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"A literary and visual art journal and chapbook press. We want art that guts us with surgical precision. Make everything useful."

"A literary and visual art journal and chapbook press. We want art that guts us with surgical precision. Make everything useful."

Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time

3-4months / 63 days

Acceptance Rate

1.4% / 1.59%

  • Payment

    No

  • Fee

    Yes: $6

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    No

  • Expedited response

    No

  • Available in print

    Yes

  • Provides contributor copies

    Yes: 1

  • Examples online

    Yes

  • Active on social media

    Yes

Accepted genres

9 genres

Fiction

Max words: 2000

Max pieces: 1

In the bio section, please indicate to which genre you are submitting (CNF, Fiction, or Play)

Flash Fiction

Max words: 500

Max pieces: 3

Nonfiction

Max words: 2000

Max pieces: 1

In the bio section, please indicate to which genre you are submitting (CNF, Fiction, or Play)

Flash Nonfiction

Max words: 500

Max pieces: 3

Poetry

Max pieces: 3

Hybrid

Max words: 2000

Max pieces: 3

In the bio section, please indicate to which genre you are submitting (CNF, Fiction, or Play) Submit no more than one (1) 2,000-word previou...

Art

Max pieces: 5

Submit up to five (5) images from a titled collection along with an artist statement about the work. Be sure to explicitly note the ekphrast...

Photography

Max pieces: 5

Submit up to five (5) images from a titled collection along with an artist statement about the work. Be sure to explicitly note the ekphrast...

Play

Max pieces: 3

Submit no more than one (1) 2,000-word previously unpublished play OR submit up to three (3) 500-word flash plays. In the bio section, pleas...

Fiction

Max words: 2000

Max pieces: 1

In the bio section, please indicate to which genre you are submitting (CNF, Fiction, or Play)

Flash Fiction

Max words: 500

Max pieces: 3

Nonfiction

Max words: 2000

Max pieces: 1

In the bio section, please indicate to which genre you are submitting (CNF, Fiction, or Play)

Flash Nonfiction

Max words: 500

Max pieces: 3

Poetry

Max pieces: 3

Hybrid

Max words: 2000

Max pieces: 3

In the bio section, please indicate to which genre you are submitting (CNF, Fiction, or Play) Submit no more than one (1) 2,000-word previou...

Art

Max pieces: 5

Submit up to five (5) images from a titled collection along with an artist statement about the work. Be sure to explicitly note the ekphrast...

Photography

Max pieces: 5

Submit up to five (5) images from a titled collection along with an artist statement about the work. Be sure to explicitly note the ekphrast...

Play

Max pieces: 3

Submit no more than one (1) 2,000-word previously unpublished play OR submit up to three (3) 500-word flash plays. In the bio section, pleas...

Statistics

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Track submission

79

Total submissions tracked

63 days

Average response time

1.4% / 1.59%

Average acceptance rate

13 days

Fastest response time

134 days

Slowest response time

*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 419 days, 1130 days

How to submit

Process

We use Submittable.

Cover letters

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Eligibility

No specific eligibility requirements

Formatting

This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.

Rights for published work

In the bio section, please indicate to which genre you are submitting

Additional info

Scholarships and Prizes with no entry fee. We organize launch readings in various cities for our print issues.

About the Magazine

Founded in 2018 | United States

Gasher Press is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit publisher founded by Whitney Koo in 2018. We are interested in fresh voices and innovative forms. Gasher is made up of a volunteer staff so that we can focus our resources on writers. All profits from book sales and submission fees are reinvested in opportunities and prizes. We champion our authors with gracious royalties, no preorder minimums, collaborative book design, and meaningful editing. We work to create opportunities in editing, publishing, and awards for underrepresented writers and editors. We welcome feedback on how we are doing and how we can improve. Our prizes are always free to submit. We are micro. Meaning we are small but mighty. We can't offer tour stipends and we don't have a hired marketing person, but we work diligently to submit our books for prizes, attend book fairs, organize reading tours, and find review platforms. Our books are never sold on Amazon. We have recently begun a partnership with SPD, and we can be found in several independent bookstores.

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 :)

Whitney Koo

Editor-in-Chief

Julieanne Larick

Poetry Editor

Stella Lei

Prose Edtior

Kaya Dierks

Prose Editor

Chloe Tsolakoglou

Poetry Editor