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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

1 month / 14 days

Acceptance Rate

18.18%

  • 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...

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Track submission

25

Total submissions tracked

14 days

Average response time

18.18%

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