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"A literary zine publishing stories, poetry and visual art of all genres, all with some element of the gothic, the peculiar, or the spooky. Our audience is middle grade (8-12) and young adult (12-18)."
Introduction
Vibe

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Response Time
2-3 weeks / 33 days
Average acceptance rate
45.45%

Need to know for submitting

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      Simultaneous submissions

      Yes

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      Previously published

      Yes

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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

      Yes

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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]

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Fiction

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 1

Flash rules

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 3

We would prefer flash fiction to be no more than 750 words, but please do not exceed 1000 words.

all

children

fantasy

folklore

gothic

lgbtq

romance

speculative

youngAdult

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Art

Max pieces: 3

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Poetry

Max pieces: 3

No more than two pages per piece

fiction genre icon

Fiction

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 1

Flash rules

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 3

We would prefer flash fiction to be no more than 750 words, but please do not exceed 1000 words.

all

children

fantasy

folklore

gothic

lgbtq

romance

speculative

youngAdult

art genre icon

Art

Max pieces: 3

poetry genre icon

Poetry

Max pieces: 3

No more than two pages per piece

Magazine

Founded in 2022 | United Kingdom

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 :)

Halle Merrick
Editor-in-Chief
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

14

Average acceptance rate

45.45%

Average response time

33 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

41/26 days

Fastest response time

4 days

Slowest response time

84 days

Contributors on Chill Subs

angela 13 avatar
1 pieces