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Glass Mountain

Literary Magazine

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Nonfiction

Poetry

Review

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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.

Highlights

This magazine may have some eligibility requirements

Please double-check before submitting.

  • Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
  • Response time:
    within 8 months*
    Editor reported data
  • Acceptance rate:
    ?

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  • Accepts simultaneous submissions

    What's that?

    When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time

  • Accepts previously published

    What's that?

    When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary

  • Nominates for prizes

  • Active on social media

  • Available in print

  • Provides contributor copies

  • Has examples online

  • Offers expedited response

    What's that?

    Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee

Fiction

Sub Genres: All / surprise us, Literary

Up to 15 pages. One piece per submission, please.

Nonfiction (Creative Nonfiction)

Sub Genres: All / surprise us

Up to 15 pages. One piece per submission, please.

Nonfiction (Literary Essays)

Max words: 1

Max words: 900

Max pieces: 1

While literary essays can cover a multitude of literary devices, your submission should focus on only one or two. Works referenced must be properly cited according to the MLA 8th Edition.

Poetry

Min pieces: 1

Max pieces: 5

Please type no more than 1 poem per page with a 10 page maximum.

Review

Max words: 1

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 1

One piece per submission, please.

Art

No specific limitations

Photography

No specific limitations

How to submit

  • Processs

    Submittable

  • Cover letter

    All submissions must include the following information: author’s/artist’s name, mailing address, phone number, email, and genre. Please include author’s/artist’s name on every page of the work in the header. In your cover letter, be sure to include a brief bio (about 50-100 words), written in third-person, to tell us about yourself and any previous publications.

  • Eligibility

    Young creators
    any undergraduate or emerging artist (anyone who has not attended, graduated from, or is currently enrolled in an MFA or creative writing Ph.D program)

  • Formatting

    12-point type, double-spaced and in DOC, DOCX, or RTF format.

  • Author's rights

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

  • Additional info

Tracker statistics

30

Total submissions tracked

197 days

Average response time

21.05%

Average acceptance rate

106 days

Fastest response time

529 days

Slowest response time

*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 2360 days, 2360 days

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    All genres

    Always open

    General

    Open

    We accept submissions year-round, and read throughout the academic year.

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About

Founded

2006

Country

US

www.glassmountainmag.com

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    Editor Sofia Trousselle avatar

    Sofia Trousselle

    Editor-in-Chief

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    Alfonso Reyes

    Editor-in-Chief