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"Established in April 2011, Heavy Feather Review publishes fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, comics, and more."
"Established in April 2011, Heavy Feather Review publishes fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, comics, and more."
Vibe
Weird / outsider / wtf even is it
Response Time
Acceptance Rate
Payment
No
Fee
No
Simultaneous submissions
Yes
Previously published
No
Expedited response
No
Available in print
Yes
Provides contributor copies
Yes: yes*
Examples online
Yes
Active on social media
Yes
Accepted genres
8 genres
Fiction
No specific limitations
Nonfiction
No specific limitations
Poetry
Min pieces: 3
Max pieces: 6
Art
No specific limitations
Hybrid
No specific limitations
Translation
No specific limitations
Comics
No specific limitations
Wtf is genre, send anything
For us, “online feature” is a loose term/form, and the topics and form are open to interpretation. The final product can be a traditional es...
Fiction
No specific limitations
Nonfiction
No specific limitations
Poetry
Min pieces: 3
Max pieces: 6
Art
No specific limitations
Hybrid
No specific limitations
Translation
No specific limitations
Comics
No specific limitations
Wtf is genre, send anything
For us, “online feature” is a loose term/form, and the topics and form are open to interpretation. The final product can be a traditional es...
Statistics
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25
Total submissions tracked
14 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
1 days
Fastest response time
23 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 57 days, 220 days
How to submit
Process
We use Submittable.
Cover letters
Cover letters are encouraged, but not required.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
There are no print guidelines, but we can only print black-and-white art images in our books. JPEG and PNG image files are preferred. Save poetry and prose submissions as one document (doc, docx, pdf).
Rights for published work
Upon acceptance, HFR takes first serial rights to the work. After publication, all rights revert back to the author. Should the accepted work appear elsewhere after its publication in HFR, kindly list HFR as its original publisher.
Additional info
Available in print. *Print contributors receive a copy of the issue in which they are published. Promote writers even after publication - hype hype hype Print submissions are currently closed. However, online features are OPEN.
About the Magazine
Founded in 2011 | United States
Established in April 2011, Heavy Feather Review publishes fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, comics, and more. Writing from HFR has appeared in Best Microfiction, Best of the Net, The Best Small Fictions, The New York Times, Literary Hub, and The &NOW Awards.
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 :)
Jason Teal
Editor-in-Chief
Examples
10 pieces from Chill Subs people