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"Literary journal run by Binghamton University graduate students"
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Response Time
52 days
Average acceptance rate
16.67%

Need to know for submitting

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      Simultaneous submissions

      Yes

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      Previously published

      No

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      Payment

      No

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      Fee

      No

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      Expedited response

      No

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      Available in print

      Yes

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      Provide contributor copies

      No

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      Examples online

      Yes

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      Active on social media

      Yes

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    Important stuff

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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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Types of Submissions Accepted

3 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

nonfiction genre icon

Nonfiction

Max words: 5500

Max pieces: 1

Creative nonfiction. We prefer narrative nonfiction from diverse voices, and welcome hybrid and experimental forms.

Flash rules

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 3

Flash essays.

fiction genre icon

Fiction

Max words: 4500

Max pieces: 1

We prefer scene-driven stories that are strange, off-kilter, and sometimes ruthless.

Flash rules

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 3

all

poetry genre icon

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

We prefer poems with a strong lyric voice and sense of urgency.

nonfiction genre icon

Nonfiction

Max words: 5500

Max pieces: 1

Creative nonfiction. We prefer narrative nonfiction from diverse voices, and welcome hybrid and experimental forms.

Flash rules

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 3

Flash essays.

fiction genre icon

Fiction

Max words: 4500

Max pieces: 1

We prefer scene-driven stories that are strange, off-kilter, and sometimes ruthless.

Flash rules

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 3

all

poetry genre icon

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

We prefer poems with a strong lyric voice and sense of urgency.

Magazine

Founded in 2000 | 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 :)

Jamey McDermo
Editor-in-Chief
Hannah Carr-Murphy
Co-Editor-in-Chief
Cole Depuy
Editor
Suzanne Richardson
Editor
Samia Ahmed
Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

15

Average acceptance rate

16.67%

Average response time

52 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

104/39 days

Fastest response time

4 days

Slowest response time

104 days

Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 943 days