closest category available
Fiction
Max words: 6000
Max pieces: 1
OR 1 short story or novel excerpt (maximum 20 pages or 6000 words).
Flash rules
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 3
Either 3 pieces of flash fiction (1000 words per piece).
Nonfiction
Max words: 6000
Max pieces: 1
1 piece of literary creative nonfiction (maximum 20 pages or 6000 words)
Poetry
Max pieces: 3
7 pages max
Art
Max pieces: 10
Need to know for submitting
Read carefully, it will save from dead rats in the mailbox
01
Details
02
How to submit 🏗️
03
Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️
04
Awards
05
Demographics & Eligibility
06
Formatting requirements 🏗️
07
Rights for published work 🏗️
Magazine
Founded in 1994 | 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 :)
Quinn R. Fairchild
Editor-in-Chief
Jack Darrow
Managing Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)
Total tracked
31
Average acceptance rate
10%
Average response time
267 days
Average acceptance/rejection time
-/267 days
Fastest response time
229 days
Slowest response time
305 days
