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"Glass Mountain, the undergraduate literary journal at the University of Houston, is run by undergraduate students for undergraduate students, with the wants, needs, and curiosities of the emerging artist in mind."
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Introduction

Glass Mountain, the undergraduate literary journal at the University of Houston, is run by undergraduate students for undergraduate students, with the wants, needs, and curiosities of the emerging artist in mind.

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Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time
2-4 months / 146 days
Average acceptance rate
27.27%

Types of Submissions Accepted

6 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

Max pieces: 1

Up to 15 pages. Our primary focus is literary fiction; however, all genres and all variations within are welcome.

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literary

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Poetry

Max pieces: 5

All styles of poetry, we generally publish contemporary poetry that is lyric-based with narrative tendency. We tend to avoid rhymed, romanticized poetry, but we don't automatically discount any poem.

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Nonfiction

Up to 15 pages. We do not accept literary criticism.

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Review

Max words: 1000

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Art

We accept work of all mediums, from sculpture and installation, to photographs and paintings.

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Photography

See "Art".

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Fiction

Max pieces: 1

Up to 15 pages. Our primary focus is literary fiction; however, all genres and all variations within are welcome.

all

literary

poetry genre icon

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

All styles of poetry, we generally publish contemporary poetry that is lyric-based with narrative tendency. We tend to avoid rhymed, romanticized poetry, but we don't automatically discount any poem.

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Nonfiction

Up to 15 pages. We do not accept literary criticism.

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Review

Max words: 1000

Need to know for submitting

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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 & Eligibility

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    Formatting requirements 🏗️

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    Rights for published work 🏗️

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Magazine

Founded in 2006 | 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 :)

Sofia Trousselle
Editor-in-Chief
Alfonso Reyes
Editor-in-Chief
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

17

Average acceptance rate

27.27%

Average response time

146 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

365/126 days

Fastest response time

106 days

Slowest response time

234 days

Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 529 days

Contributors on Chill Subs

Zoe Elisabeth avatarM. A. Dubbs avatar
2 pieces