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Guidelines

"Guernica is an award-winning 501(c)3 non-profit magazine focused on the intersection of arts and politics."

"Guernica is an award-winning 501(c)3 non-profit magazine focused on the intersection of arts and politics."

Vibe

Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok

Response Time

3-4 months / 57 days

Acceptance Rate

0%

  • Payment

    Yes: $50-$150

  • Fee

    No

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    No

  • Expedited response

    No

  • Available in print

    Yes

  • Provides contributor copies

    No

  • Examples online

    Yes

  • Active on social media

    Yes

Accepted genres

6 genres

Fiction

Max words: 7000

Max pieces: 1

We welcome fiction born of different literary traditions that refract and reflect upon their contexts – fiction that is adventurous, unapolo...

Nonfiction

journalism/reportage, essays, memoir, criticism, and argument

Flash Nonfiction

Max words: 1000

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

Review

do not accept book reviews

Translation

Work in translation may have appeared elsewhere, but not in English, and permissions should be secured before submitting.

Fiction

Max words: 7000

Max pieces: 1

We welcome fiction born of different literary traditions that refract and reflect upon their contexts – fiction that is adventurous, unapolo...

Nonfiction

journalism/reportage, essays, memoir, criticism, and argument

Flash Nonfiction

Max words: 1000

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

Review

do not accept book reviews

Translation

Work in translation may have appeared elsewhere, but not in English, and permissions should be secured before submitting.

Statistics

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Track submission

188

Total submissions tracked

57 days

Average response time

0%

Average acceptance rate

3 days

Fastest response time

155 days

Slowest response time

*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: -338 days, -338 days, -338 days, -338 days, -338 days, 188 days, 192 days, 221 days, 228 days, 267 days, 282 days, 664 days

How to submit

Process

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Cover letters

Coming soon! Advice from editors on what your cover letter and bio should look like!

Eligibility

No specific eligibility requirements

Formatting

Coming soon! All the Times New Romans and double spaces!

Rights for published work

Coming soon! First, third, none, all the rights!

Additional info

Pays! $50 for poetry, $100 for original essays, and $150 for original fiction and for reportage. Have annual print anthologies

About the Magazine

Founded in 2004 | 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 :)

Jina Moore

Editor-in-Chief

Ngarambe

Editor-in-Chief

Madhuri Sastry

Publisher

Jenny Davis

Managing Editor

Examples

1 pieces from Chill Subs people